Whitley Parish Council...

Whitley Parish Council meets once every month (except December) at the village school in Learning Lane. These are public meetings that any villager can attend with a public forum included in the agenda. The table below identifies dates of future meetings, they all start at 17:30hrs (7:30pm). Minutes relating to these meetings can be viewed or downloaded from the bottom of this page.

Council Meeting Dates...

Councillors' Details...

What responsibilities do the Parish council have?

Parish Councils have a limited number of duties which all impact directly on the local community. The following list contains all those elements which fall directly under the remit of Parish Councils:-

• Allotments
• Burial Grounds, Cemeteries, Churchyards and Crematoria
• Bus Shelters
• By-laws - the power to make bye-laws concerning: baths and washhouses (swimming pools), cycle parks, mortuaries and pleasure grounds
• Clocks - public clocks can be provided and must be maintained
• Community Centres, Conference Centres, Halls, Public Buildings
• Drainage - of ditches and ponds
• Entertainment and the Arts
• Footpaths
• General Spending - Parish Councils have a limited amount od money they can spend, on anything they identify as a benefit to the community that is not covered by the other specific responsibilities contained in this list
• Gifts - Parish councils may accept gifts
• Highways - lighting, parking places, right to enter into discussions about new roads and road widening, consent of Parish Council required for diversion or discontinuation of highway, traffic signs and other notices, tree planting and verge maintenance
• Land - acquisition and sale of
• Legal proceedings - power to prosecute and defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the community, power to take part in any public enquiry
• Litter - provision of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns
• Planning - Parish councils must be notified of, and display for residents, any planning applications for the area. Any comments submitted to the planning authority by the Parish council must be taken into account
• Postal and Telecommunication Facilities - power to pay a public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing services in that area
• Public conveniences - provision and maintenance of public toilets
• Recreation - provision of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds, open spaces, village greens, gymnasiums, playing fields, holiday camps and boating ponds
• Rights of Way - footpath and bridleway maintenance
• Seats (public)
• Signs - danger signs, place names and bus stops signs
• Tourism - financial contributions to any local tourist organisations allowed
• Traffic Calming
• War Memorials
• Water Supply - power to utilise stream, well or spring water and to provide facilities for general use

Parish Meeting Minutes...

Below are listed all the Minutes taken at each Parish Council Meeting starting January 2007. To view the minutes, simply click on the link e.g. January 2007