REDBOURN PARISH COUNCIL
FULL COUNCIL
Membership
Frequency of Meetings
12 Councillors with a Chair and Vice Chair elected at the Annual
Meeting of the Parish Council
Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7.30pm (except for
August)
Obligations & Responsibility
Archives
Audit
Bye Laws
Car Sharing Schemes
Charities
Entertainment and the Arts
Gifts
Grants
Land
Parish Documents
Delegated Functions
Power to ensure effective
discharge of Council
functions
Power to employ persons
to carry out Council
functions
Legal Proceedings
Power to make records held
available to the public and to
support local archives
Approve audit
Powers to make Bye Laws in
regards to pleasure grounds
Baths & Washhouses
Local Government Records
Act 1962 ss1 & 4
Public Health Act 1875 s164
Power to provide public
baths and washhouses
Cycle Parks
Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984 s57
Open Spaces and Burial Grounds Open Spaces Act 1906 ss12
& 15
Mortuaries and Post-Mortem
Public Health Act 1936 c198
Rooms
Power to establish, maintain and Local Government and
assist others
Rating Act 1997 s26
Duty to receive accounts of
Charities Act 1960 s32
parochial charities
Provision of entertainment and
Local Government Act 1972
support of the Arts
s145
Power to accept
Local Government Act 1972
s139
Approve Grants to external
Local Government Act
bodies
1972, S137
Power to acquire by agreement,
Local Government Act 1972,
to appropriate, to dispose of
ss.124, 126, 127
Power to accept gifts of land
Local Government Act 1972,
s.139
Powers to direct as to their
Local Government Act 1972,
custody
s.226
Power to assume a function
Local Government Act 1972
delegated by another authority
ss101, 111 & 112
as above
as above
Power to prosecute or defend
Local Government Act 1972
s222
Lotteries
Power to promote
Parish Property and
Records
Postal and
telecommunications
facilities
Powers to direct as to their
custody
Power to pay the Post Office,
British Telecommunications or
any other public
telecommunications operator any
loss sustained in providing post
or telegraph office or
telecommunications facilities
Power to provide
Public Buildings and Village
Halls
Public Conveniences
Public Enquiries
Publicise Functions
Raising of Finances
Crime Prevention
Annual Parish Meetings
Power to provide
Power to make representations at
public enquiries
Powers to publicise council and
local authority functions
Power to raise money through
the precept
Powers to install and maintain
equipment and establish and
maintain a scheme for detection
or prevention of crime
Mandated to call an Annual
Parish meeting
Lotteries & Amusements Act
1976 s7
Local Government Act 1972
s226
Post Office Act 1953 s51;
Public Health Act 1936 s87
as above
Local Government Act 1982
s222
Local Government Act 1982
s142
Local Government Act 1982
s150
Local Government and
Rating Act 1997, s 31
MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Membership
A minimum of 6 councillors with an elected Chairman and Vice
Chairman
Frequency of Meetings Meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 10.00am (except for
August)
Obligations & Responsibilities: This committee has delegated powers to undertake the following:
Conference Facilities
Community Centres
including Parish Centre
Tourism
Training
Power to provide and
encourage the use of
facilities
Power to provide and equip
buildings for use of clubs
having athletic, social or
educational objectives
Power to contribute to
organization's encouraging
Powers to train Councillors
Local Government
Act 1972 s144
Local Government
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1976
s19
LGA 1972, s133
Local Government
Act 1972 s144
Local Government
Act 1972 s175
Localism Act 2011
Transfers of Assets
To oversee the transfer of
community assets from the
District to the Parish
Council
Staff
LGA 1972, s112 (1)
Owned & Leased
Buildings (excluding the
Parish Centre)
Management, Appraisals,
Objective setting,
remuneration
To manage and maintain
all Council owned or leased
buildings
Markets
Public Convenience
Power to provide
Public Health Act
1936, s.87
LGA 1972, s142
Newsletter
Noticeboards
Website
Marketing
To compile, edit, print and
distribute a quarterly
Newsletter
To ensure the noticeboards
contains appropriate Parish
Council and Parish content
and to keep that content
current
To ensure the website
contains appropriate Parish
Council content and to
keep that content current
To market the Parish
Council and the Parish
centre
Parish Centre,
Museum, Council
Store, Village Hall
Recreation
Centre
LGA 1972, s142
LGA 1972, s142
LGA 1972, s142
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Membership
A minimum of 4 Councillors, with an elected Chair and Vice Chair.
Frequency of
Meetings
The Planning Committee will meet every three weeks at the Parish
Centre. Meetings are held on Tuesday evenings and commence at
7.30pm
Or
As and when required, to consider important matters of urgency, on the
authority only of the Chairman, Chairman of Planning and the Parish Clerk.
All planning applications that affect the Parish are reviewed by the
Planning Committee.
Matters Delegated to
Committee
Obligations and
responsibilities
The obligation of the Committee is to inspect
these planning applications within or liable to
impact on the parish of Redbourn and to make
formal recommendations and representations
on behalf of the Parish Council to the St
Albans District Council (SADC) Planning
(Development Control) Committee North and
Planning Committee, or other statutory
authorities and the Department of the
Environment which will assist the
determination of those authorities.
The Committees are further responsible for
assessing appeals, appeal results, tree
preservation orders, and alterations and
making representations where required.
Correspondence from various societies and
members of the public must be mentioned or
discussed at Planning Committee meetings,
and the required action, if any, taken.
The Committee will also be responsible for
matters relating to the Strategic Local Plan
(SLP) and Detailed Local Plan (DLP) and
National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF),
referring decisions relating to these issues to
Council for ratification. Members will be
required to attend meetings called especially
for that purpose, together with any other
Councillors who may wish to attend.
The Planning Committee Chairman shall be
responsible for ensuring that all planning
applications, appeals and other related
matters are considered within the legal time
limits.
Maintain a list of recommendations from the
Committee to the District Council detailing
recommendations on all applications which
should be considered by the SADC Planning
(Development Control) Committee North.
Town & Country
Planning Act 1990 s1
ss8; Local Government
Act 1972 s15 ss20
A member of the Planning Committee may be
chosen, when necessary, to attend the SADC
Planning (Development Control) Committee
North Meeting, and
1.
Make such representations on behalf of
the Council as the Committee may
determine.
2.
Observe and record the decisions of the
SADC Planning (Development Control)
Committee North, and report back to the
Committee.
3.
Transmit the decisions of the SADC
Planning (Development Control)
Committee North to the Parish Clerk’s
office in order that the Council’s records
be properly maintained.
The Chairman or other appointee of the
Committee shall be responsible for attending
meetings of the SADC Planning Committee,
Neighbouring Councils, other statutory
Authorities and planning enquiries to act as an
observer and report back to the Committee or
to speak on behalf of the Council as instructed
by the Committee, as and when the
opportunity arises.
Site Visits
Queries With The
District Council
Some applications may require site visits and
it may be necessary for Councillors to visit
applicants or objectors to discuss issues. A
letter of introduction is available to all
Committee members for this purpose.
Some applications may require discussion
with the District Council Planning officers or
the Chairman of SADC Planning
(Development Control) Committee North in
order to clarify certain aspects.
Councillors are also encouraged to identify
trees of particular significance, which may be
worthy of preservation, and advise the
Committee.
Power to contribute to the preservation of
Listed Buildings
historic buildings
Parish/Neighbourhood Consider, generate or implement
 Parish survey
Plans
 Neighbourhood Plan/Parish Plan
 Village Design Statement
 Supplementary Planning Document
To receive representations from community
Community Right to
groups under the Community Right to Build
Build
which allows small scale, site specific
community lead projects.
Parish Plan
To prepare and publish a parish plan
Tree Preservation
Orders
Town & Country
Planning Act 1990 s1
ss8; Local Government
Act 1972 s15 ss20
Essex Act 1987 s48
Localism Act 2011
Localism Act 2011
FINANCE & POLICY COMMITTEE
Membership
Frequency of Meetings
A minimum of 4 councillors with an elected Chair and Vice
Chair
The Finance Committee will meet bi monthly on the last
Thursday of each quarter at 7.30pm.
Matters Delegated to Committee
Budgetary Control
Grants to External bodies
Financial systems
Audit
Investments
Year end accounts
Policies & Procedures
To propose the Annual
Budget to full council in
January each year
To review Grant Applications
and make recommendations
to full Council
To ensure the Council’s
Financial Systems are fit for
purpose including Risk
Assessments and Risk
Register
To review the Parish
Council’s accounts quarterly.
To ensure sound preparation
and ensure the Council acts
upon any findings
Power to participate in
schemes of collective
investment
To review the Year end
accounts and submit to full
council for approval
To form Parish Council
Policies and Procedures for
adoption by the Council
Local Government Act 1972,
S137
Trustee Investments Act
1961, s11