Brightwalton Parish Council: Meetings, Minutes, Finances, Regulations

The below document combines the Parish Council Standing Orders, Financial Regulations and Complaints Procedure. This replaces the previous versions and adds in the Code of Practice for Handling Complaints. 
Standing Orders, Financial Regs and Complaints Policy Updated May 2021
Parish Council Risk Assessment & Business Continuity May 2021
Parish Council Accessibility Statement Updated June 2021

An extra ordinary Parish Council meeting was held on Monday 24th May 2021 to review the West Glebe planning application onsite. 
Draft Extra Ordinary Meeting Minutes 

An extra ordinary meeting has been called for Monday 24th May at 6.30pm onsite to discuss and review additional information received reference planning application 21/00688/FULD
May EO Agenda

In Line with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, the Local Audit Regulations 2015, and the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities please find below the following documents for the Brightwalton Parish Council Accounts 2020/21
- Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2019/20 including the Certificate of Exemption, Annual Internal Audit Report, Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statements. 
- Bank Reconciliation
- Analysis of Variances 
- Community Infrastructure reporting
- Annual internal auditors report,brightwalton_parish_cil_report_20-21.pdf
- All spending details
- Parish Council Asset Register. 
- Public Inspection Notice

The minutes from the May meetings can be downloaded below:

May Annual Parish Meeting

May Parish Council Annual General Meeting

Brightwalton Millennium Green Trust Meeting

The minutes from the Extra Ordinary Meeting held 26th April 2021 can be downloaded here:

​EO April 2021 Minutes

The Annual Parish meeting will be held on Wednesday 5th May 2021 at 7.30pm online via Zoom, with the Parish Council AGM following after. 

The Parish Meeting is an ideal opportunity to hear what the Parish Council has been up to over the last year, together with an update from on the ASPIRE project and from the Village Hall Committee. It also gives parishioners a chance to share their views and ideas. 

Please contact the Clerk on brightwaltonpc@btinternet.com for joining details. 

Parish Meeting Agenda 
PC Annual General Meeting Agenda 

An Extra Ordinary meeting has been called for Wednesday 14th April 2021 at 6pm via Zoom to review the settlement boundaries proposed by West Berkshire Council as part of the emerging draft Local Plan 2037.

The agenda can be downloaded here, together with the proposed Settlement Boundaries and Guidance Notes. Parishioners are welcome to attend, please email the Clerk for joining details. brightwaltonpc@btinternet.com

In a changed to published dates the May Parish Council AGM and Annual Parish Meeting will now be held via Zoom on Wednesday 5th May 2021 at 7.30pm a copy of the agenda is to follow. 

The draft minutes from the March meeting can be viewed here:
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The agenda for the March Parish Council can be downloaded here. 

Parishioners are welcome to attend - please contact the Clerk for joining details - brightwaltonpc@btinternet.com

The minutes for the January meeting can be downloaded here:

The minutes for the Parish Council and Millennium Green Trust meeting held 9th November 2020 can be downloaded here:

In line with Covid guidance the next Parish Council meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday 9th November at 8pm. Parishioners are still welcome to attend - please contact the clerk for joining instructions - brightwaltonpc@btinternet.com

The Minutes from the September Parish Council meeting can be downloaded here:
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The agenda for the meeting scheduled for the 14th September can be downloaded here:

** Update - the meeting will take place virtually using Zoom, please contact the Clerk for joining instructions **

The minutes from the July Parish Council meeting can be downloaded here, together with the June West Berkshire Council update from Councillor Clive Hooker. 

The May Parish Council meeting will again be held via video conference. Parishioners are still welcome to attend, please contact the Clerk for joining instructions if you wish to do so. The agenda for the meeting can be downloaded here:
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In Line with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, the Local Audit Regulations 2015, and the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities please find below the following documents for the Brightwalton Parish Council Accounts 2019/20
- Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2019/20 including the Certificate of Exemption, Annual Internal Audit Report, Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statements. 
- Bank Reconciliation and Analysis of Variances 
- Community Infrastructure reporting
- In addition we have also published the annual internal auditors report, spending details and the Parish Council Asset Register. 
Due to Covid-19  the Public inspection rights have been moved to 1st September 2020 and electors can request copies up to the 1st October from the Clerk - brightwaltonpc@btinternet.com