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BURWASH
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Sussex Weald
Burwash
A community website serving residents and visitors in the three villages of
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Parish Council

Parish Council

The Parish Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.00pm in the Burwash Parish Council offices – adjacent to the public car park near the Bear, and Burwash Surgery.

Meetings are held three times a year at the Pavilion, Burwash Common. The venue for the next meeting will be shown on the Council Agenda; the Agenda is published three days before the council meeting.

Though members of the public cannot be legally permitted to speak whilst the Council is in session, members of the public are always welcome to attend meetings, and 15 minutes is allocated for questions from any Elector before the formal council session begins.

Councillors, and telephone numbers are shown below:

    Tel.  
CHAIRMAN: Cllr. D. A. Hedges 883422
VICE CHAIRMAN: Cllr. G. Woodhouse 883547
COUNCILLORS: Cllr. L Elmslie  883510
Cllr L. Middleditch 882338
Cllr. N. Cook 882119
Cllr. I. E. Jenner 882045
Cllr. D. W. L. M. Vereker 882621
Cllr Mrs K Dixon 884031
Cllr P Pope 882566
Cllr R Hewett 884243
Cllr D Appleyard 882131
Cllr R Appleyard 882131
Cllr. D. W. L. M. Vereker also represents Burwash PC on Rother District Council  
 
 
CLERK: Mrs M Hayes
Rover Cottage,
High Street,
Burwash, Etchingham,
East Sussex,
TN19 7ET

e-mail: maryhayes@btconnect.com

 882980  

Parish Council Documents

Parish council documents are available as PDF downloads:

Council Agendas

Following public request we will be adding Council Agendas for monthly Parish Council meetings. These will normally be available three working days before the meeting.

November 2011 Agenda

Who's responsible for what?

Local services are delivered by one of three levels of local government - East Sussex County Council, Rother District Council and Burwash Parish Council. If you have a problem or query regarding any of the services listed please contact the appropriate authority directly. The Parish Council is unable to deal with problems that fall outside its specific statutory responsibilities, for example, we cannot address problems regarding rubbish collection; that would be the responsibility of Rother District Council.

Contact details for ESCC and Rother DC are shown on the Useful Links page of this website.

Services provided by East Sussex County Council include:

  • education
  • social services
  • roads and transport
  • waste disposal
  • economic development
  • countywide planning and the environment
  • protecting the public
  • libraries.

Rother District Council provides many services, including:

  • rubbish collection
  • environmental health
  • tourism
  • leisure and amenities
  • planning permission and building control
  • housing-needs services
  • collection of council tax.

Burwash Parish Council is responsible for a limited number of services including:

  • bus shelters
  • assisting with church cemeteries
  • children's play grounds
  • grants for local projects/organisations
  • parish lighting
  • recreation/sports fields but not Swan Meadow (BPFA)
  • traffic calming measures
  • war memorial maintenance
  • community internet cafe (hosted at The Bear)
  • community website.

Although lying outside its specific responsibilities, Burwash Parish Council is invited to comment on planning applications submitted within the Parish. While the Parish Council comments on all applications, we must emphasise that the ultimate decision regarding any planning application rests with Rother District Council. If you have comments and/or individual objections to any planning application they should be directed in writing to Rother DC.

For more details of local planning applications visit the Rother Planning and Building Control Portal or click here.

 

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