Please visit this section to find out more about what is in the Parish Council’s remit as a local council. Here, you will find a list of responsibilities as listed on the Gov.uk website. You can also find out how to contact the Parish Council if you have any enquiries.
Councils of a certain size must publish their financial documents and be transparent with their financial documents; as stated in the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities. Please see relevant documents here.
Welcome to Irchester
Irchester Parish Council is a civil local authority found in England and is the lowest, or first, tier of government. Parish Councils are elected corporate bodies, have variable tax raising powers, and are responsible for areas known as a civil parish serving in total 16 million people. A parish council serving a town may be called a town council and a parish council serving a city is styled a city council; these bodies have the same powers, duties and status as a parish council.
Parish and town councils vary enormously in size, activities and circumstances, representing populations ranging from less than 100 (small rural hamlets) to up to 70,000 (Weston-Super-Mare Town Council). Most of them are small: around 80% represent populations of less than 2,500.
Irchester Parish Council was established in 1894 and has 12 councillors elected from the Irchester Ward and 3 councillors elected from the Little Irchester Ward.
