Slindon Parish Council was formed in 1894 (like all other parish councils in villages of over 200 inhabitants) by the Local Government Act of that year. It comprises nine Councilors, which are newly elected every four years.

The Council meets in public six times per year on the second Monday evening of January, March, May, July, September and November. It has a statutory responsibility to organise an Annual Parish Meeting, which takes place in early April. This is always well-attended, with the National Trust, our County and District Councilors and, occasionally other guests (such as our MP) as speakers. The meeting is open to public questions.

The Council raises a modest sum by way of a Parish precept (a small element of Council Tax) with which it maintains some public facilities such as street lighting, children’s playgrounds, sports fields, notice boards and other facilities. It liaises at County and District levels to represent the interests of Slindon regarding speed control, road and verge maintenance etc. and collaborates with Sussex Police concerning fly-tipping, vandalism, graffiti, larceny and other social issues.

The Council has a statutory right to comment on Planning Applications in the Parish and its Planning Committee calls public meetings to gauge local opinion on any application likely to be of wide public concern. Current Councilors names and telephone contacts are published in the Parish Magazine.

To see minutes of the last Parish Council meeting and the agenda of the next meeting, click here.

Further information:-

Bonny Beere (Parish Clerk) 01243 814227