Local & National Bodies
As a parish council, most of your councillors represent the parish of Ivinghoe on a number of local and national bodies.
Community Board
The Community Board is run by Buckinghamshire Council (BC) and meets approx five times per year. The Community Board is chaired by the local BC ward councillor and is attended by representatives of all the local parish councils; it is also open to the public. Our specific Community Board covers an area including, Wing, Stewkley, Great Brickhill, and Ivinghoe and all the villages in-between.
Topics for discussion are similar to those covered within our own parish meetings, excluding planning. There are a number of speakers from outside agencies.
Buckinghamshire Highways
Covers a multitude of transport related issues, from highways, footpaths, etc to speeding, weight restrictions, buses and any other transport related topics within Buckinghamshire.
Buckinghamshire Highways is the highways arm of Buckinghamshire Council and your parish council meet with them on a regular basis to ensure that the issues and views of parishioners are heard.
National Trust
With The National Trust (NT) owning a large part of the land in the parish, it is right that the parish council should be represented on the local NT committee. The meetings are held regularly and the parish council attends to ensure that the views of parishioners are heard.
Chiltern Society
Their vision, shared by the thousands of members of their registered charity, is to maintain the uniqueness of the Chilterns in the face of growing pressures on this part of the country.
The Chilterns is not just the range of hills you may be familiar with, it covers a large 650 square mile area across parts of four English counties: Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire.
Almost exactly half of this area forms the unspoilt Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the AONB closest to London and the easiest to visit or commute to from the capital. Much of the remainder is protected by Green Belt status.
Meetings are held regularly and the parish council attends to ensure that the views of parishioners are heard.
Ivinghoe Town Hall / Beacon Villages Community Library
Your local facilities, either administered by, part funded by, or simply requiring general input. Council members regularly attend normal committee meetings and/or AGM’s of these bodies.
Community Impact Bucks
Their mission is to help local charities, community groups and volunteers to thrive.
This means helping them to get started, supporting them to find the funds and volunteers crucial to making their work happen and by giving them all the tools and resources they need to be the best they can possibly be.
This is a 2-way relationship with each giving an input to each other and as such the parish council are in regular contact.