WIDECOMBE PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk – Mrs Suzanna Hughes LL.B (Hons)
4 Rose Cottages, East Ogwell, Newton Abbot.TQ12 6AR
Telephone: 01626 330311 Email: suzanna@fsmail.net
To:
Councillors Newbolt-Young, Booty, Lewis, Morley, Nosworthy, Routley, Tempest & Wallace
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the PARISH COUNCIL to be held on THURSDAY 12th MAY 2011 at 7.30pm in Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary School.
Also invited:
District Councillor Jeffrey, County Councillor Gribble and Community Police Officers.
Members of the press and public are welcome.
Suzanna Hughes
Clerk to the Parish Council
Agenda
OPEN FORUM
The public and members of the Parish Council are invited to comment on items on the agenda or any other matter they feel should be brought to the attention of the Parish Council
(Limited to 15 minutes).
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
(a) Chairman
(b) Vice-Chairman
(c) Other delegates
3. DECLARATIONS OF ACCEPTANCE
To be signed by all councillors and witnessed by the clerk
4. VACANCIES
To confirm arrangements for filling the two vacant seats in the Urban Ward
5. CHAIRMAN’S ALLOWANCE
To approve the Chairman’s allowance of £100 per annum.
6. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are reminded of their responsibility to continually update their Notice of Registerable Interests and invited to state whether they have a personal or prejudicial interest in any matter to be discussed during this meeting.
7. RATIFICATION OF MINUTES
To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 7th April 2011.
8. POLICE REPORT
9. COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
10. DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
11. MATTERS ARISING
(a) Walk-about-inspection – outstanding issues
(i) Parish Field fencing and hedge laying
(ii) Heritage Centre – views of the Parish Council
trees screening the car park
Foxley on the Green’ sign
(v) Ownership of land opposite Brook Lane Cottages
(b) Car park boundary wall and hedge – update
(c) Request from Leusdon Church to use the Green – Annual Funday, Tuesday 9th August
(d) Amendment to Standing Orders – to include request for those present to sign an attendance register
12. PLANNING
(a) New applications/appeals
(i) 0212/11 – Erection of an agricultural building (210sqm) including the installation of 84 solar panels on the south facing roofslope at Lower Aish, Poundsgate
(b) Decisions
(i) 0541/10 – Convert redundant stone barn into holiday let, Drywell Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Granted conditionally
0121/11 Replacement agricultural building (23mx12m), Old Walls Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Granted
0122/11 – Extension of existing agricultural building, Old Walls Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Granted
0012/11 – Installation of ground mounted PV panel array for domestic use involving a change of use of agricultural land, Chittleford Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Granted conditionally
Commons Act 2006 Register
Middle Bonehill Farm – to note register entries
13. CORRESPONDENCE
(a) CCD – Community of the Year competition
(b) TDC – Minutes of Standards Committee
(c) Teignbridge CVS – The Flyer
14. HIGHWAYS
(a) Maintenance/Pothole map
(b) Notification of road closure between Lizwell Farm and Ponsworthy Cross from 4th – 18th July inclusive to carry out essential works on the water main.
(c) To report on any other highways issues.
15. DELEGATES REPORTS
16. MATTERS OF INFORMATION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN
17. FINANCE
(a) Payments for approval:
- Cheque no 000731 – Clerk’s salary and disbursements for April – £240.40
- Cheque no 000732 – DNPA – Rent of North Hall Field – £15.00
- Cheque no 000733 – Community First – Renewal of Insurance – £176.40
(b) Income received:
- First instalment of precept (£3,000) less DALC subscription (£112.15) – £2,887.85
(c) To agree and approve the accounts for year ending 31 March 2011 and to and to agree and sign sections 1 and 2 of the Annual Return.
The next meeting of the Council will be held on 9th June 2011