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Please note that there was no Parish Council meeing in August - the next meeting will be on Monday 6. September at 7:30 pm.

Update 2. September 2010

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) has just published its "final recommendations" on new electoral arrangements for Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester. Acton Bridge Parish Council is disappointed that our own clearly-expressed preference to remain linked to the rural communities to our West has been over-ridden, largely at the behest of Cuddington and Weaverham. Our proposal was also that recommended by Cheshire West & Chester Council, and supported by both Kingsley and Dutton Parish Councils. You can read more on our Boundary page.

As part of Acton Bridge Parish Council's "Freedom of Information" initiative, PC Meeting Minutes are 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 eight Councillors and a Clerk. 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. Following the local government reorganisation in April 2009, Vale Royal Borough Council has been abolished and we are now part of Cheshire West and Chester.

We usually meet at 19:30 on the first Monday of each month in the Parish Room, to discuss planning applications, local concerns and items of interest to the community. Some meetings are attended by our Local Government Representatives. 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.

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.

The 2010 Annual General Meeting of Acton Bridge Parish Council was held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday 4. May in the Parish Room. The Minutes are available via the link below.

Click on the monthly links to see the Parish Council Minutes for 2010...

May 2010 and AGM
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010 and Network Rail meeting
January 2010 included a Public Meeting to discuss local government reorganisation. You can read more about this matter on our Boundary page, and you can see the Parish Council's letter to the Boundary Committee there.

Click here to view the archived Minutes from previous years.

Other links:
Your Cheshire West and Chester Councillors are now Alan McKie, Ralph Oultram, and Lynn Riley
Your Member of Parliament (since the General Election on 6. May 2010) is Graham Evans (Conservative, Weaver Vale)
Model Code of Conduct on HMSO website
Consultation on the Model Code (local copy here)
Natural England
DCLG The Department for Communities and Local Government (new name, new 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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