The Parish Council for Myerscough and Bilsborrow is made up of 9 members who stand for election every four years. The parish is part of Wyre Borough Council which is, in turn, part of Lancashire County Council. Our Parliamentary Constituency is Wyre and Preston North. Contact details for all current representatives are below.

The Parish Council meets every other month at various locations and details of meetings are posted on the Bilsborrow Post Office noticeboard. 

The Parish Council is required to make certain information available under the Model Publication Scheme and items you can request under this are as follows, we will also make certain documents available on the Parish website:
  • Who we are and what we do
  • Who's who on the Council and its Committees
  • Contact details for Council Members and Clerk of the Council
  • What we spend and how we spend it
  • Annual return form and report by auditor
  • Finalised budget
  • Precept
  • Financial Regulations
  • Grants given and received
  • List of contracts awarded and value of contract
  • What our priorities are and how we are doing
  • Annual Report to the Parish Meeting
  • How we make decisions
  • Agendas of meetings
  • Minutes of meetings
  • Reports presented to council meetings
  • Responses to consultation papers
  • Responses to planning applications
  • Our policies and procedures
  • Policies and procedures for the conduct of council business
  • Policies and procedures for the provision of services and about the employment of staff
  • Lists and Registers
  • Assets Register
  • Register of members' interests
  • Register of gifts and hospitality

How the information can be obtained
Hard copies - contact the Clerk of the Council. Cost 10p per page (black and white)

Contact details
Roy Bassnett
Clerk of the Council
Trout Row Cottage
​Brock PR3 0GL
01995 640568
myerscoughlinks@aol.com

Schedule of charges
Photocopying - 10p per page (black and white)
Postage- Royal Mail standard 2nd class

Council Documents

Annual Governance & Accountability Return 2019/20
File Size: 9974 kb
File Type: docx
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Chairman's Report 2020
File Size: 13 kb
File Type: docx
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Chairman's Report 2019
File Size: 9 kb
File Type: docx
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Annual Governance & Accountability Return 2018/19
File Size: 1183 kb
File Type: pdf
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Notice of postponement of annual meetings
File Size: 29 kb
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Council Meeting Minutes

2020 Annual Meeting Minutes
File Size: 21 kb
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2019 Annual Meeting Minutes
File Size: 19 kb
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2018 Annual Meeting Minutes
File Size: 20 kb
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January 2020
File Size: 32 kb
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November 2019
File Size: 22 kb
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September 2019
File Size: 18 kb
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July 2019
File Size: 17 kb
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March 2019
File Size: 19 kb
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January 2019
File Size: 20 kb
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November 2018
File Size: 21 kb
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September 2018
File Size: 21 kb
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July 2018
File Size: 143 kb
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March 2018
File Size: 20 kb
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January 2018
File Size: 22 kb
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November 2017
File Size: 18 kb
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September 2017
File Size: 21 kb
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July 2017
File Size: 19 kb
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May 2017
File Size: 18 kb
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March 2017
File Size: 21 kb
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January 2017
File Size: 23 kb
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November 2016
File Size: 23 kb
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September 2016
File Size: 22 kb
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July 2016
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May 2016
File Size: 23 kb
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March 2016
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January 2016
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November 2015
File Size: 23 kb
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September 2015
File Size: 24 kb
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July 2015
File Size: 26 kb
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May 2015
File Size: 24 kb
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Financial Documents

Annual Report for 2016/17
File Size: 2799 kb
File Type: pdf
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Annual Report for 2015/16
File Size: 1499 kb
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Other Documents

Certificate presented to Mrs Margery Helen Stuart - Honorary Freewoman
File Size: 22 kb
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The Parish Council's Freeman's Scroll for Tony Cragg
File Size: 37 kb
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Members of Myerscough and Bilsborrow Parish Council

  • Councillor Jennifer Olivine, Chairman
  • Councillor Sandra Allan
  • Councillor Maurice Barker, Vice-Chairman
  • Councillor Dan Bolton
  • Councillor Bill Collinson
  • Councillor Roger Pye
  • Councillor William Robinson
  • Councillor Mark Sutcliffe
  • County Councillor Shaun Turner, 

Member of Lancashire County Council, Wyre Rural East Division

County Councillor Shaun Turner

Member of Wyre Borough Council, Brock with Catterall Ward

Councillor Elizabeth Webster and County Councillor Shaun Turner

Member of Parliament for Wyre & Preston North

The Rt Honorable Ben Wallace MP
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Trustees of Barton,  Bilsborrow and Myerscough War Memorial

  • Dr J Barry Johnson DL, Chairman
  • Councillor Bill Collinson, representing Myerscough & Bilsborrow parish
  • Councillor Helen Lees, representing Barton parish
  • Councillor Roger Pye, representing Myerscough & Bilsborrow parish
  • Councillor Trevor Tomlinson, representing Barton parish

Keepers of the Memorial
Mrs Sheena Hornby &  Mr Andrew Thompson

 


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