WIDECOMBE 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 Newbolt-Young, Booty, Morley, Nosworthy, Routley, Tame, Tempest & Wallace
You are hereby summoned to attend the MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL to be held on THURSDAY 6th JUNE 2013 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
Agenda
OPEN FORUM
The public and members of the Parish Council are invited to comment on items on the agenda or any other matter they feel should be brought to the attention of the Parish Council
(Limited to 15 minutes).
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. CASUAL VACANCY

To receive and consider application(s) to join the Parish Council as a co-opted member until the date of next ordinary election
3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are reminded of their responsibility to continually update their Notice of Registerable Interests and
Invited to state whether they have any interest in the items to be discussed during this meeting in accordance
with the Council’s Code of Conduct.
4. REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATIONS
To consider any requests for dispensations
5. RATIFICATION OF MINUTES
To approve, sign and adopt the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 2nd May 2013
6. POLICE REPORT
7. COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
8. DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
8. DELEGATE REPORTS
9. MATTERS ARISING

(a) Teign Housing/First Step Homes - to receive a verbal report from Vaughan Lake of Teign Housing
(b) Widecombe Fair - to agree financial arrangements for 2013 following a verbal report from Roger Vale, Widecombe Fair Committee
(c) Walkabout - clerk to report on matters discussed on the walkabout and to agree further actions, where necessary
(d) Community Right to Bid - to reconsider nomination of assets
(e) ‘Moor than Meets the Eye’ - to reconsider the Parish Council’s involvement in this project
(f) Dartmoor Sustainable Development Fund – to consider projects eligible for this funding
10. FINANCE
(a) Payments for approval
Cheque no 000811 - Clerk’s salary and disbursements (June) - £224.97
Cheque no 000812 - Ken Abraham (internal audit fee) - £90.00
Cheque no 000813 – Event Hire Solutions (25% deposit) - £33.75
(b) Audit 2012/13 - to note that the internal auditor has no issues to draw to the attention of the Parish Council arising from this year’s testing
11. PLANNING
(a) New applications/appeals
(i) 00260/13 – Fire precaution works to include heat and smoke detectors with control panel and extinguishers at Higher Uppacott, Poundsgate
(ii) 0259/13 – New porch at Lower Dunstone Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
(iii) 0530/12 – Appeal against the refusal of full planning permission for change of use of land for two yurts and associated sheds, comprising shower, compost toilet and kitchen (retrospective application)
(b) Decisions
(i) 0138/13 – Change of use of existing one-bedroom ancillary accommodation to self-catering holiday let, The Shippon, Chittleford Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
To note that DNPA has granted conditional planning permission
12. HIGHWAYS
To report any potholes/maintenance issues
13. CORRESPONDENCE
Members to be informed of all relevant correspondence.
Other items for information only will be placed in the circulation folder
14. MATTERS OF INFORMATION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN
Part II
Members of the public and press are excluded from this meeting as the items under discussion contain information exempt under:
• Local Government Act 1972 Section 100A s(3) and Schedule 12 A and ss (1)
• Public Bodies (Admissions to meetings) Act 1960 Section 2(1)
15. CLERK’S SALARY REVIEW
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held on 4 July 2013