Sadly, many of the meetings will now be held in the mornings at 1000 which two thirds of residents say they can never get to. If you want to take the matter up with the Parish Council then you should do so. It is highly irregular for parish council meetings to be held in the working day. For example, Isle of Wight Council meetings including Full Council, Executive and Scrutiny meetings all start at 1800. Planning starts at 1600 but it is a special case since professionals have to attend; architects, developers, etc. I have taken the following data from the Parish website but it is in Excel spreadsheet format which is a problem for many; I have re-typed it and posted it below as an embedded pdf which you can download and print out (for the fridge door, democracy doesn't work for you unless you go to the meetings!). I imagine it will be necessary to video these meetings in accordance with the new legislation so that working folk and others who have daytime commitments can see what happened.
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