Hattton Park Residents' Association

Residents' Association

In January 2000, a public meeting was held to discuss one part of the planning agreement (Section 104 Agreement) relating to Hatton Park, to provide a community centre.  At that meeting the residents, representatives of the Parish and the District and County Councils discussed the type of facility needed and the best way of ensuring that Hatton Park residents’ views were obtained.

At that time there was no-one able to represent the views of residents living in Hatton Park or to be any sort of advocate for the future, so a group of residents proposed forming Hatton Park Residents’ Association.

The newly formed group began to meet regularly and immediately began the task of liaising with the developers and the local councils to ensure a village hall for Hatton Park would be realised.

Over the course of 2000, the need to formalise the legal standing of Hatton Park Residents' Association became clear and the committee decided the best way to fulfill the obligation of the association would be to register as a charity.  On 14 June 2001 an Extraordinary General Meeting was held to formally adopt the proposed constitution and make an application to the Charities Commission for charitable status.

Charitable status was granted in January 2002 and the aims of Hatton Park Residents' Association (HPRA) are as follows:

• • To establish the village hall and to run it successfully for the community

  • To promote the preservation of and improvement of Hatton Park for the residents

  • To be involved with other local charities.

HPRA worked with the developers of the hall, AC Lloyd, throughout the design and construction phases and we were responsible for purchasing all the furniture and fittings.  Hatton Park Village Hall was officially opened by Dave Willets on 6 September 2003 and HPRA continue to manage the hall.

To learn more about Hatton Park Residents' Association and perhaps to get involved, please contact treasurer@hattonpark.net.