West Huntspill PC - Precept 2024 statement
West Huntspill Parish Council has agreed to increase its precept for the coming year, which will see residents pay an extra £11 per year for an average band D property. The precept request for the village will be £31,000 compared to £21,000 last year.
Councillors debated the budget proposals for the 2024/25 financial year, before agreeing to a 47.5 % per cent increase to the precept at the Council meeting on Monday 8th January 2024.
The reason this has had to increase is due to the financial crisis Somerset Council are currently enduring. Somerset Council will be reducing services and maintenance leaving Parish Council to manage these areas.
The precept is the main source of income the Parish Council gets. The precept is used to deliver, maintain and enhance local services including community grants, Christmas lights, parks and play areas, sports pitches, the street furniture, open spaces, general maintenance and salaries.
The next PC meeting will be held on Monday 11th March 2024 at 7pm in the Balliol Hall, Church Road. All welcome to attend.Please contact the Clerk via email, prior to the meeting,(westhuntspillparishcouncil@yahoo.co.uk) if you wish to speak at the meeting.
The Big Cornation Lunch - Sunday 7th May 2023
Public and Press welcome to attend
Christmas Carols on the Common
19/9/22 - beacon Lighting to honour our late Queen Elizabeth II
Death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
"It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."
“I know everyone in West Huntspill would join me in extending our sincere condolences to the whole Royal Family at this very sad time for us all.”
Clerk: Alex Harris, West Huntspill Parish Council
Welcome to the Website of West Huntspill Parish Council
Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
The Queens Green Canopy 2022
Your Elected Councillors and Clerk
West Huntspill Community Award Winners
Events over the years
West Huntspill and East Huntspill are villages and civil parishes on the Huntspill Level, near Highbridge, Somerset, West of England. The civil parish of West Huntspill contains the hamlet of Alstone, and East Huntspill includes Cote
The parish council is a local authority that makes decisions on behalf of the people in the parish. It is the level government closest to the community, with the district authority (Sedgemoor DC) above it in the hierarchy.
As it is the authority closest to the people, parish councils are invariably the first place people will go with concerns or ideas. For this reason they are a vital part of any community.
Parish councils make all kinds of decisions on issues that affect the local community. Probably the most common topics that parish councils get involved with are planning matters (they are statutory consultees), crime prevention, managing open spaces and campaigning for and delivering better services and facilities.
It’s true to say that on their own, parish councils have limited powers to make decisions. But they do have the ability to negotiate with, and the power to influence, those other organisations that do make the final decisions (such as the borough council, health authorities, police etc).
In this respect parish councils are extremely powerful. The organisations that make the final decisions know that a parish council gives the best reflection of how a community feels about something, and its views will be taken seriously.
West Huntspill Parish Plan
What is a Parish Plan?
Our village plan is intended to be an evolving document, a route planner highlighting the direction in which development of West Huntspill is determined over the next decade. It identifies local issues through the information provided by the community.
Everyone participated by having the opportunity to voice their opinion, and be involved in creating the Village Plan. It is about local people helping to decide the future of their village.
The results help produce evidence of need when applying for funding, and monitor the results of actions the community wish to see taken.
The Village Plan identifies local issues because it is underpinned by consultation with the community whose collective views provide important information. This in turn is a valuable resource for Local Government who can access the website for local information.
Strong collective demand could influence future policies and increase our chances when decisions on funding future projects and village planning and services are being considered. It provides grass roots information which can feed through to local resources for the benefit of our community.
DATES OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS – 2024
Parish Council meetings are held on the second Monday of every month in the school room of
Balliol Hall, Church Road. Meetings start at 7.00 pm. Public and Press are welcome.
The next meetings are :
Monday 8th January 2024
Monday 12th February 2024
Monday11th March 2024
Monday 8th April 2024 APM
Monday 13th May 2024 AGM
Monday 10th June 2024
Monday 8th July 2024
Monday 14th August 2024 - No Meeting
Monday 9th Septemeber 2024
Monday 14th October 2024
Monday 11th November 2024
Monday 9th Decemeber 2024
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