Arthingworth Parish Council meets on the first Monday of every other month and its duties include the upkeep of the burial ground, running costs and maintenance of the street lighting, planning applications and the parish grass mowing.
The Planning Committee meets as and when necessary. Any planning meetings are usually held in the village hall and notice of these is pinned on to the parish notice board situated on the corner next to the telephone box (near the church).
All parishioners are invited to attend and observe.
Chairman: Mr D Newton
Mrs S Handy Mr A Knott
Ms. Kate Handy
Mrs L Sanderson
Mr M Osgood
Mrs K. Ross (Clerk)
For details of the next meeting, please see Events
In law, the town council is a parish council. A town council covers a town
whereas a parish council covers a village(s).
Parish councils have their origins in the development of villages, all
over England, during Saxon and Norman times - 1000 or more years ago.
Villages were ruled by the Lord of the Manor because as communications
were poor and central government often weak, there was little national
control. Sometimes the villages all met to make decisions, which affected
the whole community. Gradually, it seems, that parish priests and
sometimes schoolmasters joined the Lord of the Manor to become a kind of
ruling clique because in small villages they were the only people who
could reason right. It was probably them that became the first effective
parish councils.
After the Second World War the National Association of Parish Councils was
formed, and by 1952 half of all parishes in the country were members. The
Association became a national force and raised the profile and
consequently the activity of parish councils.
A parish council is democratically elected to serve a defined and local
area. Parish councils exist to protect and promote the interests of their
communities and to provide local services.
There are 11,000 parishes in England and Wales. In Wales the area is known
as a Community. Some smaller parishes do not have parish councils; others
are grouped with other smaller parishes and served by one parish council.
Parish councils serving large, mainly urban populations are generally
known as 'Town Councils'
Parish council powers cover allotments; arts and entertainments; baths and
wash houses; burial grounds; bus shelters; byelaws; cemeteries and
crematoria; charities; clocks; closed churchyards; commons; conference
facilities; community centres and village halls; footpaths and bridleways;
lighting; litter; parking places; parks open spaces; playing fields and
recreation grounds; ponds; planning; postal and telecommunication
facilities; public lavatories
For the latest Parish Council Minutes please click below
For the Annual Report please click on link below