{"id":254,"date":"2017-03-15T11:19:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T11:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.wordpress.com\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:01:52","slug":"useful-links-and-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/?page_id=254","title":{"rendered":"Council Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xr_s28\"><strong><span class=\"xr_tc xr_s28\"><span class=\"xr_s28\">What is a Parish Council and what does your Council do?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parish councils are the first tier of local government in England and play an important role in representing the interests of their communities. They work to improve local services and facilities, comment on planning applications, maintain community assets such as village greens, play areas and defibrillators, and raise issues affecting residents with the district or county council. Funded through a small annual charge known as the precept, parish councils aim to enhance the quality of life within the parish and ensure that local voices are heard in decision-making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Parish Council and what does your Council do? Parish councils are the first tier of local government in England and play an important role in representing the interests of their communities. They work to improve local services &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/?page_id=254\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254","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=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1494,"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions\/1494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornburygroupparishcouncil.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}