Ickleford Parish Council

Ickleford Parish Council was awarded Quality Parish Status on Thursday 2nd July 2009 and was the first parish in North Herts to achieve this.

When: Normally every first Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm (except in August when there is no meeting). Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings and there is always an open discussion for all residents between 8:00 pm and 8:30 pm. Minutes of past meetings can be downloaded (see minutes) and agendas are available to be downloaded one week before the meeting (see meeting dates)
The Annual Parish Meeting is held in April. (see meeting dates)

At: Ickleford Village Hall

In 1894 a local government act decreed that all parishes with a population of 300 or more were to form a council so in compliance with this act, Ickleford held their first parish meeting on 4th December 1894. Following a proposal by G Bird, and no other proposals, Captain Hugh Dudley Ryder became the first chairman of the parish council. Since then there have been 24 chairmen, including our current one - Miles Maxwell.

In the early days items on the agenda were mostly about sewer ditches, the allotment rents and the state of the footpaths. Today the problems facing the councillors are more to do with fast moving traffic through the village and increasing facilities in the village as well as still maintaining the footpaths and commons (see minutes).

The Parish Council consists of 8 elected members and a clerk.