Grove Parish Council

Grove Parish Council is made up of 16 Councillors elected every 4 years.  Councillors are democratically accountable to residents of Grove Parish.

Councillors have to agree to a 'Code of Conduct' to ensure high standards in the way they undertake their duties.

All Councillors meet together as 'The Council', there are usually 8 Parish Council meetings a year, plus an Annual Council meeting held usually in May.   Grove Parish Council conducts most of its business through 4 Committees and their basic remits are outlined below.  Each Committee meet 8 times per year except for planning which meets at least 16 times per year.  All Council and Committee meetings are open to the press and public, and members of the press and public can ask questions of their Councillors; time is limited to 5 minutes a questioner.

The Annual Parish Meeting is a meeting of the Parish electorate and is different from the Annual Council Meeting.  It is not a Parish Council meeting although the Parish Council Chairman will call the meeting and, if present, will chair the event.  The Annual Parish Meeting must be held between 1st March and 1st June.  There is no prescribed format for this meeting and its recommendations are not binding on the Council. 

Full Council - Council Policy, receives County and District Councillors' reports, Local Plan, Civic matters, Elections.  

Full Council appoints members to the following outside bodies as either members or observers; Fairtrade Group, Flood Group, Grove Parish Newsletter, Joint Economic Forum, Grove & Wantage Health Check, Old Mill Hall Management Committee, Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Wantage, Grove & District Twinning Executive, Grove CE Board of Governors, Grove Village Hall Management Committee, Grovelands Shoppers Service, Independent Advice Centre, Robert Stiles Almshouses, Vale & Downland Museum Trust, Wantage & Grove Traffic Advisory Committee

Environmental Services Committee - Police and Associated matters, Health matters, Transport/Bus matters, Highways/Footpaths, Schools, Denchworth Road Cemetery, Street Signs/benches, Dog and Litter Bins (except Recreation Ground/Wasbrough Field), Grove Joint Environmental Trust, Grove Village Hall.

The Environmental Services Committee appoints to the following outside bodies as either members or observers; Community Health Committee, Parish Transport Rep, 2 x members to the Grove Joint Environmental Trust 

Leisure & Recreation - All Recreation Ground and Wasbrough Field issues (including dog bins, litter bins and benches), Mably Way Recreational Area, Allotments, Open Spaces and Play Areas, Trees.

The Leisure & Recreation Committee appoints to the following outside bodies as either members or observers; 1 x member to the Joint Environmental Trust for Grove, GRFC Pavilion Management Committee, OCC Youth Advisory Committee, Oxfordshire Playing Field Association - Service Users Advisory Group 

Finance & General Purposes Committee - Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Old Mill Hall Management Committee, Street Lights, Legal and Financial matters, Council buildings, Maintenance and Purchase of Machinery, All administration of the Council including; Staff Issues, General Village maintenance, Grass Cutting, Health & Safety

Planning - All general Planning matters.