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 Thursday 10 October 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 14 October 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    
    Dr Nigel Strudwick
    3 Town Farm Close  
    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  
    Mr Will Elbourn College Farm  
    Ms Joanne Hart Church Street
    Mr Lee Ginger 14 Carlton Rise, Melbourn  
    Mrs Deborah Townsend
    (vice-Chair)
    Bridge Street  
    VACANCY    
  • 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    
    Mr Will Elbourn    
    Members    
    Mrs Anita Birch 68 Bridge Street  
    Mr Will Elbourn College Farm  
    Mr Lee Ginger 14 Carlton Rise, Melbourn  
    Ms Joanne Hart Church Street  
    Mr David Grech Bridge Street Non-voting co-opted member
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    11 April PDF 11 July PDF
    9 May Annual PC Meeting PDF 10 October PDF
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    19 December PRECEPT PDF    

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    11 March PDF 29 July PDF
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    10 June PDF 11 November PDF
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    15 January PDF 15 January PDF
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    14 May PDF  
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    9 July PDF 9 July PDF
        25 July PDF
    10 September PDF 27 September PDF
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    13 February PDF 10 April PDF
    13 March PDF 21 August PDF
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    14 March PDF 8 February PDF
    11 April PDF 14 March PDF
    9 May PDF 29 March PDF
    13 June PDF 11 April PDF
    11 July PDF 12 September PDF
    8 September Extraordinary meeting PDF 10 October PDF
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    9 November PDF 14 December PDF
    16 October extraordinary meeting PDF 23 November PDF
    12 October PDF 16 November PDF
    14 September PDF 9 November PDF
    10 August PDF 22 June PDF
    8 June PDF 8 June PDF
    Annual Meeting, 11 May PDF 30 March PDF
    13 April PDF 23 February PDF
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    10 October PDF 20 October PDF
    8 September PDF 13 October PDF
    11 August PDF 8 September PDF
    9 June PDF 11 August PDF
    12 May PDF 9 July PDF
    7 April PDF 16 June PDF
    10 March PDF 4 February PDF
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    7 January — Precept Meeting PDF    

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    14 October PDF 9 September PDF
    9 September PDF 19 June PDF
    8 July PDF 10 June PDF
    10 June PDF 11 March 2013 PDF
    13 May PDF 29 January PDF
    8 April PDF    
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    11 February PDF    
    28 January — Precept Meeting PDF    
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    15 October PDF 3 December PDF
    4 September PDF 15 October PDF
    13 August PDF 25 September PDF
    11 June PDF 28 August PDF
    Annual PC Meeting 15 May PDF 21 June PDF
    23 April PDF 10 April PDF
    12 March PDF 12 March PDF
    13 February PDF 13 February PDF
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    14 February 2011 PDF 24 February 2011 PDF
    14 March 2011 PDF 11 April 2011 PDF
    11 April 2011 PDF 31 May 2011 PDF
    AGM 9 May 2011 PDF 11 July 2011 PDF
    9 May 2011 PDF 5 September 2011 PDF
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    8 February 2010 PDF 8 March 2010 PDF
    8 March 2010 PDF 12 July 2010 PDF
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    19 February 2007 PDF
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    13 February 2006 PDF
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Reports from District and County Councillors

Each month our District and County councillors provide a joint report on important things coming from their councils. These reports range much wider than just Whaddon, and provide wider information about their activities, many of which items may be of interest to Whaddon residents.

July 2024 PDF
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