Welcome to Huncote

Parish Councillor Vacancy

Do you care about where you live? Do you want to make a difference to Huncote?

A new vacancy has occurred on Huncote Parish Council, following the resignation of Councillor Jenny Grundy.

The Notice of Vacancy will be published on 16 April 2012 for a 14 day period (excluding weekends and bank holidays). During this 14 day period ten registered local government electors from the village can make a request to the Returning Officer at Blaby District Council for an election to be held to fill this vacancy. A form to be completed to request an election is available from the Electoral Services section. The deadline for requesting an election is 4 May 2012. If a request from 10 electors is not received by 4 May 2012 the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option.

How to Apply

Please give a brief précis of your experience, reasons for wanting to be considered and any special areas of interests you may have. You must be at least 18 years of age on the day you are nominated, a British citizen, a qualifying citizen of a Commonwealth country, a citizen of the Irish Republic, or a citizen of another member state of the European Union.

One of the following criteria must also be fulfilled. You must:

• Be on the electoral register
• Own a property or land for last 12 months in the parish
• Work in the parish in the last 12 months
• Have lived in the parish or within 4.8 kilometres for the last 12 months

For any further information on the work involved or to apply please contact the Clerk on the details at the top of the page.

Have your say on new playground equipment for Huncote

To help the parish council to consider if any updates to the existing play equipment in the Critchlow Road play areas are desired by residents, and to determine what types of play equipment anyone would like to see available within the village, it would be very helpful if you could fill in this short survey. The results of which will help shape any future plans for the play area and the equipment to be provided.

If you ticked 'Other' above please fill in your thoughts on this form. Thankyou.

Our Mission Statement

'To create a better place for Huncote's parishioners to live and work, by representing and promoting the interests and well being of the Parish and its parishioners.'

Clerk Details