Charleton Parish Council
Mr. Derek Hoggart. Chairman - 2 Charleton Court Barns.
Wg Cdr Julian Leigh. Vice-Chairman - 4 Charleton Court Barns.
Mrs. Sally Hawkes. East Charleton.
Mr. Rex Brown. West Charleton.
Mr. Bill Smith. Village Hall Representative. 13 Saunders Way.
Mr. Gary Faulkner. 5 Charleton Court Barns.
Mr. Mike Conboy. Footpaths Representative - 3 Charleton Way.
Vacant Position.
Parish Clerk - Mrs.
Frances Raymond. 24 Charleton Way
DCC, SHDC, and Devon Police Representatives.
Councillor Owen Masters
Councillor Julian Brazil
PC Bond.
The Parish Council meets on the FIRST Thursday of every month except in August when no meetings are planned. Parishioners are always welcome at meetings and an agenda item, 'Public Participation', is always reserved for topics raised by members of the public present at the meeting.
Each year before the May Annual General Meeting, the Council holds a Parish Meeting when parishioners hear an account of the activities of the Council over the past year.
Parish Council Meetings for 2004 are planned on the following dates at 7-30 pm in the Village Hall.
5th Feb, 4th March, 1st April, 6th May (inc Parish Assembly and AGM), 3rd Jun, 1st July, 2nd September
7th October, 4th
November, 2nd December.
The following was extracted from the leaflet which accompanied your Council Tax Bill.
Parish and town councils.
which services do town and parish councils provide?
Parish and town Councils have limited powers. They can provide or contribute towards the provision of certain facilities such as community halls, recreational facilities, public conveniences, crematoria and cemeteries. Bus shelters, footpaths, lighting and parking facilities can also be provided, but only with the agreement of the responsible council.
Parish and town councils also have the right to represent parish interests in relation to certain planning applications, by-laws, or an intention to provide a cemetery. Parish and town councils can finance these functions by levying a precept.
The precept for the Charleton Parish for the year 2004/5 is £2000 - the same as in previous years.
A more detailed study of Parish and Community Council's Principal Powers and Duties can be found in the Local Government Act 1972/2000. They are briefly summarized below.
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PRINCIPAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PARISH AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS
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FUNCTIONS |
POWERS AND DUTIES
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| Allotments | Power
to provide allotments. Duty to provide allotment gardens if
demand unsatisfied.
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| Baths
and washhouses
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Power to provide public baths, washhouses and bathing places. |
| Burial
grounds, cemeteries and crematoria
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Power to provide. |
| Bus
shelters
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Power to provide and maintain shelters. |
| By-laws
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Power
to make by-laws in regard to pleasure grounds, cycle parks,
baths and washhouses, open spaces, mortuaries and mortem
rooms, etc.
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| Charities
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Duty to receive accounts of parochial charities. |
| Clocks | Power
to provide public clocks.
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| Closed | Churchyards
Power as to maintenance.
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| Commons and common pastures | Powers
in relation to inclosure and as to regulation and management.
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| Conference facilities | Power
to provide and encourage the use of facilities.
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| Community centres | Power
to provide and equip buildings for use of clubs having
athletic, social or educational objects.
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| Drainage | Power
to deal with ponds and ditches.
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| Litter | Provision
of receptacles.
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| Lotteries | Power
to promote.
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| Mortuaries and post-mortem rooms | Power
to provide mortuaries and post-mortem rooms.
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| Nuisances | Power
to deal with offensive ditches.
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| Open spaces | Power
to acquire land.
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| Parish property and documents | Management
and custody.
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| Postal and Telecommunications facilities. | Power
to pay the Post Office, British Telecommunications or
any other public telecommunications operator any loss
sustained in providing additional post or telegraph office or
telecommunications facilities
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| Public buildings and village halls | Power
to provide buildings for offices and for public meetings and
assemblies.
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| Public conveniences | Power
to provide.
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| Recreation | Power
to acquire land for recreation grounds, public walks and open
spaces and to manage and control them. Power to provide
gymnasiums, playing fields, holiday camps. Provision of
boating pools.
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| Town and Country Planning | Rights
to be notified of planning applications.
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| Tourism | Power
to encourage.
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| Village greens | Power
to provide.
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| War memorials | Power
to maintain, repair, protect and adapt war memorials.
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| Water supply | Power
to utilize well, spring or stream and to provide facilities
for obtaining there from.
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| Education | Right
to appoint school governor
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| Entertainment and the arts | Provision
of entertainment and the support of the arts.
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| Gifts | Power
to accept.
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| Highways | Power
to repair and maintain footpaths and bridleways. Power to
light roads and public places. Power to erect flagpoles and
other structures for displaying decorations. Provision of litter bins. Power to provide parking places for bicycles, motorcycles and other vehicles. Power to acquire rights of way. Power to provide roadside seats and shelters, and omnibus shelters. Consent of parish council required for stopping up or diversion of highway or for removal of the requirement of maintenance at public expense. Power to complain to district council as to maintenance of highways or protection of rights of way and roadside wastes. Power to prosecute in respect of ploughing of footpaths and bridleways. Power to provide traffic signs and other notices. Power as to roadside verges. |
| Investments | Power
to participate in schemes of collective investment.
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| Land | Acquisition.
Rights of way overland (other than highways) |