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SCHEDULE OF SPC MEETINGS
2025/2026

Meetings are held in the back room of Sarratt Village Hall, at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of the month, except the Annual Statutory meeting, which is subject to scheduling to comply with the Law.

  • April 8th
  • April 22nd Annual Parish Meeting
  • May 6th Annual Statutory Meeting
  • June 10th
  • July 8th
  • August 12th
  • September 9th
  • October 14th
  • November 11th
  • December 9th 2025
  • January 13th 2026
  • February 10th
  • March 10th
  • April 14th
  • April 28th Annual Parish meeting
  • May 12th Annual Statutory meeting

Location

 

About Us

Sarratt is in a rural area and the Parish Council own and are responsible for a number of open spaces and woodlands. These include the Green in Sarratt Village, Dawes Common in the Chilterns AONB, Commonwood and Penmans Green.

There are some 30 miles of footpaths within the Parish and these are well used by local people and many visitors.

About Sarratt

Sarratt is an historic village which sits in an area of outstanding natural beauty surrounded by fields which roll down to the enchanting Chess Valley riverbed.

Loved by residents and visitors alike for its stunning landscape and fantastic walking, Sarratt possesses some 30 miles of footpaths, cycling and horse riding. To many people, the name represents just the village area around the Green, however the modern Civil Parish is much larger and can be seen on the map, it includes not only the hamlets of Belsize, Bucks Hill, Commonwood and Chandlers Cross but also The Grove away to the east.

Sarratt benefits from a Community Shop, Post Office, Primary School, Church, Doctors and various welcoming Public houses.

Extract from the village website. You can find out more here

Meet The Council

Meet The Council

Lee Farman, Chair

Lee has lived in S.W. Herts all his life and moved to Sarratt with his family in 2010 when he had the rare opportunity to build an eco house. He recently retired from a career as an IT director and now spends time as a youth drama leader and arts venue management. He is the Chair of the Pump House Theatre and Arts Trust in Watford and founder of the Watford Fringe.
Lee is a passionate environmentalist focusing on practical solutions to reduce our impact and to live sustainably. He enjoys living in Sarratt as a place that takes good care of its environment and has a strong, proud community. As a councillor he hopes to be able to provide some useful support to help Sarratt continue to be a great place for all its community.

Angela Coakley, Vice Chair

Angela moved to Sarratt in December 1999 with her family and her menagerie of animals. She has been a member of the Sarratt Parish Council since 2022. Angela is in full time employment with a local Estate Agents and also continues to run the Community Cafe once a month in the Village hall which she set up in 2018 with a good group of volunteers.  In 2004 she was Licensed as a Minister after completing three years of Ministry training at St Albans Cathedral and has served the local Churches of St Paul’s Chipperfield and Holy Cross Sarratt ever since. When her children were younger she volunteered for the Pony Club and was appointed Assistant District Commissioner for the Old Berkeley Hunt North Branch which is in our Parish. With a great love of the outdoors, Angela holds dear the beautiful countryside we are all privileged to live in. Angela is a great advocate for volunteering and has been instrumental in organizing many Parish Community events, Sarratt Village day being one and also the Platinum Jubilee. Angela is a Trustee and  Administrator for The Sarratt and Chipperfield Community Foundation, which was set up in 2018. The Foundation sets out to be a support to local people, Charities and organizations. Angela has also recently joined the committee for The Days AlmsHouse Trust. Angela, as vice chair, looks forward to playing a supportive role to the chair and continuing the good work within the Parish of Sarratt.

James Alder,
Lead Councillor, Planning

Awaiting details

Michael Lowry,
Lead Councillor, Policy and Resources

Michael has now lived in Sarratt for two years recently moving from nearby Croxley Green where he lived with his wife and teenage son for over twenty years.  
A qualified accountant, he has spent most of his career in the large accountancy practices providing client advisory services to both private and public sector organisations. Most notably, his public sector experience includes projects within the former Department of Social Services, Ministry of Defence and the Department of Education. More recently, he has been providing consultancy and project management advice to a newly formed organisation formed from two large local government authorities providing pension administration services to other local authorities.
Michael is currently working remotely from home for a Glasgow based charity and consequently his commute has changed to the daily school run between Sarratt and Rickmansworth. This Scottish charity is supporting and enabling the Government’s ‘Kickstart’ scheme in providing work opportunities for young people both in Scotland and the Northeast of England within the current climate.

Vacancy

Awaiting

James Alder,
Deputy Lead Councillor, Planning

Awaiting James’s biography

David Zerny,
Deputy Lead Councillor, Highways

David has lived in this area all his life, and was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, and at King’s College, London. He is married to Meike and they have two young children, both at a local school.
David commutes to London where he works in business advisory services. In his spare time, he serves on the executive committees of Sarratt Residents’ Association, the Joint Three Rivers RA, and also the London Green Belt Council.
He is passionate about protecting and enhancing the beautiful environment in which we are so fortunate to live.

How your money was spent last year

All data taken from the 2020 Parish Report

This section giovers a breakdown of the Council's expenditure. There are six figures, corresponding to the expenditure on: Staffing/Office Admin; on Environment; on Grants; on Rights of Way Maintenance; on the Youth Group; and Other expenditure. As percentages of the total expenditure, these figures are:

Item

Staffing/Office Admin
Environment
Grants
Rights of Way Maintenance
Youth Group
Other

% of total

35
27
12
3
2
27

Item

Staffing/Office Admin
Environment
Grants
Rights of Way Maintenance
Youth Group
Other

% of total

35
27
12
3
2
27

 

Minutes of the Last Meeting

 

Agenda of the Next Meeting

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL

CLLRS: CHAIRMAN LEE FARMAN, VICE CHAIR ANGELA COAKLEY, CLLR DAVID ZERNY, CLLR JAMES ALDER, CLLR MIACHAEL LOWRY, CLLR PHILIP MITCHELL, CLLR SIMON DIGGINS.

COPY TO:  District Cllrs Ree, Cooper and Hearn and County Cllr Louise Price.

Note:  Public and Press are welcome.  Parishioners and other interested individuals are invited to attend and take part in the proceedings.


Dear Councillors,

Youa re hereby summoned to attend the Monthly Parish Council Meeting held on 9th DECEMBER 2025 in the Rear Hall at the Village Hall, at 19:30 pm.


AGENDA


25/836        APOLOGIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

        To receive and accept apologies for absence, and any announcements


25/837        DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST AND DISPENSATION


25/838        PUBLIC QUESTION TIME


25/839        MINUTES OF THE LAST FULL COUNCIL MEETING ON 11TH NOVEMBER 2025

        To agree the Minutes of the last meeting were tree accurate.

        Proposed:

        Seconded:


25/840    REPORTS FROM COUNCILLORS WHO HAVE ATTENDED MEETINGS ON BEHALF OF SPC


25/841    CLERK’S ACTIVITIES


25/842    UPDATED COMMUNICATIONS PLAN



PLANNING – CLLR FARMAN AND CLLR ALDER


25/843    TO RECEIVE THE LEAD COUNCILLORS REPORT


25/844    PLANNING APPLICATIONS


25/845    PLANNING DECISIONS


25/846     PLANNING APPEALS


25/847     PLANNING ENFORCEMENTS



HIGHWAYS – CLLR DIGGINS AND CLLR ZERNY


25/848    TO RECEIVE THE LEAD COUNCILLORS REPORT


25/849    PARKING AT THE VILLAGE POST OFFICE STORES


25/850    TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM CLLR ZERNY


25/851    SPEED SIGNS NEW DATA



ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY – CLLR MITCHELL


25/852    REPORT FROM LEAD COUNCILLOR


25/853    POLICY DOCUMENTS UP FOR REVIEW



POLICY AND RESOURCES – CLLR LOWRY


25/854    NOVEMBER BANK RECONCILIATION AND PAYMENTS £

    Agree and sign reconciliation and statement of payments and receipts.

    Proposed:

    Seconded:


25/855        SPC GRANTS


25/856    BUDGET


25/857    REPORT ON CCLA ACCOUNT



25/858    TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM DISTRICT COUNCILLOR REED


25/859    DAWES LAND ACCESS TO MULBERRY BUSH


25/860    CORRESPONDENCE


25/861    OFFICE AND CLERK REVIEW


25/862    COUNCILLORS QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS


25/863    DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING JANUARY  13TH 2026


 
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