John Vickery says:
The Council had requested an extension of time to the 10th July 2017 from Littlejohn LLP (the External Auditor) for the submission of the annual return. This was received on the 28th June 2017. Therefore the Councillors acted lawfully in deferring the consideration of the Annual Return to the 4th July 2017.
Yet the Auditors have no power to make extensions. They are under the same law as the Council. The Council had already decided on 20th June 2017 to delay the approval until 4th July 2017. Any extension was not lawfully valid. As can be seen from the Annual Return:
As can be seen from the Annual Return the Parish Council has been qualified for not publishing the Annual Return before 3rd July 2017.
