Churt Parish Council

 A parish council is the lowest tier of local government. One of 18 parishes within the Waverley Borough of Surrey, Churt stretches from Frensham in the north to Beacon Hill in the south, from the county boundary with Hampshire in the west to the Tilford Road in the east.  About 1300 people live in this area and they are represented by Churt Parish Council, an elected body which is funded by a precept (an amount of money) collected as part of Waverley Borough Council's council tax and determined by the Parish Council after the budget for the following year has been determined.

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Election of Churt’s nine councillors are held every four years, but councillors can be co-opted if vacancies arise between elections.

The duties of a parish council are:

• to represent the local community

• to deliver services to meet local needs

• to improve the quality of life and community wellbeing.

 

Parish councils have limited powers to make decisions, but they can negotiate with higher authorities, in our case, with Waverley Borough Council and Surrey County Council and alert those councils to the particular needs of the parish. We can, for example:

• give views on behalf of the community on planning applications and other proposals that affect the parish

• alert relevant authorities to problems that arise or work that needs to be undertaken

• help other tiers of local government to keep in touch with our local community.

 

Churt Parish Council comprises 9 councillors, supported by the Parish Clerk. The Councillors page profiles our 9 current councillors who meet once a month and otherwise, as needed, on an adhoc basis in the Pavilion, which is at postcode GU10 2JA and has limited parking outside . Our local Waverley Borough and Surrey County Councillors usually attend our Parish Council meetings.