Things We Do

Here at Swinton Parish Council, we:

• Hold monthly meetings open to all residents to attend
• Respond to planning applications
• Respond to consultations
• Provide streetlights
• Organise the cutting of Highway's grass
• Lobby for road improvements, traffic calming and speed enforcement and on parking issues
• Put in place minor improvements in conjunction with others (flower tubs, defibrillator, bird fencing)
• Contact highways for repairs/improvements of footpaths and roads within the village
• Keep residents informed via website and notice-boards

We raise a precept to cover our costs, collected on our behalf through the Council Tax, which pays for:

• The services of our Clerk, income tax and office expenses
• The services of a payroll company
• Insurance for parish council assets, activities and volunteers working on behalf of the parish council
• Providing streetlights (officially footway lighting) and the electricity and maintenance for these
• The cost of audit of accounts and keeping up with transparency requirements
• Cutting the areas of highway grass required for visibility (devolved from NYCC)
• Village upkeep of verges and grass cutting (Parish Council responsibility, separate from NYC)
• Upkeep and repairs of the Parish Council Sheds
• Rent for holding Parish Council meetings
• Subscriptions to YLCA (Yorkshire Local Councils Association)
• Occasional training for Councillors and the Clerk on matters we agree are important
• Local elections (devolved from NYCC)