Beckingham Parish Council

Welcome to the The Beckingham Parish Council page.

Parish Councils are an important tier of local government, representing the electorate at the most local level. Councillors are elected for a four year term, or if a vacancy is not filled, co-opted. Parish Councils have statutory powers to raise money through taxation (otherwise known as the precept), and to spend this money according to its budget. Parish Councils have responsibility for specific areas of public interest, and work closely with District Councils on other matters. These include:

• Highways and traffic
• Footpaths
• Planning (although only the District Council has the power to approve applications, Parish Councils must be consulted)
• Recreation facilities
• Community Safety

By law, Parish Councils must hold an Annual Meeting of the Council, at which a chairman is elected, and an Annual Parish Meeting, an open meeting where Councillors present an annual report of activities and the electorate has the opportunity to raise any issues which they feel are important. All Parish Council meetings are open to the public. Dates and times of meetings are displayed in the village hall notice board (and also in the draft minutes of last meeting).

The councillors are...

• Councillor Barry Day (Chairman)
• Councillor Terry Fox (Vice Chairman)
• Councillor Graham Else (Treasurer)
• Councillor Peter Hallam
• Councillor Karen Ashworth
• Judith Lyon (Parish Clerk)

If you want to contact the Parish Council, then you can do so through the site contact page, by clicking here and selecting "Contact Parish Council" from the drop down menu.

Barry Day
Chairman Beckingham Parish Council