Menheniot Parish Council

Welcome to the official website of Menheniot Parish Council

Parish Council elections Thursday 1 May – deadline for nominations Wednesday 2 April

If you want to be nominated, you'll need to register before Wednesday 2 April 2025. We have produced a series of short guides to explain how the council works and how it spends your money.Download them here (scroll down to Induction Guides) or contact the Clerk's Office if you have any questionsWhat is a parish council? How important are they? and what does it do in Menheniot?What does the council do with my money? a quick guide to how councillors spend your money in the parish.How do ...

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21st March 2025

Dydh da. Welcome!

On our website, you will be able to find out all you need about the council's work and the services it delivers to residents and visitors of our community.

If you are looking for information about this council, you can view and download Document 1 as a handy guide to what it does, or browse along the menu at the top of this page.

If you are looking for details of what services Cornwall Council provides, such as recycling, planning and planning enforcement, potholes and fly-tipping, visit their website at cornwall.gov.uk.

Your privacy
We are committed to protecting your personal information. We aim to be clear and open about our data and security practices.

Where we ask you to provide us with any information by which you can be identified, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement, and in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018. Your parish council is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and we follow all their code of practice. You can view and download our General Privacy Notice under Document 2 below.

What your parish council does

16th April 2023

Parish Council Meeting 17 April 2025

The next scheduled meeting of the Parish Council will be held on the date indicated above at The Old School, Menheniot PL14 3QY.

Members of the public are welcome attend and can speak, if they wish, during Public Participation. We have published a short guide to what happens during council meetings: view and download a copy from the link below.

Attending a council meeting

25th March 2025

Civility & Respect

Throughout the local government sector, there are growing concerns about the impact bullying, harassment, and intimidation are having on local councils, councillors, clerks, council staff and the resulting effectiveness of local councils.

Councillors in Menheniot have signed up to a Civility & Respect Pledge that sets out what they regard as acceptable behaviour between themselves and their residents.

If you have any concerns about the behaviour of councillors or council staff towards you or people you know, report this to the Clerk's Office in confidence. If your complaint is about the Clerk, please write to the Chair of the parish council. You can find their contact details on the 'Parish Council' tab at the top of this page.

The Civility & Respect Pledge

31st July 2024

New Bus Timetable 1 Sep 2024

A new timetable for the Saltash Red Bus service to Liskeard starts on 1 September. The 452 (Friday service) is unchanged, leaving Menheniot church at 9.29am. The 451 (Wednesday service) leaves Merrymeet at 9.23am (not 9am as previously). Full timetable below. Copies are posted up in the shelters at Menheniot, Merrymeet and Bethany.

New Bus Timetable

5th September 2024

Safeguarding for children and vulnerable adults

This council takes seriously its responsibility under the current legislation to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults, and to work together with other agencies to ensure that there are adequate arrangements within our organisation to identify and support those who are suffering harm. Where someone is suffering significant harm, or is likely to do so, action will be taken to protect that person.

Please contact the Clerk’s Office if you have any concerns. All calls in strictest confidence.

Safeguarding Policy

17th January 2024

How the parish council spends your money 2025/2026

At their public meeting on 21 November 2024, councillors voted to approve the parish council budget for 2025/2026 and to set a precept (local council tax) that will be charged out to residents in the coming year. This note explains what the council’s budget for next year is and sets out how it manages residents’ tax receipts.

The precept for 2025/2026 has been agreed at £29,825. This is an increase of £2,993.00 or 11%. The Band D equivalent of £43.03pa (current year £40.68) which is an increase of £2.35pa or 5.8%.

How the council spends your money

3rd December 2024

Blooming Marvellous Menheniot | We got GOLD!

At the awards ceremony for South West in Bloom held on 8 October in Bath, Blooming Marvellous Menheniot did blooming perfect! Gold Award AND the Pennant Cup for best village in the south west. You can see the certificate and cups in Menheniot Old School in a special display case. Many thanks to Keith Goldsmith and everyone who dug and planted to make this happen!