03 October 2016 (1)
LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 3rd October 2016
Leigh Village Hall Commencing
8.00pm.
Following the Public
Participation commencing 7.30pm.
Present
Councillor B
Barker
Councillor J Beaman
Councillor T Collins
Councillor E Durose
Councillor A Raby
Councillor M Roe
Councillor M Snowden
Parishioners Mrs W Lewis, Mrs B Smallwood, Mr G
Warburton, Mrs M Prince
Mr
L Ingram
Clerk B A Boughey
16/067 Apologies None
16/067.1 Other Apologies District Councillor Councillor C Whittaker
16/068 Minutes
16/068.1 COUNCIL RESOLVED
that the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting
of 5th
September 2016 be signed by the meeting Chairman.
16/069 Chairman’s
Announcements (None)
16/070 Declarations of
Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Personal Interests and
other
Interests
None declared.
16/071 Outstanding
Matters
16/071.1 Middleton Green
Telephone Kiosk adoption.
Advise on
refurbishing still being sought.
16/071.2 Handbells.
Insurance
documentation completed and accepted with the Handbells being kept at
Lower Farm,
Dodsleigh.
16/071.2.1 RESOLVED to
recommend that the Handbells continue to be kept at Lower Farm
in the
custody of the Backhouse family.
16/072 Finance
16/072.1 Financial
Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.
Check of
Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.
16/072.2 Invoice. LCR
Subscription Renewal. £17.00. LGA 1972
s111
16/072.3 Invoice. Leigh Village Hall. P.C. Meetings July, Aug.,
Sep.. £75.00 LGA 1972 s111
16/072.4 Invoice. 1&1
Quarterly Website Fee payable to Carol Astbury £9.12 + £1.82 VAT Total
£10.94
RESOLVED to
pay the three invoices.
16/072.5 Completion of
External Audit.
2015 / 2016
Accounts signed by External Auditor, Grant Thornton, without comment.
Notice
posted on the Notice Board.
16/072.6 Donation from
Leigh W.I. presented for Defibrillator fund
£2,900.
03 October 2016 (2)
16/073 Planning
Applications
16/073.1 Applications
returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited
16/073.1.1 P/2016/00595 Fairfields, Parkhall Lane. Replacement dwelling.
16/073.1.2 P/2016/00863 Broad Oak Farm, Bramshall.
Agricultural building to dwellings
16/073.1.3 P/2016/01054 Manor Farm, Upper Leigh. Extensions & Double Garage.
16/073.1.4 P/2016/01126 Manor Farm. L.B.C. for /01054 plus internal alterations.
16/073.2 Application
Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council
16/073.2.1 P/2106/00255 Perm. Lion
Farm, Middleton Green. Agric. buildings
to two dwellings.
16/073.2.2 P/2016/00643 Perm. Sprink
House Farm, Morrilow Heath. Garden Pond.
16/073.2.3 P/2016/00792 Ref. White
Cottage, Leigh Lane, Leigh Crossing.
Conversion
of Stable Block to Dwelling.
16/073.2.4 P/2016/00793 Perm. White
Cottage, Leigh Lane. Garage conversion
to dwelling.
16/073.2.5 P/2016/00920 Perm. Field
Mill Farm. Agricultural Workers
dwelling.
16/073.2.6 P/2016/01010 Grant Oak
Tree Lodge, Rectory Close, Church Leigh.
TPO
crown topping oak tree.
16/073.2.7 P/2016/01026 Grant Broadmeadows,
Withington Lane Church Leigh.
TPO
work on trees T1 to T6.
16/073.3 Applications
received by the Parish Council for Consultation None
16/073.4 Planning Appeals None in progress.
16/073.5 Planning Queries None
16/074 Correspondence
16/074.1 County Council
16/074.1.1 Highway
Infrastructure Asset Management Plan - For information.
16/074.1.2 Notification of
closure of Leigh Bank on 1st November - For information.
16/074.2 East
Staffordshire Borough Council None
16/074.3 Community Council
of Staffordshire None
16/074.4 Staffordshire
Parish Councils’ Association
16/074.4.1 Weekly updates
forwarded to Member Councillors for information.
16/074.5 Leigh Product
Show Report - For information.
16/075 Matters raised
by Member Councillors / Clerk
16/075.1 Councillor
Snowden. Reporting significant amount of
mud on the road in Lower Leigh
on Sunday
18th September. Confirmed by
Mr L Ingram who had reported the incident
to the
Environmental Agency, material being deposited on a field on the flood plain.
16/075.2 Clerk. Remembrance Service - Poppy Wreath to be
obtained from the British Legion.
16/076 Date of Next
Meeting
16/076.1 Monday 7th
November 2016. Leigh Village Hall
7.30pm.
The meeting concluded at 8.50pm.
Signed _______________ Chairman
Date ______________
Public Participation Meeting
Notes of the meeting held
prior the
Parish Council Meeting of 3rd
October 2016
Public Participation prior to the Meeting. Commencing at 7.30pm. Concluding at 8.00pm.
Present
Councillor B
Barker
Councillor J Beaman
Councillor T Collins
Councillor E Durose
Councillor A Raby
Councillor M Roe
Councillor M Snowden
Parishioners Mrs W Lewis, Mrs B Smallwood, Mr G
Warburton, Mrs M Prince
Julie
Thompson-Edwards (Leigh W.I.) Mrs C
Wheawall (Leigh School)
Clerk B A Boughey
1 Julie Thompson - Edwards
Presentation of a cheque for £2,900 resulting from the fund raising
event organised by Leigh W.I and Leigh School.
The money to be used for the purchase of two defibrillators with the
request that they are sited in Withington and Nobut with major sponsors named
on plaques on or near the Defibrillators.
There followed a discussion on Defibrillators and other contacts
suggested by Julie Thompson-Edwards
The Chairman thanked those involved in organising the event and their
sponsors and congratulated them on the sums raised.
2 Mrs B Smallwood
Information regarding the collection of small electrical items by East
Staffordshire Borough Council.
Collected with the Blue Bins if placed alongside.
Notice to be placed in the Parish Magazine.
