Welcome to the website of Audley Rural Parish Council which contains information about the Parish Council, the Councillors, the area it covers, Council meetings, minutes and agendas along with other useful information. If you have any comments to improve the site or pictures of the Parish that you would like to see on the website, please email the clerk@audleyparishcouncil.gov.uk

The Parish of Audley is the largest in area in the District of Newcastle-under-Lyme, covering some 2717 hectares. The Parish has a population of around 8000, 3800 houses and 150 businesses. It comprises 7 distinctly separate villages and many small hamlets. The council consists of 15 members and has one part time employee, the Parish Clerk.

Local Elections – Parish and Borough 7th May 2026

This year, all Borough and Town/Parish elections are taking place, meaning that every current
councillor will retire and must reapply if they wish to stand again. There are 44 Borough seats and 122 Parish seats to be filled across the Borough. In 2022, there were 103 nominations for the Borough seats and 120 for the Parish seats. Of the 22 parish wards, only 5 were contested in 2022.

Audley Parish Council – Parish Wards (see below link to map of wards)
– Audley (Audley): 4 seats
– Audley (Bignall End): 6 seats
– Audley (Halmerend): 5 seats

Following the nominations deadline of 9th April 2026, the outcome was that the 3 Parish wards were uncontested – which means there were only enough candidates to fill the above seats and as a result did not require a contested vote. All candidates have been elected accordingly following due process. The results are below:

Audley Parish Council -_Halmer End ward_- uncontested election results (PDF)
Audley Parish Council – Bignall_End ward – uncontested election results (PDF)
Audley Parish Council – Audley ward – uncontested election results (PDF)

There is one vacancy for Halmer End which will be co-opted in May. Applications will be invited in due course.

Details of all the town and parish council elections can be found here.

Please click here to view a map of the Parish Wards – Audley, Halmer End and Bignall End

Elections on 7th May 2026 for the Borough Councillor seats within the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

You can find the nominations for the Audley Borough Council ward here Audley BC Nominations (PDF)

The deadline to register to vote is 11.59pm Monday, April 20
The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm Tuesday, April 21
If you wish to nominate someone else to vote for you at the polling station, then that proxy vote must be applied for by 5pm Tuesday, April 28
Anyone who is not registered to vote can register online.
Photo ID is needed at the polling station. Find out more here.

Links to detail of all candidates standing in the borough council election can be found here.

Please click here to find out how to register to vote in the next Local Elections (Parish and Borough) Thurs 7th May 2026

BC candidates

You can find the nominations for the Audley Borough Council ward here Audley BC Nominations (PDF)

Following the “Yes” vote on 25th September 2025, the Neighbourhood Plan has now been adopted and will be used as planning policy by Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council when assessing Planning Applications.

You can see a copy of the Audley Rural Neighbourhood Plan here : Audley Rural Parish Neighbourhood Plan

The Audley Rural Neighbourhood Plan is supported by a number of documents as follows:

A Design Guidance and Code for developers to refer to, which can be found here:
ANRP Design Code May 23 (PDF)
The 48 Local Green Space Information and Audit can be found here:
ARNP Local Green Space Audit Report Aug 2023 (PDF)
The Housing Needs Assessment can be found here:
ARNP Housing Needs Update Oct 23 (PDF)
The Consultation Outcomes can be found here:
ANRP Audley Infographics (PDF)

We also have a Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Natural Capital Assessment of the Parish which can be found here: Audley Parish – Natural Capital Assessment FINAL REPORT Oct 24

The link the results page is as follows:

Self employed contractors wanted – details below:

Please click here to view the Handyman advert as a PDF

Reporting matters to Staffordshire Police

If you see any thing of concern, do not wait please report it immediately to:
https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/ro/report/
Ring 101 or call 999 if it is urgent/in progress

You can also follow it up with an email to the Local Policing Team –

Sarah.Forrest@staffordshire.police.uk
Daniel.peake@staffordshire.police.uk

Please note that where there are cameras on the Parish Council play areas and in the village, the footage captured is used to support the investigations

If there is damage to the play areas – please also email clerk@audleyparishcouncil.gov.uk so that we can rectify any issues on the play areas

Illegal/Dangerous Parking in Audley (update Nov 2025)

We are continuing to work with the police who, over the last 12 months, have issued 18 Fixed Penalty Notices (3 points on licence and £100 fine) to drivers of cars parked illegally in Church Street Audley, this includes the white zig zag markings and zebra crossing. In addition a driver was summonsed to court for Driving without Due Care and Attention after nearly knocking over a pedestrian on the zebra crossing. The Police will take action when issues are reported and CCTV images will be used as evidence. Please report your concerns with as much detail as possible to 101 or online to Staffordshire Police at https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/ro/report/