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Update 30. June 2008

As part of Acton Bridge Parish Council's "Freedom of Information" initiative, PC Meeting Minutes are now being published on this website. Please click on the links below to view them.

Parish Councils are the lowest tier of Local Government in England, and are therefore generally the closest to the people they represent. To quote from Judge John Prophet :

"The Parish Council is one of the great survivors in our governmental institutions. It was the only council not abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and has now been in continuous existence for over one hundred years. Long may it prosper as an admirable example of the benefits to our governmental system of local decision-making by elected representatives of the people".
["The Parish Councillor's Guide" (Shaw & Sons, ISBN 0 7219 0515 3)]

Acton Bridge Parish Council presently consists of six Councillors and a Clerk, all of whom live in the village. Local Government Elections were held in May 2007, but since the number of candidates being proposed for the Parish Council did not exceed the number of available members, no PC election was held.

We usually meet at 19:30 on the first Monday of each month in the Parish Room, to discuss items of interest to the local community. Some meetings are attended by our Local Government Representative. If the first Monday falls into the second week of the month or is a Bank Holiday, then the meeting will be on the first Tuesday. Please note that there will be no meeting in July 2008 - the next will be on Monday 4. August.

Members of the public are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings, but are not generally permitted to speak except during a special agenda item set aside for the purpose before the main business begins. Visitors' active participation is, however, encouraged during the Annual General Meeting, when the Councillors will do their best to answer questions, or discuss matters of concern to local residents.

Recent Minutes and Parish Council Announcements are linked below.

Click on the monthly links to see the Parish Council Minutes for 2008...

March 2008
February 2008
January 2008

...and for 2007...

December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007 (no meeting held)
June 2007 (Annual General Meeting)
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007

Click here to view the archived Minutes from previous years.

Other links:
Your Vale Royal Borough Councillor is Anne Hooker
Your Member of Parliament is Mike Hall
Model Code of Conduct on HMSO website
Consultation on the Model Code (local copy here)
Countryside Commission (requires Java)
DTLR The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (old site)
Please note: this is a personal website, and does not represent the views of Acton Bridge Parish Council or any other organisation. Its editor is Steve Pardoe.
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