Berkswich Parish Council

08/05/2026

06/05/2026

The planting season is upon us again and we would like to once again invite local people to plant up Parish Council planters around the parish. We will be running our planters scheme again so that local people can claim up to £25 back from us for compost and plants if they provide their receipts. If you are interested please message me or email me at [email protected]. Thanks, Sue

02/04/2026

Check if your bin collection day is affected over Easter 🐰🐣

Revised bin collection days will be in place next week up to and including Saturday 11 April 2026 due to the Easter Bank Holiday on Monday 6 April 2026. Good Friday (3 April 2026) is a normal working day for the bin crews.

You can check your collection days online here: http://bit.ly/sbcaboutmyarea

02/04/2026

Please remember to always pick up after your dog using poo bags and put it in one of the many local waste bins or take it home to your own bin. Dog waste can contain harmful pathogens and no one wants to step in it - yuck!

17/03/2026

Food waste caddies will start to be delivered from 16 March 2026 across the Borough.

Included will be a small internal 7-litre kitchen caddy, a larger 23-litre external kerbside caddy, and a roll of liners - along with instructions of how the new service will work.

The food waste collection service will start from 13 April 2026, for more information visit the link in the comments.
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06/02/2026

The Government are consulting on 5 different options for unitary councils across Staffordshire - SCC, SBC and other district councils will no longer exist and will be replaced by one of these proposals. Have your say by completing the consultation questionnaire.

🔔 Have your say

The Government has opened a consultation on how councils work in and -on-Trent.

There are five proposals.

No decisions have been made.

Council services won’t change now.

Read a short, clear summary and share your views. Link in the comments below ⬇️

28/01/2026

The next Berkswich Parish Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 3 February 2026 at 7.30pm at Walton Village Hall. The agenda is at https://berkswich-pc.gov.uk/meetingdetails/berkswich-parish-council-3-february-2026/ and on local noticeboards. Residents are welcome to attend to raise any local issues they would like to during the Public Session at the start of the meeting.

Berkswich Parish Council 3 February 2026 3 Feb 2026 BPC Agenda 3 February 2026 , 6 Clerk's report to Council Dec 25 and Jan 26 Agenda BERKSWICH PARISH COUNCIL Meeting of the Council Tuesday 3 February 2026 at Walton (Berkswich) Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton on the Hill at 7.30 pm Contact: Su...

26/01/2026

SBC will be delivering all households new food waste bins soon.

Food waste is to be collected weekly from all households across Stafford Borough.
The Government told local councils they must have a separate weekly kerbside food waste service from April 2026.

Residents will be receiving two new containers for their leftover food:
A small internal seven-litre kitchen caddy, and a larger 23-litre external kerbside caddy - along with instructions of how the new service will work.

There will be no additional charge to residents for the equipment or the service.
You can find more on what is happening from a link in the comments below and on the council’s website

07/01/2026

SBC have extended their deadline for comments on planning application 25/41305/FUL for 40 dwellings at land off Old Croft Road to Wednesday 4 February 2026. We encourage residents to share their views on proposals by viewing the documents and commenting at https://www12.staffordbc.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=makeComment&keyVal=T49TENPSJLV00. Berkswich Parish Council have objected to the proposals and their response can be found at https://berkswich-pc.gov.uk/news-article/objection-to-planning-application-25-41305-ful-land-off-old-croft-road/.

06/01/2026

The Berkswich Parish Council meeting is still going ahead this evening at 8pm and all are welcome to attend. Please be very careful in the current weather conditions, I have been advised that the Village Hall car park and entrance have compacted snow on them which may be made more slippery by the rain and/or snow as the evening progresses so please take extra care.

Berkswich Parish Council will be holding an extraordinary meeting to allow public discussion on the planning application to build 40 dwellings on land off Old Croft Road. The full agenda can be found at https://berkswich-pc.gov.uk/meetingdetails/extraordinary-parish-council-meeting-6-january-2026/