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Newsletter Editor Required
The latest edition of the KIT Newsletter, Summer 2025 is below.
Downholland Parish Council are seeking a volunteer to produce this newsletter.
The newsletter is produced 3 times a year and the role involves collecting content from the regular contributors, compiling it into an 8 to 10 page newsletter and uploading it to the printers’ website after which it will be delivered to the Parish Council for distribution.
The Parish Council pay for all printing costs and the task usually takes 3 or 4 hours, 3 times a year.
If you’d like to help out please come to our next Parish Council meeting (3rd Tuesday of each month) or contact us
Downholland War Memorial Plaque
In memory of the men of the Parish of Downholland who gave their lives in The Great War (1914-1918) and The 2nd World War (1939-1945)



Thanks to local historian Stephen Henders for his research, to Councillor Stephen Burgess for overseeing the project, and to Councillors Steve Thomas and Ele Gawne, and Stuart Gawne for helping put the plaque up on the Pavilion in Jubilee Park.
Thanks all, Mike Wainwright
Chair, Downholland Parish Council
Kit Spring 2025
Link for December’s Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95491492774?pwd=ZGRSblBpb0hjcitZcjJ3dFZrUmlkUT09
Meeting ID: 954 9149 2774
Passcode: 454639
Link for November’s Meeting
October 2020 Parish Council Meeting
Link for tonight’s meeting via Zoom.
Start: Oct 13, 2020 07:30 PM London
https://zoom.us/j/93363407818?pwd=VjR5RDNlYXljVmt6aVl6bmZNMUVHQT09
Adoption Lancashire
From https://adoptionlancashireblackpool.org.uk/
We’re delighted you’re thinking about adopting a child with Adoption Lancashire & Blackpool. We understand that it is a big life-changing decision for you and we’re here to help you every step of the way.
We’re a new service bringing together experts from Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council to help children waiting to be adopted find their family and support you through the adoption process.
Anybody can adopt and we welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life. If you think you can offer a child a safe and happy home we’d love to hear from you.
Summary
From 0800 hours on Saturday 24th
October 2020 until 1700 hours on Sunday 1st November 2020
Downholland from X6616 Plumb Court, Downholland
for a distance of 35m in a Westerly direction (outside the Moor Farm Development)


LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
(C104 SCHOOL LANE, DOWNHOLLAND, WEST LANCASHIRE BOROUGH)
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF THROUGH TRAFFIC) ORDER 2020
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lancashire County Council intend to make an
Order under Section 14(1) (a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as
amended, the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit traffic on the roads
set out in this notice.
1. No person shall cause any motor vehicle to proceed over that length of
C104 School Lane, Downholland from X6616 Plumb Court, Downholland
for a distance of 35m in a Westerly direction.
2. Nothing in this order shall apply to persons engaged in the carrying out of
the works.
3. The prohibition will be operative from 0800 hours on Saturday 24th
October 2020 until 1700 hours on Sunday 1st November 2020 or until
completion of the works within this period.
4. An alternative route for vehicular traffic affected by the closure is via:-
C104 School Lane, Downholland – C105 School Lane, Downholland –
C105 Black-A-Moor Lane, Downholland – B5195 Black-A-Moor Lane,
Downholland – A5147 Delf Lane, Downholland – C104 School Lane,
Downholland and vice versa.
The temporary prohibition is necessary to allow the installation of two new
manholes in the carriageway and a new sewer connection to be carried out under
a S50 licence by Oakwood Construction Ltd.
Authority given for this Order to be made:
Peter Bell
Regulation and Enforcement Manager
Highways and Transport
0300 123 6780
[Ref: HRiT/25650/EW]
“In The Know” Information Service
From Lancashire Constabulary.
Dear Residents,
We would like to introduce a Lancashire Talking Community tool through our In The Know messaging system. We have over 45,000 residents in Lancashire who subscribe to the system and Neighbourhood Policing Teams use the system to send police messages to streets, wards or districts. In The Know is supported by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and Lancashire County Council.
Lancashire Talking is a community tool and we are inviting residents to answer a few questions to identify their top 5 community issues, so their local Neighbourhood Police Team can prioritise problems in their neighbourhood on the issues that matter most to the local community.
The system can be considered a modern day digital version of our traditional Neighbourhood Watch Schemes and PACT meetings to identifying community concerns, but is more effective as we can involve thousands of residents in setting priorities and we can provide residents with instant updates.
Let us know what matters to you most in your area by answering a few short questions here: