What does it mean to have a statutory parish meeting, but not a parish council?

This documents explores the subject of statutory parish meetings, and in particular, their special role in parishes which don’t have a parish council.

It explains how government policy is to encourage more parish meetings – especially in smaller parishes – with their direct governance approach.

It explains how Edingthorpe originally had its own civil parish meeting in 1894, but that this was subsequently lost, when Edingthorpe got abolished in 1935.

There are 57 rural parishes across Norfolk which have statutory parish meetings, but which don’t have parish councils, and which all vary quite considerably. Four of the more active ones are explored, in depth.

The documents can be accessed by following this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BbbZRWPH_NBiUX5PLq86YD5tDxRfD8fd?usp=sharing