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Your Council

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What your council does

  • Looks after the interests of the community and its inhabitants.
  • Acts as a consultee for planning applications within the parish
  • Contracts the grass cutting within the parish. Other than areas owned by Housing Associations
  • Contracts the Street Cleaning, Road Signs and Bus Shelters cleaning in the two villages.
  • Manages and maintains three play areas, including the MUGA see location details and pictures below
  • Contracts the installation and emptying of Dog Bins.
  • Provides S.133 & S.137 Grants for village halls, churches and local clubs.
  • Maintains the Green Grass Trail in partnership with the Forestry Commission.
  • Provides large storage Grit Bins (Soudley Hall and Buckshaft Road).


What the council does not do:

  • Make decisions on planning applications.
  • Manage the two village halls.
  • Supply & deliver salt grit to regular grit bins - contact 08000 000 000.
  • Potholes and Highway drains - contact 08000 000 000
  • Street Lighting – contact 08000 000 000.
  • Collect household refuse, recycled waste and garden waste - contact FODDC on 01594 000000.
  • Pest and rodent control – contact FODDC on 01594 000000.
  • Stray animals - contact FODDC on 01594 000000.
  • Dog fouling fines - contact FODDC on 01594 000000.
  • Consent permission for memorial benches on Forestry land.
  • Manage Your Parish Cemetery

Additional information as an example

The Parish Council maintain three playground areas in the parish - each has equipment suitable for toddlers to teenager.

The Recreation Field also has an Outdoor Gym and a floodlit Multi-Use-Games-Area (MUGA), where you can play basketball/netball/football/tennis, etc. These facilities are FREE OF CHARGE! Just bring your equipment and play.
The Recreation Ground is also home to Parish Footy AFC, where you can while away an hour and a half watching the local football talent.
We also have a Football Field, being the home venue for Parish United Football Club. The pitch being well known in the football fraternity for its extensive slope. The parish council has embarked on a major project which has addressed the slope by levelling the pitch and installed additional drainage. Outline planning has been granted for new changing facilities, and the parish is looking to commence these works once the pitch has established. It is hoped that the pitch will be available for use by 2016.  Any interested clubs should contact the clerk.