The Parish Council

Duffield Parish Council has been in existence since 4th January 1895.  The village is within the Borough of Amber Valley and the Local Authority is Derbyshire County Council.

The Council has an office in the Weston Centre in Tamworth St, which is open to the public on a Monday and Wednesday morning 10-12am

The 12 members of the Parish Council are currently elected to serve for a term of four years with the current Council's term of office ending in May 2007.

The full council meets on the second Tuesday of each month, (apart from August), at 7.00pm in the Meeting Room in the Cemetery Grounds on Hazelwood Rd.
Members of the public are invited to attend and can speak if they so wish.

Notices of meetings are placed in the Parish Council Notice boards.  These are situated in the car park at The White Hart Pub on Town Street; outside Meadowvale Store and at the Cemetery entrance in Hazelwood Rd.

Meetings cover the following:

  • Authorisation and payment of monthly accounts
  • Confirmation of the previous Parish Council meeting minutes
  • Ratification of any resolutions taken by the Council committees (see below)
  • Discussion of Planning Applications received and representations made to Amber Valley Borough Council (the planning body) where appropriate
  • All items of correspondence received
  • Reports from Councillors who sit on outside village committees (see below)
  • Special items
  • Representations from members of the public are heard.

The Council has four committees

  • Finance and General Purposes committee which is responsible for the preparation of the annual budget; all personnel matters; standing orders
  • Cemetery committee which is responsible for all matters relating to the Parish Cemetery in Hazelwood Rd
  • Recreational committee which discusses matters relating to the management and maintenance of:
    • The open spaces of Eyes Meadow (including the Millennium Meadow) and Gray’s recreation ground
    • The Parish Footpaths
  • Strategy committee which is responsible for council policy and its expenditure of grants, awards and precept monies granted to the Council

The Council is represented on the following outside committees:

  • R.J.Weston Centre Charity
  • The Parish Hall
  • The Millennium Meadow Trust
  • The Ecclesbourne school Planning committee

A Complaints Procedure was put in place in June 2004