Who we are & what we do
Brampton Parish Council has a membership of 15 Councillors. The Council employs a Clerk, an Assistant Clerk, a Bookings Clerk, and various groundsmen & staff.
Elected and co-opted Councillors do not receive any financial remuneration.
Brampton Parish Council is the first tier of Local Government.
Full Parish Council Meetings take place on the 4th Wednesday of each month (except August when no meeting is held) and are held in one of the community centres - The Memorial Centre on Thrapston Road, The Lady Olivia Centre on Brampton Park or the Community Centre on the High Street - starting at 7.30pm; with a 15 minute Public Forum, for members of the public to raise issues with the Council relating to items of Council business which are for debate on the Agenda.
Most meetings are approx 1-1.5 hours duration.
There are occasions when Special meetings are held to transact urgent Council business.
There are sub-committees within the Parish Council covering Finance, Planning, Village Facilities, Churchyard & Cemetery, Allotments, Greens & Footpaths, and Sports & Recreation. Thes sub-committees report into the full Parish Council on a regular basis: the current Chairs are shown here
Finance - Chairman - Jon Chitty
Planning - Chairman - Nigel Maggs
Allotments - Chairman - Mike Bainbridge
Village Facilities - Chairman - John Childs
Churchyard & Cemetery - Chairman - Margaret Footner
Greens & Footpaths - Chairman - Nigel Maggs
Sports & Recreation - Acting Chairman - Mike Bainbridge
Notification of meetings, plus the agenda, can always be found on the Parish notice boards, at least three business days prior to a meeting and on the Brampton Parish Council website.
Members of the public are welcome to attend all Parish Council and sub-committee meetings.
Contacting the Council
The Clerk's contactable hours for members of the public is Monday to Friday, between 9:00am- 5.00pm.
The correspondence address for the Parish Council is a public office and meetings with the Clerk can be arranged by appointment If required but not necessary.
The council office can be found at The Memorial Centre, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE28 4TB.
All telephone calls to the Parish Clerk are recorded for training & monitoring purposes. Calls are retained in the call log for three months and are deleted on a rolling basis.
What we do in Brampton
The Parish Council is responsible for many of the amenities in the village including The Lady Olivia Centre on Brampton Park, The Memorial Centre on Thrapston Road and the Community Centre on the High Street. It also maintains the various football pitches, the cricket pitch, the skate park, the Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA), the village green, Thrapston Road Allotments, Brampton Park Allotments, the Churchyard & Cemetery, various notice boards, dog bins, bus shelters and street lighting.
They will soon also be responsible for the Playing Fields outside of The Lady Olivia Centre, once land transfers have been accepted.
Councillors
Parish Councillors are elected or co-opted, dependant on election years. There are 15 Councillor appointments on the Parish Council, and currently no councillor vacancies. If you would like to become a councillor in the future (if a vacancy arises or during an election year) please contact Susie Caney, Clerk via clerk@bramptonpc.co.uk
- Councillors
A list of our councillors along with contact information and which committees they are on.
Parish Clerks
Our Staff
Local Council Elections
The 2022 Election was uncontested this means that there were less than 15 candidates Councillors were elected without the need for a poll
The next Election is scheduled for 2026.
Vacancies on the council can now be filled by co-option.
Complaints Procedure
Brampton Parish Council encourage feedback to help us improve our services and the information we provide. We suggest that you initially contact the relevant service and they will try to resolve the issue for you.
If you have already contacted the relevant service and are unhappy with the response, then you can register a formal complaint by writing to the Parish Clerk by email or by post at the following addresses:
Email address: clerk@bramptonpc.co.uk
Address: Parish Clerk, Brampton Parish Council, Brampton Memorial Centre, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE28 4TB
Please see the Complaints against the Council document below for more information.