Full Council Agenda 12 Jan 2016

The members of Morebath Parish Council are summoned to the following meeting
of Morebath Parish Council
to be held in the Village Hall, Morebath on
Tuesday 12 January 2016 at 7.30pm
MEMBERS: Cllr Jeffrey Andrew (Chairman) Cllr Tony Conway (Vice Chairman) (*)
Cllr Merv Adams (*) Cllr Bob Hatton Cllr Peggy Reed (*)
Cllr Brian Smeeton Cllr John Wescott (*)
Clerk: Martin French
Invited
Cllr Polly Colthorpe - County & District Council Representative
Cllr Ray Stanley - District Council Representative
Cllr Andrew Moore - District council Representative
Members of the public are also invited to attend and have the opportunity to speak in item 4 only
AGENDA
Meeting protocol 7:30pm – 8:00pm
1. Apologies
2. Declaration of interest
Cllr Tony Conway
3. Dispensation to councillors
4. Open Forum – members of the public, and councillors with an interest have the opportunity to address the meeting (limiting their contribution to 3 minutes)
5. Minutes of the meetings held on 11 November 2015 (minutes have been circulated)
To be agreed as true and accurate record and to be signed by the Chairman
6. Reports
a. County Councillor (PC)
b. District Councillor (RS) (AM)
c. Police (PCSO)
Items for discussion and decision 8:00pm – 9:00pm
7. Grasscutting (JA)
a. Changes to plans for areas to be cut
b. Update
c. Decision to be made on grasscutting for 2016/17 – proposal by the Chairman
8. Road Safety (BH)
a. Report from Working Group
i. Meeting with Highways
ii. Volunteers for Speedwatch
b. Further action
9. Play Area (JW)
a. Update
10. Environment (BS)
a. Report and update from Working Group
i. Village entrance by the railway bridge
b. Vehicles at the Old Post Office
c. Vermin issues
11. Budget 2016/17
12. Precept demand 2016/17
13. Footpath P3 (BH)
a. Returns for 2015
b. Proposals for 2016/17
c. Funding request for 2016/17
Items of Information
14. Signpost deadlines and Chairman’s communication
Finance, Planning & other organisational matters 9:00pm – 9:30pm
15. Planning
a. 15/01791/FULL
Location: Land at NGR 295591 124546 Moor Farm Morebath
Proposal: Erection of an agricultural building for machinery, livestock and storage
Comments by 10 December 2015
b. 15/02003/CLU
Location: Land at NGR 295445 124720 (Land adjacent to the Conifers) Valley View
Proposal: Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing siting of a caravan in excess of 10 years
c. 16/00024/HOUSE
Location : St Georges House, Morebath
Proposal : Erection of a two storey extension following demolition of existing extension, and alteration to roof of outbuildings to form first floor accommodation
d. Update on barns at Four Winds, Shillingford
16. Finance (Clerk)
a. Bank balance to date Current Acct £
Business Reserve Acct £
b. M French (Clerk) Hours to be supplied £153.60
c. HMR&C £38.40
d. Admin expenses £39.89 (paper, printer ink, photocopying)
e. DALC £30.00 (Training Budgets & Precept)
f. Adams & Ellicott £144.00
g. Bill Dart
h. Bill Dart
17. Date of Next Meeting
a. Parish Council Meeting Tuesday 08 March 2016 at 7:30pm
………Martin J French……….. Martin J French (Clerk) Dated:- 05 January 2016
(*) Bank Mandate Signature