Our community’s excellent monthly magazine has a Civic Business section which this month includes reports from the Parish Council and two of the retiring District Councillors, Diana Tennyson and Ingrid Thomas.

Four Marks and Medstead are losing two hard working councillors with a deep understanding of the local natural environment and in Cllr. Thomas, extensive experience and knowledge of district planning and development issues (an extract from her last report is below .)

F4FM is keen that any new candidates prioritise planning and the environment in Four Marks and Medstead, demonstrating their understanding of local needs and priorities. With the development of the latest Local Plan, this awareness will be vital for new councillors who will be thrown into the deep end with important decisions about large sites potentially being made very soon after the election. We await their manifesto/personal statements with interest.

Four Marks News also has a report covering the latest progress on the new community building from the Parish Council, who will be distributing an up to date fact sheet to every household in the coming month.