Whitchurch Parish Council

The Council

Every parish in England and Wales with more than 200 electors must generally have a parish council with at least five members. Elections are held every four years - at the same time as district councils - the next being due in May 2007.

Parish council functions include: allotments; encouragement of arts and crafts; community halls; recreational facilities; and many minor functions. They also have the opportunity to comment on local planning applications within the parish. In addition they may spend limited sums for general benefit of the parish, levying a precept on the district council for their funds. More recently they can now spend money on community transport initiatives.

In all they do councillors are responsible to each elector in the parish. For this reason everyone is welcome to attend the monthly council meetings, to raise any concerns they may have and to listen to the business of the day.

Below is information that will allow you to contact a Councillor or attend a Parish Council Meeting. If you have any concerns that you would like to air, please call a Councillor or, better still, attend a meeting.

Clerk to the Whitchurch Parish Council (to whom all correspondence is to be sent)

Mrs Sue Mordue, Pear Tree Cottage, 49 Portway, North Marston, Buckingham MK18 3PL

Telephone: 01296 670707; E-mail sue-mordue@more-control.com

Councillors and their telephone numbers (all prefixed by 01296)

Andrew Pain (Chairman) 4 Rickyard Close 640949 

Ashley Bond (Vice Chairman) 1 Mount Pleasant 641552

Paul Foot, 1 Ashgrove Gardens 641379

Suzanne Leggett, Whitchurch House, Oving Road 641212 

Hans Meyer, 2 Post Office Lane  640578

Harold Newman, 51 Ashgrove Gardens 641328

Marian Walker, 4 Ashgrove Gardens 641003

Aylesbury Vale District Councillor (Weedon Ward)

Cllr Ashley Bond

1 Mount Pleasant, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, HP22 4JE 641552

Buckinghamshire County Councillor (Wing Division)

Cllr Quintin Ings-Chambers

32 Redwood Drive, Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 0TA 688431

Venue of meetings

Church Hall, White Horse Lane

Time and Dates of Parish Council Meetings for 2007

Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month and start at 7.30pm. There are however no meetings in August and December. The dates for the remaining of the year are;

15 January (note change), 12 February, 12 March, 9 April, 14 May, 11 June, 9 July, 10 September, 8 October, 12 November

(For 2008 the dates are; 14 January. 11 February, 10 March, 14 April, 12 May, 9 June, 14 July, 8 September, 13 October, 10 November.)

Agenda of each meeting contains some, or all, of the following items

Parish Forum - opportunity for parishioners to ask questions or make comments

Matters arising from previous minutes

Planning - review of any current applications

Highways

Financial - review of expenditure

Footpaths & Footways

Street Lighting

Minutes

Minutes of each meeting are issued by the Clerk to the Council and are presented for approval or amendment at the next Council meeting. They are then posted on the village notice boards sited outside 7, High Street and in Ashgrove Gardens. They also appear on the village website – see link below. This allows every elector to learn of the matters discussed and actions agreed by their Councillors.