Leigh Annual Parish
Assembly held on Monday 9th May 2022 at 7.00pm
At Leigh Village Hall
Meeting chaired by Councillor John Beaman – Chairman
of the Parish Council
Notes of the Meeting
Present: Councillors Andy Raby, Bruce
Barker, John Beaman, Toby Collins, Ernie Durose, David
Wilson
Parishioners Wendy Lewis, Arthur Langridge, Jan Tarr,
Mary Allen
Clerk Katherine Parkinson
Apologies Councillor Colin Whittaker, Lionel
Ingram, Mike Snowden
1
Annual Report of Leigh
Parish Council for year ending 31st March 2022
·
The Chairman welcomed everyone and thanked the
Councillors for their support throughout the year.
·
First Annual Parish Assembly since May 2019 due to
COVID.
·
Emma Beaman resigned as Councillor and Lionel Ingram
and David Wilson were appointed as Councillors.
·
District Councillor Colin Whittaker has attended some
of the meetings over the past year representing the Borough.
·
Main issues raised have been potholes and blocked
gullies, usage of the ESBC App has been good.
·
Brian Boughey resigned as Clerk in 2020 and Becky
Garland took over but resigned in December 2021. John Beaman has been filling the role since
but Katherine Parkinson started as the Clerk in April 2022.
·
There were 22 Planning Applications - mainly
agricultural related or extensions or conversions.
·
Screening has commenced for two Solar Farms that
encroach into Leigh Parish.
·
No litter picking has taken place and verge cutting
has taken place today.
·
Continued support of the Village Hall by the PC.
·
Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner was cancelled however
will be reinstated for 2022.
2
Statement of the
Parish Council’s Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2022
·
Chairman presented the Accounts, main expenses for the
year have been grass cutting, defibrillators, Village Hall meetings, Clerk’s
salary and work to the trees at end of Lime Close
3
Statement of the
Parish Council’s Income and Expenditure Estimates for 2022/2023
·
To be issued by the Clerk
4
Report from the County
Councillor for Uttoxeter Rural Division
·
Not present, no report presented
5
Report from the
District Councillor for Abbey Ward
·
Not present, no report presented
6 To
receive reports from Village Organisations :
6.1 Village Hall – Wendy Lewis
Very little to report
due to COVID, however the hall is starting to get booked again. Refurbishment of Toilets is planned. Received government grants that covered the
loss of income. Grass at back of VH is
being cut by Croppers now and paid for by Village Hall
6.2 Recreation Field – John Beaman
Main issue has been
play area closed due to H&S issues.
John Beaman able to get someone to repair the surface of the play areas
and pay for it – Cole Demolition of Birmingham as an employee has a child in
the school. Football team have had 13
matches. Copper Beech provided by WI had
to be felled but WI contributing towards replacing it. Cradle seats for swings have been delivered –
part funded via Colin Whittaker
6.3 United Charities – Arthur Langridge
Done two Christmas
doles – these need to be applied for but anyone over age of 65 and has lived in
the Parish for more than 5 years can apply.
Vacancy for a Secretary since Mrs Smallwood left. There was an issue with access to one of
their pieces of land when a property was sold, however NFU intervened and this
has now been resolved by owners leaving the gate open. Andy Raby is keen to join the
organization. Going to arrange a visit
to the 3 pieces of land owned by the charities - The Bents – over the railway
line – 2 pieces of land and another piece of land farmed by the
Whitehouses. There are 3 tenants who all
pay their rent promptly. There has been
good support from the committee
6.4 Spencer Trust – report provided by Linda
Orchard
After a series of Zoom
meetings due to COVID, the Trustees finally met F2F at the Village Hall in
October 2021. The Farm tenancy was
renewed, Mr Andrew Backhouse will continue with this for the next 5 years. The income from the rent supports any funding
offered to students. Ten students
successfully applied for retrospective financial support, 4 existing
beneficiaries and 6 new applicants, each receiving £200.
There will be an
advert inviting new applicants in the next two Parish Magazines.
Annual inspection on
Saturday 23rd July 2022.
6.5 All Saints School – report provided by
Andrea Cairns
See attached report
for full details.
Toby Collins advised
the meeting that Andrea is now a joint Head Teacher of both All Saints School,
Leigh and Bramshall Meadows First School opening in September 2022.
6.6 May Ball – Katherine Parkinson
Event took place on
Saturday 30th April 2022 after two years of cancelling. Really good event and well attended and
supported. New band performed who were
very popular. Final accounts being
reconciled however some of the proceeds are going to be used to support the
Ukranian families living in the Parish.
6.7 WI – Jan Tarr
See attached report
for full details.
7 Resolutions
of which written notice has been given - None
8 To
deal with any other business raised by Parishioners
8.1 PC were asked for their views on the
Solar Farm applications – John Beaman stated that it is down to the individuals
in the Parish to express their concerns and to do it separately as will have
more of an impact. Both applications are
currently in Scoping and have not applied for Planning Permission yet. SCC do not have joined up approach to the
Solar Farms unfortunately and treat each one individually with no holistic view
across the county.
The meeting
concluded at 7.50pm
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