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Commentary on activity in our three parishes and may also contain information, which has not yet passed before the full JPC, in which electors may have an interest, all written from the perspective of the JPC, responsible to all three parishes.
The official minutes are written by the Clerk and RFO of the Council, and are not moderated by anyone prior to their approval at a subsequent meeting. Copies of the official minutes are available on this website.
Updated June 2025
At the ANNUAL JPC MEETING on Monday May 12th Cllr John Murphy was re-elected as chairman and Cllr John Barrott as vice-chairman. All the usual committees and positions were filled from across the broad spread of councillors present, and in some cases absent…
ANNUAL PARISH MEETINGS :
These are now completed for this year. Sherbourne inevitably had a very small attendance but very useful discussion. Wasperton as the smallest and closest community as always had the best relative attendance and the village hall was fairly full. Mike Metcalfe has now completed his term as Wasperton chairman and Peter Phillips was elected for the coming year.
Draft Minutes were produced promptly and are available for your perusal on the Barford Community Website, pending the development of our own new website in the near future. Meanwhile all can benefit from the information shared on the evening.
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CASUAL VACANCY FOR BARFORD and WASPERTON COUNCILLORS :
Vacancies still remain available for two councillor positions. If you, or someone you know, is interested in becoming a parish councillor, for either village, then please contact any JPC member for more information about the work we do or email clerk.bswjpc@gmail.com – it would be really informative to attend a JPC meeting and see some of the work we do and the nature of debate. The work is interesting and varied and gets you involved in our community. We are particularly keen to attract younger members to make our councillor mix more representative of our villages. Thereafter you can make a formal approach then you can be put forward at a future meeting for existing members to consider co-option.
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JPC TECH:
We are steadily moving towards a more electronic age and have now commissioned a specialist company, Parish Online, to provide our technical services. They will start with a new website and web address which will be barfordsherbournewaspertonjpc.gov.uk – there are very strict and restricting rules on what format is permissible! – which will be presented as BarfordSherbourneWaspertonJPC.gov.uk for clarity. Of course, the capitalisation does not matter to a computer which will simply see the underlying letter and find the right address, BUT it will be clearer for readers. Going forward councillors will have an individual JPC specific email in the style of FirstSurname@barfordsherbournewaspertonjpc.gov.uk
They’re all quite big chunks to type in, but mostly they will be thrown up by search engines or found in clickable links on the website or in emails received.
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YOUTH INVOLVEMENT:
Cllr Ben Ranner is leading on work to involve the younger generation and we have spent some time debating the subject and looking how we can get youngsters more engaged in the community and perhaps ultimately in the JPC. The intention is to start off somewhat informally and see if there is an appetite for more formal involvement and real interaction with the JPC and its decision-making process. Hopefully, exciting times ahead.
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VILLAGE NOTICE BOARDS :
Over the last few months we have been running surveys of the various village noticeboards and determined our future needs.
It is proposed to provide a new JPC-specific board at Barford Memorial Hall where meeting dates, agendas, minutes etc can be consistently displayed – much as they already are on the website. There will be a new public access board near the entrance to King George’s Field and that should allow us to operate a zero-tolerance approach to the fly-posting that occurs there at present. There will also be a similar new board at the end of Wasperton Lane to replace the dilapidated and now rather insecure existing board.
The existing WI board near the Old Shop/Cedar Tree will be dismantled and fully refurbished. The wooden board in the Memorial Hall grounds will be gently refurbished.
In Sherbourne the existing boards are basically sound and will be treated to some renovations and TLC to be executed by Cllr Merrygold.
In Wasperton the Village Hall notice board will be replaced by a bespoke wooden board and the smaller board further out of the village will be discontinued as it is largely unused, and perhaps unusable…
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EMAIL UPDATES :
We can often send out timely reminders, updates and notices direct to your email in boxes. If you do not already receive these AND WOULD LIKE TO DO SO click here to send an e-mail please contact John Murphy so that you can be added to the circulation list.
The list will not be shared with others, will be sent out as Bcc (so not revealing your email) and will only be used for matters which should reasonably interest/ concern you.
It’s free, easy and just occasionally is the only way to get urgent things out to a wider audience – and you can always hit DELETE or ask to be unsubscribed.
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MEMBERS' ATTENDANCE RECORDS :
The Chairman of the JPC has asked that a record of JPC members' attendance be published on the website.
Click here to download record of attendance at JPC meetings in 2023/ 24 (PDF file)
Updated March 2024
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NEXT JPC MEETING :
The next JPC Meeting will be held on Monday 9th June 2025 at 7:30pm in Barford Memorial Hall.
Click here for Notices of JPC and Planning Committee meetings, and the Minutes of previous meetings.
Click here for a list of all JPC meeting dates in 2025.
There is always a session for “ Public Participation ” early in the agenda (four minutes maximum per person) when we are happy to hear and note your concerns or questions.
To attend in person there may be Covid requirements depending on the local situation at the time and at the discretion of the Chair. As a minimum there will be appropriate ventilation and air filtration in place.
Alternatively, you may submit “your views” to yourviews@barford.org.uk or phone/ email the Chairman, John Murphy, on 624421 or 07710 033444 or jvm@jvmurphy.co.uk or the Clerk, Helen Dexter on clerk.bswjpc@gmail.com or contact any of the Parish Councillors about any matters you wish to bring to our attention.
An agenda for each meeting will be posted in advance on village notice boards and on this website. Residents are also encouraged to email myself (see below), or contact any of the Parish Councillors or the Clerk, Helen Dexter.
John Murphy
Chairman 624421 or 07710 033444
Click here to e-mail.
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