Your Parish Council

Your Parish Council comprises of councillors who serve a four year term. Usually meetings are held monthly, together with an Annual Meeting at which the Chairman and Vice Chairman are elected. The dates of meetings for the coming year are shown on the Minutes & Agendas page. Agendas are posted on the noticeboards and on the website at least three d... ays before each meeting and the venue is the village hall. The public are invited and welcome to attend the meetings. The council also has the power to raise money through taxation, the precept. The precept is the parish councils share of the council tax. The precept demand goes to the billing authority, the district council, which collects the tax for the parish council. Parish councils make all kinds of decisions on issues that affect the local community. Probably the most common topics that parish councils get involved with are planning matters (they are statutory consultees), crime prevention, managing open spaces and campaigning for and delivering better services and facilities. Its true to say that on their own, parish councils have limited powers to make decisions but they do have the ability to negotiate with, and the power to influence, those other organisations that do make the final decisions such as other tiers of local government, health authorities, police etc.Read More