The monthly April meeting has been delayed due to the death of HRH Prince Philip, and its official period of 8 days of mourning. Any future meetings will be displayed accordingly.
Community Gardening Group
Pittington Parish Concil have established a community gardening group for residents to join and participate. The groups aim is to attract residents who are interested in becoming involved with the project, which will see planters and established land being weeded, planted and tended to throughout the year. Whether you are a keen gardener, a novice, or just simply want to enhance our community with some spare time you may have, please join us at our meetings to discuss ideas and share information. The first meeting is on Tuesday 13th April at 7pm via Zoom, passwords and information on the meeeting is listed under the agenda section of the website.
Come along and get involved!
**This meeting will now be held as an ordinary group gathering with volunteers and not as an official PIP Parish Council meeting due to the 8 days of mourning period following the death of HRH Prince Philip
Notice of Appointment of Date for the Exercise of Public Rights for year ending 31st March 2020
Date of Announcement: 18th August 2020
Each year the Council’s Annual Return, which we published yesterday, is audited by an auditor appointed by Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited. Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounts to be audited and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them. For the year ended 31 March 2019 these documents will be available on reasonable notice on application to:
M Toal, Parish Clerk, 14 South End, High Pittington, Durham, DH6 1AG
email pittingtonpc@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone 07985952993
commencing on 31st August 2020; (amended to 2nd September)
and ending on 10th October 2020; (amended to 12th October)
Local Government Electors and their representatives also have:
the opportunity to question the auditor about the accounts; and
the right to make objections to the accounts or any item in them.
Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the Council. The auditor can be contacted at the address below for this purpose during the inspection period identified above. The audit is being conducted under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 and the National Audit Office’ Code of Audit Practice. Your audit is being carried out by:
Mazars LLP, Salvus Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS
This announcement is made by M Toal, Parish Clerk
A copy of the formal notice can be downloaded from the link below:
Annual Return 2019-20
The Parish Council has publicised its Annual Return for the financial year 2019-2020.
This is part of the process of Auditing of the Parish Council’s Accounts for the last financial year. You can access the Annual Return and supporting Documents from the following links. The Annual Return and supporting documents for the year ending 31st March 2019 which are published on this website are UNAUDITED until such time as they are approved by the Council’s external auditors:
Mazars LLP, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS
M Toal
Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer
Notice of Appointment of Date for the Exercise of Public Rights for year ending 31st March 2019
Date of Announcement: 24th June 2019
Each year the Council’s Annual Return, which we published yesterday, is audited by an auditor appointed by Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited. Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounts to be audited and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them. For the year ended 31 March 2019 these documents will be available on reasonable notice on application to:
M Toal, Parish Clerk, 14 South End, High Pittington, Durham, DH6 1AG
email pittingtonpc@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone 077554917470
commencing on 1st July 2019;
and ending on 9th August 2019.
Local Government Electors and their representatives also have:
- the opportunity to question the auditor about the accounts; and
- the right to make objections to the accounts or any item in them.
Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the Council. The auditor can be contacted at the address below for this purpose during the inspection period identified above. The audit is being conducted under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 and the National Audit Office’ Code of Audit Practice. Your audit is being carried out by:
Mazars LLP, Salvus Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS
This announcement is made by M Toal, Parish Clerk
A copy of the formal notice can be downloaded from the link below:
Annual Return 2018-2019
The Parish Council has publicised its Annual Return for the financial year 2018-2019.
This is part of the process of Auditing of the Parish Council’s Accounts for the last financial year. You can access the Annual Return and supporting Documents from the following links. The Annual Return and supporting documents for the year ending 31st March 2019 which are published on this website are UNAUDITED until such time as they are approved by the Council’s external auditors:
Mazars LLP, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS
M Toal
Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer

Chairman Resignation
After serving several years as Councillor and Chairman to Pittington Parish Council, David Turnbull resigned with immediate effect in February 2019.
Vice Chairman, Robin Newlove, forwarded a nomination to be accepted as Chairman, this was received and accepted by the full Council.
Councillor Aarron Toal forwarded his nomination for Vice Chair, which was also received and approved by the full Council.
Audit 2017-2018
The Audit for 2017-18 has now been completed. The inspection period for the electorate will begin the 28th June until 27th July, for viewing please contact the Clerk.
NOTICE OF CONCLUSION of Audit 2018
Audit 2017
The audit for 2017 is now officially completed for the end of the financial year. If you would like to view it please get in touch with us for a viewing time.
Elections and New Council
After our 2017 Parish Elections we now have a Council consisting of 5 Councillors for the Parish of Pittington. Serving another term are Councillors David Turnbull (Chair), Robin Newlove (Vice Chair), Brian Fenwick, John Lee and new to the Council is Aarron Toal. We welcome all Councillors to Parish Council and look forward to serving the residents of High Pittington, Low Pittington and Littletown.