To enable Parish Council work to be ongoing and to ensure effective and meaningful full Parish Council meetings, the following Working Groups have been created to share the workload between councillors, with resident and stakeholder representation:
Policies, Standards, Procedures,
Terry Bond, John Bennett and Jenny Webster
Regulations, Health & Safety, Tender documents
Terry Bond, John Bennett and Jenny Webster
Charities and Deeds
Sarah McDaid, Jenny Webster, Liz Unsworth
Public Toilets
John Bennett and Keith Reed
Children’s Playground, Cove Road
John Bennett and Liz Unsworth
Footpaths
John Bennett
Transport & Access (Parking, Traffic Management, Future Village Transport, Village Bus Service, Cycling & Rights of Way Network)
Members: Keith Reed and Liz Unsworth with co-opted members Craig McCoy and Sam Stalker (National Trust), Lucy Barron (Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape), Lucy Arthurs (Leighton Hall), Tony Houghton (Landowner), and Jarrod Sneyd (RSPB Leighton Moss)
Streetscape – Village Clock, Benches, Waste Bins, Notice Boards, Signposts, Street Decorations, Footpaths (Rights of Way) and infrastructure maintenance
Members: John Bennett and Jenny Webster
Planning
Members: Keith Reed, Terry Bond and Jenny Webster
Affordable Housing
Keith Reed and Jenny Webster
Highways Maintenance
Tony Houghton and John Bennett
Woodland Management, Wells and Quarries & other sites owned by Silverdale Parish Council
Terry Bond and Tony Houghton
Parish Council Website
Liz Unsworth, Terry Bond and Jenny Webster
Silverdale Emergency Resilience Group (SERG)
Jenny Webster, Liz Unsworth and Tony Houghton
Net Zero Carbon
Members: Keith Reed, Tony Houghton, Liz Unsworth, with co-opted members Alan Greenwell (Lancaster City Councillor), James Grundy, Anna and Craig McCoy (resident volunteers)