Baildon Parish Council

Baildon Parish Council are committed to helping groups in Baildon and have a small grants scheme that has helped several deserving groups in Baildon. We have also used some of our money to support the Baildon Village Pre-School Group create an outdoor play area. Once the work had been completed the ribbon across the garden area was cut by Matthew Hoggard. Read on to see photos of the event.

Co-option of Peter Haley

At the February meeting of the Baildon Parish Council Peter Haley was co-opted to represent the Baildon East ward.  Peter who is 71, is married and has two children and grandchildren. Peter wants to make a contribution to preserving Baildon as an attractive and interesting place to work. Peter can be contacted on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The other councillor for this ward is Paul Marfell.

Other items of interest

A grant for Baildon Rifle and Pistol Club was agreed to help fund archery equipment that will be used by many Baildon groups.

Baildon History Society had samples of what promises to be excellent details of walks in and around Baildon.

The progress of the Warden was reported at this meeting. Keith North Baildon Parish Council Warden, has been making contacts with local businesses and community groups to identify some of the issues that they would like to see tackling in Baildon. Keith has also spent time patrolling around Baildon and getting to know some of the Bradford Council, Police and other agencies that will be useful in his work.

The Parish Council took the decision at its January meeting to kept the Parish Precept at the equivilant of £7.50 per band D property for the second year running. This gives the Parish Council a budget of just over £46,000 for the year. Out of this money the Parish Council funds all of its administration, staffing costs and ventures that it plans to undertake in the year.

The Parish Council is continuing with its popular Grant scheme, has allocated additional money for the Christmas lights, Baildon In Bloom and a parish celebration. New items for the year include an allocation of funds for some new bins for litter and dog fouling and signage to promote the use of all bins. Money has also been allocated for a Community Handbook.

If you have any queries about the budget, the precept or any other matter involving the Parish Council, please contact the clerk Ruth Batterley on 01943 605746 or you can e-mail her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

During 2008 the Baildon Parish Council Planning Review Committee reviewed 154 planning applications.

This photo shows Cllr. Peter Hartingdon (Chair of the review committee) and Cllr. Denis Colman on their first site visit of 2009 (17th Jan.) The other member of the committee, Cllr. Paul Marfell, took the photo. In this case they are trying to get a good understanding of the application by the Catholic Diocese for erecting fencing around part of the Jenny Lane playing field. This application was commented on by the Parish Council Planning Review Committee at their December 2008 meeting. You can read a summary of the comment on the December Planning web page here. Clicking on the planning application number on that page will take you to  the details of the planning application on the Bradford Council site.

The application is to be considered at the Area Panel on 19th February.

If you want to keep an eye on planning applications in Baildon then please visit the maps page here. This will display the applications that the review committee have yet to comment on - though for a few days after the review meeting it might still need updating. Clicking on a pin will give you a brief description and include a link to the application on the Bradford site.