What is the Char Valley
Parish Council?
Char Valley Parish Council was formed in 1975
with the 'grouping' of Whitchurch Canonicorum, Wootton Fitzpaine
and Stanton St. Gabriel Parish Meetings.
What do Parish Councils do?
Parish Councils are local authorities and
have a number of duties and powers. To find out what the duties and powers
of Parish Councils are see www.dorset-aptc.gov.uk/daptc2.htm.
A Parish Council is the lowest level of local authority, not to be confused
with the Parochial Church Councils (PCCs). The twelve Char Valley Parish
Councillors are elected to serve all the residents of our three parishes.
Our Parish Council tries to maintain a close relationship with the local
community. Any member of the public can attend our Council Meetings as observers,
and at each meeting there is time set aside for local electors to raise
issues of concern - The Public Discussion Period. Council Meetings take
place in our three village halls in rotation: Whitchurch Canonicorum Village
Hall, The James Hargreaves Hall, Morcombelake and Wootton Fitzpaine Village
Hall. There are ten meetings a year - monthly apart from August and December.
The AGM at which the Chairman is elected is in May. (Dates
of 2007 meetings)
Our two (soon to be three) West Dorset District Councillors and our Dorset
County Councillor usually come to our Parish Council Meetings and report
back to those authorities.
Char Valley Parish Council Community Survey
2002
In 2002 the group parish council undertook a major community survey.
If you would like a printable copy of the survey responses, click 'Response
To Questionnaire' to download the MS Word Document (835kb).
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Elections
Local Authority elections are held every four years.
Our parishes will be divided into four wards for the next elections in May
2007. Wards will be as follows:
Whitchurch Canonicorum North (Whitchurch Canonicorum, Fishpond, Abbotts
Wootton and the Vale) will elect four councillors.
Whitchurch Canonicorum South (Morcombelake, Ryall and the community around
the slopes of Hardown Hill) will elect four councillors.
Wootton Fitzpaine (WoottonFitzpaine, Monkton Wyld and Fern Hill) will elect
three councillors.
Stanton St Gabriel (Stanton St Gabriel, part Morcombelake and Stonebarrow
Lane) will elect one councillor.
To find out which Councillors currently represent you click Councillors/Officers.
To find out who can become a Parish Councillor and what it involves go to
www.dorset-aptc.gov.uk/daptc4.htm
The Char Valley Village Communities
Action Plans 2003
The CVPC has now published the Action Plans
2003 for our grouped and individual parishes. The Action Plans have
been put together by Community Groups, Clubs and Societies, Church Councils,
Youth Groups, interested individuals and the Parish Councillors. Funded
by a grant from The Countryside Agency, with the help of Dorset Community
Action and Dorset County Council the 44 page Action Plans have been delivered
to every household within the three parishes. They are also on this website
(here) and can be downloaded, without
photographs, as MS Word (69kb)
or Acrobat PDF (117kb) documents.
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