This is the website of the Parish Council of Westcott, Buckinghamshire

About your Council meeting

Westcott Parish Council represents the interests of the community in the village of Westcott, Buckinghamshire. Meetings take place at six weekly intervals at 7.30pm at Westcott Cricket Club. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Your parish council would love to see more people coming along and getting involved! Shortly after the start of each meeting there is a fifteen minute public forum during which members of the public can raise local issues and question the Council.

After the public forum everyone is welcome to stay for the meeting of the council. However, during the formal meeting only elected members and the Clerk have the right to speak. Attending is a great way for residents of the parish to find out what is going on in the village, and be informed of issues that might affect them.

Annual Governance & Accountability Return 2025 – 2026

Our Internal audit has been completed with no issues raised.

Our Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance & Accountability Return has been issued and can be seen using on the Village Notice Board and also using the following link: Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance ^0 Accountability Return 25-26

Our documents have been sent to the external auditors and the conclusion will be published here on receipt and placed on the Village Notice Board on receipt.

What the Council does

Westcott Parish Council works toward improving community well being and providing better services at a local level. Our activities fall into three main categories: representing the local community; delivering services to meet local needs; striving to improve quality of life and community well being.

Parish (and Town) Councils are the most local level of government in England.  They are independent of other levels of local government, i.e. District and County Council, however they maintain a close working relationship with both.  The powers of Parishes vary depending on how large and how active they are. The Parish Council Clerk is the only paid member of the Council, all of the councillors are elected volunteers.

Through an extensive range of discretionary powers Westcott Parish Council provides and maintains a variety of important and visible local services.

The following are all under the remit of Westcott Parish Council:

• Burial Grounds, Cemeteries, Churchyards and Crematoria
• Bus Shelters
• Drainage – of ditches and ponds
• Entertainment and the Arts
• Footpaths
• General Spending – parish councils can spend a limited amount of money on anything they deem of benefit to the community that is not covered by the other specific responsibilities described in this list
• Gifts – parish councils may accept gifts
• Highways – lighting, parking places, right to enter into discussions about new roads and road widening, consent of parish council required for diversion or discontinuation of highway, traffic signs and other notices, tree planting and verge maintenance
• Land – acquisition and sale of
• Legal proceedings – power to prosecute and defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the community, power to take part in any public enquiry
• Litter – provision of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns
• Planning – parish councils must be notified of, and display for residents, any planning applications for the area. Any comments submitted to the planning authority by the parish council must be taken into account
• Postal and Telecommunication Facilities – power to pay a public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing services in that area
• Public conveniences – provision and maintenance of public toilets
• Recreation – provision of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds, open spaces, village greens, gymnasiums, playing fields, holiday camps and boating ponds
• Rights of Way – footpath and bridleway maintenance
• Seats (public)
• Signs – danger signs, place names and bus stops signs
• Traffic Calming – speed indication devices (SIDs)
• War Graves – regular maintenance
• Water Supply – power to utilise stream, well or spring water and to provide facilities for general use.

If you would like to discuss anything in the list please contact the Clerk or any councillors. For any other issues please see the Community page.

Parish Councillors

Parish Councillors work together to serve the community. They come from different backgrounds and bring a diverse range of skills. Teamwork is important as no individual Councillor can act in isolation.

Our Councillors are: Sue Pusey – Chairman, Jo Hooper – Vice chairman, Sue Lacey, Grahame Pusey, James Sisk and Sue fox,

More information about the role of a Parish Councillor can be found by following this link.

Westcott village would really benefit from more people getting involved as Parish Councillors. If you’re interested in applying to become a councillor, please email the Clerk or take a look at the Buckinghamshire Council website.

Westcott Annual Parish Meeting

The meeting was held on Tuesday 26th May 2026 and the Chairman of Westcott Parish Council read out a report summarising all the council’s activities during the past year. You can read this year’s report using this link:

The Annual Parish Meeting for 2026/27 will be held on the evening of 25th May 2027 at Westcott Cricket Club.