Chollerton Parish Council | Parish Councillors
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Parish Councillors

There are eight parish councillors on Chollerton Parish Council who are elected or co-opted every 4 years to represent the community.

Parish Councils have a wide range of powers and duties relating to local matters, such as looking after open spaces, play areas, street lighting and bus shelters, and campaigning for and delivering better services and facilities to meet local needs and improve quality of life in the parish.  The Parish Council is also consulted by Northumberland County Council (as relevant Planning Authority) on all planning applications or highways applications for the Chollerton area.  Views expressed by the Parish Council will be taken into account before a decision is made, providing the points are relevant to the determination of the application, but the final decision is made by the County Council not the Parish Council.  Further detail on the planning process is available via Northumberland County Council’s website.

Dorothy Pigg

Chair

Fiona Charlton

Councillor

Edward Heslop

Councillor

Maggie Tarbit

Councillor

Michael Smith

Vice Chair

Bruce Lowdon

Councillor

Malcolm Johnson

Councillor

Andrew Bennett

Councillor

The Parish Council employs a parish clerk to provide administrative support for the Council’s activities. The clerk’s primary responsibilities are to advise the council on whether its decisions are lawful, to recommend ways in which decisions can be implemented and to provide unbiased information to help the Council make appropriate choices. The parish clerk is also responsible for management of Council owned property and is also the Council’s ‘Responsible Financial Officer’.