LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 1st July 2019
Leigh Village Hall commencing
7.30pm.
Present
Councillor B Barker
Councillor E Beaman
Councillor T Collins
Councillor E Durose
Councillor A Raby Vice
Chairman
Councillor M Snowden
Parishioners Mrs W Lewis, Mr G Warburton
Clerk B A Boughey
19/041 Apologies Councillor J
Beaman Chairman (Holiday)
19/041.1 Other Apologies District Councillor Councillor C Whittaker
19/042. Chairman’s
Announcements None
19/043. Declarations of
Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Personal Interests, other Interests
19/043.1 None declared.
19/044. Minutes
19/044.1 COUNCIL RESOLVED
that the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting
of 3rd
June 2019 be signed by the meeting Chairman.
19/045. Outstanding
Matters
19/045.1 Footpath 29. Bottom of Chebsey Bank adjacent to the Grass
Dryer
19/045.1.1 Vegetation cleared
by the Parish Council. Further work
required to reduce hedging
stump growth.
Barbed wire
along the newly fenced section was now on the field side of the posts.
19/045.2 Safe for storing
Parish documents. No progress.
19/045.3 School Lane, Church Leigh.
Road surface adjacent to the high wall.
19/045.3.1 No further information
received from Highways in response to further queries
regarding the Inspectors report.
19/045.4 School traffic
issues and the installation of a speed indication device.
No further
information. County Highways
specification on the installation of such
devices
states that they can only be installed within a 30MPH area.
19/045.4.1 Councillor Collins
outlined the proposal of creating a hard standing footpath along
the Church
side edge of the Recreation Ground to link in with the Churchyard footpath.
19/045.5 Fly Tipping at
Holmcroft. The garage on Raddle Lane.
East
Staffordshire Borough Council are not able to remove rubbish from private land
until such
time that they can determine the owner of this unregistered land.
The query
now goes to the Planning Department to contact the land owner.
19/046. Finance
19/046.1 Financial
Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.
Check of
Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.
01
July 2019 (2)
19/046.2 Invoice Cropper Grounds Maintenance Recreation Ground Mowing
May £191.66 + £38.33 VAT Total
£229.99 1976 LG(MP)A s19.1b
19/046.3 .Invoice Cropper Grounds Maintenance Recreation Ground Mowing
June £191.66 + £38.33 VAT Total
£229.99 1976 LG(MP)A s19.1b
RESOLVED to
pay both invoices. Total ££459.98
19/046.4 Invoice. Leigh
Village Hall. Three Parish Council meetings. April, May, June £75.00
RESOLVED to
pay the invoice LGA 1972 s111
19/046.5 Clerk’s Quarterly Salary
Gross £412.50 Net £330.10 PAYE £82.40. LGA 1972 s112(2)
RESOLVED to
pay the Clerk the Net Salary of £330.10.
RESOLVED to
pay HMRC the PAYE of £82.40
19/046.6 Invoice. Staffordshire County Council. GDPR - Data Protection Services. £150.00
RESOLVED to
pay the invoice. LGA 1972 s111.
19/047 Planning
Applications
19/047.1 Applications
returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited
19/047.1.1 P/2019/00271 Mallions Croft, Church Leigh.
Detached Stable Block
19/047.1.2 P/2019/00371 Log Cabin, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath. Replacement dwelling
19/047.1.3 P/2019/00527 8 Bents Lane, Church Leigh.
Erection of side and rear extension
19/047.2 Application
Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council
19/047.2.1 P/2019/00416 Refuse White
Cottage, Leigh Lane. Conversion
& alteration of existing stable
to form an Holiday Let.
19/047.2.2 P/2019/00494 Permit Chebsey
House, Church Leigh. Erection of rear balconies
19/047.3 Applications
received by the Parish Council for Consultation None
19/047.4 Planning Appeals None in progress.
19/047.5 Planning Queries The Raddle, Chebsey Bank and “Newt”
No
report received from Borough Planning Enforcement
19/048 Correspondence
19/048.1 County Council None
19/048.2 East
Staffordshire Borough Council None
19/048.3 Staffordshire
Parish Councils’ Association
19/048.3.1 Weekly updates
forwarded to Member Councillors for information.
19/049 Matters raised
by Member Councillors / Clerk
19/049.1 Councillor E
Beaman. Parishioners asking questions
about the validity of the access
newly
created at the junction of Parkhall Lane and School Lane in Church Leigh.
19/049.1.1 ESBC Planning
Department to be advised of the access.
19/049.2 Councillor
Collins. Update on his current list of
outstanding potholes reports.
19/049.3 Councillor
Raby. Advising the meeting that the
defibrillators within the Parish were
now
included on the National Register System.
The previous local register had been
superseded.
19/049.4 Clerk. The Parish Council Meeting Minutes. 2013 to
2016 were now deposited with
the County
Record Office.
19/050 Date of Next
Meeting
Monday 5th
August 2019. Councillor M Snowden
submitted his apologies - Holiday
The meeting concluded at 8.16pm.
Signed _______________ Chairman
Date ______________.
