One of the roles of the Parish Council is to provide help and guidance to its residents. This is a role that the PC takes very seriously. The range of topics we can help with and have helped with is extremely varied. The main point is that we do our very best to help with any question, on any subject. Sometimes we don’t know an answer but will endeavour to find one. There are many ways that we can be contacted, they are:
- In person at the Parish Office. It is located at the rear of The Village Hall, Braeside Road, BH24 2PH.Office hours are Tue, Wed, Thu – 10:30 to 12:30hrs
- By letter to Mr JR Ross, Parish Clerk, Parish Office, Village Hall, Braeside Road, St Leonards, Ringwood, Hants, BH24 2PH.
- By email on clerk@stleonardspc.or.uk
- By phone on 01425 482727
- By the website at www.stleonardspc.org.uk
- On Facebook using the ‘St Leonards and St Ives Parish Home Watch’ page. Tagging the ‘Parish Clerk’
- Message the ‘Parish Clerk’
- Next Door tagging the ‘Parish Clerk’
You may wish to contact your Parish Council Ward Councillor directly. We have 13 Parish Councillors split over 3 wards. Details of the wards and councillor email addresses can be found on our website or by contacting the parish office.
If you have access to the internet there are many very useful websites that can hopefully answer your questions. Here are just a few that may prove useful:
- The 2 Saints Homewatch web page has a lot of information on local services – www.2saints.org.uk
- Dorset Council Planning – www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/planning-buildings-land/planning/planning
- Dorset Council – to report something – dorset-self.achieveservice.com/MyServices
- Dorset Explorer – this is a map-based website that contains a wealth of information on Dorset. It has Ordnance survey maps, street maps, cycle maps and has details and links to an extensive amount of information – search ‘Dorset Explorer’
- Dorset Road Safe – to report traffic concerns – www.dorsetroadsafe.org.uk
- Dorset Police – www.dorset.police.uk
- Highways England – this gives information on major A-roads and motorway – www.nationalhighways.co.uk
- Road works – To find out where, when and what road works are in place – www.one.network
- Streetlights – to report or obtain information on faulty streetlights – www.lightsonindorset.co.uk
