Our Parish Council

Barnburgh and Harlington Parish Council

The Parish Council meets at 7.00pm on the second Wednesday of each month.   Why not come along to the meetings and express your support or air your concerns. Though the village hall is small we will try to accommodate you come along, Everyone is welcome.

Volunteer representatives from our community make up the Parish Council. They are joined at their meetings by ward councillors who represent our views at Doncaster Metropolitan Council Meetings.

Ward Councillors hold a surgery at about 6.45pm prior to the start of the Parish Council Meeting.  If you wish you may attend these surgeries to consult your district representatives about wider matters

The councils is administered by the Clerk to the Parish Council. Mr John Palmer. Contact him here.

Meeting Agendas

The agenda for every meeting is displayed on the notice boards found at the school gates, the Church Hall, Manor Farm Harlington and High St Barnburgh.  The Agenda is also  published here prior to the meetings

Minutes of Meetings

You can read the minutes of the last meeting of the parish council. By convention minutes of meetings have to be agreed by the council before they are published so they will appear out of date when published but they are a true record of the previous meeting.

Model Publication

We have adopted the governments Model Publication Scheme which;

  • sets out the types of information we routinely publish;
  • explains the way we provide the information;
  • states what charges we may make for providing information; and
  • commits us to providing and maintaining the guide , how we provide it and any charges arising

    • You can read a copy here

    Parish Council Meetings 2012

    January o Wednesday o 11th o February o Wednesday o 8th
    March o Wednesday o 14th   April o Wednesday o 11th
    May o Wednesday o 9th   June o Wednesday o 13th
    July o Wednesday o 11th   August o Wednesday o 8th
    September o Wednesday o 12th   October o Wednesday o 10th
    November o Wednesday o 14th   December o Wednesday o 12th

     

     

     

     

     

     

    History

    St. Thomas More  Connection

    Did you know St. Thomas More, the most famous of Chancellors of England and executed by Henry the Eigth for refusing to recognise 'old henry' as head of the church of England', may have took his holidays in our villages?  Did you know that meant St. Peters Barnburgh was once a Roman Catholic Church

    Did you know of his family connection with Barnburgh ? 

    Do you know that a famous painting hanging in the National Gallery was once on a wall in Barnburgh Hall?.

    Ever wondered about the names of roads and land marks around our villages?  

    Ever wanted to know more about the area we live in?

    Then read more here »

     

    Latest News

     

    Proposal for waste plant

    THERE will be NO incinerator at Manvers... but

    there WILL be a giant mechanical-biological treatment plant on the Bolton Road site.

    Three local councils have agreed upon a plan to site  a waste disposal facility near our our villages .

    The proposal by Barnsley Rotherham and Doncaster councils, who have received a grant of over £77 million pounds, is to use land to the rear of the current 'Next' eyesore that we all see every day.

    Yet even as anti-incinerator campaigners were celebrating the news, they were gearing up for battle again – over the traffic that will flood in and out of the new plant.

    Read the full story »