Parish Council

THE CHIEVELEY PARISH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY

Will be held at Chieveley Village Hall & Recreational Centre, High Street, Chieveley, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 8TF On Tuesday 8 April 2008 at 8pm

1. Parish Council Chairman’s welcome and introduction to the meeting

2. Apologies and Acceptance of Absence

3. Minutes of the Annual Parish Assembly held on 17 April 2007. To be approved.

4. Parish Council Chairman’s Annual Report

5. Chieveley Recreational Centre’s Report (5 minutes)

6. Curridge W I Hall’s Report (5 minutes)

7. School Governors’ Report

Chieveley Primary School (5 minutes)

Curridge Primary School (5 minutes)

8. Parish Plan Steering Committee Report (5 minutes)

9. Curridge Residents’ Association Report (5 minutes)

10. Chieveley Pre School Report (5 minutes)

11. Robert Hubbard OBE from Priors Court School will give a talk on ‘Autism and the Approach at Priors Court School’

11. An opportunity for Chieveley, Curridge and Oare residents to express a view or ask a question

12. Date of the next Parish Assembly Tuesday 14 April 2009

Cheese and wine will be served during the evening

Rob Crispin

Chairman, Chieveley Parish Council

28 March 2008

Members

The members of the Parish Council are:

Rob Crispin (Chairman) Curridge
David Cowan (Vice Chairman) Chieveley
Hilary Cole (Chieveley)
Percy Fidler (Curridge)
Eric Friend (Curridge)
Karen Ramsay (Curridge)
Mike Taylor (Oare)
Susan Spence (Chieveley)
Nic Hamlin (Chieveley)

Workings of the Council

The Council with the Parish Clerk manage day-to-day aspects of the Council. If you wish to contact the Parish Council please click on the link chieveley.pc@chieveley.info or telephone 247507. General office hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 9.30am to 1pm. We do have an answerphone so if the office is shut please leave a message and the clerk will come back to you.

Chieveley Parish Council represents about 2710 parishioners or 1859 members of the electorate in Chieveley, Curridge and Oare.

The residents elect members of the Parish Council every four years. The last election was in May 2003.

The council receives a grant from West Berkshire District Council and is responsible for consulting and feeding village opinion to higher levels on such matters as planning applications. Meetings of the council are public.

The Parish Council generally meets on the second Tuesday of every month with the exception of August when there is no meeting. We vary our venue between the Chieveley Recreation Centre and the Curridge W I Hall. We put up our agendas on notice boards around the parish 3 clear working days before a meeting is due to take place.

At our Annual General Meeting of the Parish Council, held every May, the members elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman for the new year.

The Parish Council has to work closely with West Berkshire District Council providing services for the villages of Chieveley, Curridge and Oare.

The Council adopted a Vision Statement in February 2006. Click this link to see it.

District Council

Our councillor is Hilary Cole.

The Council web site is www.westberks.gov.uk .

Planning

For the latest Chieveley planning applications and their progress, see the News page.