| Allan Caudwell |
Vice Chair, Finance, Planning |
01453-834548 |
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| Bryn Howells |
Planning & Finance Committees |
01453-836601 |
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| Dawn Clarke |
Playing Field & Planning Committees |
01453-836131 |
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| John Nicholson |
Clerk to the Council |
01453-832734 |
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| Kate Kay |
B&C Committee, Roads |
01453-833458 |
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| Min Hogg |
Footpaths, School & R Mill liaison |
01453-832455 |
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| Nick Hackett |
Chair, Finance, B&C |
01453-834568 |
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| Paul Pennycook |
B&C Committee |
01453-835682 |
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| Simon Allen |
Village Hall Liaison, B&C |
01453-832165 |
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| Meetings are typically held on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the village hall or Pavilion, from 7:30pm. |
Next meeting will be held on: 24/01/2012. Location: Village Hall (7:30pm - 10.00pm)
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You can view the agenda for this meeting by clicking here 
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Minutes from the meeting held 20/12/2011 can be viewed by clicking here
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Click image to view interactive Google map, showing approximate Parish boundaries
What is the Role of a Parish Council?
The 1965 Royal Commission on Local Government (The Redcliffe-Maude Commission) recommended that local
councils should be empowered to do what they pleased for the benefit of their people, and a consequence
of this was the very important 1972 Local Government Act which removed many of the restrictions on the
activities of parish councils. For example, before the 1972 Act, parish councils couldn’t save money
from one year to the next in order to fund a major project. Something all councils have to do these
days to avoid having a massive council tax for each year that anything new is attempted. Subsequent
legislation has added to parish council powers and now local councils can undertake any of the
following things:-
The provision of allotments.
Developing and improving knowledge of the arts and crafts.
Provision of bars and laundrettes.
Cemeteries, crematoria, maintenance of churchyards and the provision of mortuaries.
Provision and maintenance of public clocks.
Provision of any form of public entertainment and of any premises for giving entertainments; this includes maintaining bands or orchestras and providing for dancing.
The provision of buildings for public meetings and functions, indoor sports, physical recreation, for clubs having recreation, social or athletic objectives.
The provision and maintenance of footway lighting, which lights roads and pavements.
The provision of litter bins and the support of anti-litter campaigns.
The provision and maintenance of public open spaces, pleasure grounds and public walks, public lavatories, car parks, cycle parks, public parks and associated facilities.
Maintenance of public footpaths and bridleways, planting and maintaining road side verges.
Maintenance of public seats, shelters for general public use and particularly for bus passengers, erection of signs which warn of dangers, renounce a place name or indicate a bus stop.
Provision of indoor or outdoor swimming pools or bathing places.
Provision of facilities for conferences, the encouragement of recreation and business tourism.
Powers to maintain a village or town green.
In addition to all those things, a parish council can do anything,
provided it is for the general benefit of the community, and that
the expenditure in any one year does not exceed £5.30 per local government
elector in that particular parish or community. But indeed, most things
that the parish council might wish to do or hope to do could be covered
by other legislation for which expenditure is unlimited. The only
limit being imposed is that of the reluctance of parishioners to pay.
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