Blackshaw Parish Council can be contacted via the Clerk:
blackshawclerk@gmail.com
The Town Hall, St. George’s Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 7BY
07425 261289 (texts or WhatsApp only)
The Parish Council
The parish council consists of seven local councillors, elected every four years, or co-opted in between.
We are there to listen to your views, represent you in meetings locally and at a borough level. Important roles of the council include: considering planning applications and development proposals, feeding into the Hilltop Parishes Neighbourhood Plan and Calderdale’s Local Plan, engaging with community activities and making sure that issues that are important locally are actioned at a borough level. We also manage the Charlestown Allotment site and Great Rock.
Councillors are also there to help parishioners in case of an emergency and at any time.
The Council can also give small grants to fund local activities or groups which benefit the whole parish. Applications can be made via the Clerk.
The Clerk is the person who coordinates the business of the council, and is appointed by them rather than elected.
Information about meetings including agendas and minutes can be found on this website and also on the parish notice boards, below the Chapel on Badger Lane, and by the bus stop opposite Wood Villas in Charlestown.
Councillors elected in May 2023 or co-opted since
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CHAIR Councillor Caroline Tiler-Ansell
Lower Earnshaw Water Farm Hebden Bridge cllr.ctileransell@gmail.com |
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VICE-CHAIR Councillor Jake Dyter
Broad Dene Farm cllr.jdyter@googlemail.com Jake sits on the Allotment Committee. |
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Councillor Grayde Bowen
Cally House Grayde is our representative on the board of Heptonstall Exhibitions & Richard Naylor Charities, which give grants to local students going on to further education. |
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Councillor Simon Bull
cllr.sbull@gmail.com |
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Councillor Gemma Higginson
Broad Dene Farm Eastwood cllr.ghigginson@gmail.com Gemma sits on the Allotment Committee. |
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Councillor Carol King
Brownhill Bottom Farm Blackshaw Head HX 77HZ carolk.bhb@gmail.com Carol sits on the Allotment Committee, and is also the Parish Council’s representative on the Old People’s Welfare Committee. |
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Councillor Dan Tasker
Dan was co-opted in March 2025. |
