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Agenda for Town Council meeting to be held on Monday, 13th April 2026

Mere Town Council

Town Clerk – Mrs. L. C. Wood

 

8th April 2026

 

Dear Councillor,

 

You are summoned to a meeting of Mere Town Council to be held on Monday, 13th April 2026 at 7.00 pm in the Andy Young Pavilion, Duchy Manor, Springfield Road, Mere, Wiltshire.  BA12 6EW.  The meeting will consider the items set out below.

 

Before the meeting there will be a public session to enable the people of Mere to ask questions of, and make comments, regarding the Town Council.  Questions not answered at this meeting will be answered in writing to the person asking the question, or may appear as an agenda item for the next meeting.  Members of the public are asked to restrict their comments, and/or questions to three minutes.

Please Note: By entering the meeting room you are consenting to the use of your name being recorded in the Minutes.  The meeting may also be recorded by the press or members of the public.  Any person or organisation choosing to film, record or broadcast any meeting of the Council or its committees is responsible for any claims or other liability resulting from them so doing and by choosing to film, record or broadcast proceedings they accept that they are required to indemnify the Council, its members and officers in relation to any such claims or liabilities.

Any person who may find difficulty in access to the meeting through disability is asked to advise the Clerk by email (lindseywood@merewilts.org) at least 24 hours before the meeting so that every effort may be made to provide access.

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Lindsey Wood,

Town Clerk & RFO

 

 

Public Participation Session

Members of the public are invited to address the Council on any issue over which it has a power. This session will be limited to 15 minutes (3 minutes per speaker). The Chairman will convene the Town Council meeting after the public session (please note that once the meeting has been convened members of the public are no longer permitted to speak unless invited to do so by the Chairman).

Reports from local police representatives

 

AGENDA

  1. Apologies – To receive apologies for absence.

 

  1. To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and other interests from Councillors on matters to be considered at the meeting.

2.1 To receive declarations of interest from councillors on items on the agenda

2.2 To receive written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests (if any)

2.3 To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate

A request for dispensation must be made on an individual basis

 

Members are invited to declare disclosable pecuniary interests and other interests in items on the agenda as required by the Mere Town Council Code of Conduct for Members and by the Localism Act 2011.  The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.  If you become aware, during the course of a meeting, of an interest that has not been disclosed under this item, you must immediately disclose it.  Whether you can remain in the meeting and the extent to which you can participate depends on the type of interest you have.

 

  1. Minutes – To resolve that the minutes of the Town Council meeting held on Monday, 2nd March 2026 be approved as a correct record. (attached)

 

  1. Co-Option to fill Casual Vacancy (personal statements attached) & for new councillor (if present) to sign Declaration of Acceptance of Office.

 

  1. Matters Arising from Public Session

 

  1. Matters Arising from previous Meetings (not covered by other agenda items)
  2. a) Report on meeting held between Town Council representatives and National Highways representatives regarding drainage works for A303

 

  1. Reports & Consultations
  2. a) Wiltshire Councillors Report

*b) Project Co-Ordinator’s Report (attached)

  1. c) Proposed fire station closures:
    • Report on public meetings, meeting with MP and meeting with Union reps.
    • Report on working group meeting and future community engagement
  1. d) Report on Great British Spring Clean – Litter Pick event held 29th March
  2. e) Report on Community Safety Event held on Friday, 13 March
  3. f) Report on visit to Warminster CCTV control room.

*g) Planning Committee Reforms: statutory consultation on draft regulations and guidance (see information in Clerks Report)

 

  1. Planning
  2. a) Applications for consultation response:

 

Application No: PL/2026/01352
Application Type: Full planning permission
Proposal: Demolish outbuildings and lean-to, form new vehicular access and erect two storey dwelling
Site Address: Elmsleigh, Pettridge Lane, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6DG
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000JsQKL

 

Application No: PL/2026/01587
Application Type: Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Proposal: T1 – Beech tree – reduce branches overhanging roof to give a clearnace of 1m-2m T2 – Variegated Holly tree – reduce height to 2m T3 – Liquid Amber tree – reduce over extended limbs by 1m T4 – Sumac tree – remove lower limb T5 – Cedar tree (dead) – fell T6 – Mulberrry tree – reduce crown by 1m-2m to rebalance T7 – Cut Leaf Beech tree – reduce branches overhanging roof to give clearance of 1m-2m T8 – Horse Chestnut tree – reduce branches growing into Cut Leaf Beech tree by 2m T9 – Unspecified tree – fell T10 – Judas tree – remove deadwood and damaged branches
Site Address: THE OLD RECTORY, CHURCH STREET, MERE, WARMINSTER, BA12 6DS
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000K5NID

 

 

Application No: PL/2026/01781
Application Type: Full planning permission
Proposal: Convert barn to single dwelling and workshop.
Site Address: Land at Burton, Mere, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 6BR
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000KIUKH

 

*b) New streets and numbering application for Beaumont Business Park, Mere.  (Please see Clerks Report and Form A attached)

  1. c) Notice of TPO for Walnut Tree in Manor Road

 

  1. Highways, Rivers, Footpaths, Traffic & Transport
  1. To identify jobs for the Parish Steward and MyWiltshire reports.
  2. Report on LHFIG meeting held on 11th March 2026

 

  1. Buildings, Open Spaces, Play Areas, Sports Grounds, Car Parks, Allotments & Cemeteries

*a) Allotment water supply at Jack Paul Close – please see report attached.

*b) Report on LEVI [Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure] project meeting (Notes on Community Engagement meeting held on 3.3.26 and copy of Wiltshire Council’s presentation attached).

  1. c) Would the Town Council approve the Carnival funfair on the same basis as last year as a limited presence in Salisbury Street Car Park for the Saturday 19th September (with Friday, 18th September to set up)?
  2. d) Digital Information Board outside public toilets.
  3. e) Public Toilets – Grant award for accessible flooring improvements in the disabled toilets.

 

  1. Finance, Policy & Resources

*a) Payments – To review and authorise schedule of payments (attached)

  1. b) To note the reconciliations for January & February 2026; the Chairman to sign and verify against the bank statements seen

*c) SSEN Communities Fund (see guidance for funding applications attached) [NB I have signed up to webinar 21.4.26]

  1. d) IT provision & website updates

 

  1. General Items

*a) Are you interested in hosting StarFest 2027? (see Clerks Report)

  1. b) Gigabit Voucher Scheme – Cllr. Jeans
  2. b) Briefing Notes:
  • Briefing Note 26-02 Revamp Your Tank
  • Briefing Note 26-03 Service Devolution & Asset Transfer Policy – revision

 

  1. Future meetings and events
  2. a) Annual Town Meeting – Wednesday, 22nd April 2026

*b) Cranborne Chase National Landscape – Annual Planning & Landscape Forum 2026 to be held on 1st June 2026 9.30 – 16.00 at New Remembrance Hall, Charleton SP7 0PL (tickets £48)

*c) WALC/Wiltshire Council & Police & Crime Commissioner collaboration Road Safety Seminar at County Hall, Trowbridge on Friday, May 15th between 13.30 and 16.00

 

  1. Future agenda items

 

Note:  Members are reminded that the Town Council has a general duty to consider the following matters in the exercise of any of its functions: Equal Opportunities (race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status and any disability), Crime and Disorder, Health and Safety and Human Rights.

 

*Further information on these items enclosed/attached

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERE PEACE MEMORIAL SPORTS AND RECREATION GROUND

Registered Charity No. 1093497

 

For Trustees to consider the following:

 

Lease of Mere Youth Building to Seeds4Success

Final documentation received

  • For Chair & Vice-Chair to sign Lease & Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attachments