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Useful Links
Here are some links to higher levels of local government and to your M.P.
You can report road and rights of way faults directly to the County Council or you can use the Neighbourhood Fixit link. Reporting to the County Council directly seems to make most sense.

• Direct Dial Numbers for Council Services
• Warwick District Council
• Warwickshire County Council
• Mr L. Caborn District Cllr.
• Mrs J. Compton County Cllr.
• Jeremy Wright M.P.
• Warwickshire Climate Change Partnership
• WDC Local Plan
• Report Road and Rights of Way Faults
• Neighbourhood Fixit

Parish Councils are the first level of elected local authority. Parish councillors represent the interests of their constituents and are bound by the Standards Board for England code of conduct. Lapworth Parish Council has nine unpaid members who are elected every four years unless the seats are uncontested then councillors may be co-opted. The last election/co-option for Lapworth Parish Council was in May 2007. The Council is administered by a part time paid Clerk.

Meetings of the Council are held once every month (except August) at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. The Lapworth annual assembly is held before the March meeting and the annual council meeting, at which the Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected is held in May.  Dates of meetings, agendas and minutes will be available on this website from September. All meetings of the Parish Council are open to the public and notices of them are posted on Parish Council notice boards around the village. Any member of the public is entitled to be present and the council welcomes public attendance.
At every Council meeting a standing item, Public Forum,  allows members of the public to raise matters not on the agenda.  This, first item on the agenda,  is the part of the meeting in which the general public may speak to raise matters of concern. Between meetings members of the public may raise matters of concern with any member of the council or the clerk. The clerk to the Parish Council, Mrs Elaine Priestley, can be contacted at clerk.lapworth@virgin.net or by telephone on 01676 533258. The Neighbourhood Fixit web site, a central government initiative, can also be used to report local matters that need attention such as defective street lights and damaged pavements.

Recycling Centres Changes Opening hours for Warwickshire recycling centres are being reduced due to the need to make savings. Except for Stockton, the published hours are:
Winter: Mon-Fri 9:30am-3:15pm
Sat/Sun 8:30am-4:15pm
Summer: Mon,Tue,Thu,Fri 9:30am-3:15pm
Wed 9:30am-6:15pm
Sat/Sun 8:30am-5:45pm
Follow the link to find out more

The 101 Police Number is the new number to call when you want to contact your local police when it’s less urgent than a 999 call. It is available all the time and you can Use it to report less urgent crime and disorder or to speak to your local officers. Follow the link for more details.

The Council's Activities
The Council represents the local community, delivers some services to meet local needs and seeks to improve conditions in the Parish. It provides, maintains, or has input into, the following services:

It's activities are funded by a precept from council tax which for the year 2010-2011 is £16,700. This precept is collected by the District Council on the Parish Council's behalf. The Parish Council can also apply for grants to fund specific activities and projects.

Land
It is the landlord of the village hall and has a representative on the village hall management committee.  It is also responsible for maintaining the green area at the corner of Station Lane and the Old Warwick Road and verges in the parish. It also maintains the war memorial.

Support
It provides some support for the Parochial Church Council and the Lapworth Youth Club.  It also nominates a Lapworth School governor and several governors to the Lapworth Charities.

Housing The Council conducted a housing needs survey in 2009 that was published in 2010. There were about 270 responses that concluded there was a need for 6 extra dwellings, four of them rented. You can read a complete account of it here.

Planning.  Lapworth Parish Council is a statutory consultee in the planning process, but planning decisions are made by Warwick District Council which is the local planning authority  The Parish Council has no separate planning committee as planning issues are an agenda item in the regular council meetings and all councillors can comment.  The council makes its views known to the appropriate meeting of the Planning Sub-Committee of Warwick District Council.  The menu link to planning applications in Lapworth is a short cut to the register of planning applications on the Warwick District Council website that usually works. If it does not then you should use the link to Warwick District Council  and find the planning page through their menus.

Emergency. Similarly,  all councillors will be involved if there is an emergency.

Footpaths. The council is a corporate member of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. Enquiries about footpaths can be sent to any councillor or the Clerk. Also problems with footpaths can be reported on the County Council website (typing "paths" in the search box will get you to the correct place).

Tree Preservation Orders Warwick District Council have made a list of tree preservation orders in Lapworth available. This list, from about May 2009, is for information only and should not be considered as an official document. If you need definitive information you should contact Warwick District Council.