INTRODUCTION
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MELTON
PARISH COUNCIL HAS BEEN AWARDED QUALITY PARISH COUNCIL STATUS |
Melton Parish Council today became one of only a handful of parish councils in Suffolk to receive this prestigious award. To achieve this the parish council had to demonstrate that it is representative of the whole community, communicates with its residents and is properly managed and responsible. A number of initiatives including the children’s play area, a new website, a parish office open to the public, plans for new tennis courts and refurbishment of the sports pavilion have all helped to secure this award. |
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The Parish Council Office will be closed from Tuesday 5th August 2008 until Wednesday 20th August 2008 inclusive
Re-Opens Tuesday 26th August 2008.
Parish Councils
Parish
Councils are the most local of all the various local government bodies.
The members of the Council are elected by the voters whose names appear
on the electoral roll, just as district and county councillors are chosen.
Each sort of local authority has a range of responsibilities, the things that it must do, and powers, the things that it may do. It is often difficult to see which authority is responsible for which activity. Reference can be made to the websites for the Suffolk Coastal District Council and the Suffolk County Council for details of their functions and authority.
Parish Councils have few actual duties but they have a wide range of powers. Melton Parish Council exercises those powers that they believe are for the benefit of the village. The main ones are:
- Liaising with local authorities on behalf of the parish
- Responding to planning applications
- Managing the playing fields, the pond and Burkes Wood
- Maintaining the bus shelters
- Organising the annual parish meeting
- Offering grants and donations to local societies and charities
- Overseeing the website
The Council is told about all applications for planning permission and makes comments and recommendations that are considered by the District Council, which is the planning authority.
The Council supports other local bodies in the village, particularly the Melton Estate Charity, the Burness Parish Rooms and the Melton Old Church Society.
In 2005 the Council carried out a major survey in the village and details appear in the Village Plan (68 pages, 2.2mb PDF file) on this website.
The Village Plan, and many other documents on this site are presented as PDF (Portable Document Format) files. Adobe Reader is required to open a PDF file - click the graphic below to download Adobe Reader if you do not already have it installed on your computer.
Last update: 6 August, 2008