Hertfordshire County Council has given notice that in order to improve road safety in Potten End it plans to implement new waiting restrictions along The Green and on the corners of the intersection of The Green with Hempstead Lane.  A document giving full details of the proposals, including a more complete map, can be found here.  Any objections to the proposals have to be made by 16th January 2017 and the first page of the document explains how to do this.

The Parish Council obtained approval for and purchased a new Speed Indicator Device  earlier this year. We are pleased to report that this has today been installed along the Common, close to Bullbeggars lane as you enter Potten End from Berkhamsted and will hopefully help slow traffic as it enters the village.

We are continuing to explore with Hertfordshire Highways  the possibility of reducing the speed limit along The Common from 50 to 40 mph.

Agenda

Supporting papers

Minutes

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 require that the accounting records for the financial year to which an 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, during a period of 30 working days. For the financial year ending 31st March 2021 the Parish Council has determined that this period will run from 14th June 2021 to 23rd July 2021.

The responsible financial officer for the Parish Council must, on behalf of that authority, publish

(a) the Accounting Statements and Annual Governance Statement of the Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR), accompanied by a declaration, signed by that officer to the effect that the status of the Accounting Statements are unaudited and that the Accounting Statements as published may be subject to change;

(b) a statement that sets out—

(i) the period for the exercise of public rights;

(ii) details of the manner in which notice should be given of an intention to inspect the accounting records and other documents;

(iii) the name and address of the local auditor;

(iv) the provisions contained in section 26 (inspection of documents etc.) and section 27 (right to make objections at audit) of the Act, as they have effect in relation to the authority in question;  

PKF LittleJohn, the external auditor, has completed its review of the Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR) for the year ended 31 March 2023 and concluded that in its opinion the information in Sections 1 and 2 of the AGAR is in accordance with Proper Practices and no other matters have come to our attention giving cause for concern that relevant legislation and regulatory requirements have not been met. A copy of the auditor’s report may be downloaded from this website together with the notice of conclusion of the audit.