Thorp Arch Parish Council

Our bulb ‘plantathon’ got underway during October. We are very grateful to a number of volunteers who supported Cllr Ian Grainger and Cllr Steve O’Loughlin to plant over 1,500 daffodil bulbs. A big thank you to Boston Spa, Wetherby and Villages Community Green Group, who helped with the digging and planting and also to Wetherby Rotary Club who donated 850 purple crocus bulbs. The bulbs have been planted in various locations around the village, including The Greens, Walton Road, and North lodge. It’s going to be a colourful Spring in Thorp Arch!

A new sign purchased by the Parish Council has been installed at the North end of Walton Road at the junction with Wetherby Road and Wighill Lane. All three main entrances to the village now have welcome signs.

The Parish Council will undertake a village wide survey during January 2022. We will be asking residents what they like about living in Thorp Arch and what they feel could be improved. The survey will be accessed online, but hard copies will also be available for those who prefer. We will be posting an information leaflet about the survey through your letter box in January, which will contain everything you need to know about partaking and expressing your views.

A range of Christmas lighting has now been ordered for the village. The displays include coloured floodlights under a number of trees, structures on lampposts, white and coloured lights on the Christmas tree on The Green. Lights will be switched on from the end of November until January for a few hours each evening. We hope you enjoy the festive feel the lights will add to the village.

Chartford Homes are still on site due to an engineering problem. They expect to be finished within the next three weeks.

The Lovell Homes development is progressing. The show homes are open and the first residents will move into their properties in December. Any queries or concerns about the development can be forwarded directly to Lovells at: Nicola. Bailey@lovell.co.uk Tel: 01132 022 200.

Thirteen crimes reported for September, eleven of which were committed on the Trading estate. Register for a community alert: For daily crime updates in your area please register for community alert. Here you will receive updates about crime in your area, and crime prevention advice. Please visit Community Alert.

The Parish Council now produce their own electronic Newsletter. This can be accessed via our website: www.thorp-arch.org.uk If you would like to receive the newsletter and other information directly from us, then please sign up via the website.

The Newsletter sign up box can be found on the Homepage.

The next meetings will be held on Monday 13th December – 7pm - 9pm and Monday 1st January at All Saints Church, Thorp Arch.