Hook has been a civil parish, with its own Parish Council, since 1932. The council has twelve members, who each represent the whole village. The full council meets approximately once a month, with committee meetings more frequently. Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings, and may address the council under the “Ten Minute Rule” during meetings of the full council.
Many of the communications that the Parish Council receives relate to services provided by other authorities. This guide to WhoDoesWhat, sets out which authorities are responsible for various services such as Highways and Transport.
The following Parish Council information is currently available online:-
- Council Meetings
- Calendar of meetings – dates of planned meetings
- Agendas for meetings – agendas are published about a week before the meeting
- Minutes of meetings – archive of minutes of past meetings.
- Council Publications
- Accounts – the Parish Council’s Annual audited accounts
- Announcements mailing list – keep up to date with Parish Council Announcements
- Annual reports – the Council’s Annual Report, published every spring
- Other council documents – documents that don’t fit anywhere else on the site
- Council contact details
- Council office contact details – how to contact the Parish Council Office
- Contact your councillors – how to contact your Parish Councillors
- News – archives of the Parish Council’s new items
- All News Items – all the categories combined
- Monthly News Bulletins – the news bulletins that are published in Hook Focus Magazine
- Development Updates – news items about development plans
- Parish Council Elections – News about elections, co-options etc.
- Cemetery – information about the cemetery, scale of fees, cemetery rules etc.
- Planning – information about the Parish Council’s role in the planning process
Contact details for the Council Office are here.
Parish Councillors have to make a Declaration of Interests in the same way as other elected representatives. The Declarations of Interests for Hook Parish Councillors are available online, linked from this page on Hart District Council’s website.