Parish Council
What Are They For?
The aim of The Parish Council is to maintain and improve the quality of life for those who live or work in the Parish of Aynho. As the first level of government the council has certain duties, powers and responsibilities to help in this purpose and works as well as it can with South Northants Council, Northamptonshire County Council, the Northamptonshire Police Authority and other relevant organisations, all of which have a direct impact on the quality of life in our parish. The council is supported in its work by Northamptonshire ACRE, an organisation which offers training and advice to parish councils and village halls. In practical terms the council owns and maintains street lamps, playground equipment, bus shelters and benches. It has responsibility for grass cutting and shares responsibility for general tidiness and litter clearance with District and County Councils. It is consulted on all planning applications but can only make observations on these. Its views are frequently sought on a whole range of policy issues by the organisations listed above and many others.
How Much Does this Cost?
The council spends approximately £15000 per year. This is made up of £12000 from the Council Tax and the remainder from grants and donations. The accounts are managed by the Responsible Financial Officer and audited internally and externally every year. All payments are agreed at Council meetings. The accounts are available for inspection immediately before audit in April each year.
Finding out More
You can find out more by contacting the clerk, coming to the meetings, reading the newsletter, checking the noticeboards or visiting this website.
Contacting the Council
You are welcome to attend all or part of any council meeting. These are held in the village hall at 7.30 PM on the first Monday of the month except in January and August. The Agenda is published on the noticeboards several days before the meeting. You may want to listen to what is said on a particular subject or put your own views. The chairman can suspend standing orders and invite you to join in the discussion, but obviously only councillors can vote on any proposals arising. At other times you can contact the council through the clerk. If you wish the council to discuss a particular issue it is best if at all possible to put the matter in writing. The council is then obliged to discuss it. Many people raise issues informally with councillors known to them and problems can be resolved through informal advice, but the full council is not obliged to discuss issues raised in this way.
The clerk is Sadie Patamia, 9 Roundtown, Ph 07887 548774 (9am-12pm Tuesdays and Thursdays) or email aynhopc [at] googlemail [dot] com
Parish Council Meeting
There will be no Aynho Parish Council meeting on August 9th - the next meeting will be September 6th.
Planning applications
As mentioned at the Village Meeting, you can use the following website to check for planning applications in the Aynho area: http://snc.planning-register.co.uk/
Select "Enter Search Criteria" and click Continue, and you will get a screen which allows you to select dates, names etc. to narrow your search.
For this village, set "Parish" to "Aynho", and set a date range if you wish to filter out old applications.
For ongoing monitoring, you can use the following website. You enter your email and a postcode, along with the desired area, and it will send you a mail when a new application appears. http://www.planningalerts.com/
(But see the warning at the top - hopefully this will be resolved soon)
Aynho Village Shop
At a meeting at the Cartwright Hotel in early December, villagers voted to press ahead with efforts to set up a community-run, not-for- profit shop in Aynho. Winifred Robinson and Stephen Brook who are members of the Shop Committee explained that the Cartwright is no longer being offered as a possible location for the shop because all the space there is needed for the hotel. The meeting agreed that the Old Scout Lodge was probably our next-best option. It is the only vacant commercial property in the village and is currently for sale. The Shop Committee is now working on a planning application with the help of Peter McCorkell an architect who lives at The Glebe who is giving his services free. Once we know that planning permission for a shop is likely, we will begin raising the necessary money from grants, fundraising and individual loans and donations. The Shop Committee has investigated two other suggestions from the meeting - to put the shop in the village hall or to erect a new building at the end of the Glebe. The planners have rejected the idea of the Glebe and those who run the Village Hall tell us that it could not accommodate a shop. The Shop Committee thanked all those who have volunteered their help and support so far. It still needs to find a lawyer and an accountant in the village willing to work on the project. If you would be willing to help in any way please call Winifred Robinson on 01869 811032 or email help [at] aynhovillageshop [dot] co [dot] uk
Aynhoe Park Development Proposal
You can download the proposal outline document here (PDF) - note this is a very large file (180MB) and will take a few minutes even on broadband.