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

28th August 2024

 

Dear Councillor,

 

You are summoned to a meeting of Mere Town Council to be held on Monday, 2nd September 2024 at 7.00 pm 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.

 

*3. Minutes – To resolve that the minutes of the Town Council meeting held on 1st July 2024 be approved as a correct record. (attached)  To note contents of Delegated Decision Report dated 8.8.24. (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)

*c) Report on AIM event (attached)

 

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

 

Application No: PL/2024/07515
Application Type: Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Proposal: T1 Pittosporum – Reduce the height by up to 2 metres and spread by up to 1.5 metres on all sides.
Site Address: 3 NURSERY GARDENS, MERE, WARMINSTER, BA12 6PP
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ3000008N3gX

 

 Application No: PL/2024/07480
Application Type: Removal/variation of conditions
Proposal: Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans) and 4 relating to application 21/01808/FUL
Site Address: Dews Pasture, Burton Farm, Burton, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BR
Planning Register Link:  https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ3000008Jz3B

 

Application No: PL/2024/07693
Application Type: Full planning permission
Proposal: New detached dwelling with associated works
Site Address: Long Cottage, North Street, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6HH
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ3000008YDvt

 

 

*b) Consultation on Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system (Consultation runs from Tuesday, 30th July 2024 until Tuesday, 24th September) See: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-reforms-to-the-national-planning-policy-framework-and-other-changes-to-the-planning-system/proposed-reforms-to-the-national-planning-policy-framework-and-other-changes-to-the-planning-system

Notes from Chairman attached

Link to Wiltshire Council’s webinar:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MLFP7-Ex90

 

  1. c) Consultation on the draft Wiltshire Gypsy and Travellers Development Plan (Consultation runs from Tuesday, 20th August until Friday, 4th October 2024) For further information see: https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-gypsy-travellers

 

  1. Highways, Rivers, Footpaths, Traffic & Transport
  2. a) To identify jobs for the Parish Steward, Sparkle Team and MyWiltshire reports.
  3. b) Naming of footpath in memory of Dr. David Longbourne – Cllr. Kate Symonds

*c) Public Consultation on proposed Traffic Regulation Order to extend 30mph speed limit along Shaftesbury Road (in Clerks Report)

  1. d) To report on LHFIG meeting held on 28.8.24

 

  1. Buildings, Open Spaces, Play Areas, Sports Grounds, Car Parks, Allotments & Cemeteries
  2. a) Use of Duchy Manor foyer for foodbank distribution on Saturday mornings.

 

  1. Finance, Policy & Resources

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

  1. b) To note the reconciliations for month ending June 2024 and July 2024; the Chairman to sign and verify against the bank statements seen

*c) To consider Budget/Expenditure report prepared for quarter ending 30.6.24 (attached)

*d) To review Procurement Policy (attached) to take account of changes in Procurement Thresholds – see NALC Legal Topic Note 87 – 24.1.24 (attached)

 

  1. General Items

*a) To note Clerks research on Forest Deer Leazeholders and consider way forward (attached)

  1. b) Does Mere want/need a 24-hour cashpoint machine?

 

  1. Future meetings and events
  2. a) Invitation to Community First AGM 2024 on Wednesday, 9th October, meeting 6-7.30 pm, Devizes Town Hall
  3. b) South West Wiltshire Area Board meeting to be held on 11th September 2024 at 6.30 pm at East Knoyle Village Hall.

*c) Invitation to Wiltshire Neighbourhood Watch Association AGM, Saturday 5th October at Wiltshire Police HQ, Devizes commencing at 10 am

  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