Welcome to Ongar Parish Council

Essex Police - Epping and Ongar Community Policing Team 'Lets Talk'
Community policing is about keeping our communities safe. It’s about knowing your community and understanding the things that matter to you. We want our communities to have the confidence that we will keep you safe.
Community Policing Teams have police officers, police community support officers, and special constables. They work to prevent crime, deter criminals and make sure those intent on causing our communities harm are stopped.
Your Community Policing Team will work with local organisations, authorities, and community leaders. They will listen to community concerns and find solutions to resolve problems.
On our 'links' page we have information related to the community policing team. 
Source: Essex Police, Epping and Ongar webpage
'Lets Talk', an opportunity for Ongar residents to attend a monthly event to ask questions to the Essex police, Epping and Ongar team, here are the dates, times and locations for the rest of 2024 for Ongar:
Let's Talk - Ongar 11:00AM - 1:00PM, Mon 19 August 2024  The Coffee Post, 50 The St, High Ongar, Ongar Let's Talk - Ongar 11:00AM - 12:00PM, Thu 05 September 2024 Fyfield Village Hall, Houchin Drive, Ongar 
Let's Talk - Ongar 11:00AM - 12:00PM, Fri 04 October 2024. Willingale Village Hall, The Street, Ongar
Let's Talk - Ongar 11:00AM - 1:00PM, Mon 18 November 2024 The Coffee Post, 50 The St, High Ongar, Ongar
Let's Talk - Ongar 11:00AM - 12:00PM, Thu 05 December 2024 Fyfield Village Hall, Houchin Drive, Ongar
 

 


 

 

 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

 

MEETINGS 


 

 17th October 2024@ 8.00pm Full Council meeting

17th October 2024 @ 7.00pm Planning & Environment committee meeting


 

 

 ADOPT A POT 

Adopt a pot scheme for local businesses, interest groups and families’ Ongar Town council are looking for business/groups that would like to ‘adopt a pot’. This will mean that each planter/container will be planted and maintained by that group, throughout the year. We would like our local businesses and interest groups to consider taking this on to keep our high street looking bright and colourful not just for residents but for those people who also visit our town. If you’re a business or group, then you will be able to have advertising on the side of your po

AGAR 2022/23

20th June 2023.

Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.

Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2023, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to the Clerk. Ongar Town Council. between 23rd June and 4th August. 

 Local government electors and their representatives also have the opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and the right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address below for this purpose between the above dates only.

PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)15 Westferry CircusCanary WharfLondon E14 4HD (sba@pkf-l.com)

Here are some really important documents for you to study. It's the Annual Governance and Audit Review.

Part one - the governance statement.

Part two - the accounts statement.

The internal Auditor's report.

Notice of Conclusion of audit

The Auditor has concluded their work on the governance and audit report and have found an error where the data from the computer was copied onto their form which has to be completed by hand.  However, they will not be signing-off the audit yet as they will be investigating complaints received about one of the council's decisions. Meanwhile, they have issued an interim certificate for you to study. 

Governance Audit Reports for 2023-2024

2023 - 2024
Notice of public rights
AGAR

Internal Auditors report 

Certificate of conclusion




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