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Who organised the DRCCT hijack operation?

Posted on November 24, 2025November 26, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

So who organised and agreed the DRCCT hijack operation?  An extract from the York House Meeting Minutes is shown below:


Minutes of a MEETING of DATCHET PARISH COUNCIL
held in the YORK HOUSE, WINDSOR
on MONDAY 14TH APRIL 2025, at 7.00pm

Present: 8 Members – Cllr D. Buckley (Chairman), Cllr S. Young, Cllr D. Loveridge, Cllr C. Wise, Cllr S. Glover, Cllr A. Whelan, Cllr A. Clemens, Cllr D. Sanders,


The Chairman read a statement explaining the need to relocate venues.


f. To note expenditure under delegated authority, in accordance with financial regulations and with the approval of the Chairman – Obtain legal advice regarding Datchet Parish Council’s position as custodian and managing trustee of the DRCCT, following the current hall management committee’s assertion that DPC is not a trustee. The initial quote from the solicitors was £500 + VAT. Solicitor Roger Taylor, an expert in Charity Law and author of Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration (the “Big Yellow Book”), has been consulted.
Noted.


FACT CHECK – it was the DRCCT trustees (not the current hall management committee’s) assertion that DPC is not a trustee.

QUESTION:  How much public money has been spent by some new Datchet Parish Councillors and the Clerk in a failed attempt to take control of the DRCCT? 

DPC continues to publish misinformation on the DPC website

END

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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