Wingate Parish Council - Telephone: 0191 527 2582

Wingate Parish Council

PARISH COUNCIL VACANCIES

PARISH COUNCIL VACANCIES

There are currently three vacancies on the Parish Council. If anyone is interested in being co-opted to it then please contact me at wingateparish@gmail.com or by calling on 0191 5272582.

As a Parish Council we:

• Own and manage an 18 acre park with a play area, football fields and a bowling green. We are hoping to invest around £400k in the park over the next year.

• Are the sole Trustee of the Wingate and District Community Association which owns and manages the Wingate Community Association. We are working hard to ensure the Community Centre remains open and better serves those in the community.

• Maintain some open spaces and community areas such as the war memorial and pit wheel areas.

• Organise children’s summer activities and provide an annual away day trip for children, parents and guardians.

• Work with our County Councillor on local issues relating to highways, parking and traffic issues for example.

• Consider and comment on planning applications that Durham County Council consults us on.

• Own and manage local allotments.

Further information about the Parish Council and the role of a Parish Councillor are available by contacting me.

The deadline for submissions of interest is 12 noon on Friday 6 June 2025. Further details relating to the co-option process will be provided to those who express an interest in joining the Parish Council.

Many thanks

Graeme Reid
Clerk

NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION

NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION
Durham County
Election of Parish Councillors for
Wingate Parish
on
Thursday 1 May 2025
I, John Hewitt being the Returning Officer at the above election, report that the persons whose
names appear below were duly elected Parish Councillors for Wingate Parish
Name of Candidate HomeAddress Description(ifany)

BRADLEY
John
49 The Maltings, Wingate, TS28
5PH

MASON
Ernie
4 Coronation Road, Wingate,
County Durham, TS28 5JL

MASON
Pam
9 Dawson Road, Wingate, County
Durham, TS28 5BS

MCEWAN-THOMPSON
Fi
68 Chillerton Way, Wingate, TS28
5DY

OGLE
Alison Margaret
9 Moor Lane, Wingate, County
Durham, TS28 5BA
Independent

WHITING
Mark
7 Moor Lane, Wingate, TS28 5BA Independent

WILLIAMS
Scott Anthony
(address in County Durham) Independent

Dated Monday 7 April 2025

NOTICE OF VACANCY

NOTICE OF VACANCY
IN THE OFFICE OF
COUNCILLOR
WINGATE PARISH

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that due to the non-attendance of Gerharous Theeunis Jacobus Smith, a vacancy has arisen
in the Office of Councillor for the Parish Council.
If by Thursday, 1 August, 2024 (14 days after the date of this notice) a request for an election
to fill said vacancy is made to:

The Returning Officer
Electoral Services
PO Box 721
DURHAM
DH1 9RG
Tel: 03000 261212
Email: electoralservices@durham.gov.uk

by TEN electors for the said Parish (Ward), an election will be held to fill the said vacancy,
otherwise the vacancy will be filled by co-option.
If an election is called, a poll will take place not later than Friday, 4 October 2024

Dated Friday, 12 July, 2024
Graeme Reid
Clerk to the Parish
Wingate Parish Council

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN

WINGATE PARISH COUNCIL

 NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

  1. Date of announcement 10 July 2024
  2. Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.

 Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2024, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

 (b)   _Graeme Reid, Clerk, Wingate Parish Council, Inglewood, Stockton Road, Easington Village, Co Durham, SR8 3AZ email wingateparish@gmail.com

commencing on (c) Thursday 11 July 2024

and ending on (d) Friday 09 August 2024

  1. Local government electors and their representatives also have:
  • The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
  • The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.

  1. The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit Practice 2015. The appointed auditor is:

Mazars LLP

Limited Assurance Team

The Corner

Bank Chambers

26 Mosley Street

Newcastle upon Tyne  NE1 1DF

  1. This announcement is made by (e) Graeme Reid, Clerk Wingate Parish Council

 

Information and Advice

Many of you will know that every couple of weeks we, along with Hutton Henry and Station Town Parish Council, pay for the Citizens Advice service to attend the community service and provide free advice to those in our community.
We recognise the winter months can be a very difficult time for many, especially with rising heating costs and the cost of Christmas and so on TUESDAY 9 JANUARY instead of just the Citizens Advice service attending the community centre we have arranged for nearly 20 different organisation to come along who will be able to provide information and advice on managing debt, benefits, home heating, family issues, anti-social behaviour and a raft of other concerns and issues you may.
The information and advice on offer is completely free, there is no need to book and so simply come along and someone will be there to help. Please, please take advantage of what’s on offer, don’t suffer or struggle on alone. Even if you just fancy a warm space and a cuppa then come along.
We will do what we can to help!

Notice of conclusion of the audit Annual Return for the year ended 31st March 2023

WINGATE PARISH COUNCIL

Notice of conclusion of the audit
Annual Return for the year ended 31st March 2023

Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015

 

  Notes
1.         The audit of accounts for the Council/Meeting (a) for the year ended 31 March 2023 has been concluded.

2.     The Annual Governance and Accountability Return is available for inspection by any local government elector of the area of the (a) Wingate Parish Council on application to:

 (a)  Delete as appropriate
(b)Graeme Reid

Clerk, Wingate Parish Council, Inglewood, Stockton Road, Easington Village, Co Durham, SR8 3AZ

  

(b)  Insert name, position and address of the person to whom local government electors should apply to inspect the Annual Return
2.         Copies will be provided to any local government elector on payment of £00.00(c) for each copy of the Annual Return.

 

 (c)  Insert a reasonable sum for copying costs

 
Announcement made by: (d)  Graeme Reid, Clerk

 

 (d)  Insert name and position of person placing the notice
Date of announcement: (e)     22 September 2023 (e)  Insert date of placing of the notice

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN

WINGATE PARISH COUNCIL

 NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

  1. Date of announcement 27 June 2023
  2. Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.

 Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2022, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

 (b)   _Graeme Reid, Clerk, Wingate Parish Council, Inglewood, Stockton Road, Easington Village, Co Durham, SR8 3AZ email wingateparish@gmail.com

commencing on (c) Monday 3 July 2023

and ending on (d) Friday 11 August 2023

  1. Local government electors and their representatives also have:
  •  The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
  • The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.

  1. The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit Practice 2015. The appointed auditor is:

Mazars LLP

Limited Assurance Team

The Corner

Bank Chambers

26 Mosley Street

Newcastle upon Tyne  NE1 1DF

5. This announcement is made by (e) Graeme Reid, Clerk Wingate Parish Council

 

Our address:

Wingate Parish Council
Inglewood
Stockton Road
Easington Village
County Durham
SR8 3AZ

T: 0191 5272582
E: wingateparish@gmail.com

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