Heath and Reach Parish Council Members
Your Parish Councillors
Heath and Reach Parish Council currently consists of seven elected member, two co-opted member and a Clerk to the Council.
The full council normally 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. However, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, all Parish Council Meetings are held using Zoom. Full details are included in every meeting agenda.
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)
Whistleblowing lead - Safeguarding and Child Protection
Committee Appointments
Finance
External Representations
Allotment Trustee
Rushmere Country Park
Trustee
United Charities - Heath and Reach Allotments
Co-opted appointment: 3rd February 2020
Committee Appointments
Planning and Environment
Trustee
United Charities - Heath and Reach Allotments
Committee Appointments
Finance
External Representations
Rushmere Country Park
Committee Appointments
Cemetery
Sports and Recreation
Appointed 2019
Committee Appointments
Finance
Planning and Environment (Chair)
External Representations
Bedfordshire Police
Highways Liaison
Trustee
Heath and Reach Village Hall
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.
Safeguarding Lead - Safeguarding and Child Protection
The Parish Clerk sits on the Finance Committee, but has no voting rights.
Working under the supervision of the Parish Clerk, duties include:
IT Support to the the Parish Council & Councillors
Social Media site updates
Surveys
Website management and maintenance
“representing the villages of Heath and Reach, Hockliffe, Eggington, Stanbridge, Tilsworth, Tebworth and Wingfield.”
“Lives in Heath and Reach, all correspondence to:”
Office Address: Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ
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Constituency Office Address
26/27 Wentworth House, 83 High Street North, Dunstable LU6 1JJ
Office Telephone
01582 662 821 (Mon-Fri: 09:00-13:00)