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Update 5. September 2016

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The next meeting of your Parish Council will be held in the Parish Rooms, Hill Top Road, CW8 3RA, at 7:30 pm on Monday 3. October 2016.

Residents of Acton Bridge are reminded that they are always welcome to attend Parish Council meetings, to raise matters of concern 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).

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.

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 and discuss matters of concern to local residents. Most meetings are attended by one or more of our three Local Government Representatives. 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.

As part of our "Freedom of Information" initiative, PC Meeting Minutes are published on this website, following approval at the subsequent meeting. Please click on the monthly links to see recent Parish Council Minutes...
July 2016 ; as usual, there was no meeting in August, so the July Minutes were not formally approved and published until September. June 2016 ; May 2016 AGM ; May 2016 ; April 2016 ; March 2016 ; February 2016 ; January 2016 ; ...and click here to view our online archive of Minutes for 2015 back to 2003. Acton Bridge Parish Council Minutes dating back to 1972 have been archived at the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.

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Your Cheshire West and Chester Councillors (since the Local Elections on 7. May 2015 in the Weaver and Cuddington Ward) are as follows:-
Charles Fifield, Harry Tonge and Paul Williams.

Your Member of Parliament (re-elected at the General Election on 7. May 2015) 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 necessarily represent the views of Acton Bridge Parish Council or any other organisation. Its editor is Steve Pardoe
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