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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.  
 

The Members of the Parish Council
 
Dates of Parish Council meetings in 2010
 
Minutes of the Parish Annual Meeting held on May 24th 2010
Minutes of the Parish Annual Assembly held on 10th May 2010
 
Annual Report for 2009/10 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.
January
February
  March
  April
  June
  July

The minutes of recent Planning Committee meetings

The minutes of recent Finance & General Purposes Committee meetings

The minutes of recent Recreation Committee meetings

A history of the Parish Council

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 Parish Council regulations

Financial Regulations

Standing Orders

Standing Orders, Appendix A, Code of Practice for handling faults

The services we offer.

New. Statement of Intent as to Community Engagement

 

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This page was last edited on 25th May 2010