Parish Announcements and Local Links

Environment Agency / Thames Estuary Partnership Evening Talks and Weekend Drop-In Sessions

The Thames Estuary Partnership (TEP) is a forum for local authorities, national agencies, industry, voluntary bodies and local communities to work together for the good of the Thames Estuary. The Partnership is a charity which co-ordinates projects and holds events and workshops to provide information and to gather feedback.  More detailed information can be found on the TEP website, www.thamesweb.com/tep.php

The threat of climate change and increased flood risk is an ever present feature of the Peninsular, yet many local people are not aware that plans are already being developed to help those responsible to adapt to these threats.

To try and solve this as well as to give you a voice, TEP is arranging a series of evening talks and weekend open days with the Environment Agency - in conjunction with local partners - to update communities and organisations across North Kent on the Environment Agency's Thames Estuary 2100 Project. 

The parish events are:  a Presentation in Allhallows Village Hall on Wednesday 13th August 2008, between 6-9pm; and in Allhallows Village Hall on Sunday 17th August 2008, between 10am-4pm, when a "drop-in session" will be held  For much more information including other event dates, please click here. 

Medway Council Planning Information Webpage Link

For your convenience, we have added a direct weblink to Medway Council's Planning information webpage. Planning (also known as the Development Control Service) deals with applications for all types of work from household extensions to major developments, such as power stations or large housing developments. Click here to go to it. 

The Villager – community transport for rural Medway

The Villager community transport scheme has two fully accessible minibuses with seating for up to sixteen passengers, including space for up to three wheelchairs. It runs regular excursions to a range of destinations and offers low cost minibus hire for local community and voluntary groups.

For more information and to see the latest excursions  from the village as listed in Medway's Out and About newsletter, please click here.

You can also find more details, including membership forms at your local Public Transport Info Stations at The Fenn Bell pub, St Mary Hoo, the Allhallows Post Office Stores, and Kingsmead Park site office.

Contact Details:-

Telephone: 01634 890100 (booking office open 9.30 am to 12.30 pm Monday to Friday)   

Web: www.villager.org.uk   Email:  rural.projects@medway.gov.uk

Write to : The Villager, Medway Council, Compass Centre, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent ME4 4YH.

Height of Conifer Trees

From the 1st of June 2005, provided they have tried and exhausted all other avenues for resolving their hedge dispute, people are able to take their complaint about a neighbour's evergreen hedge to the Council. The role of the local authority is not to mediate or negotiate between the complainant and the hedge owner but to adjudicate on whether - in the words of the Act - the hedge is adversely affecting the complainant's reasonable enjoyment of their property. In doing so, the authority must take account of all relevant factors and must strike a balance between the competing interests of the complainant and hedge owner, as well as the interests of the wider community.

Involving the council should be a last resort if neighbours really can't agree a solution. The council can refuse to intervene if they think the complainant has not done everything they reasonably could to settle the  dispute.

The council will be only be able to look at complaints if they fit the following criteria:-

* The hedge is growing on land owned by somebody else.

* The hedge or the portion that is causing problems is made up of a line of two or more trees or shrubs.

* The hedge is mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen.

* The hedge is more than 2m tall.

* The hedge is capable of obstructing light or views.

More details about the high hedge legislation are available on the Communities and Local Government website www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/planning/treeshighhedges/

Alternatively you can contact Alan Brier, Senior Tree Officer if you would like any more information about these issues on telephone number 01634 333333 or Email: alan.brier@medway.gov.uk

Allhallows countryside towards the Thames Estuary       All Saints Parish Church

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Links to local Allhallows Clubs and Societies
(NOTE: The Parish Council does not control nor accept responsibility for the content of any external links. If you wish to have your link added below, please email: webmaster@allhallows-pc.gov.uk)

  All Saints' Parish Church -- 01634 250637

  Allhallows Life Magazine -- Editor 01634 270476

  Allhallows Pre-school -- Monday to Friday -- Allhallows Village Hall -- 9.30am -12.15pm -- 01634 271535

Allhallows Primary School -- 01634 270705

  Allhallows Village Hall -- For bookings and enquiries call 01634 270865

  Baby Clinic -- First Tuesday monthly Allhallows Village Hall -- 1pm

  Bingo -- Thursday Allhallows Village Hall -- 8pm -- 01634 271881

  Brownies (1st Allhallows) -- Mondays Allhallows Village Hall -- 5.50 to 7.30pm -- 01634 271123 (Brown Owl)

  Enjoy-a-Ball  -- Fridays Allhallows Village Hall -- 3.30p to 4.30pm 07782 285140

  Fit Friends -- Wednesdays Allhallows Village Hall -- 8.15pm -- 07968 606 583

  Friendship Club for Ladies -- 2nd Wednesday every month 1pm to 3pm -- 01634 270279

  Guides -- Wednesdays Allhallows Village Hall -- 6pm to 8pm term time only -- 01634 271373

  Karate -- 07887 481305

  Kingsmead Park Service -- 3rd Thursday, 7.30pm.

  Mobile Library Service -- 01634 718161

  Mosquitoes Motorcycle Club -- Wednesdays every other week, 8pm at The Fenn Bell Inn.

  Mothers & Toddlers Group -- Tuesdays Allhallows Village Hall -- 1pm to 3pm -- 07854 215328 or 01634 270720

  Nearly New Shop -- All Saints Church -- 1pm to 3pm term time only -- 01634 270093

  POLICE CONTACTS -- The Peninsula fulltime officer is PC8747 Ann Jeffery 01634 792346, or Police HQ 01634 827055
The Police Community Support Officer is Julie Burrows. Messages can be left on 01634 792123.

  Scouts (7th Allhallows) -- Tuesdays Scout HQ, Avery Way -- 6.30 - 8.30pm -- 01634 713893

  Short Mat Bowls -- Friday Allhallows Village Hall -- 7.30pm to 10pm -- 01634 271485

  Sunday School 'SMASH' and 'Seekers' -- All Saints Church -- 01634 271026

  Village Hall for hire -- phone 01634 270865

  Yantlet Rainbows -- Mondays Allhallows Village Hall -- 4.50 to 5.50pm.  01634 270242.

  Young at Heart Social Club  -- Fortnightly Sundays Allhallows Village Hall -- 2.30 to 4.50pm. 01634 272498

  Youth Club -- 01634 271026

Hands Rochester Volunteer Bureau

The Hands Rochester Volunteer Bureau is a voluntary organisation and registered charity, based in Chatham and acts as a recruiting agency for all voluntary, charitable, statutory and other non profit making organisations requiring voluntary assistance in the Chatham, Rochester, Strood and outlying areas such as Isle of Grain.

Hands also run direct services which include a Transport Scheme where volunteer drivers take elderly and less able clients to hospital appointments, GP surgeries and other clinics, Lunch Club for elderly residents of Lordswood & Walderslade, and a Befriending/Visiting Scheme for lonely and housebound elderly and less able people. We are particularly interested in recruiting volunteer drivers and
Volunteer Befrienders for the Befriending/Visiting Scheme. We would also like to let people know about our services.

So, HANDS are always recruiting volunteers either for our direct services or for other charitable organisations. Often the demand for volunteers is much greater than the number of available volunteers and we would like to ask you to consider helping us. Please contact us soon. Our address is 5A New Road Avenue, Chatham, Kent ME4 6BB telephone 01634 830371, e-mail: rochestervb@btconnect.com. Web site, click here.

  Medway Council

  High Halstow Parish Council

  Frindsbury Extra Parish Council

  Cuxton Parish Council

  St Mary Hoo Parish Council

   Hoo St Werburgh Parish Council

  Stoke Parish Council

  Higham Parish Council

  Kent Wildlife Trust

  Campaign to Protect Rural England

  Kent Association of Local Councils