Parish councillors, and their Areas of Responsibility
Parish Councils consist of councillors who work as volunteers and in an honorary capacity. They are supported by the Parish Clerk who is secretary to the Council and advises them on matters of parish processes and responsibilities. In Freshford, all councillors and the Clerk have specific functions in addition to their collective responsibility - these are tabled below.
Parish councils are, within the constraints of law and its effect on local government structure, responsible to their residents and to their residents only. Freshford's council is, by choice, non party political.
A Government White Paper will be considered this summer in which a discussion proposal is that parish councils' powers and responsibilities could be extended. Should this lead to a change in current arrangements we shall advise residents. Any queries re our current functions should be addressed to the Parish Clerk.
The parish council may be contacted using our online form.
| Hugh Delap | 722524 | Chairman :Planning Policy Committee; Planning Development Control Committee; Roads and Traffic Committee; Communications Committee; Affordable Housing Committee. Shares attendance at Parish Liaison, ALCA and Local Authority meetings with Vice-Chairman and Clerk** |
| Nick Stevens | 722264 | Vice-Chairman:Affordable Housing Committee (Chairman); Planning Policy Committee; Roads andTraffic Committee (Chairman); Communications Committee; School governor; PC link with FLiSCA, ** as above |
| Guy Ritchie | 722161 | Communications Committee (Chairman); Facilities and Funding Committee (Chairman) Natural Environment Committee; Roads and Traffic Committee. |
| Rowena Wood | 722100 | Planning Development Control Committee (Chairman), Planning Policy Committee; Freshford Mill liaison; Public Transport; Heritage Affairs |
| Mary Stanhope | 722135 | Footpaths/ Hedges/ Trees; Liaison with Cotswold Wardens; Roads and Traffic Committee; Natural Environment Committee (Chairman). |
| John Adler | 722439 | Roads and Traffic Committee; Communications Committee; Facilities and Funding Committee. |
| Stuart Campbell | 723484 | Planning Policy Committee ( Chairman); Planning development Control Committee; Village green matters. ** as above |
| Claudia Towner | 723924 | Children and Youth affairs, Roads and Traffic Committee; Facilities and Funding Committee; PC representative on Village Hall Committee. |
| Mandy Knowles | 722526 | Planning Development Control Committee; Street Cleaning Administration; Affordable Housing Committee; Liaison with Dog Warden; neighbourhood watch and Police Liaison. |
| Steph Jenkins | 722270 | Parish Clerk: Treasurer, Precept estimating and accounts, Street Lighting, Cemetery, Council Minutes and Agendas, Parish Records, Co-ordinates planning responses, Procedural advice to Council, First point of contact with Parish Council for external bodies. ** as above. |