Annual Audit for Great & Little Gidding Parish Council

Annual Audit for Great & Little Gidding Parish Council

Smaller authority name: Great & Little Gidding Parish Council

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN (EXEMPT AUTHORITY)

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 25, 26 and 27

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

NOTICENOTES
 1. Date of announcement   –   8th June 2022

2. Each year the smaller authority prepares an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR).  The AGAR has been published with this notice. It will not be reviewed by the appointed auditor, since the smaller authority has certified itself as exempt from the appointed auditor’s review. Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the AGAR, the accounting records for the financial year to which it relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested.
For the year ended 31 March 2022, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:  
The Parish Clerk in the Parish Office, Main Street, Great Gidding,  PE28 5NU        
Email : ggparishcouncil@outlook.com        
Telephone – 01832 293068 – please leave a message with dates when  you would like to inspect the accounts.  
commencing on Monday 13 June 2022    
and ending on Friday 22 July 2022  
 
3. Local government electors and their representatives also have:   The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.   The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.
 
4. The smaller authority’s AGAR is only subject to review by the appointed auditor if questions or objections raised under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 lead to the involvement of the auditor. 

The appointed auditor is:   PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team) 15 Westferry Circus Canary Wharf London E14 4HD (sba@pkf-l.com)  

5. This announcement is made by   
Julie Trolove, Parish Clerk  
   

Road Closure on B660

Road Closure on B660

The Parish Council has received notification today of the closure of the B660, between the crossroads junction with the Bullock Road, through the village to just beyond the crossroads (Luddington Road and Chapel End). This is for resurfacing of the road and will take place at some time after 1st August 2022 (no specific dates and time are given). A map of the diversion route can be found on the Village Hall noticeboard.

Advisory signs will be erected by Cambridgeshire County Council nearer the date of the works taking place. If any further information is received by the Parish Council, further updates will be posted on this website.

2022 Annual Parish Meeting

2022 Annual Parish Meeting

Great and Little Gidding Parish Council

This meeting will take place on Tuesday 19th April 2022

Starting at 7.30PM 

At Great Gidding Village Hall

This is not a formal Parish Council meeting. It is an opportunity for residents of Great and Little Gidding to find out more about the work that the Parish Council are doing, to raise any issues they wish regarding the village and comment on plans for the coming year. 

All are welcome to join.


AGENDA:

  1. Chairman’s welcome
  2. Minutes of the meeting, held via Zoom, on 20th April 2021
  3. The Chairman’s Annual Report from the Parish Council
  4. Update on current tasks within the Parish and plans for 2022-23
  5. For members of the public to present, discuss and resolve any other matters related to Great and Little Gidding Parish.

Work on roads around the parish – starts 23rd February 2022

Work on roads around the parish - starts 23rd February 2022

Notification has been received this evening that work will commence on roads around the parish to complete the next stage of the Local Highways Improvement programme. The work starts tomorrow, Wednesday 23rd February, and is anticipated to take place until Friday. This will affect Chapel End, Main Street, Mill Road, Luddington Road and Milking Slade Lane at various times over the next few days.

From Cambridgeshire County Council Highways Department:

To ensure works are carried out safely and efficiently, stop/ go boards will be used as part of the traffic management between 07.30 am and 17.30 pm.

Access will be maintained for properties and businesses, however, there might be some delays depending on the activities being carried out on site. Traffic management operatives will be on site to assist anyone.

Please note that due to the nature of our works, there will be some noise generated when carrying out the works. This is unfortunately unavoidable, however, we will endeavor to complete them in a timely manner in order to minimise disruption to the residents.

We thank you in advance for your co-operation and understanding during this time. If you have any further queries or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Project Delivery

Cambridgeshire Highways

T:   (+44) 1480  372170

M: (+44) 7776  679371

Household Support Fund

Peterborough and Cambridgeshire County Councils and Huntingdonshire District Council and recognised partners wish to spread the word about the Household Support Fund. The help available includes food or fuel vouchers, help with essential items such as children’s coats, blankets and much more.

cold/winter/snow
cold-winter-snow

Household Support Fund – Cambridgeshire County Council has further details.

Recycle your Christmas Tree

Saturday 15th January 2022

Christmas tree

Huntingdonshire District Council are supporting East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice again this year and will be collecting real Christmas trees for recycling in the PE28 area on Saturday 15th January.

For further details and to book your collection slot visit https://just-helping.org.uk/register-tree

The Household Recycling Centre will also take Christmas trees.

Key points from the District Councillor

Key points from the District Councillor

Key points for the 2018/19 Council Year from Tim Alban, District Councillor for Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley Ward

New Council Year – New Council Ward
In May 2018 I was elected as one of two District Councillors to represent the new Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley ward and I have been busier during the past twelve months than at any time in the preceding 3 years. The ward is about 11 miles from Wansford in the north to Little Gidding in the south and even with my fellow ward councillor, Marge Beuttell and I splitting the ward in half, I am still the first point of contact for residents in 6 villages and 3 hamlets.

Getting to all the Parish Councils continues to be a challenge, especially as a number of them meet on the same evening but I have visited them all and enjoy working with the various Parish Councillors and Parish Clerks.

Marge and I also work well with our County Councillor Simon Bywater, especially when our areas of responsibility overlap.

I am fortunate to be the Chairman of the Council’s Customers & Partnerships – Overview & Scrutiny Panel, which covers some of the areas I am most interested in such as leisure and the environment.

Planning
The most time-consuming issue this year has been planning – something I had very little to do with in my first 3 years as a District Councillor. Although there hasn’t been much for me to be involved with in the Giddings with regards to planning, applications in Stilton and Holme have involved significant amount of work.

Other Issues
Over the last year I’ve worked to tackle fly-posting, dog fouling, dangerous and illegal parking, faulty and damaged signs, fly-tipping, pot holes, litter as well as issues for individual residents. Sometimes I’ve worked on my own, other times I have worked with Marge, Simon and some of our excellent Parish Councillors.  The most unusual issue I have dealt with this year (if not ever) was the wayward portaloo and damaged signs at the junction of Milking Slade and Chapel end.

District Wide
This year the District Council part of the Council Tax went up by 2.66%, a new parking regime has been introduced so that charges better reflect the time used and changes were made to way the Council handles enquiries from residents who prefer to access more information online.

If you need to contact me please call me on 07193 101145 or email tim.alban@huntingdonshire.gov.uk you can also find me on Facebook and Twitter.

2019 Annual Parish Meeting

2019 Annual Parish Meeting

Notice of the

2019 Annual Parish Meeting of

Great and Little Gidding Parish Council

This meeting will take place on Tuesday 21st  May

Starting at 7.30PM prompt in the Village Hall

This is not a formal Parish Council meeting. It is an opportunity for residents of Great and Little Gidding to find out more about the work that the Parish Council are doing, to raise any issues they wish regarding the village and comment on plans for the coming year. 

All are welcome.


AGENDA:

  1. Chairman’s welcome
  2. To review the Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 15th May 2018
  3. Matters arising
  4. The Chairman’s Annual Report from the Parish Council
  5. Vice Chairman’s update on the Recreation Ground Project.
  6. Competition for up to £250 of funding for your group or project – see Clarion and website for details
  7. For members of the public to present, discuss and resolve any other matters related to Great and Little Gidding Parish (or post your ideas in the Parish Council box).

Refreshments will be served.