Welcome to the Peckforton Parish Meeting website

Hello Peckforton Residents,

I was elected as Chair of the Parish Meeting on 14^th June and I am looking forward to my time in the role. For those of you who don’t know me, Amanda, dog Jack and I, have lived at the old Sawmill on Quarry Bank for three years having moved from Nantwich.

I am very keen on progressing issues of importance to the community and this note is my way of not only getting your views, but also taking the opportunity to check the Parish Meeting’s database of resident’s names and  addresses as well as resident’s email addresses. You understand that our main source of data is the December 2021 Electoral Roll, published to the Parish Meeting by Cheshire East Council, but we appreciate that this may now have discrepancies, as people move in and out of the area.

I have attached a questionnaire asking for confirmation of these details, and seeking your views about what is important to you as residents.

If you are no longer resident in the village and therefore don’t need to be on our database, would you be kind enough to email to say so, and we’ll update the database ?

Regards

John Doyle

Email:  peckfortonparishchair@gmail.com

What is on your mind?

Whilst I have some ideas (see below) I would like to know what you think about:

• Things that you believe need addressing or improving in the community
• Suggestions for things that will bring the community more together e.g., social events

I have arranged for two special meetings in the Village Hall @ 19.00 – 20.30 on:  6^th July 2022 and 19^th July 2022

If you can’t make either meeting, we have a method to capture your views in the questionnaire below. Once all the views are gathered, I will report on the results and bring a proposal to the Parish Meeting of the 20^th September and will publish it on the Peckforton web site  https://www.peckfortonparish.org.uk/ as soon as possible.

Communications in the Parish

One of the things I want to improve is the effectiveness of two-way communications between the Parish Meeting and residents. There is now a direct line to the email of the Parish Chair.

In addition to the Notice Board and the Website, the Parish Meeting Clerk – Chris Jones  peckfortonparishclerk@gmail.com has the information from the Electoral Roll (as published in December last year) of all the name and addresses as well as a list of about 60 email addresses when people have given their permission to use them for parish communications. Some may be out of date, and we cannot always connect email addresses to peoples’ names. In short, I can’t be sure we have a means of being able to communicate to everyone!

Whilst emails are less expensive, easier and quicker way for the Parish to communicate with you, there may be some people who do not wish to use emails. I need to know what you prefer. On the form below, please provide your details and preferences.

Returning your Questionnaires

We need the questionnaire returning by 18^th July.  There are four ways you can return your questionnaire:

1. Return it to our Clerk, Chris Jones by reply to this email or email it to me at peckfortonparishchair@gmail.com 
2. Bring a completed form to one of the special ‘drop in’ meetings above
3. Drop off your completed questionnaire at the Village Hall letter box
4. Drop off your completed questionnaire at my house – The Sawmill, Quarry Bank  

What we will do with the opinions we gather?

Once the drop-in meetings have happened, and the deadline for the return of the questionnaires has passed I will report on the results and bring a proposal to the Parish Meeting of the 20^th September and will publish it on the Peckforton web site  https://www.peckfortonparish.org.uk/ as soon as possible.  

Future Parish meetings

The regular Parish Meetings at the Hall are at 19.00 on:

• 20^th September 2022
• 20^th December 2022
• 14^th March 2023
• 9^th May 2023 to incorporate the Annual Parish Meeting – usually held just before the usual Parish Meeting.

Your Views & Contact Details

Please use the questionnaire here (https://www.peckfortonparish.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Questionnaire-for-Website-and-email.docx ) and return it to me as above. Some of the things on my mind are below: –

But it is important I get your views.

Parish Meeting Management	Community
Improved Parish communications with village residents.	Get clarity on the Estate plans for the tree re-planting near the Hall and the restitution of the Hall car park.
Increased collaboration between Peckforton and Beeston Parish meetings.	Make progress on the stalled speeding and highway safety report submitted to the local authority 12 months ago
Better collaboration between the Parish Meeting and Village Hall committee	2-3 community social events – to be decided
Set up sub-groups of volunteers to tackle village priorities.	Quarry Bank sheds and surroundings to the re-planted tree areas next to the Hall area
Set up more effective communications between the Parish and the Estate.

Regards
John Doyle, Chair of Peckforton Parish Meeting for Peckforton Parish Meeting