The next meeting

The next Ordinary meeting of the Parish Council will be on Tuesday 25th March 2025. It will be held at St John the Evangelist Church, Bishop Thornton and will start at 7.30pm. There will be a Public Participation Session prior to the meeting which will start at 7.15pm. The agenda can be found below.

Members of the pubic are very welcome to attend.

For a full copy of the public participation session rules please see the link above. The meeting will be an Ordinary meeting of the Parish Council.

The agenda is the formal list of items to be discussed at a particular meeting. 

If you wish to attend a meeting you are most welcome, but as a member of the public you do not have a right to speak during the actual meeting unless invited to do so by the Chair of the meeting after a vote.

However if you wish to comment on an item on the agenda, you may attend the Public Participation Session will give a chance to give your views but only on matters included on the agenda. Those wishing to take part in the Public Participation Session are asked to only speak for a maximum of 3 minutes. The session will end at 7.30pm prompt when the formal parish council meeting will start. Members of the Pubic are reminded that unless invited to do so by resolution of the Council, they are not allowed to speak during meetings.

Of course if you wish to comment about a matter that is not on the agenda please email the Clerk via the contact page on this website.

The minutes are formal records of subjects of discussion, resolutions passed and updates on the financial situation of the Parish Council.

They are in draft form only until they have been approved by resolution of the Parish Council at the following meeting. Until they are approved and signed (or authorised to be signed) they are 'Draft Minutes'.