Meetings of The Council, The Parishes and council committees

Annual Village Meeting 25th April 2024

Every parish is required by law to hold an annual meeting of the parish.  For parishes having a parish council, it’s the council that organises it.  The annual meetings for the parishes of Penhurst and Ashburnham take place on Thursday 25th April 2024 at the village hall.  On the morning of the meeting an agenda will be published here.

The meeting starts with a social get together from 7pm when there will be light refreshments served.  The business meeting will start soon after 7.30 pm.  As well as a parish council report there will be reports from our County and District councillors.

Parish Council meetings

Members of the public are encouraged to attend council meetings and time is set aside at the start of the meeting for public participation.  Council committee meetings are also open to the public.

The Parish Council normally meets alternate months, generally on the last Wednesday of the month. The agenda and any attachments are published not less than three days before the meeting and appear on the village noticeboards and here on the website. After the meeting the minutes will be posted here too.

The Parish Council Planning Committee meets in the alternate months between ordinary council meetings. The Planning Committee will normally meet on the last Wednesday of the alternate months unless there are no planning applications needing to be considered within the time allowed for consultation.

Current year meetings of the Council and Committees (from May 2023 – March 2024)

Ordinary council meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of alternate months at 7.30 pm in the Ashburnham Sports Pavilion.

Meetings are listed in descending order, i.e. latest at top of list

• • • • 27th March 2024 – Parish Council meeting PC Minutes 27th March 2024
        • 21st February 2024 – Planning Committee meeting MinutesPlanning 21 Feb 2024
      • 24th January 2024 – Parish Council meeting PC Minutes 24th Jan 2024
      • 22nd November 2023 – Parish Council meeting PC Minutes 22 Nov 2023
      • 27th September 2023 – Parish Council meeting   Minutes PC 27 Sep 2023
        • 20th September 2023 – New Hall Steering Group NHSG_Minutes 20 September 2023
      • 26th July 2023 – Parish Council meeting  PC Minutes 26 July 2023
      • 17th May 2023 – Parish Council Annual Meeting   PC Minutes 17th May 2023
        • 11th May 2023 New Hall Steering Group NHSG_Minutes 11th May 2023

The archive is fully extended back in time to the first meeting of the parish council and goes back to 1894 showing previously unpublished material.

See minutes from previous meetings.