2024-05 Parish Council agenda 2 May 2024

GITTISHAM PARISH COUNCIL

Ms Fiona Clampin

Clerk to the Council

25th April 2024

Local Government Act 1972

NOTICE OF ANNUAL PARISH MEETING FOR GITTISHAM PARISH

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT

The Annual Assembly of the Parish Meeting for Gittisham will be held in the parish room on Thursday 2nd May 2024 at 7.30pm

The meeting will be open to the public.

Annual Parish Meeting Agenda

Introduction by Council Chair
Apologies for absence
Report on the Council’s activities in 2023/24 by the Council Chair
Annual Police Report
County and District representatives’ reports
Reports by village organisations
To consider any matters raised by residents.

Annual Council Meeting Agenda

25th April 2024

Members of Gittisham Parish Council

You are hereby summoned to attend the Annual Council Meeting to be held in Gittisham Parish Room on Thursday 2nd May 2024 commencing at 7.30pm (following the Annual Parish Meeting) to discuss items on the Agenda and to make resolutions as appropriate.

Prior to the start of the meeting a period of 15 minutes is allowed to permit any resident to bring appropriate matters to the notice of the Council. Please contact the clerk if you would like to do this, preferably by email in advance of the meeting, with a question you wish to be raised with Councillors on your behalf.

To elect a Chair
To elect a Vice Chair
To receive the Chair’s & Vice Chair’s declaration of Acceptance of Office
To accept and approve apologies
To confirm the Minutes of the Ordinary meeting held on 4^th April 2024
To receive the Beat Manager’s report
To receive declarations of interest
To consider actions from last meeting not otherwise on the agenda
To receive reports from County Council and District Council representatives
To consider the application for a proposed upgrade to the existing radio base station installation at CS_121551, SWEB Tower EX14 3TZ (NGR: E314620, N096545)
To consider the following planning application: 24/0539/LBC 2 Riverside Cottages Gittisham EX14 3AE – Replace existing porch with enlarged lead flat roof porch on south elevation; replace existing extension on north elevation to create bedroom and bathroom and glazed canopy over rear door |
To consider a response to Honiton Town Council’s request to identify projects for the 2nd tranche of S106 funds
To receive reports from councillors on areas of responsibility and actions since the last meeting:

To note the latest planning decision notices (Cllr Orchard)
To receive an update on highways (Cllr Orchard)
To consider plans for expenditure in the parish under the Community Infrastructure Levy and S106, including publicity (Cllr Orchard & Cllr Twist)
To receive an update on public transport (Cllr Orchard)
To consider climate change measures within the parish, including proposals for rewilding land off Old Elm Road (Cllr Twist / Cllr Rowe)
To consider limited residential development in the parish (Cllr Valentine)
To consider the creation of a traffic-free amenity route linking Hayne Farm with Gittisham village (Cllr Rowe / Cllr Powell)
To consider the refurbishment and maintenance of the village play area (Cllr Walker)
To consider work to be carried out by the lengthsman to maintain drains and ditches in the parish (Cllr Walker)

To receive a report from the Chair
To consider and adopt the parish council’s standing orders
To review the parish council’s fixed asset register
To approve the May payments and to note the current bank balance:

F Clampin £254.34 + £16.85 expenses (travel Ottery – Gittisham 7.5-mile round trip x 5 for agendas, minutes & police election notices in March & April @0.45p / mile)

Len Abbott lengthsman work, £tbc

Len Abbott expenses £tbc

Michael Poll play area grass cutting £65 (inv. 10300)

Alvian Ltd play area annual safety inspection £102 (inv. 1068)

Community First Trading annual insurance policy £420.44 [tbc]

NEST (clerk’s pension) £26.78

Clerk’s report
For information only; items for the forward agenda
To consider any late entry correspondence
To note the date of the next two meetings, Thursday 6th June and Thursday 4th July 2024 at 7.30pm.

F J Clampin – Clerk