Road Closure Monday 15th-Friday 26th September
⚠️ Early warning! The A52 will be closed at night both directions between Barrowby and Bingham from Monday 15th-Friday 26th September – between 8pm and 6am.
👷 It’s for National Highways to make drainage improvements, inspect safety barriers, sweep the road, clear vegetation and cut the grass.
🗺️ Here’s their suggested diversion ⬇️
OPC Meeting June 2025 Cancelled
The OPC meeting in June has been cancelled due to councillor’s being unavailable. There will be no meeting in June (originally scheduled for 25th) and the next meeting will be on Wednesday 30th July.
Orston Primary School – Governor Vacancies
Do you care about children’s education and have ever wondered how you could be involved? Becoming a school governor enables members of our local community help the passionate educators at Orston Primary provide the best learning environment. The school has started the process of joining a local academy so it is an exciting time to join the team. The Governing body should have a spread of skills and experience to ensure the school team is supported in the widest way and candidates don’t need to have a connection with the school. If becoming a governor is of interest please get in touch for more information.
Contact: nikki.crosby@orston.notts.sch.uk
Express Interest By: 30th April 2025
Proposed Telecommunications Site – Station Road Orston
If you have any views on the attached proposal then please email Wendy Wakefield clerk@orstonparish.co.uk by Wednesday 5th Feb in order to consult with the company on the 6th.
Cornerstone and the operator are in the process of identifying a new radio base station site to address network deficits in problem coverage areas and ‘Not Spots’ (an Ofcom term that Local Planning Authorities and Councils will be familiar with), i.e. areas where mobile signal is too weak and where network users suffer dropped call, poor connectivity and buffering. This matter is particularly important in more remote and rural communities where mobile coverage may be limited. Following the refusal of an initial proposal, as dealt with under planning reference 19/01756, the area has been revisited by the operator in the hope of identifying a more acceptable solution. However, the same conclusion has been reached in that a street furniture style base station along Station Road strikes the best available balance between operational and planning considerations.
Flood Customer Service Line
Following the tour of the Notts C.C. Flood protection team they have sent a message to Orston reiterating their priority ‘Customer Service Line’ 0300 500 80 80
They say that flood risk properties e.g. those at risk of flooding on High Street, can have delivery of sandbags, “deployed as quickly as they can be sent to assist” to the home addresses.
Keep this number to hand to ring when a flood problem seems likely to occur.