{"id":13,"date":"2020-07-23T12:29:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cropthornepc.gbsmarketing.co.uk\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2023-08-21T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:41:30","slug":"the-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/the-council\/","title":{"rendered":"The Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parish Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Parish Councils form the first tier of local government, closer to the community than either District or County. Councillors are elected for a term of four years, the parish poll usually coincides with the District Council election. The number of Councillors a parish can elect depends on the number of voters in the ward, Cropthorne Parish Council comprises 7 councillors and is led by a Chairperson who is selected from members at the annual meeting of the Parish Council in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk\/MyParish\/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=145&amp;PostCode=WR103LY&amp;Prop=187948&amp;partner=wdc&amp;MarriedTo=0\">Parish Council<\/a>&nbsp;also has a page on the Worcestershire Hub website which is updated automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been decided to show some Parish Council information here again, including agendas for upcoming meetings, minutes and contact details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parish Clerk looks after the administration of the Council&#8217;s business and is the day-to-day point of contact. <br>The current Parish Clerk is Richard Timney.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignleft is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td>PARISH CLERK<br>Richard Timney<br><\/td><td>29 Lower Road, West Malvern, Worcs, WR14 4BX<br>Tel: 07515 881231<br>email: clerk@cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CHAIRMAN<br>Bob Annis<\/td><td>Conifers, Main Road, Cropthorne WR10 3NE. <br>Tel: 07890 293997<br>email: please contact Clerk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VICE CHAIRMAN<br>Scott Smythe<\/td><td>Staddle Stones, Blacksmiths Lane, Cropthorne WR10 3LX. <br>Tel: 07790 498970<br>email: please contact Clerk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>COUNCILLOR<br>Jacqui King<\/td><td>Little Cottage, Middle Lane, Cropthorne WR10 3LZ. <br>Tel: 01386 860699<br>email: please contact Clerk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>COUNCILLOR<br>Will Clive<\/td><td>Old Hall, Main Street, Cropthorne WR10 3NB. <br>Tel: 01386 860308<br>email: please contact Clerk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>COUNCILLOR<br>Kathryn Styan<br><\/td><td>3 Brook Cottages, Brook Lane, Cropthorne, WR10 3JX<br>Tel: 07814 907828<br>email: kathryn.styan@agrii.co.uk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>COUNCILLOR<br>Chris Hall<\/td><td>Coles Close, Field Barn Lane, Cropthorne, WR11 3LY<br>Tel: 01386 860214<br>email: please contact Clerk<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Councillors Declarations of Interest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Each year, members of the Parish Council must make Declarations of Interest if there is any possibility of a conflict between their activities outside of the council and the business of the council. Additionally, at each meeting, members must bring to the attention of the whole council any matter which could present a conflict of interest in the business to be discussed. This could be a planning matter, or some trading relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">You can view the declarations on the Parish Council&#8217;s page of <a href=\"http:\/\/mgov.wychavon.gov.uk\/modern.gov\/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=533&amp;LS=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wychavon District Council Website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parish Council Parish Councils form the first tier of local government, closer to the community than either District or County. Councillors are elected for a term of four years, the parish poll usually coincides with the District Council election. The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/the-council\/\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Council<\/span><span class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":995,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}