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Information FAQs About Parish Councils
FAQs About Parish Councils

Public FAQs about Town and Parish Councils. These FAQs cover Parish Council meetings and procedures.

There are more than an 200 extra FAQ's in the members area of this site - members should login to view them.

 
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Also available are a series of articles about Parish Councillors - the skills needed, how to become a  Parish Councillor and the Good Councillors Guide. These may be selected from the "Information" menu.

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# Article Title
1 Q: Am I allowed to speak at a Parish Council meeting?
2 Q: At our Annual Parish Council Meeting in May the Clerk was over-ruled by the Chairman who insisted that the Clerk take the chair
3 Q: Can I go to parish council meetings?
4 Q: Can I see Parish Council minutes and papers?
5 Q: Can my Parish Council promote energy saving in our community?
6 Q: Can our parish council dispose of allotments?
7 Q: How do I complain about my Parish Council?
8 Q: How do I complain to my Parish Council?
9 Q: How do I find out when my Parish Council is due to meet and what it is going to discuss?
10 Q: How do I get my Parish Council to discuss a particular matter at a meeting?
11 Q: How to get an allotment
12 Q: I attended a Parish Council meeting for the discussion on social housing provision. When a Parish Councillor tried to propose that there should be social housing for some of our young families, the Chairman would not allow him to do so. Is this fair?
13 Q: I've complained to my Parish Council but heard nothing?
14 Q: Is it correct that we can hold a referendum in the village?
15 Q: My Council does not want residents present for committee meetings, they are calling it a panel (it has two members) to allow it to meet and make decisions in private.
16 Q: My parish council meets outside the parish, is this ok?
17 Q: Our Clerk chairs some Parish Council meetings, is this OK?
18 Q: Our parish Council has another casual vacancy for a Councillor. Our Parish Council decided not to go for a by-election but to co-opt instead. Do they have to repeat that process again?
19 Q: Our parish council has vacancies for councillors does this affect the quorum?
20 Q: Our Parish Council ignores the code of conduct?
21 Q: Our parish council is tiny surely the code of conduct does not apply?
22 Q: Our parish council meets at the Chairman's house is this ok?
23 Q: Our parish council meets in the pub, is this ok?
24 Q: Our parish council meets on Sunday, can they do this?
25 Q: Our parish council posts its notice of meeting on Monday and meets on Wednesday, the clerk says this is 3 days notice.
 
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