Lengthsman scheme

The parish lengthsman scheme is an arrangement between Nottinghamshire County Council and the Parish Council.

The lengthsman can carry out minor local highways job identified by the parish council or local residents

Nottinghamshire County Council provide:

• an annual grant
• initial training
• basic equipment.

Jobs a lengthsman can tackle include:

• grass cutting
• cutting back overhanging hedges
• ensuring visibility of traffic signs
• maintaining heritage and non-mains powered signs
• clearing drains
• clearing minor storm debris
• tidying roadsides
• digging out ditches in verges
• repainting traditional finger and mile posts
• reporting safety problems to us.

The scheme doesn't affect Nottinghamshire County Councils legal responsibility to maintain roads and pavements. It does however provide an opportunity for local communities to identify minor works which would not necessarily get done by the County Council unless there was a safety issue.

For more information on Nottinghamshire County Council website, please click here

The Parish Council also receives an annual Street Cleaning Grant from Bassetlaw District Council which the Council can use to pay for litter picking across the parishes. Some of the money is spent on the Lengthsman to litter pick as they go about their duties and some is spent on litter picking equipment.

Our Lengthsman is Jack, who works for several parish councils. 

In addition to the activities listed above, he also works on the following:

• Noticeboard Cleaning - to clean and clear around all noticeboards, clean inside the noticeboards and the glass, clean village entrance signs and reflector posts
• Noticeboard Repairs - to undertake minor repairs to the parish noticeboards, village entrance signs as necessary
• Benches Cleaning - to clean all benches around the parish and undertake any maintenance/repainting of these as necessary
• Bus Stops - to sweep out all bus stops and ensure any bus stop seating is kept clean.
• Litter Picking around the Parishes 30 & 40mph zones
• War Memorial - To clean with soap/water the War Memorial and ensure paths near the village hall are swept and in witnter, salt gritted when necessary.
• Signs- To clean all village signs and chevrons.