Welcome to the
Brill Parish Council & Community Website
Photo by Andy Pohler September 2025
Brill Parish Council exists to serve the people of Brill civil parish in Buckinghamshire. Our aim is to work with the community to make Brill a safe, productive, sustainable and happy place fo residents, workers, visitors, and future generations.
Protect Brill Common Forever
Read news from Brill Common and our Wildlife and Community Ranger’s blog (or click on images below)
Brill News and Notes
Read our September Newsletter
In this bumper back-to-school-and-work issue -
What has the Parish Council ever done for us?!
Let’s welcome Swifts to Brill
Build on The People’s Emergency Briefing
- and start making a difference to our local environment
Have your say on the Bucks Council budget
Visit the Safer Buckinghamshire website
Park considerately in Brill, and -
Test your knowledge of the updated Highway Code
Click the image above or visit the Newsletter page on this website.
Parish Council Business
Meetings
Read the draft minutes of our July meeting. Our next meeting will be Tuesday October 20th. The agenda will be published soon.
Members of the public are very welcome to attend our monthly meetings. Time is set aside at the start of the meeting for you to speak about items on the agenda - or any other topics of community interest.
Notice of Conclusion of Audit
See the Notice of Conclusion of Audit (pdf opens in new tab). The audit of accounts for the year ended March 31st 2026 has been completed and the accounts have been published. Contact Bobs Damerell (Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer) or drop in to the Parish Office in Brill Memorial Hall on Mondays and Tuesdays, 9.30am to 11.30am.
View the Annual Governance and Accountability Return for 2025/2026 (pdf opens in new tab).
MOD Bicester Site A proposed asylum accommodation
Cllr Jules Newman (Chair of Brill Parish Council) and Cllr Malcolm Wilson attended a recent meeting of Ludgershall Parish Council during which our MP Greg Smith addressed the situation at Site A. Representatives of Bicester Countryside and Communities CIC*, the organisation behind Wrong Plan. Wrong Site, also spoke.
The CIC’s campaign is about the proposal, the process and the suitability of the site – not the individuals who may be accommodated there. A formal legal process has now been launched to challenge the Government’s decision that the proposed Site A development does not require a full Environmental Impact Assessment. Find out more and follow the progress of this challenge on the group’s website.
Brill Parish Council will continue to keep residents appraised of any future developments.
*CIC stands for Community Interest Company.
Your Bucks, Your Say!
Last few days to comment on the budget
A message from Buckinghamshire Council -
Every day, council services support residents across Buckinghamshire, from caring for vulnerable adults and children to maintaining roads, supporting communities and libraries and keeping neighbourhoods clean and safe. As we plan Buckinghamshire Council’s budget for 2027 to 2028, we'd like to hear what matters most to you.
Like councils across the country, we face increasing demand for services and rising costs. Your feedback will help us understand local priorities and ensure we continue to focus investment on the services residents and local organisations value most.
Whether you’re a resident, or represent a business or community organisation, please take a few minutes to complete the budget consultation and share your views. The consultation is open until October 18th 2026.
Do the survey online (Your Voice Bucks opens in new tab) or complete a paper copy at Buckinghamshire libraries and Community Access Points.
The Brill People’s Emergency Briefing follow-up
A message from Andy Cotgreave, organiser of Brill’s Briefing:
Seventy-five people gathered in Brill Memorial Hall on September 4th to view The People's Emergency Briefing (website opens in new tab). Together we watched a film about the climate and nature crisis and then joined in a passionate discussion of the challenges we face.
I’m delighted that so many people showed up! Our screening was one of over 3,500 across the country and it’s really reassuring to know so many people in this village care about our environment, locally and globally. We now need to build on this interest.
if you are in any way concerned about our climate, here are three simple things to do right now:
Join the Brill Emergency Briefing WhatsApp Community (WhatsApp opens in new tab)
Email Greg Smith our MP. As far as we know, he hasn’t attended a single one of the screenings in his constituency. Encourage him to do so and ask him to join the Parliamentary Call for a televised briefing introduced by the Prime Minister.
Do something locally! Help out with the Common Volunteers - or join Fiona, our Wildlife and Community Ranger for a wildlife survey.
If you missed the Brill event, find another screening (website opens in new tab) or - better still! - consider hosting your own screening (website opens in new tab) in your community or workplace.
Community litter picking equipment
Want to help keep Brill tidy? The Parish Council has put everything you need - pickers, hoops, bags and hi-vis - in a fine new storage box adjacent to Brill Fire Station in Temple Street. Just help yourself when you feel inspired and, when you’re done, drop your finds in the two bins provided (one each for general waste and recycling).
Thank you to Cllr James Tuffley and Bucks Fire and Rescue Service for enabling this initiative.
Brill MUGA
The all weather surface of our MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) is marked up for football, netball, basketball and tennis - or just running madly around! Book a 30 or 60 minute MUGA session - or just turn up and play (so long as nobody with a confirmed booking appears).
Now with permanent flood lights - and bookings extended to 9pm.
Brill Happenings
Brill Cinema
The next screening with be on Friday November 6th when we will be showing The Devil Wears Prada 2 in which Andy Sachs and Miranda Priestly are followed as they reunite two decades after the original film to save Runway from the decline of print media and a corporate takeover.
“It's all huge fun with a decidedly softer centre than the original that’s filled with one-liners, fulfilment, redemption and catharsis for all concerned.” (Daily Express)
“The Devil Wears Prada 2 is smart and funny, and there are plenty of satisfying one-liners indicating how the world has changed in 20 years.” (Daily Mail)
For further details on our 2026/27 programme look out for announcements in the Bernwode News, on the village notice boards, Brill Village Facebook and Brill Cinema Instagram.
For additional information and tickets, please visit our website or email us.
This sort of conservation work has the potential to bring communities together - and reconnect us with the wildlife on our doorsteps.