Parish Council Agenda: April 2023
Councillors: you are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Oakford Parish Council, to be held in the Committee Room at the Oakford Village Hall on Tuesday 11th April 2023 at 7.30 pm for the purpose of transacting the following business.
Members of the public and press are invited to attend the meeting.
AGENDA
To receive apologies for absence
Declarations of Interest
In accordance with the Code of Conduct, members are required to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, in items to be considered at this meeting.
Public Forum
An opportunity for members of the public to make representations, answer questions and give evidence in respect of any item of business on the agenda, or any matter of interest to the parish. No member of the public will speak for more than 3 minutes. The period of time designated for public participation shall not exceed 15 minutes.
To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 13th March 2023 as an accurate record of the meeting.
Matters arising from the minutes, not covered elsewhere on the agenda.
Planning
To comment on any planning applications received before the meeting.
No applications received when the agenda was published.
To note any planning decisions made by MDDC.
23/00179/TPO Application to reduce 1 Rowan tree and 1 Birch tree protected by Tree preservation Order 21/00009/TPO by 2m. Location: Bakery Cottage, Oakford.
Decision: consent granted.
Update on response to letter sent to MDDC regarding criteria for decisions on PNAG applications.
Any other planning matters.
Highways
a) Any matters to note or report.
b) Update on actions regarding flooding on Rookery Hill
c) Updated signage for Hangmans Hill
Reports:
County Cllr Report.
Community Area
a) Any points to note from inspections of community area
b) To discuss the report from the Rospa inspection of the Community Area.
c) Quote document for grass cutting for 2023
d) To minute the awarding of the S106 grant funding application for fencing materials
e) To consider the installation of a path
f) Any matters to note
Update on the purchasing and siting of the second waste bins
Finance
a) To approve any invoices or expense claims presented for payment
b) To note any receipts since the last meeting and the bank balance
c) To note the preparation for the completing of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return.
Update on CHT moving the defibrillator to the phone box
To report on the nominations for election to the Parish Council
To report whether there have been any issues with smell from the sewerage treatment works
Correspondence
DALC Newsletters
MDDC press releases
To discuss arrangements for the Annual Parish Meeting on 22nd April
To agree the date of the next meeting – Monday 15th May 2023 – Annual Parish Council Meeting.