Our Committees

Amenities

Responsible for the green spaces of the village, including the play area and the Wynne Willson Playing Field. Ensuring these are kept safe and usable for residents and sports teams. Grass cutting contracts are organised to maintain these areas.

The committee also undertakes to maintain the infrastructure, such as benches and Village Green bus shelter.

Responsibility for the Parish-owned Allotments is borne by the Council, working with the Allotment Wardens.

Communications

This Committee produces the parish magazine, The Bathford Bulletin which produces 10 issues a year about local information within the Parish. The publication is free to all residents.

It also conducts any public facing surveys and liaises with residents on all aspects of Parish life.

This website is also produced, monitored and updated by this committee.

Finance and Administration

Responsible for the financial management of the council, setting and monitoring the budget and completion of the annual internal and external audits.

It is also responsible for council documentations, ensuring they are up to date and conform with the latest legal requirements.

Highways, Footpaths and Lighting

This committee has the responsibility to ensure that the standards of roads and paths are maintained to a satisfactory standard in conjunction with the Local Authority.

It operates with the guiding principle to ensure road safety to pedestrian and road users alike, throughout all of the Parish.

Planning and The Environment

Considers planning applications in the Parish, sending comments to BANES as statutory consultees. We cannot, however, make a final decision as to whether an application is passed or not, which remains the domain of BANES Planning Department.

Other duties of the committee include consulting with BANES on Neighbourhood Plans and house building targets.

Could you help?

Alongside the full Parish Councillors, members of the public can be 'co-opted' to committees. These are generally people having expertise in certain areas who feel they may be of benefit to the council and the community.

Please get in touch if this is something you would be interested in exploring

Information about Councillors

Councillors are not paid, but do it from a desire to serve the community in which they live or work.

They are elected every four years, although an interim vacancy can be filled in one of two ways:

An election can be called

An individual can be co-opted to the council

Vacancies for Councillors will be shown on the 'Councillors' page. Should any arise we would welcome anyone with an interest in the parish to come along to the Parish Council meetings. The vacancy would be advertised when appropriate.

To qualify as a Councillor you must be:

Aged 18 years or over

Be a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of an EU member state

Meet one of the following criteria:

Be a local government elector in the parish (i.e. on the electoral roll)

Owned or rented land within the parish for the last twelve months

Lived in the parish or within 4.8 km (3 miles) of it for the last twelve months

Worked in the parish for the last twelve months