Heath and Reach Parish Council Members
Your Parish Councillors
Heath and Reach Parish Council currently consists of seven elected member, one co-opted member and a Clerk to the Council.
The full council meets on the first working Monday of every month except for August at Heath Village Barn on the corner of Eastern Way and Leighton Road, LU7 0AA. Committee meetings normally follow after these meetings.
The Chairman and Vice-Chair are elected annually. There has to be a quorum to pass resolutions, i.e. minimum of three or one-third of the Council.
Councillors are elected for a 4-year term. If a vacancy occurs during this term, it can be filled by either an election or by co-option.
We currently have our full quota of Parish Councillors.
The next election year is 2023.
Below is a list of the current Parish Councillors together with their contact details and committee memberships.
Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) maintains a register of interests for all Parish and Ward Councillors.
Before you contact any Parish Councillor you are advised to check our privacy notice which will guide you on how we process information at Heath and Reach Parish Council.
At the end of this list, we have included the contact details for the Parish Clerk and our Central Bedfordshire Ward Councillor and Member of Parliament.
Committee Appointments
Cemetery
Finance
Planning and Environment
Sports and Recreation
External Representations
Highways England
Committee Appointments
Cemetery (Chair)
Finance
Planning and Environment
Sports and Recreation (Chair)
Committee Appointments
Finance
External Representations
Allotment Trustee
Rushmere Country Park
Co-opted appointment: 3rd February 2020
Committee Appointments
Planning and Environment
Co-opted Member from 2nd March 2020
Committee Appointments
Planning and Environment
Committee Appointments
Finance
Planning and Environment (Chair)
External Representations
Rushmere Country Park
Committee Appointments
Cemetery
Sports and Recreation
Appointed 2019
Committee Appointments
Finance
Planning and Environment
External Representations
Bedfordshire Police
Appointed - 2018
Committee Appointments
Cemetery
Planning and Environment
Sports and Recreation
The Parish Clerk is the Proper Officer of the Council and as such is under a statutory duty to carry out all the functions, and in particular to serve or issue all the notifications required by law of a local authority’s Proper Officer.
The Parish Clerk sits on the Finance Committee, but has no voting rights.
Dates of Heath and Reach Meetings in 2020
- 15th June - 5:30pm - 6:30pm at The Duke's Head - NOW CANCELLED
Office Address
Priory House,
Monks Walk,
Chicksands,
Shefford,
Bedfordshire,
SG17 5TQ
Address
House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA
Office Telephone
0207 219 8134
Constituency Office
26/27 Wentworth House, 83 High Street North, Dunstable LU6 1JJ
Office Telephone
01582 662 821 (Mon-Fri: 09:00-13:00)
