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Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Widecombe Parish Council Agenda
WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk - Mrs Suzanna Hughes LL.B (Hons)
16 Westwood Cleave, Ogwell, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6YE
Telephone: 01626 330311 Email: suzanna.hughes21@gmail.com
To: Councillors R Newbolt-Young (Chairman), S Booty, G Fenton, S Morley, A Routley, J Southcombe,
N Tempest, M Welby and R Whale
You are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL to be held on MONDAY 6TH JUNE 2016 at 7.30pm in Church House, Widecombe-in-the-Moor.
Also invited:
District Councillor Jeffery, County Councillor Gribble and Community Police Officers.
Members of the press and public are welcome.
Suzanna Hughes
Clerk to the Parish Council
Before the meeting there will be a presentation by Matt Barrow, Engagement Officer, Connecting Devon and Somerset, who will give an overview of the delivery of superfast broadband on Dartmoor by Worcester-based Airband, a specialist in high speed wireless broadband for rural areas.
Agenda
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. OPEN FORUM
Members of the public are invited to address the Council
3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST AND REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATION
Councillors are reminded of their responsibility to continually update their Notice of Registerable Interests and to declare any disclosable interests, including the nature and extent of such interests they have in any items to be considered at this meeting. Unforeseen requests for a Dispensation to be considered at this point only if there was no way a Councillor would have been aware of such before the meeting.
4. RATIFICATION OF MINUTES
To approve and sign the minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council held on 5 May 2016
5. POLICE REPORT
6. COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
7. DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
8. DELEGATES REPORTS
9. MATTERS ARISING
9.1 Annual Walkabout - to note items and agree actions arising from the walkabout
9.2 Grant request - to receive an application for funding from St John the Baptist, Leusdon, towards (i) the cost of maintaining the graveyard and (ii) ongoing maintenance and repair costs
9.3 Widecombe Fair 2016 - to agree the Parish Council’s contribution towards this year’s costs
9.4 Defibrillator - to receive a report and update
9.5 New Village Hall proposal - to receive a report of a meeting held on 23 May and to confirm next steps
9.6 Annual Funday, St John the Baptist, Leusdon - Request to use the village green on Tuesday 9th August
10. PLANNING
10.1 New applications:
10.1.1 0228/16 - Single-storey garden room extension, two-storey extension for kitchen and bedroom replacement porch at Drywell Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
10.1.2 0229/16 - Single-storey garden room extension at Drywell Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
10.2 Decisions:
10.2.1 0140/6 - Siting of a mobile home for temporary agricultural dwelling, Blackdown Piper, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
To note that DNPA has refused to grant planning permission
10.2.2 0123/6 & 0124/6 - Extensions and alterations to provide an additional bedroom, Hannaford Manor, Poundsgate
To note that DNPA has granted conditional planning permission and listed building consent
10.3 Other:
10.3.1 0154/16 - Installation of mobile telecommunications and ancillary equipment involving the erection of 12m high telegraph pole with eight consumer antennae and four backhaul radio antennae at Primms Cottage, Poundsgate
To note that this application has been withdrawn
10.3.2 To receive correspondence from DNPA regarding the lack of sites to accommodate a transmitter to enable superfast broadband in Widecombe
11. FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE
11.1 To receive and approve payments for approval:
Cheque no 000918 - Clerk’s salary and disbursements - £234.27
Cheque no 000919 - Lee Accounting (South West) Limited - Internal Audit - £90
1.2 To note and accept the new NALC and SLCC pay scales for 2016-18 which have increased pay scale points by 1% with effect from 1 April 2016
12. HIGHWAYS
12.1 To report on any highways issues
Potholes and other highways maintenance issues can be reported direct to DCC:
Telephone: 0345 155 1004
Email: customer@devon.gov.uk
Online: http://www.devon.gov.uk/road_maintenance.htm
13. CORRESPONDENCE
Members to be informed of all relevant correspondence not otherwise dealt with on the agenda:
13.1 Letter from Dartmoor Commoners Council in response to this Council’s request for confirmation about responsibility for straying sheep in the village
14. MATTERS OF INFORMATION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held on 7 July 2016 at 7.30pm
The information on this page was last modified on June 07 2016 10:33:16.