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Doxey Parish Council are pleased to announce that St Leonards Rugby Club will be playing on the pitch at the rear of the Drive in Doxey from September 2018.

You may have already seen work commencing to level and reseed the pitch over the next few weeks. This is being completed by Bellway as a good will gesture and the Council are grateful for their support.

A little about St Leonards

St Leonards Rugby Club (‘’the Saints’’) has been established in Stafford for 40 years (40^th anniversary in 2017/2018 season. It is a thriving club which competes in Midlands Leagues and benefits from strong support from the RFU.

The club has around 75 members (playing and social), and a group of loyal volunteers.

The club play on a Saturday afternoon and train on a Tuesday evening.

This has been agreed following the decision by AFC Doxey to cease playing, leaving the field available for hire.

St Leonards Rugby Club have also secured the use of the Universal Club for their changing room.

More information can be found at the clubs website at www.stleonardsrugby.co.uk

Doxey Parish Council welcome them to Doxey Village and look forward to their support and links to further grow and develop the community.

The Saints look forward to continuing with their tradition of raising money for local charities and welcoming new players of all ages and standards

Please see attached information about the site compound at Doxey and information about how disturbance and noise will be kept to a minimum
Doxey Site Compound

The Refuse Freighter will be in the car park at Doxey Church between 10am and 12pm on:
Saturday 21st April
Saturday 21st July
Saturday 20th October 

Doxey Hub - Community Consultation

The Parish Council have been approached by the owners of the building with an
opportunity to run this community building—located off Sutton Drive, in the centre of Doxey.

The Council feel this could be an excellent facility for the community with the
availability of hire for children's parties along with possibilities of hire to third
parties to provide activities for residents and a potential venue for holiday provision for children (all subject to third party availability).

The Council would like residents to comment on whether they would like the
council to run this community building. Without support from residents the council feel it will not be worth considering.

The consultation is open from 1st February—1st April

Please click the link to answer 5 Yes/No questions: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BM82KPM

 

 Doxey Friends - next meeting - Sunday 29th April 4pm at Doxey Church. Everyone welcome

Planning application - 1500 homes

Land between Doxey and Castlefields
This application is for 1500 houses, roads, shops, community buildings, primary school and lots more.
Residents can view (all!) the documents here:
http://www3.staffordbc.gov.uk/planning/applicationviewer?SDescription=17/27731/FUL
We'd recommend looking at the design and access statement along with some of the plans to get a feel for this.
The development has been identified in the Stafford Borough Council Local Plan and the Masterplan for the area but you can comment and help shape the design and potentially get amended features you don't like.
Comments to planning@staffordbc.gov.uk by 6th February

 Bellways Homes update - Nov 2017

The Parish Council are delighted to inform residents that the affordable homes have been returned to the proposals for the former Police HQ at Baswich - meaning that Doxey will not have to fight a further application to place the homes on Mallard Walk. Well done to everyone in Doxey who supported the campaign and wrote in to object including all of the members of DASH.

Redrow Open Space and Park
It was agreed at the December 2016 Parish Council meeting that the Parish Council will move forward to take ownership of the space excluding the culvert.
Redrow have offered to redesign the Park and this will be done via consultation in the January Parish Newsletter which is circulated to all homes. 

This was completed in March 2017 and the Council have plans to make repairs and add new equipment to the park.

The park equipment is inspected weekly by a trained inspector. If you see any issues with the equipment please report this to clerk@doxeyparishcouncil.gov.uk