Parish Council Meetings
South Heighton Parish Council Meetings are held monthly throughout the year with the exception of December when no meeting is held. Meetings are normally on a Tuesday, the dates can be found below on this page. Meetings are held either at Denton House Hall, (Denton House, Forward Close, South Heighton. BN9 0JY), or South Heighton Village Hall, (The Hollow, South Heighton, BN9 0HL) as shown below, It is a statutory requirement for parish councils to hold at least 4 meetings a year, of which one must be the Annual Council Meeting (ACM). A Parish Council must also hold an Annual Parish Meeting (APM). The ACM and APM meetings generally take place in May and are explained further down this page.
Every meeting is open to the public and 15 minutes is available at the start of each meeting for questions from the floor. Each speaker is restricted to 3 minutes. Members of the public can be excluded for certain agenda items on the grounds that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted. In practice this is a rare occurrence.
Each South Heighton Parish Council meeting agenda contains the following sections;
Every meeting is open to the public and 15 minutes is available at the start of each meeting for questions from the floor. Each speaker is restricted to 3 minutes. Members of the public can be excluded for certain agenda items on the grounds that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted. In practice this is a rare occurrence.
Each South Heighton Parish Council meeting agenda contains the following sections;
- General Business – which includes the public question time; apologies for absence; approval of the minutes of the previous meeting; the chairman’s announcements – mainly correspondence; and declarations of interest from councillors where appropriate.
- Reports to Note – includes updates by individual councillors on matters they have been involved in since the last meeting.
- Reports for Decision and Discussion – contains those matters which require a formal decision by the parish council or serious discussion and information in relation to the Decisions to be made will often be available in the form of a Report. This section also includes an update on the financial position of parish council funds.
- Other Business – this would be used to confirm the date of the next meeting.
ANNUAL MEETINGS
ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
Every May the Parish Council holds an annual council meeting. This is a statutory requirement. Besides conducting normal parish business this meeting elects the Chairman and Vice Chairman for the forthcoming year, appoints Councillors to committees, working groups and representatives to outside bodies, it is also used to agree and set the dates for future Parish Council meetings.
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
This is not a Parish Council meeting but a meeting of the electors in the parish. The opportunity is taken by the Parish Council to report on matters to electors and listen to views from electors in attendance. It also allows debate on current matters of interest. It is a statutory requirement for the Annual Parish Meeting to be held between 1 March and 1 June each year. South Heighton Parish Council usually hold the Annual Parish Meeting in May.
Every May the Parish Council holds an annual council meeting. This is a statutory requirement. Besides conducting normal parish business this meeting elects the Chairman and Vice Chairman for the forthcoming year, appoints Councillors to committees, working groups and representatives to outside bodies, it is also used to agree and set the dates for future Parish Council meetings.
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
This is not a Parish Council meeting but a meeting of the electors in the parish. The opportunity is taken by the Parish Council to report on matters to electors and listen to views from electors in attendance. It also allows debate on current matters of interest. It is a statutory requirement for the Annual Parish Meeting to be held between 1 March and 1 June each year. South Heighton Parish Council usually hold the Annual Parish Meeting in May.
South Heighton Parish Council Meeting Dates
Meetings for the current municipal year are as follows;
We will begin the next municipal year with;
Meetings for the current municipal year are as follows;
We will begin the next municipal year with;
- an Annual Council Meeting on Tuesday 21 May 2024 at 7pm - South Heighton Village Hall and
- our Annual Parish Meeting which will take place on Tuesday 28 May 2024 at 6pm - Denton House Hall, Denton House.
- Tuesday 18 Jun 2024 at 7pm - Denton House Hall, Denton House
- Tuesday 16 Jul 2024 at 7pm - Denton House Hall, Denton House
- Tuesday 13 Aug 2024 at 7pm - South Heighton Village Hall
- Tuesday 17 Sep 2024 at 7pm - Denton House Hall, Denton House
- Tuesday 08 Oct 2024 at 7pm - South Heighton Village Hall
- Tuesday 12 Nov 2024 at 7pm - Denton House Hall, Denton House
- Tuesday 07 Jan 2025 at 7pm - South Heighton Village Hall
- Tuesday 25 Feb 2025 at 7pm - Denton House Hall, Denton House
- Tuesday 25 Mar 2025 at 7pm - South Heighton Village Hall
- Tuesday 15 Apr 2025 at 7pm - Denton House Hall, Denton House
- Tuesday 29 Apr 2025 at 6pm - 2025-26 Annual Parish Meeting Denton House Hall, Denton House
- Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 7pm - 2025-2026 - Annual Council Meeting - South Heighton Village Hall
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Denton House Hall,
Denton House, Forward Close, South Heighton. BN9 0JY |
South Heighton Village Hall,
The Hollow, South Heighton, BN9 0HL |
