Dear Parishioners [and anyone else who has found this site]
From your Parish Council, we wish you a prosperous, healthy and democratic new year for 2025. For observers of Parish Council business we are due to have our first meeting of the calendar year 2025 at 8pm on Tuesday January 7th 2025. We will be convening at the Cold Ashton Parish Hall and the order of business is:
- setting the Parish precept for 2025/26
- setting out standing orders for Parish business
- discussion of planning control matters for Cold Ashton Parish
Whereas the Cold Ashton Parish area is a very small one, the Parish Council is a place where we [as a community] have a voice within local government distinct from our individual voting power (important in any democracy) and as individual tax payers. All parishioners have the right to turn up for our meetings to observe how the Parish Council [as a corporate body] manages the Parish Precept that is currently set at around £40 per household (assuming a Band D property).