Background

At the 2006 Annual Parish Meeting, held on 23rd May, it was decided that a steering group, primarily made up of local residents but supplemented by a small number of parish councillors, would be formed to develop a Parish Plan for Gawsworth. A Parish Plan is essentially a thorough review of a community by the people who live & work in that community. The whole community needs to be engaged and the content of a Parish Plan should come solely from research and be both achievable & realistic. In summary a Parish Plan should represent that community's vision for the next 3 - 5 years.

It is not a parish council initiative and it is not GPC-led. It is simply an outreach of the parish council and the resulting Action Plan should ultimately be presented to both the GPC & MBC for their endorsement. Gawsworth Parish Council does, of course, fully support this venture.

The Gawsworth Parish Plan inaugural meeting was held in the Church Hall on 27th June 2006 with guest speakers Bronwen Kerrigan (Cheshire Community Council) & Cedric Knipe (MBC) in attendance to set the scene. At this meeting the following village committee members were duly elected:

Noel Skelton, Chairman (Gawsworth National Trust representative)
Diane Koyich, Vice Chair
Carole Townshend, Secretary
Brian Longson, Treasurer
Debby Morris (Gawsworth Primary School Deputy Head)
Tom Aindow
Rev Sheila Bishop
Peter Briercliffe (Gawsworth Parish Councillor)
Mike Greenwood
John Nettleton
Dennis Newton
Will Nixon
Neil Phillips (Gawsworth Parish Councillor)
Rupert Richards
Bishop William
Jon Wilson

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