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Update 11. January 2012

Owing to the New Year holiday, the next meeting of Acton Bridge Parish Council will be at 7:30pm on Monday 6. February 2012.

As part of our "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 consists of eight Councillors and a Clerk, two casual vacancies having been filled by Co-option at the June 2011 meeting.

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.

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.

Following the local government reorganisation in April 2009, Vale Royal Borough Council was abolished and we became part of Cheshire West and Chester Council. Since the May 2011 elections we are in a new "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.

Click on the monthly links to see the Parish Council Minutes for 2011 and 2010... December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011 (no meeting in August)
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011 and AGM
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
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December 2010 ; November 2010 ; October 2010 ; September 2010 ;
July 2010 ; June 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 (since the Local Elections on 5. May 2011) are as follows:-
Alan McKie, Charles Fifield and John Grimshaw.
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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