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Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Widecombe Parish Council Agenda
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 (Chairman), Booty, Fenton, Morley, Nosworthy, Routley, Tame & Tempest
You are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL to be held on THURSDAY 8th JANUARY 2015 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 two applications to fill the casual vacancy on the Parish Council as a co-opted member until the date of the next ordinary elections
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 and sign the minutes Parish Council meeting held on 6 November 2014
6. POLICE REPORT
7. COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
8. DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
9. DELEGATES REPORTS
10. MATTERS ARISING
(a) Widecombe Fair – to agree fee for 2015
(b) ‘Welcome to Widecombe’ – to discuss the role of the Parish Council in this project
(c) Annual Parish Meeting – to agree date and format
(d) The Local Government Boundary Commission – Electoral Review of Devon - comments invited
[For more details, visit www.consultation.lgbce.org.uk or www.lgbce.org.uk]
11. FINANCE
(a) Payments for approval:
Cheque no 000870 - Clerk’s salary and disbursements (January) - £251.94
Cheque no 000871 - HMRC - £144.60
(b) 2014 – 2016 National Salary Award for Clerks:
To note the new clerks’ pay scales to be implemented from 1 January 2015 and a non-consolidated (one-off) payment of £100 (pro rata)
(c) Precept 2014/15 - to consider and approve budget proposals and agree precept request for 2014/15
12. PLANNING
(a) New applications/appeals
(i) Create new access from highway to farmland and existing farm buildings as a modification to existing approval at Lower Dunstone Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
(ii) Construction of farm track to aid the movement of stock and machinery across the holding at Blackdown Piper Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
(b) Decisions
To note, if any received.
13. HIGHWAYS
(a) To receive a copy of a letter from DCC with regard to the complaint made about parking enforcement outside the school on July 2014
(b) To report any highways issues
Pothloles 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
14. CORRESPONDENCE
Members to be informed of all relevant correspondence not otherwise dealt with on the agenda.
Other items for information only will be placed in the circulation folder or emailed direct to members.
15. MATTERS OF INFORMATION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held on 5 February 2015
The information on this page was last modified on January 06 2015 10:38:04.