Great Waltham Parish Council

The Parish Council is a corporate body with a legal existence of its own quite separate from that of its members. Its decisions are the responsibility of the whole body. The council has been granted powers by Parliament including the important authority to raise money through taxation (the precept) and a range of powers to spend public money.

Your council is an elected tier of local government. Other tiers, Essex County Council and Chelmsford Borough Council, have a legal duty to deliver services such as education, town and country planning, environmental health and social services. Parish councils have the legal power to take action, but they have fewer duties and greater freedom to choose what action to take. They can play a vital part in representing the interests of the communities they serve and improve the quality of life and the local environment. Furthermore they influence other decision makers and can, in many cases, deliver services to meet local needs.

Great Waltham Parish Council is a 'Quality Parish Council' as defined by the National Association of Local Authorities. For details go to www.nalc.gov.uk/Toolkits/Quality_Status.aspx

The eleven members of the Parish Council represent the various parts of the parish; Great Waltham village, Howe Street, Littley Green, Ford End, North End and Broads Green. Elections are held every four years but occasionally members are co-opted onto the Parish Council when there is an uncontested vacancy.

The Parish Council meetings commence at 7.45pm on the third Monday in each month, normally in the Committee Room at Hulton Hall, Great Waltham but in January, June and October the meetings are held in the Ford End Village Hall. Each meeting has an open session when parishioners may speak on any matters of interest.

An Annual Assembly is held in Great Waltham each Spring and gives parishioners the opportunity to meet Parish, Borough and County councillors. Part of the meeting takes the form of an open forum where parishioners can put forward views on local issues and community matters to the Parish Council.

The current Members and their contact details are given below.

Agenda for the Planning Meeting to be held on Monday 6th February 2012.

CLERKS MONTHLY REPORT 19^th December 2011

REVISED PARISH OFFICE OPENING HOURS

During the Winter months the opening hours of the Parish Office will be revised as follows. From the1st November 2011 the office will be open to members of the public on Wednesday afternoons from 1.0 pm - 4.0 pm and on Thursday mornings from 8.30 am - 12.30 pm.

The Clerk will be in attendance on the dates above to answer queries or provide information to members of the public. Please ring the doorbell for attention.

Don’t forget that there is also a book swap at the Parish Office where books can be exchanged with a small donation to charity.

Ian (Peter) Bradley, Clerk to the Great Waltham Parish Council

The Old Fire Station, South Street
Great Waltham
Chelmsford
Essex CM3 1DF

Telephone: 01245 362638

Inspiring ideas to improve Essex Communities. These days, there is a great deal of encouragement for residents, local groups, organisations, and communities to play an active role in shaping the area where they live and to promote ideas on how improvement of the local area can be made. Follow the links below to find out how your organisation can take part in this important new project.

Letter from Great Waltham Parish Council

Letter from all of the Borough and District Councils and the Essex County Council

Inspiring Ideas to improve Essex Communities: outline criteria

Inspiring Ideas to improve Essex Communities: outline process

The Members of the Parish Council

Dates of Parish Council meetings in 2012

Minutes of the Parish Annual Meeting held on May 10th 2011

Minutes of the Parish Annual Assembly held on 16th May 2011

Annual Report for 2010/11 This is a big file and takes a while to download. Suggest you make a cup of tea/coffee while waiting.

The minutes of the last six monthly Parish Council meetings. From April 2009 onward these minutes and all Committee Minutes will be in .pdf format for ease of printing.

To read or print a copy you will need to use Adobe Acrobat which is installed in most PCs.
A free copy can be downloaded by clicking on the Adobe icon below.

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	January 2012
Agenda for the December 2011 Parish Council meeting
The minutes of recent Planning Committee meetings
The minutes of recent Finance & General Purposes Committee meetings