If you need to speak to someone about Bucknell Parish Council, the parish clerk is the best place to start. The clerk handles day-to-day enquiries, meeting papers, bookings and questions about the council's finances, and will pass anything else on to the right councillor.
You can ring, email, or fill in the short form on this page. Tell us the reason for your message and we can get it to the right person first time.
Phone: 07712627409 — tap to call from your phone.
Email: bucknell.clerk@gmail.com
If you get the voicemail, please leave your name and a number and the clerk will call you back. Email is best for anything with dates, documents or planning references in it, so there is a written record.
Meetings usually include time set aside for residents to raise matters. It helps to let the clerk know beforehand what you would like to talk about, so it can be included on the agenda. Meeting dates, times and venues are published with the papers on the Agendas and minutes page.
Send an enquiry using the form and choose "village hall or facility booking" as the reason, or email the clerk directly. Tell us the date, the times you need and roughly how many people are coming, and you will be told what is available.
Yes. Residents can inspect the council's accounts and supporting records. Financial information is published on the Finance page, and you can email the clerk to arrange to see the underlying paperwork.
Deadlines are set by Cherwell District Council and are shown on the application itself, so they vary. Check the Planning and development page for current items and contact the clerk if you are unsure how much time is left.
Use the form to send a message straight to the clerk. Please choose a reason so your enquiry goes to the right place:
You will need to give your name, an email address or phone number so we can reply, and your message. Once you press send, you will see a short confirmation on screen — "Thank you, we've received your message" — so you know it has gone through.
Please keep messages about individual neighbours or disputes brief and factual. The council cannot act on anonymous complaints.
If you would rather write, post is delivered to the parish clerk. The council's postal address is in Bucknell, near Bicester, postcode OX27 7LX. Please confirm the full address with the clerk before sending anything important, and allow extra time for post to be collected and read.
Councillors have their own council email addresses, which follow the same pattern:
first.last.bucknellpc@gmail.com
So a councillor named Jane Smith would be jane.smith.bucknellpc@gmail.com. You will find the names of everyone on the council on the Your councillors and clerk page. If you are not sure who to write to, send your message to the clerk instead and it will be forwarded.
The clerk works part time, so replies are not instant. Messages are picked up regularly and you should expect a reply within a few working days. Anything urgent is better raised by phone.
Please note the exact response time and the clerk's working hours are still to be confirmed — ring the number above if you need an answer quickly.
Bucknell is a small parish council. Several everyday services are run by the district or county council, and reporting them there directly is much faster:
If you are not sure who deals with something, ask the clerk and you will be pointed in the right direction. The parish council can also support a report you have already made, for example by raising a recurring problem at a meeting.
If you would like to hear about meetings, village events and consultation deadlines, ask to join the parish mailing list. Email bucknell.clerk@gmail.com with the word "mailing list" and your name, or tick the mailing list option on the form. Your details are used only to send parish updates, and you can ask to be removed at any time.