Parish Council Elections Reminder

Just a reminder that the deadline for completed parish councillor nomination papers to be delivered to Ryedale House, Malton is 4pm on Tuesday 5th April 2022.

If you are interested in finding out more about what’s involved in being a councillor please contact an existing councillor using the contact details on the website. If you would like to know more about eligibility or the election process then please contact the clerk:

Jubilee Celebration Planning Meeting

At the last Parish Council meeting it was agreed that Flaxton will organise an event on the 5th June to share in the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. There is a planning meeting on Thursday 31st March at 7.30pm in the village hall to start to organise this event. Please come along and get involved – everybody welcome.

Village Plan Feedback and Next Step

Please find attached the ideas and comments from the drop-in session about the Flaxton Village Plan, kindly collated by Maggie Farey.

The next stage of the process is to create a steering group to help develop the plan further. There will be a meeting on Thursday 14th April at 7.30pm in the village hall. Please come along if you’re interested in getting involved in the steering group. If you’re interested but can’t make the meeting, just let me know

 

Parish Council Elections

The notice of election for Flaxton Parish Council has been put on the noticeboard today.

The Parish Council is responsible for, amongst other things, contributing to the planning process, managing the income of the Parish Council, addressing issues in the village (where possible) and ensuring the Parish Council is operating lawfully. Flaxton Parish council needs  5 councillors who will serve a 5 year term of office from May 2022.

If you are interested in finding out more about what’s involved in being a councillor please contact an existing councillor using the contact details on the website. If you would like to know more about eligibility or the election process then please contact the clerk: The clerk can also provide a nomination pack, electoral register numbers for proposers/seconders and can help with delivery of nomination packs to Ryedale House if required. Please note the deadline for completed nomination papers is 4pm on Tuesday 5th April 2022.