Frequently Asked Questions

  • Staffordshire has three tiers of local government. These are County Council, District Council and Parish Council.

    Staffordshire County Council is responsible for services across the whole of a county, including:

    • education

    • transport

    • planning

    • fire and public safety

    • social care

    • libraries

    • waste management

    • trading standards

    Lichfield District Council is responsible for services such as:

    • rubbish collection

    • recycling

    • Council Tax collections

    • housing

    • planning applications

    Whittington & Fisherwick Parish Council is responsible for:

    • allotments

    • grass cutting in parish parks and roadside verges

    • tree maintenance and safety on publicly-owned land

    • safety and maintenance of the parish parks and play areas - Bit End Field, Jubilee Park, Swan Park, and Noddington Park

    • notice boards, signs and benches

    • bus shelters

    • consultation on neighbourhood planning and planning applications

    • grants to help local organisations

    • Bit End Field Pavilion

    • Whittington War Memorial

    We also have the power to issue fixed penalty fines in respect of:

    • litter

    • graffiti

    • fly posting

    • dog offences

  • We welcome your views on any Parish Council issue. You can contact any of the Parish Councillors about any issue. See Councillors page for contact details.

  • The PC’s spending that cannot be met from fees, charges and grants, has to be met from the Council Tax payers within the Parish and is collected from you by LDC and handed over to us in the form of a ‘precept’. Every November and December the PC decides what it needs to spend in the following financial year after taking into account anticipated inflation, and the cost of regular commitments and new initiatives. For every £1 you pay in Council Tax, the Parish Council receives only 2.8p.

  • The parish council pavilion may be booked for all types of celebrations, events and activities by any member of our community.

    The Pavilion consists of a medium sized hall, a small kitchen and adjoining toilets including disabled. There are also showers and changing rooms used by are cricket and football clubs. Bit End Field can also be used, particularly in the summer months.

    The cost of hire per hour for the main pavilion is: £9 for a standard booking, and £8 for voluntary groups. Examples of bookings over recent months include play groups, yoga, band practice, meetings, parties, cricket tees, celebrations and others. If you would like to consider a booking you are welcome to take a look.

    The pavilion is also a meeting room with kitchen available for hire to social and sporting groups and one off functions.

    For bookings please contact the Clerk of the Parish Council David Walton.

  • The Parish Council meets at 7.30p.m. on the first Monday of each month (except August) in the Pavilion on Bit End Field .

    Members of the public are welcome to attend and each meeting is adjourned for 15 minutes to enable residents to ask questions or make statements. If possible 3 days notice should be given for questions that will need research in order to answer.

  • Whittington and Fisherwick Parish Council can have up to 15 councillors but currently has no vacancies.

    To qualify you must be 18 years or over, a British subject or a citizen of a member state of the European Union and be (a) an elector of the parish; or (b) a person who over the whole of the last 12 months has been owner or tenant of land or premises in the parish or has lived in the parish or within 3 miles or has had his principal place of work in the parish.

    If you are interested in being considered when we have a vacancy please contact the Clerk of the Parish Council David Walton.

  • Visit the Staffordshire County Council Website

    Go to the dedicated page for reporting potholes.

    Report a pothole or check the status of an existing report.

  • The Parish Council provides comments on planning consent applications within the Parish.

    As a statutory consultee, it reviews all applications and plans once the County Council makes them available online.

    Although the Parish Council does not have the power to approve or reject applications, it represents the collective voice of the Parish, not individual opinions and has the ability to influence planning at a district level.