Are you a driver and have your own car? If so and you can spare a bit of time each month please consider being a volunteer driver.

Expenses are paid as well as the necessary DBS and training. Any increase in your car insurance may also be covered.

Please see attached poster and contact either the Church & Community Partnership on the contact details provided or the Parish Clerk at otterburnpc@hotmail.co.uk 

The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Tuesday 6 May, 2025 at 7.30pm. The meeting will begin with the Annual Parish Meeting followed by the Ordinary Meeting.

The meeting is due to held in the Otterburn Memorial Hall. Should you wish to participate please contact the Parish Clerk at otterburnpc@hotmail.co.uk .

The Agenda for the meeting can be found here or in the appropriate section of the 'Document Library' a few days before the meeting as well as the Notice Boards located in Otterburn at the entrance to Willowgreen and at the Memorial Hall. 

Should a Parishioner wish to raise a topic for discussion at a Parish Council meeting please see the attached that also details 'surgery' time with the Councillors after each meeting.

Additionally a draft version of the minutes from the previous meeting are available to view within the 'Document Library'.

Should you wish to have a copy of the agenda emailed to you please write to otterburnpc@hotmail.co.uk

With the assistance of Ray Windfunds, Otterburn Parish Council has purchased an 'empty medicine blister pack recycling box'. This will be located in the foyer of the Otterburn Memorial Hall and will be available to anyone to place their empty blister packs that would otherwise go to landfill.

If the Memorial Hall is closed then please feel free to deposit the packs (in an envelope) through the letter box.

It is vital that the blister packs are completley empty and DO NOT contain any medication residue as these will not be recycled.

The box CANNOT accept expired medication, hazardous waste, medicine bottle or sprays, inhalers, cardboard packaging, aerosol or pressurised cans.

Please find attached the deails of the Parish Council elections

• Are there any improvements you would like to see in Elsdon, Otterburn, Rochester & Byrness?
• Would you like to have more of a say in how your Council Tax is spent?
• Do you feel strongly about the future of your local community?

Please find below a link to a survey being conducted by the iNorthumberland team into mobile phone coverage across the County. 

The survey link will be live from Monday 10 March until 30 April, 2025 and is also contained in an iNorthumberland leaflet that is going out with Council Tax bills next week.

Northumberland County Council are working with mobile phone network providers to make sure all areas of Northumberland have good mobile coverage. They would like to hear from you to understand more about coverage in your area.

Please see attached details of activities at Kielder from February 2025

Two leylandii confiers at the edge of the green at Willow Green have grown very tall and are overhanging the road at the corner. The Parish Council has sought guidance as to the options how best to deal with the matter.

Whilst trimming the two trees back is an option this cost is similar to the removal of the two trees. Additionally cutting back the two trees would need to be a regular job and as the Parish Council operates on a tight budget the Parish Councillors have decided the best way forward is for the trees to be felled.

The Parish Council will be planting a few new tree saplings that will be native and wildlife friendly.

The work is scheduled to happen on 10 (and possibly 11th) February and it is likely that there will be logs available for anyone who wishes to have them on a first come, first served basis. Please however do not collect any logs until the work has been fully completed.