Welcome to the Blairgowrie & Rattray Community Council Website
Here you will find information about Blairgowrie & Rattray Community Council, who we are, where we are, what we do and how you can have a say in local affairs. We also include links to other 'local info' websites which we hope will be useful, relevant and interesting.
This website has been designed and constructed to provide what the Community Council hope will be a valuable resource. It is hoped that the information provided through this site will enable the community of Blairgowrie & Rattray to understand better the role of a community council and community councillors. As the site develops we hope it will become the local access point for information about what Blairgowrie & Rattray has to offer and that visitors will benefit from the useful and informative information here and will not only enjoy their visit to this site, but will also enjoy their visit to this beautiful part of Perthshire.
| Did you know that? Blairgowrie & Rattray Community Council is, like other Community Councils in Scotland, a statuary organisation, made up of volunteers who give time to, and have a genuine interest in, the well-being of the Blairgowrie & Rattray community. The Community Council members are residents of the area who act on behalf of local people to help to make local authorities and other public bodies aware of the opinions, needs and preferences of the communities that they represent. We try and preserve those aspects of the community that the community believes are worth retaining, while also encouraging developments which will benefit the community and ensure that it will continue to thrive. Blairgowrie & Rattray Community Council held its first meeting on 5th April 1977 and the first Constitution was ratified by Perth & Kinross District Council on 25th August 1977. The Community Council consists of 15 members together with various ex-officio members including our local Councillors. Unlike Councillors, and MSP's, Community Councillors are elected or co-opted for their three-year term as individuals, without bias towards any political party. Party politics plays no part in Community Councils. Community Councils were introduced through the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The Act states : In addition to any other prurpose which a community council may pursue, the general purpose of a community council shall be to ascertain, co-ordinate and express to the local authorities for its area, and to public authorities, the views of the community which it represents, in relation to such matters for which those authorities are responsible, and to take such action in the interests of that community as appears to it to be expedient and practicable. |
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Want to say something about your local area or local services? Then why not get in touch with your local community council? The members of the Blairgowrie & Rattray Community Council are very active within the community and can be contacted from the 'contacts' page.
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