East Peckham Parish Council

16/06/2026

Neighbourhood Development Plan

Thank you to those who came to our drop in session on Sunday 7th June. We will be running more drop in sessions in due course.

Consultation
The key theme that runs through the entire Neighbourhood Development Plan process is community involvement and consultation. This is a community led document. The Residents Survey and Business Survey are still live until 30 June and can be found on our website here: https://eastpeckham-pc.gov.uk/neighbourhoodplan/

Housing Needs Survey
Next up is the Housing Needs Survey to help us understand what your thoughts and views are on housing, and what housing needs you or family members may have. The Housing Needs Survey is live from 6th July. We would be grateful if you would take the time to complete it. It is being delivered to all households in hard copy, and will also be available to complete online. It is being organised in conjunction with RACE (Rural and Community Housing Enabling) who are running the survey on behalf of the Parish Council.

Please do contact us if you have any questions about the Housing Needs Survey or would like any help completing it.

Upcoming Residents Consultation Meetings
The next Residents Consultation meetings are on Sunday 19th July at the Jubilee Hall. We will be running two sessions, at 10am and 1pm. We will have lots to report back to you on, and to ask you for your thoughts and feedback:
• Residents and Business Survey
• Local Green Spaces and Key Views
• Key topics and draft Vision and Objectives
• Next steps


Ahead of the Consultation Meeting on Sunday 19th July, do you have any suggestions for green spaces or views within the Parish that are important to you, and that you might like to see protected?

If so please get in touch with the Parish Office or email to [email protected] and we can review those as part of the initial work we are doing ahead of the Consultation Meeting in July.

Taking part in this process is a really important way that you can shape the future of our village, so we look forward to seeing lots of you there.

We are pleased to let you know that the website pages about the Local Development Committee and the Neighbourhood Development Plan have recently been refreshed. Please do take a look if you are able to:

https://eastpeckham-pc.gov.uk/neighbourhoodplan/

Your voice helps shape the future of our community. Thank you for being involved.

If you have any questions or would like to meet face to face to discuss the Neighbourhood Development Plan, please contact the Parish Office.

The Local Development Committee
(leading on the preparation of of the Neighbourhood Development Plan)

Our Village. Our Plan. A community-led plan that gives East Peckham a real, legally binding say in how the village grows and changes.

14/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to yesterday's fete. What a great afternoon.

We would like to say a special thank you to the following people;

The amazing Community Garden Volunteers.

All the retailers and contractors who have donated/discounted materials and labour.

The Parish Council for supporting the vision of the garden and believing in the Permiculture ethos for the future.

The events commitee for championing various village events for residents to enjoy.

To the Volunteers who helped on the day.

The stall holders, food and drinks vendors, Holy Trinity Church, the wonderful EP silver band, children's entertainer Kazamataz & Tim & Louisa Day for the use and transport of the hay bales. Michael Hayes our litter warden.

Thank you also goes to;
The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat
Mayoress Cllr Kim Tanner and her consort.
Deputy Mayoress Cllr Sarah Hudson
TMBC leader Matt Boughton

Diane Wakeling our community warden.

We appreciate everyone's time and efforts on celebrating the opening of the Community Garden and our beautiful village.

13/06/2026

Today's the day!.... sunshine, music, ice cream, stalls, pimms, children's entertainer, raffle, fire engine, but most importantly our beautiful garden will open.
See you all from 1pm 😉🌹🪴🌲🍔🍷🍸🌞

09/06/2026

Parish Office Opening Hours

Due to staff leave and event preparation for Saturday, the office opening hours for the rest of this week will be as follows:

Wednesday 10th - Closed
Thursday 11th - Closed
Friday 12th - Open 1-3pm

If you have any queries please do email [email protected] and I will do my best to respond as soon as I can.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!

09/06/2026

Just 4 days to go! 🎊

We look forward to welcoming everyone to this year's summer event on Saturday and with the weather due to pick up by the weekend it looks set to be a great day 🌞

The timetable for the afternoon is as follows:

The Community Garden is being officially opened at 1pm by the Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE, along with 2 councillors and our wonderful volunteers 🌹🌺💮🌻🪻

The Mayor Cllr Kim Tanner will also be in attendance.

The East Peckham Silver Band are playing between 1pm -1.45pm & 2.30pm - 3.15pm. 🎷🎺🪊

The children's entertainer Kazzamataz will have 2 shows, 1.45pm - 2.30pm & 3.15pm - 4pm 🤹🏻‍♀️

There will be food from East Peckham kebab shop, along with samosas, cakes, donuts, fudge, ice creams etc 🍦🍰🍡🧁🍭🍩

Drinks include a bar run by the Holy Trinity Church, teas, coffees and speciality drinks ☕🍺🍷

Stalls include; jewellery, soaps, gifts, diamond art crafts, books, cards, plants, toys, themed balloons, face painting and much more.📚🧸🎈

A display inside the hall by the EP History Trust 🏨🏫

We hope you will all bring your family and friends to what we hope to be a lovely afternoon.

05/06/2026

Neighbourhood Development Plan

Questions, Queries, Comments, Concerns?

Reminder: Drop in session this Sunday 7th June, 2-4pm at the Parish Office - Please feel free to come and see us.

If you can't attend and have a question, or would like to arrange an alternative time to meet, please email [email protected]

01/06/2026

The timetable for the village event is as follows;

The Community Garden is being officially opened at 1pm by the Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE, along with 2 councillors and our wonderful volunteers.

The Mayor Cllr Kim Tanner will also be in attendance.

The East Peckham Silver Band are playing between 1pm -1.45pm & 2.30pm - 3.15pm.

The children's entertainer Kazzamataz will have 2 shows, 1.45pm - 2.30pm & 3.15pm - 4pm.

There will be food from East Peckham kebab shop, along with samosas, cakes, donuts, fudge, ice creams etc.

Drinks include a bar run by the Holy Trinity Church, teas, coffees and speciality drinks.

Stalls include; jewellery, soaps, gifts, diamond art crafts, books, cards, plants, toys, themed balloons, face painting and much more.

There will be a display inside the hall by the EP History Trust.

We hope you will all bring your family and friends to what we hope to be a lovely afternoon.

You are welcome to bring your own chairs, gazebos, picnics & games.

01/06/2026

Due to the recent resignation of a councillor, East Peckham Parish Council now has one vacancy.

Please see the notice regarding elections to fill the vacancy below. More details of the role can be found on our website here: https://eastpeckham-pc.gov.uk/councillor-vacancy-may-2026/

01/06/2026

*Lost Key*
A key has been handed into the Parish Office this morning.
If you have lost one, please contact us to see if it is yours - it has a very distinctive keyring attached to help identify it.

29/05/2026

*East Peckham Neighbourhood Development Plan - Video and Consultation*

Please see here for a link to our initial video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu9VmzHQ1gg

A huge thank you to everyone who has already completed the Residents survey or Business survey, helping us build a picture of your thoughts and views.

If you have yet to complete it there is still plenty of time - it can be done online via the link here:
https://eastpeckham-pc.gov.uk/neighbourhoodplan/

You will also find lots of information on the website with links to detailed briefing papers, and the current membership of the Local Development Committee.

Paper copies of the Residents Survey are also available at the following places in the village:
The Village Stores and Butcher
The Village Coffee & Wine Bar
The Bush, Blackbird and Thrush Pub
The Post Office & Newsagents

A reminder our first drop-in session is next Sunday (7th June) 2-4pm at the Jubilee Hall. This is an opportunity for you to ask questions in person. However if you have a question before then please do email us at [email protected]. Alternatively if you can't make next Sunday, but have questions that you would like to discuss face to face, please let us know and we will do our best to arrange an alternative time with you.

The next Residents Consultation Meeting is Sunday 19th July at 10am, at Jubilee Hall. More detail to follow.

If anyone would like to join the Local Development Committee, or help with the Neighbourhood Development Plan, please get in touch. We would love to hear from more volunteers.

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