Latest news from Alresford Town Council (From Hampshire Chronicle)

Latest news from Alresford Town Council

3:31pm Friday 10th February 2012 in News

ANTI-social behaviour in Alresford town centre could be tackled by moving some cycle railings, the town council heard last night.

Teenagers are gathering at the railings in Hankins Court at the back of the Co-operative store on West Street, PCSO Steve Hull said at a meeting yesterday.

Council chairman Steve Middleton said the council would approach the Co-op and ask for them to be moved.

CIVIC chiefs have agreed to pay a grant of £1,100 towards the running costs of the minibus run by the Alresford Town Trust.

The vehicle is used to take the elderly and disabled on shopping trips and excursions.

Alresford town councillor Roy Gentry said he used to think that the non-elected trust was an anachronism.

The trust, a charity dating back to 1890, is responsible for the trees in The Avenue and Broad Street, the Old Fire Station and the Eel House.

Animosity between the trust and the town council goes back 20 years, said Cllr Gentry, but added: “I don't think we should let ourselves be bogged down by that animosity. The town trust does a lot of good work and in particular, the minibus.”

The meeting heard the trust has £50,000 in reserves but the sum is earmarked for a replacement minibus.

TOWN councillors in Alresford have objected to the demolition of a barn because of the loss of workshops.

Councillor Barbara Jeffs, chairman of the planning committee, said she was unhappy that the replacement building for Long Barn on Winchester Road, near the junction with New Farm Road, will be offices.

For more Alresford stories, see the Hampshire Chronicle next Thursday.