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, Rochester with Byrness Parish Clerk (details on the Contact Us page) or send a message using the Guestbook.
27 March 2024Parish Council meetings
Parish Council meetings
The next Parish Council meeting will be on Tuesday 28 May, 2024 at 7.00pm. This is scheduled to be held at Rochester Village Hall. The meeting will start with the Annual Parish Meeting followed by the Ordinary meeting.
Should you wish to contribute to the meeting please contact the Parish Clerk at rochesterwithbyrnesspc@gmail.com.
The Agenda for the meeting can be found here or in the appropriate section of the 'Document Library' a few days before the meeting.
Additionally a draft version of the minutes from the previous meeting are available to view within the 'Document Library'.
The Parish Council meet on the last Tuesday of every other month. Below are dates and locations for the next six meetings
30 July, 2024 @ Byrness Village Hall
24 September 2024 @ Rochester Village Hall
26 November, 2024 @ Byrness Village Hall
28 January, 2025 @ Rochester Village Hall
25 March, 2025 @ Byrness Village Hall
27 May, 2025 @ Rochester Village Hall (to include Annual Parish Meeting)
24 January 2024Byrness substation
Aware that the Byrness substation is not as yet operational the Parish Council has written to Northern Powergrid requesting that they hold an open meeting for the residents of Byrness.
The request is that they post to all residents advising the time and date of a meeting at Byrness Village Hall where they can provide not only the latest position but timescsales for full operations and the recommended action to take during a power outage when the substation 'kicks-in'.
It is hoped residents of Byrness will hear from Northern Powergrid in the near future.
15 January 2024Revised bus service from 29 January 2024
The bus service from Redesdale to Newcastle is changing from 29 January, 2024.
From that date the 808 and 131 services will no longer be operational but a new service (X74) will come into effect.
Peter Hogg will provide the X74 service that will run three times a day Monday to Saturday.
Please see link attached for the timetable. This information has only become available today and there will be further updates should the Parish Council receive more details.
09 January 2024Community telescope hire
The Community of Redsdale has be provided a Sky Watcher Flexitube 250p telescope with zoom eyepiece as part of the Revitalising Redesdale project.
The hire of this piece of euqipment is for community events subject to a qualified person being in attendance to set up and oversee the use of the telescope.
The hire agreement form can be found here.