Send Parish Council
Send Parish Council have responsibility to administrate the affairs
of the Send community. 
Meets
on the third Monday of each month, in the Upstairs room of The Lancaster
Hall.
The meetings commence at 7.30 p.m. with the first fifteen minutes being for members of the public to ask any questions or raise problems. The meeting then starts thereafter at 7.45 p.m.
Send Parish Councillors are listed below.
MARION WILLIAMS (Chairman) is current chairwoman.
Clerk to parish council can be contacted at: E-mail address is clerk@sendparishcouncil.gov.uk
Agendas and Approved Minutes of the meeting are available below in word format.
2008 Minutes |
| 21 January 2008 |
| 18 February 2008 |
| 17 March 2008 |
| Agenda for Annual Parish Meeting |
Meetings are scheduled for:
Friday 9th May 2008 8p.m. Annual Parish Meeting
Monday 23rd June 7.30p.m. Council Meeting
Monday 21st July 7.30p.m. Council Meeting
All commencing at 7.30 p.m. in the upstairs room of Lancaster Hall
- Allotments
- Burial Grounds, Cemeteries, Churchyards and Crematoria
- Bus Shelters
- Bye-laws – the power to make bye-laws concerning:baths and washhouses (swimming pools), cycle parks, mortuaries and pleasure grounds
- Clocks – public clocks can be provided and must be maintained
- Community Centres, Conference Centres, Halls, Public Buildings
- Drainage – of ditches and ponds
- Entertainment and the Arts
- Footpaths
- General Spending – parish councils can spend a limited amount of money on anything they deem of benefit to the community that is not covered by the other specific responsibilities described in this list
- Gifts – parish councils may accept gifts
- Highways – lighting, parking places, right to enter into discussions about new roads and road widening, consent of parish council required for diversion or discontinuation of highway, traffic signs and other notices, tree planting and verge maintenance
- Land – acquisition and sale of
- Legal proceedings – power to prosecute and defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the community, power to take part in any public enquiry
- Litter - provision of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns
- Planning – parish councils must be notified of, and display for residents, any planning applications for the area. Any comments submitted to the planning authority by the parish council must be taken into account
- Postal and Telecommunication Facilities – power to pay a public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing services in that area
- Public conveniences – provision and maintenance of public toilets
- Recreation – provision of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds, open spaces, village greens, gymnasiums, playing fields, holiday camps and boating ponds
- Rights of Way – footpath and bridleway maintenance
- Seats (public)
- Signs – danger signs, place names and bus stops signs
- Tourism – financial contributions to any local tourist organisations allowed
- Traffic Calming
- War Memorials
- Water Supply – power to utilise stream, well or spring water and
to provide facilities for general use
Local Council Funding
The funding for parish councils is allocated by the district council and
is taken from the area’s council tax; this is called an annual precept.
The income and expenditure for the next financial year are calculated in
the form of estimates and this amount is added to the local council tax
and then returned to the parishes in two yearly instalments. They can also
apply for UK grants and funding and EU money under Objectives 1 and 2.
The Vital Villages programme is run jointly by the National Association
of Local Councils and the Countryside Agency. There are four types of grant
available from this scheme with a total budget of £48million. For
more information and advice on the types of funding available please contact
the Countryside Agency advice team on 0870 333 0170.
The Role of the Parish Councillor
A councillor is a member of the council and is normally elected for a term
of four years. People of any political or religious persuasion are eligible
to become a councillor, although their personal views should not extend
into their parish council work. They are elected to represent the interests
of the local community as a whole and promote a harmonious local environment.
The number of elected councillors depends on the size of the area. Councillors
attend meetings of the full council and often participate in committees
that deal with specific areas of council business. Councillors take collective
decisions that form the policy of the council.
Clerk
to the Parish Council
DEBBIE HURDLE
Email : clerk@sendparishcouncil.gov.uk
JOHN
ALDRIDGE
Little Dormers, Send Marsh Road, Ripley GU23 6JT
Tel : 01483 225035
VINCENT
BROOMER
Bethune, Send Marsh Road, Ripley GU23 6JQ
Tel: 01483 222865
MARK
CLOVER
Cornerways, 1 Farm Lane, Send.
EDWIN
GOLDUP
The Thatched Cottage, Clandon Road, Send GU23 7LA
Tel : 01483 223081
JILL
HARRIS
25 Linden Way, Ripley GU23 6LW
Tel : 01483 224331
JANET
MANKTELOW (Vice Chairman)
75 Linden Way, Ripley GU23 6LP
Tel: 01483 223800
CAROL
ROCHE
White Hatch, 109 Potters lane, Send, GU23 7AW
Tel: 07866 746146
MARION
WILLIAMS (Chairman)
Vine Cottage, 13 Potters Lane, GU23 7AJ
Tel : 01483 766894
Councillor Keith Taylor
Tara, Send Marsh Road
Ripley, Surrey. GU23 6JR
Tel: 01483 225427
Email: taylork@guildford.gov.uk
Councillor Terence Patrick
Stoneyroyd
11 Woodstock
West Clandon, Surrey GU4 7UJ
Tel: 01483 222534
Email:patrickt@guildford.gov.uk
Councillor David Davis
Downside, Meadow Way
East Horsley, Surrey. KT24 6LL
Tel: 01483 283728
The Future of Local Councils
The Rural White Paper 2000 suggested that parish councils should be given
more responsibilities in order to stimulate a greater interest in politics
and democracy at the heart of our communities. There are currently 41 'Best
Value' town and parish councils. They have all produced a 'Best Value Performance
Plan' and continue to develop their role in the provision of better local
services. More recent plans published in a consultation paper aim to develop
a selection of specifically chosen 'quality councils' who will work in close
partnership with their communities and local authorities. A certain amount
of responsibility may be transferred from district councils to parish councils,
such as, street lighting, parking restrictions, litter collection, leisure
facilities and libraries. This delegation of functions needs to be matched
by a delegation of funding and currently the government has allocated £2
million to train parish staff. These changes herald the first national strategy
for parish councils. It is hoped that with the proper funding and support
they could help to revive flagging interest in local politics while freeing
up local authorities to concentrate on the more far-reaching regional services
and also on regional developments.
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