View from Whaddon Church looking north

Whaddon

A view north from the church tower

Whaddon village hall in snow

Whaddon

The Village Hall

View from Whaddon Church looking south-west

Whaddon

A view south-west from the church tower

Sunset in Whaddon

Whaddon

Sunset

WHADDON PARISH COUNCIL

Updated Monday 04 March 2024

The Parish Council meets monthly in the Village Hall, with the normal exception of August and December, on the second Monday. Dates of meetings are listed here, and are also posted on the village notice boards. Parish Notice Boards are situated by the telephone box in Meldreth Road, by the post box in Bridge Street and at the main notice board situated alongside the Recreation Ground and Village Hall.

Minutes of meetings will be posted on the notice boards, and are also available on this page.

Parish Precept for 2024-2025

The Parish Precept is the amount of council tax money that the Parish Council needs to 'run' the village effectively. This includes maintenance, grass cutting, administration and small improvements. Last year we managed to keep the rate at roughly the same as it has been for the past five years but the PC warned that we were unlikely to keep it at that level for this year.

Our reserves have now reduced to about four months' worth of our annual precept (guidance recommends that Parish Council should hold between three and twelve months in reserve) and our annual budget is under pressure from hefty inflationary cost increases, especially for salaries, fuel and materials. We also need to add a little to our reserves so that we can help fund some of the projects that villagers identified in last year's Parish Plan.  

Calculations are based upon the number of Band D equivalent properties (219.8) from which we receive our Parish Precept. This remains at a level just below that of last year and so, after a thorough review of our current finances, at our meeting on 8th January, we decided to increase the Parish Precept by 10%. This means that a 'Band D' equivalent property will rise from £79.88 to £87.87 for the year, giving a total Parish Precept amount of £19,313 for 2024-25. In real terms this is an increase of 15 pence per week for Band D properties.

This will give the Parish Council a small increase and take our reserves to about five months' of our annual precept. We are sorry that there has had  to be any increase, especially in these difficult times but we must pay our way without allowing the village finances to slide into difficulties.

Lee Ginger
Chair, Whaddon Parish Council

 

Next Parish Council Meeting

Monday 11 March 2024, Whaddon Village Hall, 19:30 | Agenda

Next meeting of the Planning Committee

 

  • Email enquiries for councillors should be made via whaddonparishcclerk [at] outlook.com

    Entries for the Register of Financial Interests for each councillor are now stored on the South Cambridgeshire District Council web site; the entries for Whaddon may be accessed via the link https://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=392&LS=4.

    Chairman      
    Mr Lee Ginger 14 Carlton Rise, Melbourn 01763 262430  
    Clerk      
    Angela Bridges Please leave correspondence for the Clerk in the post box at the Village Hall 07565 381203

    whaddonparishcclerk [at] outlook.com

    Councillors      
    Mrs Anita Birch 68 Bridge Street 07748 908164 anitabirch1 [at] hotmail.co.uk
    Mr Will Elbourn College Farm 01223 208955  
    Ms Joanne Hart Church Street 01223 208009
    Mrs Claire Hales Bridge Street    
    Dr Nigel Strudwick
    (vice-Chairman)
    3 Town Farm Close 01223 207434  
    Mrs Deborah Townsend Bridge Street 01223 208247  
  • Since 2009, planning applications have not been considered at regular Council meetings, but are handled by the Planning Committee. Meetings are scheduled in the Village Hall as and when planning applications are received to ensure that their comments are made to the Planners within the appropriate deadlines; they usually take place on a Monday evening and are public meetings. Dates and agendas are available on this web site and on the village notice boards; minutes are no longer posted on the notice board but are kept on this web site.

    Chairman    
    Vacant    
    Members    
    Mrs Anita Birch 68 Bridge Street 07748 908164
    Mr Will Elbourn College Farm 01223 208955
    Mr Lee Ginger 14 Carlton Rise, Melbourn 01763 262430
    Ms Joanne Hart Church Street 01223 208009
    Mr David Grech Bridge Street Non-voting co-opted member
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