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Agenda for Town Council meeting to be held on Monday, 3rd March 2025

Mere Town Council

Town Clerk – Mrs. L. C. Wood

Duchy Manor,

Springfield Road,

Mere

Warminster,

Wiltshire

BA12 6EW

Phone: 01747 860701

e-mail: lindseywood@merewilts.org

www.merewilts.org

26th February 2025

 

Dear Councillor,

 

You are summoned to a meeting of Mere Town Council to be held on Monday, 3rd March 2025 at 7.00 pm in the Andy Young Pavilion, 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, 3rd February 2025 be approved as a correct record. (attached)

 

  1. Matters Arising from Public Session

 

  1. Matters Arising from previous Meetings (not covered by other agenda items)
  2. a) For Chairman & Vice-Chairman to sign Operating Agreement and Licence for EV chargers to be installed in Salisbury Street Car Park.
  3. b) Public Toilets Refurbishment – update – Cllr. Rachael Hansford
  4. c) Report on South West Wiltshire Area Board meeting held on 19th February 2025

*d) Resources, timetable & information for Town & Parish Council elections (information in Clerks Report)

 

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

 

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

 

Application No: PL/2025/00844
Application Type: Full planning permission
Proposal: Change of use of equestrian land to (sui-generis) mixed equestrian and holiday accommodation with the erection of three holiday cabins, the conversion of a stable building to holiday accommodation, ground mounted solar PV array, associated landscaping and works
Site Address: Land north of Oaktree House, Limpers Lane, Mere, BA12 6BB
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000CH2Mf

 

 

Application No: PL/2025/00956
Application Type: Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Proposal: Installation of an alarm and CCTV camera
Site Address: The Cottage, Wet Lane, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BA
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000CKBTR

 

 

 

Application No: PL/2025/01324
Application Type: Prior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Proposal: Prior notification under class Q for change of use of existing agricultural building to form a single dwelling and associated works.
Site Address: Land and buildings at Woodlands Road, Mere, Wiltshire.  BA12 6BY
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000ChF4vIAF/pl202501324

 

Application No: PL/2025/01213
Application Type: Removal/variation of conditions
Proposal: Variation of condition 2 of PL/2022/09675 – To reposition the approved annex
Site Address: 1 Lordsmead Road, Mere, Warminster, Wilts, BA12 6BZ
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000CZCoz

 

 

Application No: PL/2025/01439
Application Type: Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Proposal: Removal of decayed floor timbers and replacement with damp-proof course and concrete slab to meet existing floor.
Site Address: Burton Grange Barn, Burton, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6BR
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000Cj7OG

 

*b) Integrated planning for a sustainable future – correspondence from Mr. Nick Gosse (see Clerks Report)

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

*b) Response from National Highways to letter relating to flooding of A303 and ramps on bypass bridge at Manor Road (see Clerks Report)

  1. c) Report on LHFIG meeting held on Wednesday, 5th February

 

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

 

  1. Finance, Policy & Resources

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

  1. b) To note the reconciliations for January 2025; the Chairman to sign and verify against the bank statements seen
  2. c) To set date, venue and member make-up for Annual Assessment of Internal Control Measures.

*d) Actions from Interim Internal Audit Report (report attached)

  1. e) Funding for Mere Matters – is the future of the magazine in jeopardy and what sort of money would make a difference?

 

  1. General Items

 

  1. Future meetings and events

*a) Town & Parish Council Planning Forum 5th March (information in Clerks Report)

  1. a) VE Day – 8th May & VJ Day – 15th August

 

  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

 

Attachments