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Gnosall Parish Council           

 (Including the wards of Moreton and Knightley)                                   

 

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· All aspects of waste management 6308

· Health & Safety at work information, complaints, inspection and training

· Health Promotion, housing and public health, energy efficiency, advice on diet, exercise, smoking and community projects, food safety

· Leisure provision including leisure centres and sports facilities, open spaces, events and sport development

· Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at risk of abuse or neglect

· All areas of housing including homelessness, landlord and tenant information, gypsies and travellers, mobile homes and caravan sites, refugees

· Planning, building control, producing the Plan for Stafford Borough (Local Plan) planning applications and support, trees and hedges

In order to carry out these functions, SBC is funded in a similar way to SCC.

 

Gnosall Parish Council or GPC

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Parish Councils (sometimes called Town Councils) are an official tier of local government but they are much smaller, responsible for their parish only. The main difference between them and the two tiers above is that they are not a decision-making body but a consultative one. This means that we cannot pass legislation for the parish or area. However, we are responsible for certain things:

· Allotments – including maintenance, rental agreements and upkeep

· Local amenities such as public clocks (!), bus shelters, community centres, play areas and equipment

· They are consulted on planning applications as a matter of course but can only make recommendations and pass comment – they are not the deciding body

· They can disburse grants to local organisations

· They can issue fixed penalty fines for some things, such as graffiti, litter, fly-posting and dog fouling

· Parish Councillors must be local residents and fulfil certain criteria to ensure that they are persons of good standing. They are elected for a period of 4 years and may be re-elected.

· Parish Councils are not centrally funded but they levy a “precept” on householders, which forms part of the council tax collected within the parish.

The main difference between Parish and other Councils is that decisions made by parish councils tend to have an effect upon the local community – planning consultations, crime prevention, managing open spaces, helping to develop and maintain local services and community activities. Parish Councillors have an important role in being advocates for their community and acting as a sounding board for local opinion. They are also more immediately accessible than other tiers of local government.

Gnosall Parish Council sees its role very much as one of service rather than one of authority. We are members of this community and we work to improve all aspects of our community life for the benefit of us all.