Bestwood Village Parish Council

13/06/2026

Can parents and carers please remind their children not to use the playground on The Square while work on the new surfacing is being completed. Thank you 🙏

04/06/2026

Great news!

The playground on The Square is getting an upgrade - brand new surfacing 💚

Work starts tomorrow (Friday 5th June) and will continue through to the end of next week.

During that time, the park will be out of use while the new surface is laid.

Thank you for your patience while the work is completed and please remind your children the park is out of bounds for the next week or so.

This is a significant investment in our village, and in the safety and enjoyment of our youngest residents for years to come 🙌

We’ll update you once the work is completed 🙏

03/06/2026

At our last meeting, councillors elected Claire Brown as Chair and Robert White to stay on as Vice Chair.

Alongside Claire and Rob, your parish councillors are: Ian Hart, Laura Newcombe, John Noone, Karen Doran and David Robertson.

Our Clerk is Matthew Bullock.

You can contact us here: https://www.bestwoodvillageparishcouncil.gov.uk/contact-us

We will always do our best to help!

Our next meeting is at St Mark’s Church, Tuesday 9th June, 7pm.

All warmly welcome!

This page contains an online form for easy communication with the council and a location map for the council office.

21/05/2026

Good news - expert cleaning of the War Memorial has taken place this week. Thank you to Bonsers for carrying out the work 🙏

12/05/2026

Annual General Meeting + usual May meeting tonight!

St Mark’s Church from 6.30pm.

All welcome!

We are holding our Annual General Meeting at St Mark’s Church on Tuesday 12th May from 6.30pm-7pm.

This is an opportunity to meet councillors, ask any questions you have and hear about the work the council has done over the past year.

Tea, coffee and biscuits for everyone who joins us 🍪 ☕️

After the AGM, the council will hold its usual monthly meeting from 7pm and people are welcome to stay on to attend.

If you’ve never attended a council meeting before, you’re curious about the role of the council or you have issues relating to the village you’d like support with, this is the ideal time to pop along 🙂

All very welcome!

10/05/2026

We are holding our Annual General Meeting at St Mark’s Church on Tuesday 12th May from 6.30pm-7pm.

This is an opportunity to meet councillors, ask any questions you have and hear about the work the council has done over the past year.

Tea, coffee and biscuits for everyone who joins us 🍪 ☕️

After the AGM, the council will hold its usual monthly meeting from 7pm and people are welcome to stay on to attend.

If you’ve never attended a council meeting before, you’re curious about the role of the council or you have issues relating to the village you’d like support with, this is the ideal time to pop along 🙂

All very welcome!

20/03/2026

*Budget and precept increase*

We would like to address the concerns of some residents in regard to the increase in the precept (the parish council’s share of council tax).

The council considered its budget at the council meeting held on 13th January.

The council considered its overall financial position and the projects it would like to achieve in the coming financial year, including the necessary refurbishment of the safety surface matting in the play park (to be funded using some of the council’s funds and S106 developer contributions from local housing developments) and upgrades to the Christmas lights display.

With the above in mind the council resolved to increase its precept from £20,000 a year to £30,000 a year.

The parish council reduced its precept from £25,000 to £20,000 in the 2023/24 financial year, and this is the first increase since then.

It represents a £13.43 increase per year (or 26p per week) for a Band D property (from £26.86 to £40.29).

The average parish precept charged nationally for the 2025-26 financial year was £92.22 so Bestwood Village’s precept remains significantly below the national average.

The parish council values feedback from community members and our next public meeting is at St Mark’s Church on Tuesday 14th April at 7pm.

13/03/2026

**FREE computer skills course starting next week**

Would you like to learn basic computer skills? Well you can get to grips with a mouse, master a keyboard and learn how to organise documents in a new course starting next week at the Welfare.

This short course over two sessions - Wednesday 18th and Wednesday 25th March from 1.30pm-3.30pm - will help you to become more confident with computers.

You’ll be part of a small group of 5-8 people and the sessions will be led by Inspire, the libraries service.

You can sign up online here: https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/adult-learning/basic-computer-skills-4844/

Or by popping into the Welfare to give your details to Sally who will pass them onto the Inspire team who will contact you, or by calling 01623 677 200.

Our new course booking system is live! Visit our new Learner Hub to create your account, where you can book and browse all our adult learning courses.

12/03/2026

Reminder that applications to join Bestwood Village Parish Councilood Village Parish close this Sunday 15th March at 1pm.

Members of Bestwood Village Parish Council hope to welcome two new councillors to the team through co-option. Co-option is when existing councillors can select new ones to join them without an election. Why be a parish councillor? Being a councillor is a great... Read More »