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Update 5. September 2017

The next meeting will be held in the Parish Rooms, Hill Top Road, CW8 3RA, at 7:30pm on Monday 2. October. The Agenda will be available for download in due course. Residents of Acton Bridge are always welcome to attend Parish Council meetings, to raise concerns or simply to observe our proceedings. Matters of urgency can be brought to the attention of the Clerk or any Councillor, or by e-mail to the address at the bottom of this page (shown as an image to reduce spam).

An announcement has been received from Gillian Edwards :-

"Applications are being sought for a Clerk to Gorstage Cemetery Committee.
A degree of flexibility is required for this part time rôle and this is reflected with a competitive salary. Please email gorstagecemetery@outlook.com for a rôle description.
If you are interested in the position, please email your CV along with a covering letter explaining why you feel that your skills meet the requirements for the rôle.
The deadline for applications is 22 September and interviews will take place in early October."

Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) :
We are awaiting further dates for PCSO Surgeries, normally on Saturdays in the Parish Rooms. Residents with any issues or topics on Police matters are invited to raise them with the PCSO - no appointment is necessary.

Your Parish Council has received a generous Award from the Police and Crime Commissioner's Safer Communities Fund, which will be put towards the cost of the Interactive Speed Warning Sign. Click on the image to download a PDF file of the Award.

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 consists of eight Councillors and a Clerk. We usually meet at 7:30pm on the first Monday of each month in the Parish Rooms, to discuss planning applications, local concerns and items of interest to the community. You can see a calendar of forthcoming Meetings here. Most meetings are attended by one or more of our three Local Government Representatives from Cheshire West and Chester Council. Since May 2011 we have been in the "Weaver and Cuddington" Ward, which consists of four Parishes - Acton Bridge, Cuddington (which includes the community of Sandiway), Dutton, and Weaverham. You can read more on our Boundary page.

In compliance with Transparency requirements, Parish Council Meeting Minutes are published on this website, following approval at the subsequent meeting. Please click on the monthly links ; from June 2017 they are in the form of .PDF Documents, which can be downloaded here : July 2017; June 2017. Previous Minutes are available as web pages, by clicking on the following links: May 2017 AGM ; May 2017 ; April 2017 ; March 2017 ; February 2017 ; January 2017 ; ...and click here to view our online archive of Minutes for 2016 back to 2003. Even earlier Acton Bridge Parish Council Minutes dating back to 1972 have been archived at the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.

Details of your Parish and Borough Councillors, your Weaver Vale Constituency MP, and links to Statutory Documents and Compliance and Transparency Information have been relocated to a new Transparency Page (June 2017)

Please note: this is a personal website, and does not necessarily represent the views of Acton Bridge Parish Council or any other organisation. Its editor is Steve Pardoe

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