Hopton Wafers Parish Council

04/06/2026

MESSAGE FROM HOPTON COURT

Orbit and Beardy Folk Festival at Hopton Court - Update for Hopton Wafers residents

As I am sure you are aware, we have two festivals planned during June at Hopton Court – Orbit and Beardy Folk.
We wanted to share an update to confirm that the organisers are taking measures to divert and guide festival traffic away from the village.
On the first day of Beardy Folk, which is expected to be the busiest, there will also be someone positioned in the village to redirect any drivers who try to come through.
I do understand that this may not prevent every vehicle from coming through the village, but I hope these extra steps will help reduce disruption and make things a little easier for residents.
Thank you, as always, for your patience and understanding - it is very much appreciated.

Charlotte & the Hopton Team

26/05/2026

COUNCILLOR VACANCY
We have a vacancy for someone to join our friendly and active group of councillors, details attached or if you’d like more information or an informal chat come along to our next Parish Council meeting on 8th June at 7pm in Hopton Wafers Village Hall.

16/05/2026

Earls Ditton Lane resurfaced!!
After many years of back and forth with Shropshire Highways the lane was finally fully resurfaced last week and a great job was made of it!
A huge well done to Cllr Barry Buffery for his persistence iand staying power to get this work done 👏👏👏 thank you Barry 👍

06/05/2026

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

A quick reminder…

Join us on Monday 11th May at 6pm at Doddington Village Hall for:

- Cake and hot drinks!
- Meet your councillors
- Learn how to use our parish defibrillators from our amazing first responders
- Hear from other organisations within our parish
- If you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor come and find out more as we have an upcoming vacancy which will be advertised over the coming weeks.

See you there !

29/04/2026

Less than 2 weeks to our Annual Parish Meeting put the date in your diaries !

29/04/2026

NEW PLANNING APPLICATION for 'Proposed Residential Development Land Adjacent Ashcroft' in Hopton Wafers.
Full details can be viewed at:

17/02/2026

FULL FIBRE BROADBAND ACCESS
The Parish Council are aware that some premises in our parish do not have access to full fibre broadband. If this affects you and you would be interested in upgrade to full fibre please register your interest following this link https://www.openreach.com/forms/fibre-broadband-availability---customer-form
A contract is being awarded to provide full fibre which will hopefully happen in 2026/2027.

If you have a query about the availability of Openreach fibre please fill in this form and we'll get back to you.

14/01/2026

Useful guidance from West Mercia Police

12/01/2026

***MEETING CHANGE TONIGHT***
Doddington Village Hall have advised that the car park is still very dangerous and that our meeting cannot take place there tonight. We have therefore changed the venue to Hopton Wafers Village Hall at 19:00.
Thanks for your understanding
Cllr Mark Humpage
Hopton Wafers Parish Council

22/12/2025

New Planning Application for a replacement self build dwelling in Crumpsbrook
Full details can be viewed at: