{"id":1688,"date":"2026-05-10T14:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/?page_id=1688"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:05:05","slug":"annual-parish-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/?page_id=1688","title":{"rendered":"Annual Parish Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An Annual Parish Meeting is a public meeting held once a year for a civil parish in England. It is not the same as a parish council meeting\u2014instead, it\u2019s a meeting for all local electors (residents registered to vote in the parish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its main purpose is to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Report on the past year \u2013 including activities of the parish council and other local groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discuss local issues affecting the community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give residents a chance to ask questions, raise concerns, and suggest ideas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage community involvement and transparency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting is usually chaired by the parish council chairman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2026<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Annual-Parish-Meeting-Agenda-2.pdf\">Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025 <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Annual-Parish-Meeting-Agenda.pdf\">Agenda<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DRAFT-Annual-Parish-Meeting-Minutes-2025.pdf\">Minutes<\/a> (Draft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Annual-Parish-Meeting-Agenda-1.pdf\">Agenda<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Annual-Parish-Meeting-Minutes-2024.pdf\">Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Annual Parish Meeting is a public meeting held once a year for a civil parish in England. It is not the same as a parish council meeting\u2014instead, it\u2019s a meeting for all local electors (residents registered to vote in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/?page_id=1688\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1688","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1694,"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1688\/revisions\/1694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}