Parish Council page

The Parish is nearly the lowest level of local government formed at a time when there was little difference, to the local people, between the Church and the State. A parish like South Petherwin usually formed around a village or other small community and used to be centred around the Parish Church. Today Church and State have separated but the same area is now represented as a local authority by the South Petherwin Parish Council and the Church of England by the Parochial Church Council.

The Parish Councils have few major rights and/or obligations and are responsible to the higher authorities above them. They do however manage local amenities and have a watching brief on local issues and their opinion is noted by those higher authorities in matters concerning them such as local planning issues.

The Parish Councillors are:

Andrew Hosking Chairman

Terry Goodman Vice Chairman

Mrs Lavinia Archer

Mrs Caroline Davies

Phil Parsons

Andy Patterson

Michael Screech

John Whiting

Clerk to the Council is Fran Dennison 01566 782277.

South Petherwin Parish Council meet the second Wednesday of each month in the Village Hall at 07:30 pm.

Meeting Agendas and Minutes are posted on the respective Notice Boards within the Parish by the Post Office and at Daws House and a Pdf copy is available to the right of this page.

All are welcome to the meetings.

2011 Parish Council AGM

Various reports from the 2011 Parish Council AGM Click on the link for the full pdf.