Parish Councils were set up by statute in 1894 to provide government for people at local level and to attempt to address their local problems.
Langton Matravers Parish Council consists of nine councillors, each elected to serve for four years, one of whom is the Chairman and another of whom is the Vice-Chairman. Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected at the first Council Meeting (or Annual Meeting) in May. Casual Vacancies on the Council are advertised in the Council's notice-cases.
The Council meets each month, usually on the second Thursday, in the Village Hall at 7.30p.m. Notice of meetings and the full agenda of the items to be discussed are posted in the Council's notice-cases (one in the village centre, almost opposite the Post Office Stores, the other in the centre of Acton). At each meeting time is set aside for public discussion, when any parishioner may ask questions or air concerns or grievances.
All Development Plans within the parish are displayed in the Memorial Room of the Village Hall on the morning of Council Meetings, with a sheet for public comments. The plans are then considered by the Council's Planning Committee at 7.0p.m. on the same day in the Village Hall, during which meeting members of the public may state their opinions about the plans.
The Council Offices are adjacent to Putlake farm, next to the public toilets. You are welcome to visit the Clerk by appointment. The Clerk's telephone (which has an answering-machine) is 01929 425100.
1. A Cemetery in Crack Lane for both inhumation and cremation burials.
Copies of the Cemetery Regulations and Fees may be obtained from the Clerk or viewed at Cemetery Information.
2. Public Toilets at the bottom of Steps Hill near the entrance to Putlake Adventure Farm.
3. Thirteen Footway Lights in side roads where there is as yet no street lighting.
4. A Play Area for young people in St. George's First School Playing Field when the school is not in session, which includes swings for younger children.
5. Seven public seats at various locations in the village, four of them at bus stops.
6. A Village Sign at the centre of the village, commemorating the Festival of Britain.
7. A local stone Sculpture of a stonemason, commemorating the Millennium.
8. An illustrated Booklet on the Parish both past and present and updated from time to time which may be purchased from the Clerk or from the Post Office Stores.
9. A stone bus shelter at the turning into the hamlet of Acton.
Langton Matravers Parish Council Website
Original web design by Olympal Ltd
Updated by LMPC in 2007