NEWS
On this page you will find Notices of forthcoming Parish Council meetings and other local news. If you have items of news you would like to have included on this page, please contact Martin Chilvers, Elsdon Parish Clerk (details on the Contact Us page) or send a message using the Guestbook.
12 April 2024Parish Council Meeting
The next Elsdon Parish Council meeting will be on Thursday 16 May, 2024. The meeting will begin with the Annual Parish Meeting followed by the Ordinary Meeting. It will start at 7.00pm and be held at the Village Hall, Elsdon.
An agenda of the meetings can be found here a few days before as well as on the notice board in the village. This agenda plus previous documents and minutes can also be accessed via the 'Document Library' section of this website.
Please note that unless otherwise advised future meetings will be held on the second Thursday each month apart from August and December when there will be no meeting.
05 April 2024Missing lynx exhibition
Please see details of the Missing Lynx Exhibition at this link
05 April 2024Voting changes
Please find attached the changes to voting at elections and possible election related job
11 February 2024Household DIY waste changes in Northumberland
Please find below a briefing on Household DIY Waste changes coming in tomorrow (February 1st).
In response to new Government legislation, from 1st February Northumberland households can now dispose of limited DIY waste for free at our Northumberland Household Waste Recovery Centres (HWRC).
From this date site users will need a pre-booked permit to dispose of their DIY waste at our HWRCs, to help us manage DIY waste disposal smoothly.
Households that are taking in other non-DIY waste such as general household waste, garden waste, old furniture etc to the HWRCs are not affected by the new permit arrangements.
The booking system is being introduced to manage these new DIY waste limits which are in line with the requirements of the new Controlled Waste Regulations 2023.
A permit can be requested via www.northumberland.gov.uk/waste (see link below) or through the contact centre on 0345 600 6400.
The pre-booked permit allows free disposal of DIY waste up to 100 litres – that's about two typical 50 litre builders’ rubble sacks, or one item no larger than 2000mm x 750mm x 700mm (ie the size of a shower screen). If the site user needs to dispose of more DIY waste than the allocated free allowance, then they can simply ‘Pay as You Throw’ for any additional DIY waste above the free amount using the existing tariff.
Each household can have four visits with a permit to dispose of their DIY waste in any four-week period.
Prominent site signage is in place at each HWRC informing site users of the new DIY permit requirements from 1st February 2024.
Information has also been issued to the local media and a comprehensive social media campaign will include a DIY waste explainer video and an update in the News Section of the Council website.
11 February 2024Mobile library service
The Northumberland County Library service visits Elsdon and the rest of Redesdale fortnightly on Thursday morning from 10.00 - 10.20.
It is located near the pinfold on the village green and is an unmarked white transit van.
The mobile library is due to visit next on 22 February followed by visits on 7 and 21 March.
To become a member of the library please see the link below.
04 February 2024Northumberland Wildlife Trust - Rothbury presentations
Please see attached the winter / spring of the timetable of programme of events of Northumberland Wildlife Trust in Rothbury
