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===== The AGAR is a key public document required by law to: =====
* Be approved at a properly convened Annual Parish Council Meeting (AGM) each year
* Be submitted to the external auditor within deadlines
* Be made available for public inspection with proper notice

However, it appears that no legally valid AGM took place in May 2023, as required under the Local Government Act 1972, and that an attempt was made to treat an April 2023 meeting as the AGM.

This is not permitted in law. Only meetings held in May may serve as the Annual Meeting (unless it is an election year, which 2023 was not). This raises serious questions about:
* The validity of the AGAR approval for 2022–2023
* The legality of the Chair’s appointment
* Whether financial decisions made in April 2023 (or after) were properly authorised