Parish Meeting Village Projects

The St James Parish Meeting is a local government legal entity with variety of statutory functions, powers and rights of notification or consultation which are carried out on behalf of our parishioners. They are explained in some detail here: Powers & Functions of a Parish Meeting. They enable the Parish Meeting, its Chairman and Committee to look after day-to-day matters that keep the village running .

This includes dealing with external contacts, activities and requests from organisations such as other councils, government departments and agencies, voluntary organisations, and also to meet legal or other regulatory demands passed on to us.

However, the unique nature of a Parish Meeting in consisting of all those in the village on the electoral roll provides an opportunity for residents to initiate, manage , deliver and support projects or activities that the village wishes to pursue for itself.

This can include a wide variety of projects for services, facilities, infrastructure and events for the benefit of the village and residents. They may be set up and managed under the auspices of the Parish Meeting, by other formal or informal village groups or organisations, or other small teams.

To show what we have achieved in recent years some examples, are listed below . Click on the name to see details:

• Sheet Field Wood
• St James Fibre Broadband Project
• VE Day Celebration
• St James Village Orchard
• St James Village Green
• Diamond Jubilee Celebration and Coronation Celebration
• Infrastructure Improvement Programme