Agenda 16th March 2021

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DEFFORD & BESFORD PARISH COUNCIL

Clerk: Lynne Yapp 36 Abbey Road, Pershore, Worcs WR10 1JP Tel: 01386 552233 (Office Hours)

Notice is given of the meeting of Defford & Besford Parish Council at 7:00pm on Tuesday 16th March 2021 at 7pm Via Zoom

If you would like a link to the meeting, please contact the clerk on 01386 552233 or

clerk@defford-besfordparishcouncil.co.uk

………………………..…. Clerk

OPEN FORUM – Opportunity for Parishioners to ask questions / raise issues. We encourage participation from Parishioners through the meeting if they so wish

  1. APOLOGIES
  2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Declarations of Interest:

a)  Register of Interests: Councillors are reminded of the need to update their register of interests.

b)  To declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests in items on the agenda and their nature.

c)  To declare any Other Disclosable Interests in items on the agenda and their nature.

d) Written requests for the council to grant a dispensation (S33 of the Localism Act 2011) are to be with the clerk at least four clear days prior to a meeting.

Councillors who have declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, or Other Disclosable Interest which falls within the terms of paragraph 12(4) (b) of the code of conduct, must leave the room for the relevant items.

  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES from meeting on 18th November and 15th December 2020
  2. CO-OPTION – to consider any applications (if received)
  3. COUNTY COUNCILLOR REPORT
  4. DISTRICT COUNCILLOR REPORT
  5. FINANCE
  6. Approval of receipts and payments to 10th March 2021 (made since last meeting)
  7. Payments for authorisation:

1224 Clerks Underpayment Salary 489.60
SO Clerks Expenses 15.00
SO Clerks Salary 268.04
SO Clerks Expenses 15.00
SO Clerks Salary 268.04
1225 Payroll Services 47.10
1226 Warning Tape – Church Wall 8.99
1227 PAYE 241.69
  1. HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
  2. Footpaths/Rights of Way report from Cllr Marshall
  3. Lengthsman – to review contract / hours 2021/22
  4. Street Lighting – Clerk to report on any update using the CIL money
  5. Flooding – to ensure the parish council is made aware of any potential flooding issues. To report any update on the flooding issue Lodge Hill
  6. Speeding/Traffic Calming – awaiting reply from P&CC re any possible funding towards a VAS sign. To confirm amount available from County Cllr and free CIL funds (after payment of street lighting project). To consider traffic data collecting strips. – clerk to chase . Traffic calming to be addressed after costs for street lighting confirmed
  7. Harpley Road Car Parking – awaiting response from Rooftop regarding garage space and open space available for car parking
  8. PLANNING
  9. Home Farm Housing Survey
  10. 20/000037 & 38 CM (Worcs. County Council) – Planning application made under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to vary condition 5 of planning permission ref: 18/000016/CM, to amend the operating hours – To be decided by WCC Planning & Regulatory Committee 23rd March
  11. 21/00035 – Broad Hill Farm, Broad Hill, Defford – to remove hedge between two plots as indicated on map and replace with new hedge for new boundary awaiting decision by WCC
  12. SWDP Consultation Regulation 18 – alternative sites – to consider any response
  13. OPEN SPACE
  14. Millennium Green – To report back on NHB application. To approve setting up of a Working Group as a way forward to involve the local community with any future fund raising events and general ‘house keeping’ – Cllrs Rees / Marshall to report on recent informal discussion
  15. PROJECTS
  16. Village Hall Car Park –
  17. Electric Car Charging Points
  18. Repair to Church Wall – awaiting confirmation of start date
  19. ADOPT A STREET – Litter Picking Initiative – Cllr Marshall
  20. NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH – Cllr Marshall
  21. CORONAVIRUS – VILLAGE SUPPORT UPDATE
  22. CORRESPONDENCE – Emails have been circulated to Cllrs
  23. OTHER ITEMS FOR INFORMATION/FUTURE DISCUSSION

17. DATE OF NEXT MEETING: