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Agenda for Town Council meeting to be held on Monday, 2nd December 2024

 

27th November 2024

Dear Councillor,

 

You are summoned to a meeting of Mere Town Council to be held on Monday, 2nd December 2024 at 7.00 pm in the Andy Young Pavilion at 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, 4th November 2024 be approved as a correct record (Minutes attached). For Budget Committee to resolve that the Minutes of the Annual Budget Committee meeting held on Wednesday, 20th November 2024 be approved as a correct record (Minutes attached).

 

  1. Matters Arising from Public Session

 

  1. Matters Arising from previous Meetings (not covered by other agenda items)

 

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

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

 

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

 

Application No: PL/2022/06955 AMENDED PLANS/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Application Type: Full planning permission
Proposal: Carry out alterations to access, erect 6 no semi-detached dwellings and 1 no detached dwelling with associated parking and access arrangements (demolish existing church).
Site Address: Land North of St Marys Catholic Church, Pettridge Lane, Mere, BA12 6DG
Applicant: Clifton Diocese
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0i3z000017btXd

 

*Representation letters in respect of the above application have been received and redacted copies are included in the Clerks Report.

 

Application No: PL/2024/09884
Application Type: Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Proposal: T1 Birch 1/3 Reduction, shaping, target pruning
Site Address: THE HURDLES, WATER STREET, MERE, WARMINSTER, BA12 6DZ
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000APuPR

 

Application No: PL/2024/09811
Application Type: Householder planning permission
Proposal: Attic conversion and installation of dormer window and 4no rooflights.
Site Address: 8 Lovage Way, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6RU
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000AKK1e

 

Application No: PL/2024/10147
Application Type: Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Proposal: 1 – Sycamore tree – crown raise lower limbs to clear garage roof and Council land 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 – 6 x Sycamore trees – crown raise lower limbs to clear driveway 8 – Ash tree – crown raise to clear driveway 9 – Ash tree – crown raise to clear driveway and footpath
Site Address: LINDEN BARN, CASTLE HILL LANE, MERE, WARMINSTER, BA12 6JB
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000AcSfE

 

* b) NEW APPLICATION for Premises Licence in respect of Sprout and Flower, The Square, Mere.  BA12 6DJ (details in Clerks Report & application form & plans attached))

*c) Consultation for redevelopment of Fives Court into Affordable Housing Independent Living apartments for people of 60 years and older – deadline for comments in 12th December 2024.  (Consultation Boards attached)

  1. Highways, Rivers, Footpaths, Traffic & Transport
  2. a) To identify jobs for the Parish Steward, Sparkle Team and MyWiltshire reports.

*b) Invitation to North Dorset Transport Action Group Meeting, Monday, 9th December 2024 at 2.30 pm the Council Chamber, Shaftesbury Town Hall. (details in Clerks Report & agenda attached)

  1. c) Report on LHFIG meeting held on Wednesday, 13th November 2024

 

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

*a) Evaluation of Mere Firework event held on 9.11.24 and approval for next year’s event to be held on 8.11.25

*b) To consider banner requests from organisations for events in 2025 – as per Town Council’s banner policy.

 

  1. Finance, Policy & Resources

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

*b) To note the reconciliations for October 2024; the Chairman to sign and verify against the bank statements seen

*c) To adopt recommendations made by Budget Meeting, as shown in Minutes of Budget Meeting held on Wednesday, 20th November 2024 (Minutes attached)

  1. d) To approve Precept on Wiltshire Council for 2025/26

 

  1. General Items

 

  1. Future meetings and events
  2. a) Cranborne Chase National Landscape (AONB) Planning Seminar – 3rd December 2024 Arrival from 9.30 for 10:00 am start until 4:00 pm. The New Remembrance Hall, Charlton, Nr. Shaftesbury, SP7 0PL
  3. b) Mere Xmas Light switch-on – Friday, 6th December at 6.00 pm
  4. c) Community Xmas Lunch
  5. b) Date of January 2025 Town Council meeting – Monday, 13th January

 

  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