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Dodderhill Parish Council.
The parish council usually meets on the fourth Monday of every month but this may change over the coming year, so please check the date, time and venue on this website and on the agenda for the meeting you wish to attend. Everyone is welcome. There is opportunity at each meeting for members of the public to speak to the council and ask questions.
The council consists of thirteen councillors including a Chair and vice-Chair, and one member of staff, the Clerk. If a councillor vacancy occurs on the council it will be advertised via the notice boards and website.
The parish consists of two wards, the Dodderhill ward which consists of 12 member councillors and the Impney ward which is represented by one parish councillor. All seats for the Dodderhill ward were contested in May 2023, there was no contest for the Impney ward. The next council election will be in May 2027.
Our responsibilities.
Dodderhill Parish Council is the closest tier of local government to the community. As we are on the doorstep, parish councils are often the first port of call for residents with concerns or ideas about their neighbourhood and for this reason they are a vital part of any community.
Parish councils have a wide range of powers, duties and responsibilities which are essentially related to local matters. Here are just some of our responsibilities:
- the parish council owns and maintains the playing fields and open space around Wychbold Village Hall, including the children’s play area and multi-use games court.
- the parish council owns Wychbold Village Hall and leases it to a separate management body, the ‘Dodderhill Parish Community Centre’.
- the parish council provides and maintains the bus shelters and litter/dog waste bins.
- the parish council employs a Lengthsman, as part of the County Council’s Lengthsman Scheme, to carry out extra maintenance around the parish. The Lengthsman’s work includes the cleaning of signs, clearing roadside gullies, removal of vegetation obstructing signs and siding out footways on minor roads.
- the parish council comments on all planning applications in the parish. Wychavon District Council then makes the final decision within government guidelines, taking our comments into account.
Parish Council funding.
- To cover the cost of running expenses, the parish council calculates what it needs each year in the form of a ‘precept’. This is collected for us by Wychavon District Council as part of the council tax.
- Capital projects can be supported by applying for project-specific grants such as lottery funding and grants from the principal authorities.
- Occasionally funding is provided through the district council’s planning department when building development plans are granted; this funding is known as the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) or ‘Section 106’ funding and can be spent on specific projects identified in each planning agreement.
Dodderhill Parish Council re-adopted the Civility and Respect Pledge at the annual meeting on 20th May 2024.
The pledge states Dodderhill Parish Council will:
● Treat all councillors, clerk and all employees, members of the public, representatives of partner
organisations and volunteers with civility and respect in their role.
● Put in place a training programme for councillors and staff.
● Sign up to Code of Conduct for councillors.
● Have in place good governance arrangements including staff contracts and Dignity at Work Policy.
● Commit to seek professional help at early stages should civility and respect issues arise.
● Commit to calling out bullying and harassment if and when it happens.
● Continue to learn from best practice in the sector and aspire to being a role model / champion
council e.g., via Local Council Award Scheme.
● Support the continued lobbying for the change in legislation to support the Civility and Respect
Pledge including sanctions for elected members where appropriate.
It was signed on behalf of the council by the Chair.
Civility and Respect Pledge Certificate 1598 signedLatest News Items
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