Archive for month: June, 2025

 

WHITTLESFORD PARISH COUNCIL

This is a Notice of information of Public Rights to view the current and unaudited accouts ending 31st March 2025.

If you wish to view the accounts online, please go the main menu and then Parish Council, and under Parish Council you will see Council Finance, please click on the relevant financial year of 2024/25. Should you wish to manually view the accounts, please refer to the notice as below. You can contact the Parish Clerk at:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN

OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2025

 

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

 

      ——————————————————————————-

 

1. Date of announcement – Friday 20^th June 2025

 

2. Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities, Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review. Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be available for inspection by any person interested.

2b.

For the Year ended 31^st March 2025 these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

 

The ‘Parish Clerk’ – Marie Swann

Whittlesford Parish Council

7 Newton Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB22 4PF

Email:

 

Commencing on: Monday 23^rd June and ending on: Friday 1^st August 2025

 

3.Local government electors and their representatives also have the opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records and the right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report to apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice or an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority (Whittlesford Parish Council).

 

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address below for this purpose between the above dates only.

 

4.The Smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s code of Audit Practice 2015.

 

The appointed auditor is:

 

PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)

15 Westferry Circus

Canary Wharf

London

E14 4HD

 

Email:

 

5. This announcement is made by: Marie Swann

Parish Clerk / RFO

Whittlesford Parish Council and dated 20^th June 2025.

New weekly food waste collections to start next year

After 31st March 2026 local councils will begin to offer weekly food waste collections to households. Provisional dates for district council collections in Cambridgeshire are as follows:

• Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire start in April 2026

• East Cambs District Council starts in mid-2026

The government has given Councils money to spend on: • new collection vehicles • new waste containers, (kerbside and indoor caddies) • information detailing the changes for householders

Over ten million tonnes of food is wasted every year in the UK so separate collections of food waste will be sent to specialist facilities and not to landfill. Taking food waste to these facilities will generate energy to power homes and businesses and cut down the more than 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

How will the new policy work?

• Households will be given separate containers for food waste, and (in some areas) separate bins for paper and cardboard will also be introduced. Councils across Cambridgeshire will continue to collect dry recycling together in one bin.

• This will cut the amount of food waste going to landfill and will ensure smelly waste doesn’t sit in bins for weeks.

As part of this drive to educate residents about the new service we’re running a project with volunteers from across the five district councils, (East Cambridgeshire, Cambridge City, South Cambridgeshire, Fenland and Huntingdonshire) which will start in June 2025.

By 31 March 2026, food waste will be collected from most households every week, instead of once every two weeks. Food waste will then be collected separately from garden waste. As well as helping everyone think about the amount of food they purchase, we want food waste to be recycled effectively. We’re looking for volunteers to go out anytime, to talk to householders on their doorsteps and let them know about the new services. We’ll provide full training, as well as examples of the items that will be delivered by the district councils, to householders.

Sign up to become a food waste volunteer!

Phil Tomlin MCIWM

Waste Reduction, Strategy & Policy Manager

Cambridgeshire County Council Waste Team

c/o Thalia

Waterbeach Waste Management Park

Ely Road

Waterbeach

Cambridgeshire CB25 9PG

email: