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WELCOME TO TRAWDEN FOREST PARISH COUNCILS WEBSITE
TRAWDEN FOREST PARISH IS A SMALL PARISH, PART OF PENDLE BOROUGH COUNCIL SITUATED IN EAST LANCASHIRE ON THE BORDER WITH YORKSHIRE. THE PARISH CONSISTS OF THE VILLAGES OF TRAWDEN, WINEWALL, WYCOLLER, COTTONTREE AND A LARGE SURROUNDING RURAL AREA WHICH IS MAINLY HILL FARMING. THE NEAREST TOWN IS COLNE, LANCASHIRE. ON THESE PAGES YOU WILL FIND A MAP OF THE AREA, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND MINUTES OF MEETINGS AND LINKS TO A FEW LOCAL WEBSITES. WHAT IS A PARISH COUNCIL AND WHAT DOES IT DO ? PARISH COUNCILS ARE THE LOWEST TIER OF GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND, NO LONGER ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CHURCH AS THEY USED TO BE. THE PARISH COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A PARISH, A SMALL AREA WITHIN A LARGER 'BOROUGH COUNCIL' OR 'DISTRICT COUNCIL' IN OUR CASE PENDLE BOROUGH COUNCIL. WHICH IS THE NEXT GOVERNMENT TIER UP. OUR PARISH IS FUNDED FROM PENDLE B. C. AND WE CAN ALSO GET EXTRA MONEY FROM A 'PRECEPT' WHICH IS ADDED TO THE COUNCIL TAX. . WE HAVE A POPULATION OF 2000 IN OUR PARISH AND HAVE NO OFFICIAL OFFICES NOW, THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETS ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN EVERY MONTH AT 7:30 pm IN THE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TRAWDEN. A PARISH COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF POWER BUT IT DOES HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF INFLUENCE WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD SCHEMES, PLANNING APPLICATIONS ETC. ETC. IN THE PARISH. THE PARISH COUNCIL IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOTMENTS, BUS SHELTERS, TREE WARDEN, VARIOUS GARDEN AREAS, RECREATION GROUND, STREET CLEANING, WAR MEMORIAL, PLAY AREAS, CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, DOG BINS AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND ISSUES. PARISH COUNCILLORS ARE UNPAID AND RECEIVE NO ALLOWANCES, OUR PARISH COUNCILLORS AT THE PRESENT TIME (JUNE 2002) ARE -
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