Davenham Parish Council

Davenham Parish Council covers a large area of mid-Cheshire between Northwich, Hartford and Winsford and includes the Village of Davenham, the Hamlet of Whatcroft and the large Kingsmead housing development between Northwich and Leftwich. It is responsible for overseeing, advising and taking decisions on many aspects of village life. The Parish Council is the first tier of local government and members are elected every four years. Occasionally we co-opt members when people retire from the council for various reasons such as if they move away from the area. The Council has very little real power - our key role is to represent the interests of local residents and to lobby those authorities that do have the power and responsibility to get things done such as the Borough and County Councils and as we are a democratically elected body our voice is always listened to. In this Parish we are responsible for developing and maintaining the various playing fields that we own, making sure that planning applications are consistent with the character of the area, monitoring the state of public footpaths and the general natural environment, ensuring that litter is properly dealt with, and being the first port of call for community groups and initiatives for support in financial or advisory matters. We also employ (jointly with our neighbour, Moulton Parish Council) a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) whose responsibilities and powers are detailed on this website.

	Name	e-mail	Ward	Lives in:
Chairman	John Curran	curranj@davenhampc.org.uk	Davenham	South end of Davenham
Vice Chairman	Chris Colclough	colcloughc@davenhampc.org.uk	Kingsmead	Dukes Way area of Kingsmead
	Susan Batten	battens@davenhampc.org.uk	Kingsmead	Regency Way area of Kingsmead
	Adrian Bridge	01606-49987	Kingsmead	Clock tower area of Kingsmead
	Arthur Wood	arwood12@yahoo.co.uk	Davenham	Davenham Village area
	Steve Grzonkowski	s.grzonkowski@davenhampc.org.uk	Davenham	Hartford Road area of Davenham
	David Ravenscroft	01606-43161	Davenham	Butchers Stile area of Davenham
	Glyn Roberts	g.roberts@davenhampc.org.uk	Kingsmead	Northwich
	Brian Robinson	01606-44826	Davenham	Mere Bank area of Davenham
	Beth Colbourne	beth@uwclub.net	Kingsmead	Northwich
	Simon Harding	sharding@davenhampc.org.uk	Davenham	Clock tower area of Kingsmead

Meetings are held on the last Monday of each month* in the Committee Room of Davenham Methodist Church

*except when this falls on a Bank Holiday in which case the meeting is held on the preceding Monday. The Council does not usually meet in August or December

Meetings start at 7:30pm and are open to the public and press however the public is not allowed to participate in the meeting.

Residents of the Parish may raise matters with the council for discussion prior to the meeting from 7:15pm

but due to legal constraints the council cannot make decisions regarding such matters until the next Council meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Council and the Annual Assembly Meeting are held on the same date as the ordinary Council meeting in May

Monday 26th January	Davenham Methodist Church
Monday 23rd February	Davenham Methodist Church
Monday 30 March	Davenham Methodist Church
Monday 27 April	Davenham Methodist Church
Thursday 28 May	Davenham Methodist Church
Monday 29th June	Davenham Methodist Church
Monday 27th July	Davenham Methodist Church
Monday 28th September	Davenham Methodist Church
Monday 26th October	Davenham Methodist Church
Monday 30th November	Davenham Methodist Church