Ashley Parish Council currently has the following Councillors:

Stephen Castens (Chair)

Ann Morgan (Deputy Chair)

Neil Oldham

Lisa Gill

Emily Bunn (Greenway Champion)

The Clerk is Justina Medwell

The Council meets six times a year, usually on the second Monday evening of every other month in the Village Hall at 7.00pm. Villagers are welcome to attend the meetings and are encouraged to do so if they have any issues they would like to see addressed or indeed if they would just like to hear what goes on!

The Council’s remit is fairly wide – its purpose is to serve the community and as such it deals with issues raised by villagers, observed by Councillors or on which our input is required by the County or Borough Council. Looking at local planning applications but also dealing with highways issues, ensuring that some village amenities are maintained and repaired by the appropriate authorities, liaising with rural support groups and interacting with the other layers of Local Government to name but a few functions.

The Agendas and Minutes are also placed on the website (see sub-section).

If you have an issue you would like to see dealt with or a query of any kind, please contact either the Chairman Stephen Castens or Clerk Justina Medwell.

Don’t forget, our Village Design Statement, produced in 1999-2000 can be viewed here:

ASHLEY VILLAGE DESIGN STATEMENT

To contact the parish council here is the email address:

clerk@ashleyparishcouncil.gov.uk

PLANNING

North Northants is beginning the consultation process for the new Strategic Plan which will cover the period up to at least 2041. The plan won’t be final until Sept 2025 but the initial consultation on the scope and issues for the new plan closes on the 23^rd May 2022. For info see here.

POTHOLES: A reminder of the link to the current North Northants Council Highways tool for reporting potholes, loose cobbles and other issues: https://highways.northnorthants.gov.uk/