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The Parish Council's December Newsletter is now available and can be downloaded here. paper copies are available from public outlets accross the Parish, or from the Clerk.

Parish Council Grants

Details of our grant schemes: emergency grants, community project grants and environment grants, can be found on theGrants page.
If you need any further information or assistance with your application, please contact the Clerk.

Allotments
There are two allotment gardens run by the Parish Council in Shepley and Grange Moor. The main requirement of becoming a tenant, is residence within the Parish Council area. For further details, please contact the Clerk.



Planning Issues
The Parish Council considers each and every planning application within the Parish Council area. Members of the public are invited to put forward their views to the Council on applications affecting them (both positively and negatively). This can be done either in the Public Question Time, or privately either to the Clerk or one of the Councillors. If the Parish Council is aware of any issues affecting an application, they will be taken account of before the Parish Council agrees upon the comment to be submitted to Planning Services. However, the final decision is made by Kirklees Planning Services – either by delegated officers or at a Planning Committee meeting, depending on the application.
Details of planning applications and decisions can be viewed by clicking here (www.kirklees.gov.uk/planning)
The Parish Council is also contributing its views and comments to the consultation procedures on the Local Development Framework.

Shelley Village Hall
The Parish Council owns the Village Hall, which it leases on a long-term basis to Shelley Community Association. Improvements are currently underway in
co-operation with the Community Association.

Links to Other Community Organisations:

 

Kirkburton Parish Council represents the villages of Farnley Tyas, Flockton, Grange Moor, Highburton, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lascelles Hall, Lepton, Shelley, Shepley, Stocksmoor & Thurstonland. The business of the Council is controlled by the Chairman, who is elected annually. This year's Chairman is Cllr John Hirst, a member of the Conservative Party representing the ward of Lepton.
Parish Council meetings normally take place on the first Thursday of each month, with the exception of May (due to local council elections). Council meetings covering mainly planning and general purpose issues usually take place on the third Thursday of each month, except for May, August and sometimes December.
Committee meetings are called as and when required.
Public Question Time
There is a session set aside before the start of each Parish Council meeting at 7.30 pm when members of the public may address the Council on any issue, over which it has a power. If the matter has not been considered by the Council previously, it may undertake to include it on a future agenda to consider the issues brought to its attention.

A document outlining the Council's Aims and Objectives can be downloaded HERE.

Exact meeting dates can be obtained from the Clerk.
Mrs A Royle
Clerk to the Council
Miss S Harling
Administrative Assistant

Address:
Burton Village Hall
Northfield Lane
Highburton
Huddersfield
HD8 0QT
Tel/Fax: 01484 604391 (answering machine available outside office hours)
E-mail: clerk@kbpc.co.uk
Opening Hours:
The office hours are:
Monday and Thursday 9.30 to 1.30 pm
If you wish to contact your local Councillor directly, their details can be found HERE

Newsletter/Annual Report / Finances:
The Parish Council publishes a newsletter entitled “One Voice” on a quarterly basis. These are distributed throughout the Parish to the libraries, village halls, health centres, some local shops, churches and public houses. Full details of the outlets and copies of individual newsletters can be obtained from the Clerk.
The Annual Report is published by 30th June each year and is circulated to the same outlets as the newsletter.
The Council's budget for the financial year 2009/10 can be viewed HERE. The receipts & Payments Statment for the year 2008/09 can be viwed HERE.

Council Minutes
The minutes are made available at the libraries of Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Lepton and Shepley. Agendas are available 3 days in advance of the meeting at the above libraries and are also put on the noticeboards situated in Flockton, Grange Moor, Kirkburton, Shelley, Shepley, Stocksmoor and Thurstonland, in the post offices in Flockton and Grange Moor and on the noticeboards at Highburton Village Hall and Shelley Village Hall.
Copies of the agenda for the forthcoming meeting and copies of the minutes of previous meetings can be obtained from the Clerk either by email (free of charge) or by post (at a cost of 10p per sheet). It is also possible to make photocopies in the library (at the usual library charge).

Central and Local Government

Parish Councils are the first tier of local government. Please click on the link below to find out more about them, including what they do and how to become a Councillor:
http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Toolkits/Toolkits.aspx

Kirklees Council is the Principal Authority. The Parish Council area falls into three Kirklees wards: Almondbury (Parish Council ward of Lepton), Dalton (Parish Council ward of Kirkheaton) and Kirkburton – the remainder of the Parish Council area. Click below to find out who your Kirklees Councillors are and how to contact them:
Your Councillors

The Parish Council area covers two parliamentary constituencies – Wakefield and Huddersfield, whose Members of Parliament are Mary Creagh and Barry Sheerman respectively. However, this will change when the next boundary changes come into effect at the time of the next General Election. Click below to find out who your representative is and contact details:
Parliamentary Representatives

Link to the Boundary Commission’s Report on the changes to the Parliamentary boundaries:
Boundary Commission Report

Link to DirectGov, the Government website where there is full information on all public services:
DirectGov

The Council's New Chairman is John Hirst
It has been a great honour for me to be elected as Chairman for the forthcoming year and I am very mindful of the trust and confidence the Council has placed in me. We are moving into the year from a very strong base, thanks to the hard work of everyone last year. Projects such as an assured future and stability for Shelley Village Hall, the continued upgrade and repairs of Kirkheaton Churchyard and Grange Moor Allotments are among several major activities we are working on.

We are hoping that we can attain "Quality Status" this year. A marque of excellence for the council and its operation. Thanks to the sterling work of our events team, we will once again be at Honley Show, with our colleagues from the Holme Valley and our highly successful Environmental Fayre is happening again in September.
Finally, a personal project of mine is that I will be working towards staging the first of what I hope will be many accredited Farmers Markets in the parish.
I look forward to a positive, busy and fruitful year ahead.

Kirkburton adds colour to the villages
Every summer, we all welcome a splash of colour in our villages to brighten things up and Kirkburton Parish Council can always be relied upon to provide some in the form of hanging baskets.
The Parish Council has been providing hanging baskets in its villages for over 20 years now and this year supplied 96 baskets in 11 villages. The most recent village to be added to the list was Stocksmoor where 10 new baskets were provided in Station Road, Cross Lane and Fulstone Road for the first time last year.
Cllr Robert Barraclough, Chairman of the Parish Council, said “It’s just a small thing the Parish Council can do, but I do think it makes a difference in our villages. It’s surprising how many people comment on them. And Bradley Nurseries provide us with a terrific service over the summer, coming out most days to water them.”

Kirkburton Parish Council is the first in the country to take advantage of the new legislation, the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 which gives powers to promote microgeneration and energy conservation.
A key element of the plan is the annual provision of ten thousand pounds in the Parish Council budget to fund the installation of renewable technology and energy conservation measures in community buildings. This will ensure that a greater proportion of a building’s total energy use is served by micro-generation and also demonstrate even greater energy savings, reduced CO2 emissions and lower fuel bills.

Find out more about Kirkburton's Renewable Energy Policy

Kirkburton Parish Council's Environment Plan can be downloaded in PDF form from this link