The planning application DM/23/01723/RM for the erection of 38 dwellings at Kays Hall Farm, The Green, Evenwood, DL14 9QR has been APPROVED. Objectors, including the Parish Council, have multiple times raised concerns over the impact of the proposed access on the Village Green, a non-designated heritage asset (NDHA) considering this to suffer major harm. They consider the committee's report associated with the outline application to have been inadequate, including concerns that it failed to ...
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Following the local council elections on Thursday 1st May 2025, Evenwood and Barony Parish Council has four vacancies in the following wards: LANDS PARISH WARD [3]; and WITTON PARISH WARD [1]. You do not need to live within the specific ward you represent but you are required to live (or work) within the Evenwood and Barony parish area or within three miles of it. No previous experience is necessary and training can be provided. There will be an item on the agenda for the next parish counci...
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The Parish Council has donated £200.00 to help fund new planters and plants for Ramshaw in Bloom when local volunteers start planting in March.
Applications are invited from other local voluntary groups, clubs, and organisations in Evenwood & Barony Parish for financial assistance for the year 2026-2027. The closing date is Monday 13th April 2026. Application forms are available from the Parish Clerk, by email at: [email protected]
Evenwo...
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The Parish Council has organised a defibrillator familiarisation session on Tuesday 3rd March 2026 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Cornerstone Christian Centre, Swan Street, Evenwood, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 9RN. The Parish Council has paid for this session and the supplier has indicated "the more [attendees] the merrier", so an invitation is extended to all residents within the parish.
The session lasts 1.5hrs appro...
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The Parish Council has signed up to the Civility and Respect Pledge to demonstrate a commitment to addressing poor behaviour and fostering positive changes to support civil and respectful behaviour. To date 1,911 local councils have signed up to the Pledge (249 over the past 12 months). Another key action (which reinforces civility an respect) is that individual parish councillors have signed up to the recently launched 'Statemment of Assurance'. Research has identified that if individua...
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The Parish Council is pleased to announce that it is matching the £3,000 funding allocated by Councillor Robert Potts from Durham County Council’s members’ budget for a new community defibrillator and solar powered defibrillator cabinet which will be installed on a post and concrete base/plinth on the corner of the A688/Hilton Moor Lane at Evenwood Gate in the coming months.
Why should we get a defibrillator?
If someone has a cardiac arrest, a defibrillator ca...
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Applications are invited from local voluntary groups, clubs, and organisations in Evenwood & Barony Parish for financial assistance for the year 2026-2027
THE CLOSING DATE IS
Monday 13th April 2026
Application forms are available from
the Parish Clerk, by email at:
[email protected]
Evenwood and Barony Parish Council sets aside a sum of money each year to donate to good causes in the parish as either a grant or a donation available for distribution from 1st...
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The Parish Council's online petition is now active and will run until Wednesday 25th February 2026. Click on the following link to sign the petition:-https://democracy.durham.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?id=249
To: Durham County Council's Highways Department.
The Petition of: Evenwood and Barony Parish Council.
Declares that: Durham County Council (the Highways Authority) should take swift action to address residents' concerns about the safety and well-being...
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On 11th November 2025, parish councillors considered a request from the Randolph Community Centre Foundation Trust (charity number: 1165814) for a parish grant in the sum of £35,000, supported by the account sheet; auditor's report; and two funding sheets. It was unanimously agreed to award the sum of £5,000 to the Randolph Community Centre Foundation Trust, subject to receiving further satisfactory evidence, specifically bank statements for the last 12 months...
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The Parish Council is pleased to announce that it has funded a new community defibrillator and solar powered defibrillator cabinet which will be installed on a post and concrete base/plinth next to the memorial seat/bench at Ramshaw in the coming weeks.
Why should we get a defibrillator?
If someone has a cardiac arrest, a defibrillator can help restart their heart while you’re waiting for the emergency services to arrive.
Getting a defibrillator for your organisa...
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Allotment rents will be collected by the Parish Council in advance for the coming year and are due between 1st January and 1st April. The allotment rent will increase from £26.00 to £39.00 per plot, per year on 1st April 2026, and the collection of allotment rents in 2026 will again be done without recourse to cash payments. Allotment holders will not be expected to attend in person to pay their rent. Anyone with a current account at a bank or building society in the U...
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WHAT IS A PARISH PRECEPT? A parish council gets its funding by receiving a small amount of the local Council Tax. This is referred to as the Parish Precept. The Clerk to the Council as the Responsible Financial Officer prepares a budget proposal for the coming financial year to help councillors decide the precept for the following year. This typically happens around November or December. This budget outlines planned expenditure for services like grass cutting, insurance, and staffing, and also i...
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The External Audit Team at Forvis Mazars LLP have not yet provided the Parish Council with an audit report for the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) for the year ended 31st March 2025. As the deadline is close, they have advised that some audit reports will not be ready in time for the deadline: 30th September and this will leave the Parish Council in a position where it will not be able to place its audited AGAR and completion notice on the council's website (and other publ...
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The Randolph Social Welfare Centre (charity no. 520785) is a separate charity responsible for the Welfare Recreation Ground. The Parish Council is itself the sole trustee of the charity. The Trustee Board is pleased to announce that a British Heart Foundation (BHF) funded community defibrillator will be installed at the sports pavilion within the Welfare Ground (Stones End) in the coming weeks.
Why should we get a defibrillator?
If someone has a cardiac arrest, a defibrillator ...
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