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Committees

Potton Town Council has four main Committees:

  • Environment
  • Events
  • Management
  • Planning

Environment Committee responsibilities

  1. Monitor and manage the Potton Neighbourhood Plan (PNP) Action Plan – Visions E, F and G.
  2. Monitor and manage the PNP Policies EV-1, EV-2, EV-3, EV-4, EV-5 and EV-6.
  3. Green Infrastructure Plan – Action Plan.

Councillors on Environment Committee
Cllr Charles Craig, Cllr John Day, Cllr Emma Horsfall, Cllr Guy Horsfall and Cllr Leggatt-Mead. Ms Jill White (Chairman).

Number of meetings per year: 3 – usually following the meeting of the Planning Committee which starts at 7pm.

Meeting dates: 24th February 2026 and 7th July 2026. Other dates to be advised.

Events Committee responsibilities
Organising Town Council events, which include Remembrance Sunday, Christmas Lights and the Four Seasons Markets.

Councillors on the Events Committee
Cllr Charles Craig, Cllr Vicki Gwilliam, Cllr Carol Leggatt (Chairman), Cllr Leggatt-Mead and Cllr Abdul Rauf.

Number of meetings per year: 4 – usually following the meeting of Potton Youth Council.

Meeting dates: 18th May 2026. Other dates to be advised.

Management Committee responsibilities

  1. Emergency Plan.
  2. Employment.
  3. Potton Neighbourhood Plan.

Councillors on Management Committee
Cllr Charles Craig (Chairman), Cllr Vicki Gwilliam, Cllr John Hobbs, Cllr Andrew Inkersole, Cllr Carol Leggatt, Cllr Angus Macdonald (Vice-Chairman), Cllr Dan Norman and Cllr Jonathan Price Williams.

Number of meetings per year: 3 – usually following the meeting of the Planning Committee which starts at 7pm.

Meeting dates: 16th June 2026. Other dates to be advised.

Planning Committee responsibilities

  1. Monitor and manage the PNP Action Plan – Visions A and B.
  2. Monitor and manage the PNP Policies HO-1, HO-2, HO-3, HO-4, HO-5 and HO-6.
  3. Complete the PNP Compliance Checklist for all new planning applications and compose the Potton Town Council response to Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) consultation.
  4. Liaison with developers and CBC Planning Officers at the pre-planning stage.

Councillors on Planning Committee
Cllr Charles Craig, Cllr John Day, Cllr John Hobbs, Cllr Angus Macdonald, Cllr Dan Norman (Chairman) and Cllr Jonathan Price Williams.

Meetings are held on Tuesdays at 7pm.  See Planning page for meeting dates.