Councillor responsibilities

Grantchester Parish Council is made up of nine members elected by villagers every 4 years. The Chair of the Parish Council is Lesley Sherratt and Vice-Chair is Josh Newman. The Clerk is John Hammond and the Responsible Financial Officer is Hazel Hammond.   Each Councillor has responsibility for an area of village life. Current responsibilities are shown below. To email the responsible Councillor click on their name (if you receive no response, email the Clerk, in case the councillor is away).

Environment and village maintenance, including Street Furniture, Grass cutting (all areas), Overgrown hedges
Contact: Annabelle Lloyd-Carrick or Jane MacDougall 

Planning
Contact: Maggie Challis, Emma Goddard, or Judith Ayling

Traffic and Transport
Contact: Annabelle Lloyd-Carrick or Jane MacDougall 

Meadows (King’s College & CPPF liaison),
Contact: Lesley Sherratt

Village Hall Representative
Contact: Maggie Challis

Financial Controls, including RFO Line Manager, Audit,  and Section 137 requests
Contact: Tim Raine

Website, IT and Communication including website, village newsletter, Clerk line manager
Contact: Josh Newman

Climate Change Action Committee (GCCAC)  including HeatLink project
Contact: Josh Newman

Village Car Park
All councillors and PCC on a rota basis

Playground inspections and pothole reporting
All councillors

Additional Parish Councillors
Des Dempsey

(Updated 25 1 2025)