Datchet Parish Council Meeting on Monday 11th August 2025 at 7pm in Datchet Village Hall 

Datchet Parish Council Precept 

Since RBWM issued the Council Tax bills, we’ve received several requests for more information about the increase in Datchet Parish Council’s precept for the coming financial year.

To provide clarity, please see the attached letter and documents, which explain the precept and the agreed budget in detail. If you have any further questions, please feel free to get in touch.

Thank you

Datchet Parish Council

Precept Letter

Annual Approved Budget 2025-26 

Budget and Precept Report 2025-26 

Latest News updated 21.07.2025

Datchet Parish Council – Councillor Vacancy

Datchet Parish Council currently has a vacancy for a parish councillor, following a recent resignation. The council intends to fill this vacancy by co-option and is seeking expressions of interest from members of the community.

To be eligible, you must be:

• At least 18 years old, and
• A British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen, or a citizen of the European Union, and
• Meet at least one of the following criteria:
• Be registered to vote in the parish of Datchet,
• Have lived in Datchet or within 3 miles (4.8 km) of the parish boundary for at least the last 12 months,
• Have your main place of work in the parish,
• Or own land or property in the parish.

If you are interested in becoming a parish councillor and helping to shape the future of Datchet, please contact the Parish Clerk by phone, email, or in person. You’ll be asked to complete a short application form about yourself and what you would bring to the role.

Applicants will be invited to attend a council meeting, where a short informal interview will take place before the co-option decision is made.

We encourage anyone with a passion for their community to come forward and apply.

  

Blue Plaque Unveiled in Datchet Honouring

Henry William Engleheart VC

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Datchet Parish Council - Election Results 

A by-election was triggered when 10 electors submitted a request to RBWM. The nomination period expired on 7th August 2025. RBWM received only one valid nomination before the deadline, which means the nomination is uncontested and the candidate is duly appointed.

Remembering Datchet’s soldiers

In Ditton Road Cemetery, there are graves of servicemen who served in WWI and WWII. Over Remembrance Weekend, 9-11 November 2024, Datchet Village Society will be placing discreet information signs next to their graves so that residents can learn more about each of the servicemen and honour their memory. You can find more detailed information about each of the soldiers here on this website.

Proposal to clean the gravestones of WWI and WWII servicemen

Datchet Village Society would like to honour these men by cleaning those gravestones which are not maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or by their families. We have listed these graves below. Our intention is to do this simply with soap and water, cloths and soft brushes, between January-June 2025. If there are any reasons why you would not like these gravestones to be cleaned, please let us know before 31 December 2024. Contact Datchet Village Society, info@datchetvillagesociety.org.uk, or the Parish Council Clerk, clerk@datchetparishcouncil.gov.uk, tel 01753 773499.

Graves to be cleaned

WWI

BUTT John Gillis
KINROSS John
LLEWELYN Robert Harman
LOVE William Powis and Joseph Powis
MCGRIGOR James Neil Grant
STANLEY Ronald Bruce
SUTTON William
WARD Artemus and Richard (We are currently trying to contact the Ward family)

WWII

CROSS, Cyril Duncan
KNIGHT, William James
RICKCORD, John Scott