Welcome to the Upton & North Elmsall Parish Council Website

Local Area Information

Upton and North Elmsall are villages within the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield and are situated near the villages of Ackworth, South Elmsall, Badsworth South Kirkby, and Moorthorpe. It was once a small but thriving mining community with its own colliery, which started producing coal in 1926, the mine closed in 1964. Sixty one men died during the mines' 40 year life, the price of coal

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Local Area Activites

The Village Hall has a number of activities which take place most days.The Village Hall can also be hired out for children's parties, and small events.Charity events may not be charged a hire fee if it's a locally run charity.

For a full list of all activities at the village hall please click here.

The Parish Council has acquired two allotment sites, these being Harewood Lane and School Street.

For more information on the allotments please click here

Meetings and Minutes

Parish Council meetings
These are held every second Wednesday and commence at 7.00pm unless a public session is requested. This is held in the Council Chamber in the Village Hall.

Finance and Village Hall Committee meetings

These are held the Thursday prior to the Parish Council meetings and commence at 6.00pm.
For more information on meetings and meeting minutes please click here

Notice of appointment of date for the exercise of electors’ rights

Accounts for the year ended 31^st March 2011

Audit Commission Act 1998, Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/533) as amended

by the Accounts and Audit (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/564)

Date of announcement: 10^th June 2011
Each year the Council's Annual Return is audited by an external auditor appointed by the Audit Commission. Any person interested has the opportunity to inspect and make copies of the Annual Return and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts etc. relating to them. For the year ended 31^st March 2011, these documents will be available on reasonable notice on application to:
Ms P Kitchin Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer to the Parish Council The Village Hall, Harewood Lane, Upton Pontefract, WF9 1JB
between the hours of 9.30am to 11.00am and 1.30pm to 3.30pm on Monday to Thursday.
commencing on 27 June 2011
and ending on 22 July 2011
Local Government Electors and their representatives also have:
the opportunity to question the auditor about the accounts. The auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose on 25^th July 2011 and after that date will be available at the address given in paragraph 4 below until the audit has been completed; and	.
Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the Council
The audit is being conducted under the provisions of the Audit Commission Act 1998, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 and the Audit Commission’s Code of Audit Practice. Your audit is being carried out by: Mazars LLP, Regency House, 3 Grosvenor Square, SouthamptonSO15 2BE
5. This announcement is made by Ms P Kitchin, Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer to the Parish Council