Crowle Parish Council
Welcome to the Crowle Parish Council website. We hope that you find the site accessible, useful and of interest.
A parish council is a local authority that makes decisions on behalf of the people in the parish. It is the level of government closest to the community, with specific powers and duties. As the authority closest to the community, we are invariably the first port of call for local concerns, issues and ideas.
The parish council are responsible for:
- Jubilee playing fields and play area, Church Road
- Tennis courts and bowls pitch, Church Road
- Allotments in Church Road
- Crowle Cryer monthly parish newsletter
- Responding to planning applications as a consultee
- Parish Lengthsman (minor highway work on behalf of Worcestershire Highways)
- Community speedwatch scheme
- Vehicle activated speed signs
- Defibrillator at the Parish Hall, Church Road
- Parish garden in Froxmere Road
There is also the District Council and County Council which have defined roles and responsibilities and should be contacted directly if the matter relates specifically to their services.
Wychavon District Council are responsible for:
Waste and recycling collections
Determining planning applications
Housing
Litter bins and road sweeping
Parking enforcement
Worcestershire County Council are responsible for:
Schools
Adult and child social care
Roads and pavements
Libraries
Waste disposal (eg incinerators, land fill etc)
Why become a Parish Councillor?
When something ‘big’ has or is about to happen in our community or when there is a problem locally, people turn to the parish council for support and guidance.
As a parish councillor, you become someone your community will look to for help, guidance and support; a community leader with the power to influence decisions for the benefit of the people you serve.
Seeing your community change for the better as a result of decisions you have been part of taking is something that will give you a sense of achievement and pride as a parish councillor.
What decisions do Parish Councils make?
Probably the most common topics that parish councils get involved with are planning matters (they are consultees), crime prevention, managing open spaces and campaigning for and delivering better services and facilities.
On their own, parish councils have limited powers to make decisions. However, they do have the ability to negotiate with, and the power to influence, those other organisations that do make the final decisions and, in this respect, parish councils are extremely powerful.
The organisations that make the final decisions know that a parish council gives the best reflection of how a community feels about something and our views are taken seriously.
Crowle Parish Council has 9 councillors. The council meets once every two months at the parish hall and meetings may last up to three hours, depending upon the items on the agenda to be discussed. There is also an annual parish meeting which all parishioners are invited to. All meetings are advertised on the council notice boards and on the parish council website.
Am I eligible to be a Parish Councillor?
To be able to become a councillor on Crowle Parish Council, you must:
- be an elector of the parish, or;
- for the whole of the previous 12 months have occupied (as owner or tenant) land or other premises in the parish, or;
- during the previous 12 months have worked in the parish (as your principal or only place of work), or;
- for the whole of the previous 12 months lived in the parish or within three miles of the parish boundary.
- be a least 18 years old.
2023/24 Accounts
Notice of conclusion of audit
2023/24 Budget Information
16 Making provision for the exercise of public rights 2023-24
Signed Agar
Signed Section 1 AGAR
Signed Section 2 AGAR
2022/2023 Accounts
Public Inspection Rights
Annual Accounting Statement
Internal Auditor Report
Notice of closure
External Auditor’s Report
2021/2022 Accounts
Approved Budget 2021-2022
DDs and Contractual Payments 2021-2022
Fees and charges
COMPLETED AGAR 2021-2022
PUBLIC INSPECTION OF ACCOUNTS
2021-22 Notice of Closure
External Auditor Report
2020/2021 Accounts
External Auditors Report 2020-21
Bank Reconciliation 31.03.2021
AGAR Part 3 Approved
Explanation of Variances 2020-21
Public Accounts Inspection Rights 2020-21
