Next Parish Council Meeting

The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Monday 4th November 2024 at 7.30pm in the Falklands Cricket Club, Enborne.  The Agenda can be found here. {Agendas are published three days before the meeting}

The Enborne Parish Plan 2018, which sets local priorities, was adopted by the council on the 21st May 2018 and has been endorsed by West Berkshire Council.


 


Long Copse Farm

Enborne Parish Council published a statement on the 8th of July 2024 relating to Long Copse Farm. We stand by that statement.

 

However, it has been suggested that one sentence may be misinterpreted to suggest predisposition or bias on behalf of our district councillors.  We did not mean to imply this and we can confirm when we said, 'Councillors Gaines and Vickers are responsible for the promotion of this site under policy RSA25.', that we did not mean these councillors were acting on behalf of the landowner.  We used the word 'promotion' in the context described by the Planning Advisory Service as being the role district councillors have in promoting policies that help to 'deliver the vision set out in the local plan'.

 

We hope this clarifies the meaning of our statement, we did not mean to cause offence to District Councillors Gaines and Vickers.  For that we apologise.

Enborne Parish Council has made strenuous efforts to oppose the inclusion of 24 Show person sites at Long Copse Farm under RSA25 into the Local Plan and to oppose Planning Application – 23/02596//FULMAJ.  We have received the strong support of Enborne Residents (especially those primarily effected), all Enborne Parish Councillors and Hampstead Marshall Parish Council in our endeavour.”

Posted 25/09/2024


 

 After the Western Area Planning Committee of the West Berkshire Committee make a decision on the Solar Farm planning application and if the application is granted the Trustees of the Enborne Parish Field Charity with Calleva Community Energy envisage holding a public meeting for all parishioners. Calleva will take this opportunity to explain the next steps. 

Posted 15/05/2024, Enborne Parish Field Charity Trustees 

On 13th March 2024, Enborne Parish Field (EPF) Charity members were invited to Newbury Town Council for the Environmental Contribution Civic Award Event. EPF were proudly presented as a nominee in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the Town of Newbury.  


Enborne Neighbourhood Development Plan

A Public Consultation was held on Tuesday 23rd January 2024 at The Bowlers Arms, Enborne Street, Newbury. The NDP working group Thank everyone who had attended, it was a very good turnout, thank you! The NDP will provide an update on this website when more work is done on the next stage of the plan.  If you did have any questions in the meantime,  please Email the Clerk  - clerk@enborne.org.uk


Enborne is a village and civil parish to the west of Newbury, West Berkshire.

The River Enborne, which shares its name, forms the southern border of the Parish, with the railway and the River Kennet forming the border to the north. Largely rural in nature, the parish includes a number of farms, some private parkland, and woodland, with houses dispersed into small hamlets across the area. The south east corner of the parish where it borders the suburbs of Newbury, Wash Common contains the majority of the parish population.

There are some 735 inhabitants in Enborne with Enborne Primary School serving the local population and surrounding areas.

The village name has had many variant spellings in the past, including Anebourne in 1086, and Enbourne, Enborn, Enbourn in the last 200 years.

Enborne Copse, to the north, contains an area of ancient woodland and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The site of the historic First Battle of Newbury (20th September 1643), now farmland , lies near the eastern border of the Parish.