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Please click the link below to read the draft minutes from the East Farndon Parish Council meeting held on Wednesday 17th September 2025.

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If you have any questions or comments, please click this link to email our Parish Clerk.

Greta died on 21^st August 2025. Those who knew her and worked alongside her at village events must wonder if we shall ever see anyone as devoted to the village again.

Greta was born in Cottingham and on leaving school worked as a tailor in Kettering and later at Symington’s in Market Harborough. She married Keith Hill in 1953, the Hills being a numerous village family. Greta and Keith were able to move straight into their house on Harborough Road and Greta still lived there till she died 71 years later. She had three sons, who survive her, Adrian, Clive and Graham. Keith died in 2014.

It is hard to do justice to Greta’s many services to the village. She was a member of the Parochial Church Council for many years and then did sterling work for the Age Concern group, which arranged meals in the village hall for elderly residents and coach trips to places of interest, as well as visiting older residents living alone. She was a key member of many fund-raising groups – for church repairs, for the restoration of the church bells and to set up the bus shelter on the Harborough Road. The church fund-raising at one time involved Greta and Daisy Haynes going round the village in a van collecting old papers and cardboard to sell at a scrapyard. She helped organise jumble sales and discos in the village hall. She was on the church cleaning rota and embroidered kneelers in the church and the two boards of signatures of people who donated to the funds (one is now in the church and one in the village hall). She visited newcomers to the village and helped to make them feel welcome. She helped to raise money for new crockery and a cooker in the village hall.

In later years, after retiring from work at BT and then at Ward’s Electrical, she played bowls with Keith for Market Harborough Bowls Club. 

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Greta symbolised the spirit of community in the village, working tirelessly to improve people’s lives here and keep village institutions going.  Her passing marks the end of an era in village life.

Tribute written by Alan Langley with Adrian, Clive and Graham Hill, September 2025

East Farndon is very fortunate to have various rights-of-way in the parish, which create footpaths across the surrounding countryside. Many of these footpaths run through private land, where the landowner must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users.

Following some recent complaints regarding footpaths, the Parish Council has spoken to various landowners in the Parish and they would prefer that complaints are raised with them first rather than via Street Doctor, to enable them to take appropriate action as soon as possible.

Therefore, the Parish Council kindly asks that if you have any problems with a footpath, in the first instance, can you please raise any concerns with the Parish Council (either email the Clerk at clerk@eastfarndon-pc.gov.uk or contact a Parish Councillor) or, if you feel comfortable doing so, contact the landowner directly. If the landowner does not take appropriate action, the issue will then be reported on Street Doctor by the Parish Council.

Many thanks in advance for your co-operation.

There is currently a vacancy for a Parish Councillor, for which the Parish Council invites applications for co-option – please click this link to read a copy of the formal notice.

If anyone is interested in knowing more about the role of a Parish Councillor, please speak to any of the existing Parish Councillors or contact the Parish Clerk at clerk@eastfarndon-pc.gov.uk.

Applicants for co-option should: 

Submit an application form (a copy of the application form is attached as Appendix A – section 1 to the Co-option Procedure). Please click this link to view the Co-option Procedure. 

Confirm their eligibility for the position of Councillor by signing a copy of the eligibility criteria on the application form (Appendix A – section 2 of the Co-option Procedure). 

The closing date for applications is Midday on Wednesday, 10 September 2025. Applications will then be considered at the Parish Council meeting to be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025.

Despite repeated requests and warnings, the issue of parking on pavements in East Farndon continues to be a problem. Our local Police are now going to keep a close watch and everyone should be aware that they will ticket vehices if they are found to be parking in a manner that obstructs pavements. The Police will follow a 2 step process,

Step 1 – a leaflet / letter will be left on the offending vehicle(s) warning drivers not to obstruct / park on pavement.

Step 2 – if no improvement – Fixed Penalty Notice by post AND removal of the vehicle (not one or the other).

The Parish Council has previously contacted the Police to resolve this issue which obstructs pedestrians, in particular buggies and mobility scooters. The Police advised that streets in East Farndon have no parking restrictions so vehicles can park on the road, but in any event, a space 1 METRE WIDE on the pavement should be left so people can get past safely. In addition, if a vehicle is parked on the road, especially on Main Street / Harborough Road, drivers must ensure that it is not parked on a blind bend so that traffic has good visibility in both directions. Thank you everyone!

If you have any questions, please email: clerk@eastfarndon-pc.gov.uk

Occasionally, the Parish Council needs help with projects in the community and is looking for volunteers. We know there is a lot of knowledge, skill and expertise in the village, and the Parish Council would love to use East Farndon’s talent to improve its work.

Additionally, the Parish Council is updating its Emergency Plan, which covers extreme circumstances that may prevent the emergency services from immediately reaching the scene of an emergency in the parish, e.g. heavy snowfall, flooding, fire, serious road collision. In such cases the initial response may rely on the residents of the Parish. The Emergency Plan sets out how an initial response will be co-ordinated by the Parish Council. As part of this work, West Northamptonshire Council are advising Parish Councils to have a list of people who would be willing to assist in an emergency; whether they have any medical training; and whether they have any vehicles or equipment that could be useful, e.g. tractors, trailers, 4×4 vehicles.

If you are willing to assist the Parish Council, either generally and/or as an emergency volunteer, can you please email the Parish Clerk, Caroline Burton at: clerk@eastfarndon-pc.gov.uk providing the following information:

• Name
• Address
• Contact telephone number
• Email address
• Confirmation of whether you are willing to be a general volunteer, and if so, whether you have any specific knowledge, skills or interests
• Confirmation of whether you are willing to be an emergency volunteer, and if so, whether you have any medical training and/or useful vehicles

Please note that by providing this information, you are consenting for the information provided to be held by East Farndon Parish Council on computer or other relevant filing systems and to be processed for the reason that the information has been provided. A copy of East Farndon Parish Council’s full privacy statement is available here: https://eastfarndon.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GDPR-Data-Privacy-Notice-General.pdf