Welcome to Shotton Parish Council

NOTICE OF MEETING

The next monthly meeting of Shotton Parish Council will be held in Shotton Community Hub, Bridge Road, Shotton Colliery, DH6 2PQ, on Monday 28th September 2026 commencing at 6:00 p.m. The agenda setting out the business to be transacted will be displayed on the main notice boards in the parish at least three days before the meeting.

Meetings of Shotton Parish Council are held on the last Monday of each month other than August and December for recess. Meetings are normally held in Shotton Community Hub at 6.00pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings and an item is included on each agenda at the start of meeting allocating up to 15 minutes to facilitate public participation.

Shotton Parish Council came into being in 1894 as a result of the The Parish Councils Act 1894. Elections of Councillors takes place every 4 years. There are 15 councillors elected to the Parish Council representing all parts of the community. The Parish now incorporates the majority of the Peterlee North West and South West Industrial Estates and Brackenhill Business Park which host many major employers. On the colliery site a few small industrial units survive, but the main sources of employment are on the Industrial and Business Parks which are to the east of the village, dividing Shotton Colliery from Old Shotton. All of the parish’s pubs, cinemas, and the railway station are demolished or converted to other uses. A small number of shops are left. Some of the buildings at Grange Farm remain and now overlook fields as they did in the 1840s, one of which hosts a small airstrip.