The Parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway is located within Amber Valley in Derbyshire. There are some 11oo people and 470 households in the parish. Further details on the activities within the village are set out in the Village Website here.
DLH Parish Boundary - blue dotted lines
The DLH Parish Boundary is shown in blue dotted lines.
You can see a larger version of the map by clicking on it.
This page focuses on the Parish Council. Some information on the responsibilities and expenditure of Amber Valley Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council is set out here.
The Parish Council
The PC is made up of 9 councillors who are elected every four years plus the Parish Clerk. The most recent election was due on 5 May 2011 but the candidates were returned unopposed. Members then elect a Chair every year. The Chair has no executive power, which belongs to the whole council. Details of current Councillors are available here.
The responsibilities of the DLH Parish Council fall under 3 broad areas:
- the maintenance and development of facilities owned by the Parish Council. These facilities include: play areas and recreational grounds, cemetery, memorial gardens, war memorials. Unlike other Parish Councils, which are responsible for the maintenance of the village hall, DLH Parish Council does not have this responsibility: the Florence Nightingale Memorial Hall is managed by a group of Trustees
- the PC expresses a view on planning applications. However, this view is not binding on the decision made by Amber Valley Borough Council
- the PC also deals with other issues of public interest which it believes it should take up on behalf of local residents.
In 2011-12, about 2 pence in every £ of Council tax will go to the PC. Known as the Parish Precept, this amounts to a total of £17,000. In effect this is the total amount of money that the Parish Council has available to cover all its expenses for the whole year.
The Parish Council normally meets on the 1st Wednesday of every month at 7 pm in the Florence Nightingale Memorial Hall. Actual dates of meetings can be viewed here. Members of the public are always welcome to attend these meetings to gain a better understanding of the issues and how they are addressed and to hold the councillors to account. There is a 15 minute period of public participation at the beginning of each meeting during which parishioners are entitled to raise any issue of concern, drawing this to the attention of the Council.
The Parish Clerk (a salaried post) is the primary adviser to the council and fulfils the roles of Responsible Financial Officer (RFO) and Proper Officer of the Council. Contact details for the Parish Clerk are given here.
The Amber Valley Borough Council website contains some useful information on several aspects of Parish Councils in general. These include:
- Parish Councils are ‘ independent of Borough and County Councils, however they maintain a close working relationship with both’
- ‘Each Parish Council is a corporate body with a legal existence of its own, quite separate from that of its members. Its decisions are the responsibility of the whole body’
- Code of Conduct for Parish Councils
- Declaration of Interests
History
An outline history of the village is given here. Further information and links are available in the Village Website.
