Leigh Parish Council: July 2020

Friday, 17 July 2020

Parish Council Minutes - June 2020

01 June 2020 (1)

LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL

Meeting Cancelled Coronavirus Restrictions

Notes relating to cancelled meeting.

20/013. Outstanding Matters None

20/014. Finance

20/014.1 Financial Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.

Check of Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.

20/014.2 Invoice Cropper Grounds Maintenance Recreation Ground Mowing

May £191.66 + £38.33 VAT Total £229.99 1976 LG(MP)A s19.1b

Invoice paid.

20/014.3 Invoice. Ionos (Website provider) via Carol Astbury. £10.00 + £2.00 VAT.

Total £12.00 LGA 1972. s142.

Fee paid by Carol Astbury reimbursed.

20/015. Planning Applications

20/015.1 Applications returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited

20/015.1.1 P/2019/00892 Field House, Parkhall Lane. Paddock / Stable / Access

20/015.1.2 P/2019/01269 Watsonrose Cottage, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath.

Single storey front and side extension.

20/015.1.3 P/2020/00257 Bottom Hedge Farm, Leigh Lane, Bramshall.

Temporary Agricultural Workers dwelling for a period of 5 years.

20/015.1.4 P/2020/00322 Greenacres, Moor Lane, Lower Leigh.

Installation of a Bio Pure 3 sewage treatment unit.

20/014.2 Application Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council None

20/014.3 Applications received by the Parish Council for Consultation None

20/014.4 Planning Appeals None

20/014.5 Planning Queries No new queries

20/015 Correspondence

20/015.1 County Council

20/015.1.1 emails. Coronavirus Ongoing updates received..

20/015.1.2 Footpath 29 adjacent to the Grass Dryer. Rights of Way to arrange for the

blackthorn stumps to be cut down or removed.

20/015.1.3 Road Closure notice. BT work. Back Lane, Withington.

20/015.2 East Staffordshire Borough Council None

20/015.3 Staffordshire Parish Councils’ Association

20/015.3.1 Weekly updates forwarded to Member Councillors for information.

20/016 Matters raised by Member Councillors / Clerk

20/017 Date of Next Meeting

Monday 6^th July 2020. Leigh Village Hall

Parish Council Minutes - April 2020

06 April 2020 (1)

LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL

Meeting Cancelled Coronavirus Restrictions

Notes relating to cancelled meeting.

20/001. Outstanding Matters None

20/002. Finance

20/002.1 Financial Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.

Check of Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.

20/002.2 Staffordshire Parish Councils’ Association. Annual Subscription £274.00.

Subscription paid. LGA 1972 s143.

20/002.3 Invoice Cropper Grounds Maintenance Recreation Ground Mowing

March £191.66 + £38.33 VAT Total £229.99 1976 LG(MP)A s19.1b

Invoice paid.

20/002.4 Invoice. Ionos (Website provider) via Carol Astbury. £10.00 + £2.00 VAT.

Total £12.00 LGA 1972. s142.

Fee paid by Carol Astbury reimbursed.

20/002.5 Invoice. Leigh Village Hall. January, February, March Council Meetings. £75.00

Invoice paid. LGA 1972 s111.

20/002.6 Clerk’s Expenses. Postage for financial year 2019 - 2020. £22.68. LGA 1972 s111

Clerk reimbursed.

20/002.7 Draft End of Year Accounts and Associated Required Statements circulated.

20/002.8 Accident Risk and Financial Risk Assessments.

Minor changes to the Financial Risk statements completed.

20/002.9 VAT Return for 2019 - 2020 submitted. £575.90.

20/002.10 Internal Audit.

To be completed by Hands & Co. once the External Audit forms are received.

20/002/11 External Audit. Issue of forms delayed until late April.

20/003. Planning Applications

20/003.1 Applications returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited

20/003.1.1 P/2019/00892 Field House, Parkhall Lane. Paddock / Stable / Access

20/003.1.2 P/2019/01269 Watsonrose Cottage, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath.

Single storey front and side extension.

20/003.2 Application Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council

20/003.2.1 P/2019/00887 Refuse Browns Cottage, Church Leigh. Retention of Land

as part of the Domestic Curtilage, New Access, Fence / Gates

20/003.2.2 P/2019/01192 Permit Building at Church View Farm, Dodsleigh.

Retention of a wood chip boiler and store plus flue and ash bin

20/003.2.3 P/2020/00029 Permit Land off Intakes Lane. Agricultural Livestock Building

20/003.3 Applications received by the Parish Council for Consultation

20/003.3.1 P/2020/00223 Wood View, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath.

Single storey garage & store

20/003.3.2 P/2020/00228 Bents Cottage, The Bents, Leigh.

Continued use of former annexe as a separate dwelling.

20/003.3.3 P/2020/00257 Bottom Hedge Farm, Leigh Lane, Bramshall.

Temporary Agricultural Workers dwelling for a period of 5 years.

06 April 2020 (2)

20/003.4 Planning Appeals P/2019/00416 White Cottage, Leigh Lane, Upper Leigh

Appeal against refusal.

Conversion of existing stable to holiday let.

20/003.5 Planning Queries No new queries

20/004 Correspondence

20/004.1 County Council

20/004.1.1 email. Councillor Atkins. Parish road network.

Proposed meeting with officers to be arranged.

20/004.1.2 emails. Coronavirus Ongoing updates received.. .

20/004.2 East Staffordshire Borough Council

20/004.3 Staffordshire Parish Councils’ Association

20/004.3.1 Weekly updates forwarded to Member Councillors for information.

20/004.3.2 SPCA - CPRE Planning Training event. 28^th March at Yarnfield Park.

Cancelled. Re- arranged for 26^th September.

20/005 Matters raised by Member Councillors / Clerk

20/006 Date of Next Meeting

Monday 4^th May 2020. Leigh Village Hall

Annual Parish Assembly 7.00pm. followed by the

Annual Meeting of the Parish Council.

BOTH MEETINGS CANCELLED.

Parish Council Minutes - March 2020

02 March 2020 (1)

LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 2^nd March 2020

Leigh Village Hall commencing 7.55pm.

Following Public Participation starting at 7.30pm

Present

Councillor B Barker

Councillor E Beaman

Councillor J Beaman Chairman

Councillor E Durose

Councillor A Raby

Councillor M Snowden

Parishioners Mrs W Lewis, Mrs V Johnson, Mr D Wilson, Mr G Warburton.

Clerk B A Boughey

19/121. Apologies Councillor T Collins

19/122. Chairman’s Announcements No announcements

19/123. Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Personal Interests, other Interests

None Declared.

19/124. Minutes

19/124.1 COUNCIL RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting

of 3^rd February 2020 be signed by the meeting Chairman.

19/125. Outstanding Matters None

19/126. Finance

19/126.1 Financial Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.

Check of Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.

19/126.2 Invoice Cropper Grounds Maintenance Recreation Ground Mowing

February £191.66 + £38.33 VAT Total £229.99 1976 LG(MP)A s19.1b

RESOLVED to pay the invoice.

19/126.3 Donation to Leigh Village Hall.

Contribution to cost of replacement outside lights. £250.00. LGA 1972 s137

RESOLVED to make the donation.

19/126.4 Clerk’s Quarterly Salary. Gross £412.50. Net £329.90 PAYE £82.60 LGA!972 s112(2)

RESOLVED to pay the Clerk the Net Salary of £329.90.

RESOLVED to pay HMRC the PAYE of £82.60.

19/127 Planning Applications

19/127.1 Applications returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited

19/127.1.1 P/2019/00887 Browns Cottage, Church Leigh. Retention of Land

as part of the Domestic Curtilage, New Access, Fence and Gates.

19/127.1.2 P/2019/00892 Field House, Parkhall Lane. Paddock / Stable / Access

19/127.1.3 P/2019/01192 Building at Church View Farm, Dodsleigh.

Retention of a wood chip boiler and store plus flue and ash bin

19/127.1.4 P/2019/01269 Watsonrose Cottage, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath.

Single storey front and side extension.

19/127.1.5 P/2020/00029 Land off Intakes Lane. Agricultural Livestock Building

02 March 2020 (2)

19/127.2 Application Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council None

19/127.3 Applications received by the Parish Council for Consultation None

19/127.4 Planning Appeals P/2019/00416 White Cottage, Leigh Lane, Upper Leigh

Appeal against refusal.

Conversion of existing stable to holiday let.

19/127.5 Planning Queries No new queries

19/128 Correspondence

19/128.1 County Council

19/128.1.1 Notice of road closure at Upper Leigh crossing.

19/128.2 East Staffordshire Borough Council

19/128.2.1 emails relating to the Fly Tipping at the Disused Garage on Raddle Lane

ESBC have confirmed that they have made contact with the owners of the site

and that the rubbish will be cleared. ESBC have requested that the landowners

erect fencing in an attempt to prevent future fly tipping.

19/128.3 Staffordshire Parish Councils’ Association

19/128.3.1 Weekly updates forwarded to Member Councillors for information.

19/128.3.2 SPCA - CPRE Planning Training event. 28^th March at Yarnfield Park.

Councillor E Beaman and Councillor Collins booked to attend the event.

19/128.4 Burton Mail email re Church Leigh the most isolated village in East Staffordshire

Source and context of the report not known. No comment at this stage.

19/128.5 Great British Spring Clean - 20^th March to 13^th April

Councillor E Beaman to arrange a Parish rubbish picking session.

19/128.6 Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service - Safety Plan 2020 - 2024. For information.

19/129 Matters raised by Member Councillors / Clerk

19/129.1 Lime Close, damaged street sign. Councillor J Beaman is currently repairing the sign.

19/129.2 Inspection of trees at the entrance to Lime Close. Cutting down Lime tree base growth.

RESOLVED to invited Mr D Wilson to quote for inspecting the trees and cut back the

base growth around the Lime tree.

19/129.3 Leighfest 2020. No request for funding this years event received at present.

19/129.4 May meetings to be held on Monday 4^thMay.

Annual Parish Assembly starting at 7.00pm followed by the Annual Meeting of the

Parish Council.

Reports for presentation at the Annual Parish Assembly requested from :-

Leigh Recreation Ground Committee, Village Hall Committee, Spencer Trust,

Leigh United Charities, May Ball Committee.

19/130 Date of Next Meeting Monday 6^th April 2020.

The meeting concluded at 8.28pm.

Signed _______________ Chairman

Date ______________.

Public Participation Meeting

Notes of the meeting held prior to the

Parish Council Meeting of 3^rd February 2020

Public Participation following the Meeting. Commencing at 7.30pm. Concluding at 7.55pm.

Present

Councillor B Barker

Councillor E Beaman

Councillor J Beaman Chairman

Councillor E Durose

Councillor A Raby

Councillor M Snowden

Parishioners Mrs W Lewis, Mrs V Johnson, Mr D Wilson, Mr G Warburton

Clerk B A Boughey

Discussion on the state of the roads in the Parish with regard to potholes and lying water.

The response of County Highways in handling reports and the procedure adopted in tackling pothole repair, a scattered pothole repair approach following individual reports and a priority classification system rather than an obvious need throughout a section of road.