Governance – Southill Parish Council

These documents describe the regulatory framework and working practice of the Parish Council.

	Safeguarding-Policy.pdf Safeguarding Policy.pdf application/pdfSafeguarding Policy.pdf 149.49 KB 2024-07-02 2nd July 2024 2024-07-02 2nd July 2024
	Financial-Regulations.pdf Financial Regulations application/pdfFinancial Regulations 288.61 KB 2020-10-06 6th October 2020 2020-10-06 6th October 2020
	Code-Of-Conduct.pdf Code of Conduct application/pdfCode of Conduct 256.53 KB 2019-11-24 24th November 2019 2019-11-24 24th November 2019
	Standing-Orders.pdf Standing Orders application/pdfStanding Orders 483.38 KB 2019-11-24 24th November 2019 2019-11-24 24th November 2019
	Village-Noticeboards.pdf Village Noticeboards application/pdfVillage Noticeboards 91.08 KB 2019-11-24 24th November 2019 2019-11-24 24th November 2019

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Council Budget

The majority of the Parish Council’s income is derived from an annual charge, the precept, on local electors to cover its costs. It is set each year by the Council as part of its annual budget setting process and is collected on the Parish’s behalf by Central Bedfordshire Council. Parish Councils can also seek financial support via grant funding for specific projects. Investing money from the precept toward specific projects such as traffic calming, or establishing recreational areas for example, can unlock further and significant grant funding to enable the project to be realised. The Council is required to have an annual audit of its accounts.

Council Activities

Southill Parish Council represents around 900 electors, with about 450 of those resident in the Broom ward, slightly fewer than 250 in the Southill ward, and about 200 in the Stanford ward. The Council exists to discuss the affairs of the local community. Compared to many parish councils, Southill has limited powers as it does not have any allotments or cemeteries to maintain.

The Council works closely with the other tier of local government, Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC), with particular regard to Highway matters and Planning decisions. Although CBC is the Planning Authority, the Parish Council makes its views known on the planning applications within the local area and in many instances applications can be refused if the Parish Council has objections.

The Parish Council does have responsibility for the village green and bus shelter in Broom, and play equipment in Southill. It also works very closely with Stanford Playing Field Association and has often grant aided various projects for them, as it also has the village halls at Southill and Broom.