Mossley Town Council

Welcome to the Mossley Town Council Website

Mossley Parish Council was established in 1999 following a petition by electors in Mossley for a parish council. It has nine members based on the old wards of the former Borough Council, four members for the Cheshire ward, three members for the Lancashire ward and two members for the Yorkshire ward.

The Parish Council decided to take advantage of the powers available to it by legislation to become a Town Council which enabled it to elect a Town Mayor each year to reinstate one of the old traditions of the town when it was an independent Borough Council.

The powers available to the Council are less than those available to Tameside MBC but the Council attempts to concentrate on local issues that are of concern to the people of the town and to champion the concerns of local residents over a wide range of issues. The Town Council believes that local government needs to be a process of services being delivered wherever possible at the local level where the views of local residents can be heard and listened to and endeavours to influence matters in this direction whenever it can.

It also believes that the money derived from its precept on residents in the town should be spent on supporting people within Mossley and in this regard attempts to financially aid local voluntary groups and organisations.

We are currently working on this web site to benefit the people of Mossley giving them easier access to the council members, and to keep them informed of events and issues in the area.

All of this is 'work in progress' but over the coming months the site will become the single online resource for residents of Mossley and the surrounding areas, with information on the activities of Mossley Town Council, schools, churches & places of worship, clubs, societies & voluntary organisations, news, a brief history of the town and a directory of local shops and businesses.

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If you have any comments regarding the web site then please send them to the webmaster. For any council related issues, please contact your Mossley Councillor.