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ANNUAL RETURN for the year ended 31 March 2011

Notice of conclusion of the audit and right to inspect the Annual Return.

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE OR RENT

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MONTHLY EXPENDITURE

Please see the Budgets page for details of the Council's monthly expenditure.

QUALITY TOWN COUNCIL

Hemsworth Town Council has been awarded Quality Status. For more information click here or visit www.nalc.gov.uk.

 

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Hemsworth Town Council serves the town of Hemsworth and the villages of Fitzwilliam and Kinsley. There are five wards within the Hemsworth township -  Hemsworth East, Hemsworth South, Hemsworth West, Fitzwilliam and Kinsley - and three councillors serve on each ward.
 
The administration offices are situated in the Hemsworth Town Council Community Centre, Bullenshaw Road, Hemsworth and are open to the public from 9am until 4pm Monday to Friday. From 01 April 2011 our opening times will be 8am until 6pm Monday to Friday.
 
 
Community Centre

 

Hemsworth Town Council was formed under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 and came into existence on 01 April 1974. The Town Council is a successor body to the former Hemsworth Urban District Council, which was abolished on 31 March 1973.

Parish and Town Councils have been in existence since 1894 and they are the tier of local government closest to the people. They are independent from any other local authority and are governed by statute provided from Central Government. Parish and Town Councils have powers to undertake services for the benefit of the residents within the township that they serve. Most of the powers held by Parish and Town Councils are discretionary, so it may do something, rather than it must do something.

In order to finance their services, Parish and Town Councils have the right to ask for money (the parish precept) from the District Council and this is collected as part of the council tax for that area. The assets and liabilities of Hemsworth Town Council are the Council’s and not those of the elected councillors who serve on the five wards.

Hemsworth Town Council’s aims and values are to maintain a high standard of service in the areas over which the Council has direct responsibility. In order to assess the Council’s standards, consultation with the residents of the township takes place in the form of questionnaires, press releases, meetings and newsletters. This Council delivers a range of services at a community level and our role is to represent the local community and provide services to meet local needs.

As a mark of the high standards achieved by Hemsworth Town Council the Council was awarded Quality Parish Status in April 2008.