Westbury Sub Mendip Parish Council Meeting
Wednesday29thNovember2017, 7:30pm
Village Hall
Before the meeting starts there will be a period of up to fifteen minuteswhen members of the public may raise any matters for the attention of the Parish Council.Members of the public may speak for up to five minutes, and the matter will be noted, or put on the agenda of the next meeting, or responded to by the Clerk.During the meeting members of the public will be permitted to speak at the discretion of the Chair.
AGENDA
1.Apologies for Absence
2.Declarations of interests and dispensations
1.To receive declarations of interest from Councillors on items on the agenda
2.To receive written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests, or personal and prejudicial interests (if any)
3.To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate
3.Minutes
To resolve that the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on the 25thOctober2017 be signed as a correct record.
4.Report from Somerset County Councillor, Mendip District Councillor, and PCSO
5.Clerk’s Report (Including: Parish Online mapping; SLCC branch AGM; SALC Transparency fund grant received; PKF Littlejohn LLP appointed External Auditor for 5 years; Contact list for public services; VAT reclaim;…)
6.Truespeed – Broadband ‘Fibre to the Premises’ : Report
7.Westbury Inn Report: Registration as an Asset of Community Value : Report
8.Neighbourhood Plan Working Group: Report
9.New Litter bins (Mortar Pits, Roughmoor Lane): Report
10.Highways condition:Report
11.A371 HGV usage, and village backroads traffic volumes Report (Email from Cllr Noel and Christopher Betty, Traffic management): Report
12.Notice Boards refurbishment: Report
13.School Governor Vacancy
14.Shamrock Stables: licencing and Lynch Lane foul water disposal: Report
15.Footpath WS13/1(blocked by slurry pit): Report
16.Website Report (including Subscription plug-in)
17.Planning
Consultation Responses requested by Mendip District Council
2017/2352/FULUnit 8, Industrial Estate, - Extension
2017/2846/HSEAsh Tree Farm, Old Ditch– Greenhouse
2017/2908/FULAsh Tree Farm Old Ditch – swimming pool and plant room
2017/2909/LBCAsh Tree Farm Old Ditch – swimming pool and plant room
2017/0924/LBCAsh Tree Farm – glass verandas – appeal against LBC refusal
Mendip D.C. Decisions
2017/1949/HSEFir Tree House, Back LaneExtensionApproved with Conditions
2017/2679/TCAThe Old Vicarage, School HillYew and Maple crown reductions, No Objection
2017/2636/TCAHighbank, Lynch Laneash tree 30 % reduction, No Objection
2017/2680/TCALangarth, Stoke Roadsilver birch crown thin, No Objection
2017/2627/TCALodge Hill House, Station RoadHorse Chestnut removal, No Objection
18.Finance
Mendip Community Transport grant request
Payments to approve
Tickbox Marketing – Subscription website Plugin£108.00
Grant Thornton – External Audit£120.00
Aster – Stoneleigh hall hire£15.16
19.Correspondence & reports on Meetings Attended, including
- SRA Half Year Report
- Somerset Community Foundation – Surviving Winter Appeal
- ENF/2017/0094 Shamrock Stables Planning Enforcement case closed, pending decision on 2017/2299/FUL
20.Notices
1.Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 6.30 pm, in the Council Chamber, Mendip District Council offices, Shepton Mallet. Councillors and Clerks Planning briefing
2.Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service Draft Integrated Risk Management Plan (2018 - 2022) Consultation to 31/12/17
3.Highways Winter Services leaflet
4.Mendip Parish ForumThursday 18th January
5.Salt/grit bags collection from Glastonbury deport25November
21.Items for next agenda
22.Dates of future Parish Council meetings (Wednesdays, Village Hall, 7:30pm):
3rd January 2018 / 7th February 2018 / 7th March 20184th April2018 / 2nd May 2018
1.0Clerk – Mark H. Smith24/10/2017
Orchardside, Mares Lane, Westbury Sub Mendip, Wells BA5 1HX
Tel: 01749 871076 Email