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Monxton Harvest Festival

by davidbaugh4btinternetcom

St.Mary’s Church

Sunday Sept 10th  at 11.00am

Please join us to celebrate this year’s Harvest Festival and help the Andover Food Bank to continue supporting people and families in crisis.

Non perishable items are best but the foodbank is able to distribute some garden produce.

The plate collection on the day will also be given to the Food Bank

St Mary’s Monxton supports the Andover Foodbank throughout the year and especially at Harvest time when we try to make an extra effort to help those in our area who are in need.

There is a collection box at the west end of the church and donations of non-perishable food such as  tinned meat, fish, fruit  or vegetables, long-life milk or fruit juice and pasta are always welcome. The box is checked every day. Alternatively we will gladly collect items from you if that is more convenient.

MONXTON PARISH COUNCIL

by heatherbourner

There will be a meeting of Monxton Parish Council at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 18th July 2023 at

Abbotts Ann Village Hall. All Councillors are requested to participate. Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting alternatively they can email items for discussion to the Clerk, Heather Bourner

For further information please contact The Clerk

Heather Bourner

Clerk to Monxton Parish Council

Heather.bourner@googlemail.com

01264 773976

  1. Apologies for Absence Welcome and Apologies. 
  2. Declaration of Interests
  3. Members of the Public (Pre-booked slots if requested) 
  4. Minutes of the Previous Meeting – sign off & matters arising
  5. Reports:- 

Village Hall update

           Finance

           Environment & Footpaths

           Traffic

           Sunnyside

  • Planning
  1. Applications since previous meeting: – 23/01398/TREEN- coppice sycamore-Monks Foyle Cottage, Green Lane-no objections
  1. Applications to be considered- 23/01741/FULLN-demolish 7 replace garage-Old Hoyles, Abbots Ann Road

Confirmation of outcome from

  1. TVBC-23/00784/FULLN- remove old and replace solar panels-Hutchens Cottage, High Street-permission
  2. 23/00925/FULLN-replacement gates Monxton Manor-permission
  3. 23/00220/LBWN-regularise repairs and renovations to Coach House-Monxton Manor-permission
  • County and Borough Councillors’ Report
  • Correspondence
  • Date of Next Meeting- 7.30 pm on Tuesday 10th October 2023

FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) Project.

by heatherbourner
There is good and bad news this month, but I will start with good news
The civil engineering work is just about been completed in Monxton and the whole area has been cabled up with fibre, most is live, but not all yet.
The on-going technical issue in Dunkirt Lane in Abbotts Ann appears to have been resolved and Openreach has informed me that Dunkirt lane should be live by the end of June which is the main area in central Abbotts Ann that needed to be completed.
Openreach has also stated that they expect ALL areas of our project to be live by the third week in July. Please remember this means live “Infrastructure to the nearest pole or manhole of every property” not to your property.
The bad news is that Openreach still lack the trained manpower to connect properties to the installed infrastructure in a timely manner.
The following are the key issues many householders have struggled with when upgrading to FTTP:-
  • Openreach not turning up on the pre-arranged date to install the connection.
  • Openreach doing a partial installation and the householder having to wait for another appointment for it to be completed.
  • Internet Service Provider not transferring the householder landline phone number.
  • Openreach installing their fibre modem in a different location than the router. This means the router has to be moved which causes the WI-Fi range to no longer cover the areas it previously did. A particular issue in the thick walls of many cottages in the village.
  • Openreach and Internet service providers show property available for FTTP upgrade, but when you try and upgrade by phone they say its not yet available.
If you are with BT and are having a problem, then do not accept the answer from the first responders of your phone call as they almost always cannot resolve your problem. If your problem is related to the transfer of your land line phone number, then ask to be put through to the “number porting” department who’s sole job is to transfer phone numbers. If it is any other problem get transferred to the “BT loyalty” department who appear more proactive in resolving issues.
To help understand the real progress that is being made I would please would ask that once you have had your FTTP connection installed and it is working correctly, then PLEASE HELP US BY REGISTERING HERE so we can get a true picture of the progress and understand if there were any problems encountered. It also means pressure can be put on Openreach where we have factual data.
Community Communication
It is important that EVERYONE can find information about what’s going on in our community and there are many resources available to you including:-
If you have any questions , then please send your question to broadband@abbottsann.com
Keith Saunders
Abbotts Ann FTTP Fibre Upgrade Project Team

Portway & Danebury Benefice

by davidbaugh4btinternetcom

We are looking for a part-time Administrator (self-employed) to support our Priest-in-Charge in her leadership of the six parishes in our Benefice. This will mean working flexibly from home for about an hour and a half five days a week. Details on application to Stephen Baldock at pa2pdteam@gmail.com by July 15th