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Kingsley Parish Council - July 2025 Meeting CANCELLED
Dear Residents of Kingsley
It is with deep regret, that the July meeting of Kingsley Parish Council scheduled for 17th July 2025, has had to be CANCELLED.
The Parish Councillors have taken this decision due to the actions of one resident, who has submitted extensive and in-depth Freedom of Information Requests, which have so far absorbed all the Council's resources this month. The Council has therefore been unable to action any of the items arising from last month's meeting or prepare an agenda for the next meeting.
This resident has taken the majority of the Councillors' and Clerk's time each month, for the past six to nine months with many emails demanding answers to issues that are not pertinent to the running of the Parish Council. This means time is being taken up responding to these emails and challenges. As a result, the residents of Kingsley, are paying a precept which is disproportionately being used to respond to one resident, rather than resolving outstanding Council business.
The resident in question was once a Councillor and is aware of the demands they are imposing on council resources. Kingsley is extremely lucky to have experienced and hard-working officers and contractors, and our Clerk / PO was not appointed to a full-time position for Kingsley, as our budgets and workload could not justify such a position. The position was advertised on a part-time basis, for a fixed number of hours that the Council on your behalf, considered we could afford and would satisfy the workload for a village Council. As is common in the sector, the Clerk / PO, works for other parish councils and undertakes work for Kingsley usually on Sundays, and two evenings per week. Currently, this one resident is accounting for all the hours allocated to the Clerk/PO, thus preventing the Parish Council functioning on a day-to-day basis.
We are also aware of comments circulating on social media and other platforms regarding the Council's processes, decision-making, and staff management. We simply ask residents to be cautious about drawing conclusions from unverified sources, and to please contact us directly if you have a query about how the Council operates.
Please also note there will be no meeting in August, as is usual practice. The next scheduled meeting of Kingsley Parish Council will take place on Tuesday 16th September 2025
We thank residents for their patience and understanding. All Parish Councillors are unpaid volunteers who give their time to serve the community. While we may not always agree on every issue, we are united in our commitment to act in the best interests of the village.
If you are interested in joining the Council and helping to shape local decision-making, we would love to hear from you.
We are working collectively as a Council in support of our Clerk / PO, to resolve the issues we are currently facing as a result of this single resident and to preserve the resources required for other projects such as road safety, management of assets, the co-op ramp, maintenance of the village and other administrative duties. The Parish Council will update you as soon as we have resolved the matter.
Please be assured, we have the interest of the village and all its residents foremost in all the decisions we make.
We thank you for your understanding at this time.
Your Kingsley Parish Councillors
https://www.kingsleyparishcouncil.org.uk/
https://www.kingsleyparishcouncil.org.uk/
Kingsley Prayer Diary - July & August 2025
Each week of the year Christians in Kingsley pray specially for people in a different area of the village and its surroundings.
During July & August we think of, and pray for people living in: -
W/c July 6th Ministers of Religion
W/c July 13th Ecumenical work in Kingsley
W/c July 20th Methodists in Kingsley
W/c July 27th Roman Catholics in Kingsley
W/c Aug 3rd Anglicans in Kingsley
W/c Aug 10th Quakers in Kingsley
W/c Aug 17th Baptists & URC in Kingsley
W/c Aug 24th Non-Christians in Kingsley
W/c Aug 31st Frodsham Parish
We invite you to add your own prayers
LET’S TALK ABOUT TRANSPORT IN CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER – CONSULTATION LAUNCHED
We're creating a new Local Transport Plan – and we want to make sure it works for everyone
How we get around affects all our lives. Whether it’s bus, train, car, walking, cycling, wheeling and so on. Transport helps us get to work, school, shops and services. It connects our communities, friends, families, customers, services and suppliers. But in too many places across the borough, it isn’t working as it should. It needs to change.
This plan sets out our long-term approach to transport across the borough. It’s about making transport fairer, greener, safer and more joined up.
We've already heard from over a thousand people about the biggest challenges and priorities for transport across the borough through our early engagement. This has shaped the first part of a new Local Transport Plan, which we’re calling a Core Strategy.
We want to know if you think we’ve got this right. Share your views to shape the future of local transport.
What feels right? What needs changing? What have we missed? This is a conversation, and your views really do shape what happens next.
Closing date: 17 August 2025
For more information and to take part, please visit our consultation hub: www.cheshirewestandchester.
We’re keen to make sure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to respond to our consultation and we’d really appreciate your help in sharing this information with your partners and networks.
There are several ways you can share your views:
- Taking part in our online survey or ideas board at www.cheshirewestandchester.
gov.uk/LTP4 - Email your views to: LTP4@cheshirewestandchester.
gov.uk - Come and talk to the Council’s Transport Team at one of our drop-in sessions. A list of these can be found here.
- Write to us at: Let’s Talk about Transport, Insight and Intelligence, Cheshire West and Chester Council, The Portal, Wellington Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0BA
- Telephone: 0300 123 8123 quoting ‘Local Transport Plan’ and let us know your thoughts
Paper and Easy Read versions as well as alternative formats of the consultation materials and survey are available on request using the details above.
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