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Membership of Committees & Working Parties
Contact Us telephone, email & postal addresses
Forms to apply for a grant, request an advert,
make a suggestion or complain to LCC
The Council
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Carol Allen (Deputy Chairman) Planning - ACA Liaison - Volunteers - Lengthsman |
Leonard Fineberg (Chairman) Website - Volunteers - Notice boards - Standing Orders - ACA Liaison - External grant applications - Budget |
Jerry Pearlman Planning - Standing Orders - Freedom of Information - Walking Group - Lengthsman |
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Jonathan Brown 2 Woodbourne LS8 2JW Planning - Budget |
Roger Gilbert Budget - APC Grant Applications - Standing orders - Freedom of Information - External grant applications - Walking Group
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Amy Robinson Planning - APC Grant Applications - External grant applications - Walking Group
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Lyn Buckley Planning - Volunteers - ACA Liaison - Communications - Neighbourhood Watch |
Dave Kent (Webmaster) Website - Freedom of Information - ACA Liaison - Notice boards - External grant applications - Communications - website |
Sue Smith Website - Planning - ACA Liaison - Notice boards - Communications - Walking Group
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Neil Buckley Volunteers - Budget - Boundary Stones - Communications - Lengthsman |
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Judith Williams Website - Planning - ACA Liaison - Notice boards - Communications - Neighbourhood Watch |
You have 11 Councillors. We are here to represent your interests and lobby the City Council on matters of concern in the Parish.
We are dedicated to protecting and improving the Parish environment and keeping an eye on anything that could affect the interest of the Parish, e.g. planning applications, traffic matters, etc.
Membership of committees etc . . .
Planning Committee: Cllrs Allen, Brown, Lyn Buckley, Pearlman (Chairman), Robinson, Smith & Williams
We are statutory consultees on planning applications made to the planning authority in Alwoodley parish. The local planning authority is Leeds City Council
The main function of the Planning Committee is to consider and comment on planning applications. A few major planning applications will be referred to the full Parish Council.
The remit of the Planning Committee is embodied in the following:
The Planning Committee will be authorised to deal with all matters relating to planning applications referred to the Parish Council and other related planning issues. However, any major planning applications identified by the Committee or any member of the Council shall be referred to Council for decision.
Working Party: Budget: Cllrs Neil Buckley, Brown, Fineberg, Gilbert & the Clerk in her capacity as RFO
We plan the budget and recommend the precept - this will soon be superceded by a Finance Committee
Working Party: Standing Orders: Cllrs Fineberg, Gilbert & Pearlman
Standing Orders are the “rules” that control how the Parish Council runs. We have been tasked to look at the recommended (“Model”) standing orders and suggest any changes that would make then more suitable to our circumstances. We are awaiting the publication of the new version
Working Party: Website: Cllrs Fineberg, Kent (Webmaster), Smith, & Williams
We are responsible for the design and running of our website including liaison with the community to collect news items, information about organisations, groups and their events
Working Party: ACA Liaison: Cllrs Allen, Lyn Buckley, Fineberg, Kent, Smith & Williams
We are working with the ACA to forge links that will provide mutual support and hence help the community
Working Party: Volunteer Liaison: Cllrs Allen, Lyn Buckley, Neil Buckley & Fineberg
We will help coordinate and support volunteers, both individual and groups
Working Party: APC Grant Applications: Cllrs Gilbert & Robinson
We assess the validity of applications for APC grants within the legal framework for giving grants
Working Party: External Grant Applications: Cllrs Fineberg, Gilbert, Kent & Robinson
We assess grant sources for the APC. We also publish these sources on the website if they are appropriate for organisations or groups within the community
Working Party: APC Office Equipment: Cllrs Fineberg, Kent & the Clerk
Working Party: Freedom of Information: Cllrs Gilbert, Kent & Pearlman
We ensure that information available under the FoI Act is available on the website and via the Clerk
Working Party: Boundary Stones: Cllr Neil Buckley
I am liaising with LCC about erecting boundary stones at the parish Boundary
Working Party: Noticeboards: Cllrs: Fineberg, Kent, Smith & Williams
We are organising the erection of noticeboards around the parish in accordance with our statutory duties to provide information. We are awaiting planning permission/permission from the LCC Highways Department and the outcome of our grant application to pay part of all the costs
Working Party: Communications: Cllrs: L Buckley, N Buckley, Kent, Smith & Williams
We write the newsletter for APC website and the newsletters that are periodically delivered to your door; we also write articles for various newpapers, newssheets and publications (for example The Announcer & The Alwoodley Guide
Working Party: Walking Group: Cllrs: Gilbert, Pearlman, Robinson & Smith
We are setting up and supporting a walking group for Alwoodley Parish
Working Party: Neighbourhood Watch: Cllrs: L Buckley & Smith
We support the creation of Neighbourhood Watch Groups within the Parish and will provide support for coordinators to carry out their role
Working Party: Lengthsman: Cllrs: Allen, N Buckley & Pearlman
We are responsible for the appointment and oversight of a “lengthsman” who will help to maintain a cared for feel within Alwoodley Parish
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Main Council |
Planning Committee |
Other Meetings |
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Full Council meetings will be held mostly on the first Monday of each month in the Council Room at the Alwoodley Community Hall (The Avenue, Leeds 17), commencing at 7:30pm. The first 15 minutes of the meeting will open for contributions from the public
10th June 2008 (inaugural meeting) 7th July 2008 10th August 2008 (extra meeting) 1st September 2008 6th October 2008 3rd November 2008 No meeting in December
5th January 2009 2nd February 2009 2nd March 2009 6th April 2009 11th May 2009 (note 2nd Monday) 1st June 2009 6th July 2009 No meeting in August 7th September 2009 5th October 2009 2nd November 2009 No meeting in December
4th January 2010 1st February 2010 1st March 2010 12th April 2010 (note 2nd Monday) 10th May 2010 (note 2nd Monday) |
Planning Committee meetings will start at 6:45pm, immediately before the full Council Meeting.
Additional meetings will be called as and when necessary to meet LCC planning deadlines - these meetings will be notified here and on the Council notice boards |
Information will be added here as and when appropriate |
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Attending Parish Council Meetings
All parish council meetings are open to the public (unless councillors decide to exclude the public for reasons of confidentiality, which very rarely happens).
Speaking
You do not have the right to speak at this meeting unless invited to do so by the council. The way this works is as follows:
You should make yourself known to the clerk or to the chairman of the meeting, ideally before it begins.
When the item on the agenda on which you wish to speak is reached the chairman may choose to invite the council to "suspend standing orders" to allow you to speak.
If the council agree to suspend standing orders then you can speak on the item which is concerning you. Please try to be brief: the council has a lot to get through at most meetings. If you take too long the chairman may ask you to stop speaking.
Once you have made your points the chairman will ask the councillors if they wish to ask you any questions and, if they do, you can reply to those questions.
The chairman will then resume standing orders and the council will then debate the item. You do not have any right to speak during this debate. The only exception would be if a councillor, through the chair, wishes to put another question to you.
Planning Issues
Most people who want to speak to the parish council want to talk on planning applications. Some things to bear in mind:
The parish council is not the planning authority. We do not decide planning applications, Leeds City Council (LCC) do that, we only recommend to them what we think they should decide and they can (and do) choose to ignore us.
If you are objecting it is very important that you write to LCC as well as coming to our meeting.
We can only object to an application on valid planning grounds so please don't be disappointed if we don't comment on issues you regard as important but which, by law, aren't relevant.