Welcome to Denby Dale Parish Council
Welcome to the website of Denby Dale Parish Council. The site offers information about the parish and about the work of the parish council itself. The activities of the parish council are recorded in the minutes of its meetings, all of which are placed on this site once they have been formally approved by the council.
A full list of the elected members of the council is available, together with information about their committee membership and their membership of other bodies on which they serve as representatives of the council.
We hope you find the website useful and easy to navigate and a helpful way of keeping up to date with what's happening in your area.
Hazel Chowcat
Clerk to the Council
Council Offices
Commercial Road
Skelmanthorpe
Huddersfield HD8 9DA
Tel/Fax: 01484 222963
email: denbydaleparishcouncil@kirklees.gov.uk
Council News
VACANCY FOR PARISH COUNCILLORS
Denby Dale Parish Council has vacancies for two parish councillors. At its meeting on 2 September 2008 it agreed to fill these vacancies by co-option and is now inviting suitably qualified individuals to apply for this vacancy.
To hold office as a Parish Councillor an individual must fulfil the following qualifications:
Be a British subject, a Commonwealth citizen or a Euro national and at least 18 years old.
Be either a local government elector of the parish; or a person who a) has, during the whole of the 12 months up to 5 February 2008, occupied land or other premises as owner or tenant in the parish or b) has, during the same period, resided in that area or within three miles thereof, or c) has during the same period, had his/her principal or only place of work in that area.
Suitably qualified individuals interested in joining the council are invited to submit a letter outlining why they are interested to Hazel Chowcat, Clerk to the Council at the address given on this letterhead. Applications must reach the Clerk by 2 October 2008 and applications by email will be accepted. Suitably qualified applicants will be invited to address the council meeting to be held at 7pm on 7 October 2008. The co-options will be conducted by a vote of current Parish Councillors at that meeting.
If you would like to know more about what the role of a Parish Councillor involves or would like any other information, please contact the Clerk who will be happy to discuss the matter informally.
New No. 95 Bus Service
Stagecoach has now agreed to run a new bus service from Skelmanthorpe to Barnsley via Lower Cumberworth, Denby Dale, Scissett, Clayton West, High Hoyland, Kexborough and Barnsley Hospital. This is being run for 6 months on a 'use it or lose it' basis and and follows some prolonged campaigning by the Parish Council. Accordingly, the Parish Council hopes that the service will prove successful to enable it to be made permanent.
The new timetables are available in Skelmanthorpe Library together iwth timetables for other local bus and train services.
Small Grants Scheme
As in previous years, Denby Dale Parish Council has set aside a small fund out of which it offers grants of up to £500 to local organisations from within the Parish Council area. In previous years, this scheme has funded a wide range of projects, including the purchase of musical instruments for local bands, repairs to church clocks, grants for equipment for youth groups, such as the Brownies and the Scouts and to sports organisations.
The Parish Council will only make grants to bona fide organisations which are properly constituted and all applications must be accompanied by an up to date financial statement, copies of bank statements and evidence of the likely cost of the equipment or project for which grant monies are required. Grant forms are now available. Forms can be downloaded here or by contacting the Clerk and should be returned to the Parish Clerk at Denby Dale Parish Council, Council Offices, 24 Commercial Road, Skelmanthorpe, HD8 9DA by 24 October 2008. Applications received after this date will not be considered. Applications will be considered in November 2008.
Council Meetings
All council meetings are held in the Civic Chamber of the Council Offices, Commercial Road, Skelmanthorpe. The schedule of forthcoming meetings is as follows:
Council
The next meeting of the Parish Council is at 7pm on 7 October 2008
Plans Scrutiny Committee
The next meeting of the Plans Scrutiny Committee will be held on 30 September 2008 starting at 7.30pm.
Finance and General Purposes Committee
The next meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee will be held at 7.30pm on 18 November 2008
Click here to see the minutes of the last council meeting