Bow Brickhill Parish Council

Notice of Conclusion of Audit 

Annual Governance & Accountability Return for the year ended 31 March 2019 

Sections 20(2) and 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

The audit of accounts for Bow Brickhill Parish Council for the year ended 31 March 2019 has been completed and the accounts have been published.

The Annual Governance & Accountability Return is available for inspection by any local government elector of the area of Bow Brickhill Parish Council on application to:

Tony O'Rourke
Parish Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer
Bow Brickhill Parish Council
c/o 1 Station Road
Bow Brickhill
Milton Keynes
MK17 9JN

parish.clerk@bowbrickhill.org.uk

Tel.: (07904) 339391

During the hours of 09:00 -17:00 Monday to Friday


Copies will be provided to any person on payment of £1.50 for each copy of the Annual Governance & Accountability Return.


Announcement made by: Tony O’Rourke 

Date of announcement: 30 September 2019

BOW  BRICKHILL PARISH COUNCIL

Take note that a vacancy has occurred in the office of Councillor for the Parish Council of

BOW BRICKHILL

In accordance with Local Elections (Parishes & Communities) (England & Wales) Rules 2006 an election will be held if, within fourteen days of the date below, notice in writing requesting such an election is given by ten electors of the parish to:

                                                                        Sharon Bridglalsingh

                                                                            Returning Officer

Milton Keynes Council

Civic Offices

1 Saxon Gate East

Milton Keynes

MK9 3EJ

In the event of no such request for an election being received, the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option at the earliest possible date.

Any qualified person wishing to be considered for this position should contact the Clerk for further information.

Dated this, the 18th day of September 2019

SIGNED: Tony O’Rourke   (Parish Clerk)

South Caldecotte and Caldecotte Site C Consultations

Bow Brickhill Parish Council has commissioned three reports to substantiate our objection to the proposals in the adopted Plan:MK for the South Caldecotte 'Employment Site' and Caldecotte Site C.

You can view these documents by clicking on the report title below:

• Application 1901818OUT Objections on behalf of BBPC
  
  
• Miles White Transport Report
  
  
• LRM Planning Response on Behalf of BBPC
  

A huge thank you to all those who have so kindly donated towards the 'Fighting Fund' that enables us to engage the services of the Planning and Transport experts

Parish Precept 2019-2020

Within the Council Tax for Milton Keynes, each Parish needs to set an amount that it requires for its local purposes.  This is known as the Parish Precept. 

For 2019-2020 the Parish Council has agreed that it is reasonable for the precept to cover the following items of expenditure:

·    Parish Clerk wages

·    Parish expenses (which includes items such as the dog bins and mowing around the War Memorial)

·    Pavilion ground works (mainly mowing costs)

·    Pavilion improvements (contribution towards)

Altogether this comes to an estimated cost in excess of £20,475 so we have decided to slightly increase the precept from the level at which it had been frozen for many years, to £15,000.  

The running costs of the Pavilion are covered by fees charged to users. 

We continue to keep an eye on costs to ensure that we are receiving good value for money from any contractors and using the cheapest possible energy providers.  We also hope that there might be people in the village who would be willing to do some work voluntarily on Pavilion improvements and village amenities helping to keep costs down and for this we are most grateful.