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Due to the local elections on May 5th 2011, the current parish councillors term of office comes to an end on the same date. Although many of the current parish council intend to apply for a further term of office, now is an ideal opportunity for you to do something for your village.

So, if you don't agree with what the parish council have been doing on your behalf, now is your chance to replace us !!. Alternately, if you want to get involved in supporting your community, then join us and help shape the village for the future.

Virtually anyone over 18 can stand as a councillor, the main qualification is that candidates live or work in the area and want to do something positive for their community. You can read more about becoming a parish councillor at the EHDC web site

For an application form, you can either apply directly to EHDC by contacting Hannah Smith, Acting Elections Manager at EHDC on 01730 234093. Alternately our parish clerk, Mandi Sowik has copies of the applications forms. Forms must be received back by EHDC between 25th March and noon on 4th April.

The village web site now support discussion groups.

There is a public group for visitors to the village to feed back their thoughts on what is good, what they would like to see done differently or to share places to go, things to see, etc.

For registered users (*) there are private groups for topics such as the parish plan, small-ads and general village discussion.

* Usual registration limitations apply - you must live within the parish to have an account.

Hampshire County Council have detailed their winter arrangements, which affect Chawton. The full article can be found here.

Chawton now has its grit bins in position and these are expected to be filled in the next couple of days. The bins are notable as they are in black and gold and have been placed to minimise their visibility. If you notice that any of the bins are not full up in the future, please contact HCC on 0845 603 5633 who will refill them.

Chawton parish council and Chawton Village Hall would like to thank everyone who attended our popular fireworks event last Saturday evening. We hope you enjoyed our show.

We have a number of items of lost property such as gloves, childrens hats etc. If you lost anything on the night, please call Chawton Village Hall on 01420 448234 and leave a description of your lost property (type, colour, size, etc) along with your phone number.

If we can match your property to that which we've found, we will call you back to arrange collection.

Thank you.