News Updates

Following the resignation of the current Clerk, Yarpole Group Parish Council are looking to recruit a new Parish Clerk. We are looking for a self confident, experienced administrator with good IT skills, who is able to manage a diverse and at times complex range of work. The post is part-time, 10 hours a week, mainly working from home. Working hours are flexible but the post holder must be able to attend the monthly council meetings.

For further information contact Lynda Wilcox at Herefordshire Association of Local Councils – 01432 353492 – lynda@halchereford.gov.uk.

The external auditors of the Parish Council accounts, PKF Littlejohn, have concluded their work and raised no issues with the accounts. You can find all the information on the finance page of this website.

If you’re interested in receiving updates on planning applications in the parish direct to your email from Herefordshire Council visit https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/planning-services/planning-lists-notices/2 and follow the link to enter your email address.

The period for public inspection of the accounting records for 2019/20 has been set as 17th August to 28th September 2020. You can find more information about this, and view the year end documents approved at the July PC meeting,  on the finance page of this website.

The formal consultation phase for the proposed yellow line scheme in the vicinity of the junctions of Brook Lane & Green Lane and Green Lane & C1039, will run until the 14th August 2020. Details of the scheme and how to send comment in can be found in the attached notice. Yarpole yellow line public consultation NoP july 2020

The Parish Council meeting planned for the 7th April 2020 has been cancelled due to the COVID 19 outbreak.

The Parish Council would like to invite suggestions from the community to the Parish Council for their consideration for future use of the community field in Yarpole. A consultation form leaflet can be found here so please fill this out and return to the boxes in Yarpole village hall or the church, alternatively you can email the Clerk yarpolegroup@gmail.com. All responses need to be returned by the 31st December 2019.

The results of the consultation will be collated and discussed by Parish Council at their meeting in February 2020 , following which the working party will investigate costings/plans/feasibility based on the ideas that come forward. The plan is that the Parish Council can then present their initial vision for the field at the Parish Annual Meeting in May 2020.

The period for public inspection of the accounting records for 2018/19 has been set as 17th June to 26th July 2019. You can find more information about this, and view the year end documents approved at the June PC meeting,  on the finance page of this website.

The Parish Annual Meetings for both Croft with Yarpole and Lucton (which make up the Group Parish) were held on the 7th May. The Chairs report for both parishes was presented at the meeting and you can access a copy of the report on Croft with Yarpole here and Lucton here.

The statement of persons nominated in the Ward election to be held on the 2nd May 2019 can be accessed here. The results of the uncontested parish elections for Lucton can be accessed here and for Croft & Yarpole here.