The modern day (2017) civil parish boundary of Hatley. Click on the image for a larger version.

The parish of Hatley was formed in 1957 when the parishes of Hatley St George and East Hatley were united.

Hatley Parish Council was established on 5th July 1973 by a mandate drawn from the Local Government Act of 1933 which ‘provided that for every rural parish there shall be a Parish Meeting’… [and] in the case of a parish having a population of less than 200, the County Council may establish a Parish Council for that parish.

The mandate doesn’t give the population in 1973 – the 2011 census puts it at 181 people in 77 households.

Hatley Parish Council comprises five members – all elected by public vote on 3rd May 2018: a chairman, vice-chairman and three others – and a clerk, seen above during the 2019 Annual Meetings in Hatley Village Hall: L/R Nicola Jenkins, Harold Nickerson, Micky Astor (Deputy Chairman), Alan Pinney (Chairman), Margot Eagle and Kim Wilde (Clerk).

Chairman

Alan Pinney
The Old George
2 Main Street
Hatley St George
Cambridgeshire
SG19 3HW

07729 087 510
pinneyalan@hotmail.co.uk

Vice-Chairman

Micky Astor
Hatley Park
Hatley St George
Cambridgeshire
SG19 3HL

Members of the Parish Council

Margot Eagle
The Manor House
East Hatley
Cambridgeshire
SG19 3JA

01767 651 649
margoteagle22@gmail.com

Nicola Jenkins
49 East Hatley
Cambridgeshire
SG19 3JA

Harold Nickerson
20 Main Street
Hatley St George
Cambridgeshire
SG19 3HW

For our councillors’ Register of Interests, please use this link to the South Cambs District Council website.

Clerk to Hatley Parish Council

Kim Wilde
36 Fairfield
Gamlingay
SG19 3LG

01767 650 596
parishclerk@hatley.info

What we do

We are responsible for making decisions relevant to the parish and also setting the annual precept.  We keep an eye on our facilities – our two churches and graveyards, the playing area / equipment and the shop in Hatley St George and the Village Hall.

As sub-committees of the Parish Council, Hatley Village Association and the Hatley Website Group report to us at our regular meetings.  We also receive reports about Hatley St George church, St Denis’ church East Hatley and from the St Denis’ church Local Nature Reserve Management Group.

We also comment on Hatley planning applications – they are routinely discussed at our meetings and our recommendations can be influential with the officers and Planning Committee at South Cambs District Council.

We organise an annual litter pick each March along the verges of the Croydon / Gamlingay road within the parish and we are very keen on making sensible enhancements for the village – such as the speed monitoring sign.

Meetings

Regular Parish Council meetings are held six times a year in January, March, April (the Annual Parish Meeting), May (the Annual General Meeting), July and October; other ‘extraordinary’ meetings (usually concerned with a planning application) are held as necessary.  Meetings normally begin at 7.30 pm and are held in Hatley Village Hall:

Hatley Village Hall
1 Main Street
Hatley St George
Cambridgeshire
SG19 3HW

All meetings are open to the public – with the permission of the Chairman, members of the public are allowed to speak at meetings.

The next meeting of the Parish Council will be the Annual General Meeting.  Members of the public are very welcome to attend:

Date Tuesday, 19th May
Time 7.30 pm
Venue Hatley Village Hall
1 Main Street
Hatley St George
Cambridgeshire
SG19 3HW
NB  The Annual Parish Meeting scheduled for 28th April has been postponed (because of the coronavirus).

Hatley Parish Council diary

All meetings are held in Hatley Village Hall.

Tuesday, 19th May – 7.30 pm / Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, 14th July – 7.30 pm / Ordinary Meeting (NB date changed from 21st July)
Tuesday, 20th October – 7.30 pm / Ordinary Meeting

Please do come to see and listen your Parish Council in action.

Parish Council agendas and minutes

Hatley Parish Council produces comprehensive agendas in good time before its meetings, followed by detailed minutes, usually as soon as is practical after a meeting.

• Agendas
  Copies of the Parish Council’s agendas for its Ordinary and AGM Meetings (going back to 2003) can be downloaded from the agendas pages.

  For the agendas of Extraordinary Meetings (which are usually concerned with planning issues cropping up between Ordinary Meetings), please use this link: Extraordinary Meetings – Agendas.

• Minutes
  Copies of the Parish Council’s minutes for its Ordinary and AGM Meetings (going back to 2002) can be downloaded from the Minutes pages.

  For the minutes of Extraordinary Meetings (which are usually concerned with planning issues cropping up between Ordinary Meetings), please use this link: Extraordinary Meetings – Minutes.

More information?  Contact the Clerk – Kim Wilde: 01767 650 596 / parishclerk@hatley.info.

_{Page updated 17th March 2020.}