Hazlemere Parish Council

Hazlemere Parish Council is an elected body of 12 unpaid councillors, who have statutory responsibilities for certain aspects of the village. Click here to read about The History of Parish Councils. Historically one of the few mandatory, key responsibilities of The Parish Council is the provision, allocation and management of allotments. Other non-mandatory, but very important responsibilities include open spaces, street lights, public parks, hedge & grass cutting, emptying the dog waste collection bins, and maintaining the public notice boards. Other key areas the council is involved in are planning applications and acting as a community voice to Wycombe District Council and Buckinghamshire County Councils. Hazlemere Parish Councillors also sit on the committees of  Hazlemere Youth Centre, Hazlemere Community Centre, Hazlemere Sports Association and  act as School Governors at schools within the parish. Click here to view a few facts & figures about what the parish council does for you.

Full Council meetings take place at 8:00pm on the first Tuesday of each month in The Cedar Barn, Cedar Avenue, Hazlemere and are open to the public. To view minutes for previous meetings click on the "Minutes & Accounts" tab on the left. Typically the full council meetings last around 2 hours and will usually include a report from the Police - click on one of the following links to read the Police Newsletters for Hazlemere for the months of: April 2012,  December 2011, November 2011,  October 2011  September 2011  August 2011  July 2011 and June 2011.

Public Time: The first 30 minutes of the meeting are available for the general public to raise any issues they would like to bring before the council. Each member of the public may ask a question directed to the chairman or make a presentation - but each may last only 3 minutes.

Planning Committee: meetings are held at Cedar Barn twice a month, on the first and third Tuesday of the month. This committee reviews the plans for changes to property in Hazlemere, which have been submitted to Wycombe District Council by the public . Although our role is in an advisory capacity,  great care is taken when reviewing all the plans to ensure that developments respect neighbours privacy, are in keeping with the local street scene and to ensure over development of sites is not permitted. As with all other Parish Council meetings the public are welcome; although participation in the meeting is at the discretion of the committee's chairman. Click on the planning button on the left to view the planning page and to explore the new WDC planning portal.

Open Spaces Committee: is responsible for the general maintenance of all the parks and playground equipment. This includes, lighting, litter and glass clearance, dog waste collections,  grass cutting, hedges trees and flowerbeds, playground equipment maintenance and the war memorial. The war memorial was the subject of one of the most poignant requests to the parish council from a parishioner. At the request of his mother, in December 2010 the parish council arranged for the name of a young Hazlemere marine who was killed in Afghanistan to be added to the War Memorial, which stands by Holy trinity Church on Amersham Road, Hazlemere. Read the full story here.

Finance Committee: NEW FOR 2012 - We have now re-established a Finance Committee. This committee meets regularly (currently every other month and/or as required) to scrutinise the financial transactions of the council and make recommendations to the Full Council. This committee will also assume the responsibilities formerly covered by the former finance working party and the duties previously undertaken by budget meetings of the Full Council i.e. the setting of the council's precept - the amount of council tax the Parish Council will ask Wycombe District Council to collect on it's behalf. It is this precept (budget) that enables Hazlemere Parish Council to conduct it's affairs on behalf of the people of Hazlemere.. Click here for some details of some of the ways Hazlemere Parish Council spends it's precept. Read further information about the Finance Committee here