Councillors' Surgeries

Meet your local councillors and get help with any issues or concerns about the village, or with Bradford Council.

No appointment necessary — just drop in.

The dates and venues are to be found on the village diary.

The Round House

The Round House is available for hire — details here

Burley Library

The library is now open during the following hours:

• Mondays & Thursdays:
  9:30 am to 7 pm
  (Scrabble on Monday mornings)
• Tuesdays & Fridays:
  2:30 pm to 5 pm
  (Village Archives open)
• Saturdays: 9:30 am to 4 pm

Library Exhibition

The Village Grows: As Seen in Maps

Maps featuring Burley have been published since the 16th Century. The exhibition gives examples of some early maps, and illustrates the village's growth from a street village with about 400 inhabitants to the present day when there are about 6500. Estate plans, auctioneer's plans, Ordnance Survey maps, Burley Community Council street maps and the most recent Burley Parish Council map are exhibited to cover the whole range available in our Archives.

The Village Diary

If you would like an event, function or special announcement to be listed on the village diary, simply send an e-mail with the details to here

Join the Burley–in–Wharfedale Community Trust

The Trust needs your support to continue to be able to hold village assets independently for the whole community and to work with the Parish Council to build on the success of BCC over the last 30 years. Click here for an application form – (membership is only £5 per year).

Village Maintenance

A voluntary group to work on simple maintenance tasks (e.g. litter picking, pruning, tidying up after stormy periods) in the village has now been established. Anyone who wishes to volunteer is encouraged to meet at 10am on the last Saturday of the month on the village green opposite the Malt Shovel.

Any suggestions for maintenance work may be forwarded to the Parish Council either through the session on a Tuesday morning from 10am – 12noon at Open Door or by contacting the parish clerk on 07971 772181 or by e-mail to here.

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of Burley Parish Council will be held at Burley Oaks Primary School at 7:30pm on Thursday 08 May. All villagers are welcome to attend. See the Agenda here.

Festival Week

St. Mary‘s Church is holding a Festival Week from 15th — 22nd June.

Events will include musical evenings, a village treasure hunt, a quiz night, visits from the Bishop of Bradford and festival services.

Full details will appear on the Church website: www.burley.bradford.anglican.org.

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING – 17 APRIL 2008

On a cold damp night 32 electors met in the Burley Oaks Primary School to hear the second Annual Report from the Chair of Burley Parish Council. Cllr Caroline Jones gave a thorough report on the issues which had faced the Council in its second year. The futures of the Grange and Burley House Field were still not settled, but there was hopeful news that the refurbishment of the Lawn would proceed with the provision of 15 apartments for elderly residents. The Local Development Framework instituted by Bradford Council was considering how to achieve a house building target of 55,000 over the next decade across the whole Metropolitan District. The Parish Council had been asked to consider the future for Burley, and had replied that, because of recent development already, no further growth was appropriate. Nevertheless, we were asked to keep this in mind.

The report touched on many other aspects of the work of the Parish Council and its committees. Ninety planning applications had been considered and the Parish Plan was constantly being reviewed and updated. A new Village Handbook, the 11th Edition, was being prepared for distribution to all households, and four newsletters per year were being produced. The budget for the coming year was then presented. No increase was indicated in the Village precept, and the sum which had been given from the Assets of the former Ilkley Parish Council was still held in reserve, particularly with a view to payments towards a Council Office. A small deficit in the budget was explained with reference to allowing for the, as yet unknown, costs of resurfacing the Queen's Hall car park.

Cllr Jones thanked all the Councillors and in particular Jo Griffiths, Parish Clerk, for all their contributions to a successful second year. She urged residents to take greater interest in the work of the Council, and indicated that there was always opportunity for public participation in Council meetings. In conclusion, she announced that she would be standing down as Chair of the Council. A vote of thanks for all her untiring efforts and leadership was proposed by former treasurer of the Burley Community Trust, Mike Harris, and this was heartily endorsed. Question time allowed Inspector Sanderson to explain the new Police arrangements for Wharfedale, now based in North Bradford rather than Keighley. Residents also raised questions of the effectiveness of the chicane in Moor Lane by the railway bridge, late postal deliveries, parking restrictions and trees on the weir. After lively discussions the meeting ended at 8. 20 p.m. but further talk continued over coffee freely provided by the Council.

D.W. 18th April 2008

Local Development Framework - Response by Burley Parish Council

Bradford Council recently held a consultation period on the proposed development plans for the district up to 2026. The development plans included the building of a further 50,000 new homes across the district during this period.

The Parish Council sent a response the details of which may be viewed here.

Bradford Council's Local Development Framework website.