What’s On?
Your guide to what’s on in and around Storrington. There are many community groups, organisations, societies and sports clubs which meet regularly and hold public events. These listings are created by them and include film shows, markets, live music, and other community events.
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“I NEVER KNEW GEOGRAPHY WOULD BE SO RELEVANT; WHY DIDN’T I CONCENTRATE MORE AT SCHOOL”
A Talk by William Avenell
An amusing look at how geography impinges on our everyday life .For example, why do motorway traffic jams suddenly disappear ?
The talk has plenty of good-natured humour and demonstrates some insightful local knowledge. Bill Avenell has a passion for unusual features in the landscape. He is a specialist in topography and taught geography at a public school. Most of us were taught geography at school, but not topography, which is a field of geoscience, studying forms and features of land surfaces.
Bill will explain the impact that physical geography has made on our daily lives.
May 7th 7.30 p.m. at Storrington Museum,
Venue: Old School, School Lane, Storrington RH20 4LL.
Members £6. Non Members £8. All welcome
Teas & Coffees will be available after the talk.
No booking required
Registered Charity: 1084853
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Planning & Development Committee
The main areas covered by this Committee are:
- Submission of comments to the appropriate authority on planning applications, appeals, local development framework, structure plans and effect of infrastructure.
- Maintenance of Trees owned by Storrington Parish Council.
- The committee will be responsible for ensuring that its spending remains within budget and that any excesses are brought to the immediate attention of the Full Council.
Should you have any queries regarding Tree Preservation Orders, please contact the Parish Office.
Members of the public are welcome.
Dates and times may be subject to change.
Meeting minutes and the full agenda can be found on the Storrington & Sullington Parish website Planning and Development committee page.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Finance & Budget Committee
The Storrington & Sullington Finance & Budget Committee is responsible for budgeting and for the overall control of the general management, administration and financial arrangements of the Parish Council.
Members of the public are welcome.
Dates and times may be subject to change.
Meeting minutes and the full agenda can be found on the Storrington & Sullington Parish website Finance & Budget Committee page.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
STORRINGTON TRAFFIC GROUP
Are you joining us at our next public meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday 18th April at Storrington Village Hall?
We will be giving an update on progress since the last public meeting, (there’s been lots going on), sharing our list of potential short-term solutions to address Storrington’s traffic issues and planning our Week of Action at the end of May.
We are delighted to announce that we will have special guests, including Horsham Neighbourhood Policing Inspector Neil Durkan, who is very keen to help the Storrington community address its traffic issues in any way he can.
IMPORTANT – Please email StorringtonTrafficGroup@gmail.com to let us know that you are coming as, although we would like as many people to attend as possible, the hall capacity is limited.
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!
If you are able and willing to print and display the poster below please do so.
Finally, did you know there is a Storrington Traffic Facebook Group to engage with residents, gather evidence and share experiences has been set up – you can join it here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2964128787080776
We’ve also set regular dates for STG meetings to put in your diaries till July – our next STG meetings, all at Storrington Village Hall, will be at 7.30pm on:
15th May 2024
20th June 2024
10th July 2024
Best wishes,
Storrington Traffic Group
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
The Local Government Act 1972 states that “for every parish there shall be a Parish Meeting for the purpose of discussing parish affairs and exercising any functions conferred on such meeting by any enactment…”
The Annual Parish Meeting is open to all electors of the Parish, who have the right not only to attend, but also to speak on any matter of local interest.
(This is in contrast to a Council meeting, where electors who are not Councillors may only speak at the discretion of the Chairman of the Council. A Parish Meeting is a meeting of the people of the parish, a Parish Council Meeting is a meeting of the parish councillors).
With the exception of the Chairman, councillors rank the same as other members of the electorate during the meeting.
A skeleton agenda is usually published ahead of the meeting, but items may be added up to and even during the meeting. Any member of the electorate may request items to be placed on the agenda. Any matter pertinent to the parish may be discussed at the meeting.
All those present at the meeting who are on the electoral register for the parish have the right to vote.
This meeting has its own minutes, which should be kept separately from the Council minutes, and these minutes can only be approved by the next Annual Parish Meeting which will, of course, not be held until the following year.
It is however, good practice to bring the draft minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting to the next convenient meeting of the Parish Council, since otherwise matters are unlikely to get progressed. But it is important that the Council does not actually approve these minutes, as they do not belong to the Council.
The Chairman of the Parish Council chairs the meeting. The Clerk to the Parish Council organises and takes the minutes of the meeting.
The Storrington & Sullington Annual Parish Meetings are typically held on the first Wednesday each May (Covid caused exceptions).
Proceedings of previous Annual Parish Meetings
(The information shown here has come from resources produced to advise Parish Councils)
Like any other organisation or company, the Council needs to hold an annual meeting to carry out those things that only need doing once a year. These include:
- Electing a Chairman
- Electing a Vice-Chairman (if the council wants to have one)
- Appointing committees
- Appointing representatives to other bodies (e.g. the Parish Hall Committee, or School Governing Bodies)
- Agreeing to subscribe to such bodies as the County Association of Local Councils
- Reviewing policy documents such as risk assessment, Standing Orders, Financial Regulations, etc.
The Storrington & Sullington Annual Parish Council meetings are typically held on the last Wednesday each May.
“A History of Church Street, Storrington”
Open Day, Storrington Museum
June 1st 10.30-4.00 p.m. at Storrington Museum,
Old School, School Lane, Storrington RH20 4LL.
Do YOU or any family/relatives have any information on Church Street house history or information and/or photos of who lived there and what they did? We need information for our forthcoming Museum Open Day!
The Storrington Local History Group in conjunction with Storrington Museum are starting a project to look at the history of Church Street. When were the houses built? Who lived there? What were the shops in Church Street?
To do this, we are researching using the 1788 Bainbridge map and Apportionment, the 1841 Tithe Map and Apportionment, the Censuses (1841-1921), the 1910 (Lloyd George) Valuation and the 1939 Register as well as Sussex Directories and local newspapers. The Museum also has an unrivalled collection of photographs of the street.
The research is not as straightforward as first thought as the Censuses often do not indicate house numbers or names nor indeed did the Enumerators go house by house sequentially (rather it seems they dodged around depending on who was in). The Directories are similar – no house names or numbers.
Apart from Forge House, the West Sussex Records Office has no detailed records of the houses or trades conducted. We are therefore asking if YOU or any family/relatives have any information on Church Street house history or information and/or photos of who lived there and what they did.
The History Group are planning an Open Day at the Museum on 1st June to see what information or knowledge local residents have of the street, which they can contribute to the project. Please do come along; you will be able to see what we have found and what we need to discover.
Any assistance you can give would be most gratefully received.
With thanks
Local History Group
Contact details:- storringtonmuseum@hotmail.co.uk
Registered Charity: 1084853
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
“South Downs Film Makers”
June 4th at 7.30 p.m. at Storrington Museum,
Old School, School Lane, Storrington RH20 4LL.
“It all started in 1989, when the era of cine cameras was coming to an end and a new club using video was announced locally.
The Club meet at Ferring Village Hall throughout the year, usually on the third Wednesday of the month. Today, we have around 25 members who meet at this venue to participate in an interesting programme of activities for our members making comedies, dramas & local documentaries. As part of our commitment to the community, we welcome the opportunity to make promotional films for local charities and institutions.
The film show will comprise:- ‘The Christmas Tree story’, ‘Life on a cruise ship’, ‘This is Lancing’, ‘Trip wire’, ‘Krimmler Waterfall’, ‘Worthing Light Festival’ & ’Oh George’.
Previous audiences have commented ‘Lots of laughs and all professionally presented’ and ‘A thoroughly brilliant and entertaining talk and film show’”.
Venue: Old School, School Lane, Storrington RH20 4LL.
Members £6. Non Members £8. All welcome
No booking required
Registered Charity: 1084853
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
STORRINGTON TRAFFIC GROUP
Are you joining us at our next public meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday 18th April at Storrington Village Hall?
We will be giving an update on progress since the last public meeting, (there’s been lots going on), sharing our list of potential short-term solutions to address Storrington’s traffic issues and planning our Week of Action at the end of May.
We are delighted to announce that we will have special guests, including Horsham Neighbourhood Policing Inspector Neil Durkan, who is very keen to help the Storrington community address its traffic issues in any way he can.
IMPORTANT – Please email StorringtonTrafficGroup@gmail.com to let us know that you are coming as, although we would like as many people to attend as possible, the hall capacity is limited.
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!
If you are able and willing to print and display the poster below please do so.
Finally, did you know there is a Storrington Traffic Facebook Group to engage with residents, gather evidence and share experiences has been set up – you can join it here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2964128787080776
We’ve also set regular dates for STG meetings to put in your diaries till July – our next STG meetings, all at Storrington Village Hall, will be at 7.30pm on:
15th May 2024
20th June 2024
10th July 2024
Best wishes,
Storrington Traffic Group
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Full Parish Council meeting.
It is advisable to check the Parish Council website for meeting dates as these are occasionally subject to change.
Members of the public are welcome to attend. Please contact the Clerk before noon on the Monday before the meeting to register your interest and to submit any questions or matters that you may wish to raise.
Storrington Parish Council is responsible for the services it provides; it establishes policies for action and decides how money will be raised and spent on behalf of the community. Understand how your council works.
Storrington Parish Council is responsible for spending public money lawfully and without risk and, of course, for achieving the best value for money.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
STORRINGTON TRAFFIC GROUP
Are you joining us at our next public meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday 18th April at Storrington Village Hall?
We will be giving an update on progress since the last public meeting, (there’s been lots going on), sharing our list of potential short-term solutions to address Storrington’s traffic issues and planning our Week of Action at the end of May.
We are delighted to announce that we will have special guests, including Horsham Neighbourhood Policing Inspector Neil Durkan, who is very keen to help the Storrington community address its traffic issues in any way he can.
IMPORTANT – Please email StorringtonTrafficGroup@gmail.com to let us know that you are coming as, although we would like as many people to attend as possible, the hall capacity is limited.
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!
If you are able and willing to print and display the poster below please do so.
Finally, did you know there is a Storrington Traffic Facebook Group to engage with residents, gather evidence and share experiences has been set up – you can join it here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2964128787080776
We’ve also set regular dates for STG meetings to put in your diaries till July – our next STG meetings, all at Storrington Village Hall, will be at 7.30pm on:
15th May 2024
20th June 2024
10th July 2024
Best wishes,
Storrington Traffic Group
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Full Parish Council meeting.
It is advisable to check the Parish Council website for meeting dates as these are occasionally subject to change.
Members of the public are welcome to attend. Please contact the Clerk before noon on the Monday before the meeting to register your interest and to submit any questions or matters that you may wish to raise.
Storrington Parish Council is responsible for the services it provides; it establishes policies for action and decides how money will be raised and spent on behalf of the community. Understand how your council works.
Storrington Parish Council is responsible for spending public money lawfully and without risk and, of course, for achieving the best value for money.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Full Parish Council meeting.
It is advisable to check the Parish Council website for meeting dates as these are occasionally subject to change.
Members of the public are welcome to attend. Please contact the Clerk before noon on the Monday before the meeting to register your interest and to submit any questions or matters that you may wish to raise.
Storrington Parish Council is responsible for the services it provides; it establishes policies for action and decides how money will be raised and spent on behalf of the community. Understand how your council works.
Storrington Parish Council is responsible for spending public money lawfully and without risk and, of course, for achieving the best value for money.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.