VACANCY FOR COUNCILLORS

There are currently two vacancies on the Council and having been through the prescribed procedure, no election has been requested.

The vacancy will therefore now be filled by the co-option process at a meeting of the parish council on 1st September 2022.

Should anyone wish to be considered for this vacancy, they should apply in writing to the council at the address below, by no later than  26th August 2022. 

Section 79(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 provides that, unless disqualified, a person is qualified to be co-opted as a local councillor if they are over 18, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a Euro national on the day of their selection and:

on that day he/she/they are and thereafter continues to be a local government elector for the area of the authority; or

• he/she/they has during the whole of the twelve months preceding that day occupied as owner or tenant any land or other premises in that area; or
• his/her/their principal or only place of work during those twelve months has been in that area; or
• he/she/they has during the whole of those twelve months resided in that area; or
• he/she/they has during the whole of those twelve months resided either in the parish or community or within three miles of it.

Please contact the clerk by telephoning 07891 743191 or email on scottonparish@gmail.com for further information or an application form.

Address:       6 Washdyke Lane
                     Nettleham
                     Lincoln LN2 2PY

Signed:         Leticia Cooper       Date 28th July 2022
(Clerk and Proper Officer)