Benwick Parish Council
This section contains all the information you can need on the Parish Council, from the dates of the meetings, to the minutes, contact information and the basic details of their role.
Benwick Parish Council consists of 7 elected members, who meet monthly in the village hall. They are elected every four years, and the last elections took place in May 2007.
The Parish council conducts a number of roles. From the money it receives via council tax, as well as the money from concurrent functions the council organise the maintenance of the village verges and the cemetery. The council are also responsible for the first stages of planning applications, where they give their recommendations to Fenland DC who have the final say in whether plans are passed or rejected.
The parish council also own a number of the street lights in the village, and it is their responsibility to ensure that they are working correctly, many of the newer street lights have been adopted by Fenland DC or Cambridgeshire CC and the parish council report problems should these ones not be working. As well as this, the Parish Council are responsible for:
- The recycling bins in the Chapel Gardens car Park
- The Bus Shelter
- The War Memorial
Some things the Parish Council are not responsible for are:
- The Play Park
- The High Street Cemetry (Strict Baptists)
- The Old Cemetry, next to the present one
Regardless of whether the Parish Council is responsible for something or not, it can be reported to them, and they will get in touch with the releveant people, this includes any problems you may encounter such as potholes in the roads, faulty street lights, empty grit bins, full street litter bins etc.
There is 15 minutes at the begining of every Parish Council meetings where the publci can ask any questions, or raise any converns to the Parish Council.