Previous Meetings

Parish Council Meeting

Date: 2007-06-06
Time: 19:30
Venue: Church Meeting Room

AGENDA

Acceptance of Office
Present
Apologies
Declarations
To approve Minutes of 2007-05-02
To deal with matters, if any, remaining from previous meetings
To receive Correspondence
To authorise payments of accounts
Planning Applications
To Adopt Revised Code of Conduct
Reports
To note Future items
To note date of next meeting

MINUTES

2007/072 Acceptance of Office

On arrival - the Councillors signed their Register of Members' interest forms and handed them in with the Declarations of Acceptance of Office forms.

2007/073 Present

Cllr's. Crowther, Hudson, Rodger, Ryder, Stewart, Warwick and one member of the public.

2007/074 Apologies

C/Cllr. Rob Toy.

2007/075 Declarations

Cllr. Warwick¹ Cllr. Ryder²

2007/076 To approve Minutes of 2007-05-02

Cllr. Stewart proposed, Cllr. Ryder seconded that the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting of 2 May 2007 be accepted as a true record and this was agreed.

2007/077 To deal with matters, if any, remaining from previous meetings

2007/055 - Wheelie Bins - query whether RCC granted licence for this.
2007/063 - Members' thanked Cllr. Warwick¹ for replanting the three flower troughs.
2007/067 - Clerk confirmed letter had been sent to Cottesmore Parish Council.

2007/078 To receive Correspondence

NCHA - Affordable houses to be completed by November 2007.
Dr. Ian Ryder² - BT had removed wires from telegraph pole and responsibility to replace pole with new street light would be required in next years programme.
Julian Simpson - reported that the Horse Chestnut tree on the Village Green appeared to have the classic symptom of "Bleeding canker". Highways Department would monitor situation.
RCC - Rights of Way Improvement Plan Response form handed out.
RCC - Local Access Forum Vacancy.
RCC - Result of Unitary Council Election - Members congratulated both County Councillors' Rodger and Toy on being re-elected.

2007/079 To authorise payments of accounts

Members agreed that the following be authorised for payment -

MOPCC - £10.00 (2 Meetings)
BDG Mowing Services - £210.00 (2 cuts)
Parish Clerk - £160.00
MOPCC - £400.00 - S137 Grant towards churchyard maintenance
ABB - Street Light Maintenance - £148.68
Plants¹ and paint for bench seats - £42.98

Members noted balances on the Monthly Statement of Accounts.

2007/080 Planning Applications

Members supported the following planning applications-

PTA/2007/0423/MT - 9 Cordle Way - Pollard 1 Lime tree
FUL/2007/0456/CC - 5 Pinfold Lane - Construction of porch
FUL/2007/0517/CC - extension to Unit & erection of new Unit

(The Parish Council requests a contribution is made by the applicant towards Highway improvements, to create a safer route to the Doctor's Surgery).

Members noted the Section 106 Agreement to FUL/2006/0987/CP

2007/081 To Adopt Revised Code of Conduct

After a general discussion, members agreed to adopt the revised Model Code of Conduct including paragraph 12(2).

2007/082 Reports

Burial Ground - Cllr. Ryder on behalf of the Council had written to MOPCC and a reply had been received from Revd. Geoff Angell by the Chairman. The PCC had undertaken a survey of the churchyard which revealed that there were 70 plots available - about 20 years use before considering re-using burial plots. No Closure Order was now required.
Speed survey group had yet to meet - Peter Knight had been co-opted on.

2007/083 To note Future items

Footpaths

2007/084 To note date of next meeting

It was agreed to hold the next Parish Council meeting on Wednesday 4 July 2007 at 19:30 in the Church Meeting Room. (Meeting closed at 8.35 p.m.)