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Agenda for Town Council meeting to be held on Monday, 7th July 2025

Mere Town Council

Town Clerk – Mrs. L. C. Wood

2nd July 2025

 

Dear Councillor,

 

You are summoned to a meeting of Mere Town Council to be held on Monday,7th July 2025 at 7.00 pm at 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

 

  1. Report from local police representatives – Sergeant Lyndsey Smith from Warminster Neighourhood Policing Team will be attending the meeting.

 

  1. Presentation from Redcliffe Homes on their proposals for development on land at Beaumont’s Business Park, Woodlands Road, Mere.

 

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).

 

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 June 2025 and Minutes of meeting with Redcliffe Homes held on 3rd June 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) Minute Reference 40 h) *h) Wiltshire Towns Programme – Action Plan for 24/25 and 25/26 – to consider briefing for proposals for funding for a Halloween Event (briefing attached) [Cllr. Colman has been unable to prepare a briefing for proposals for an Arts & Crafts Event & would like this to be considered for the next round of funding for 26/27 if offered]
  3. b) Minute Reference 40 i) SSEN funding (see Clerk’s Report) & PCC Community Action Fund 2025 (see Clerks Report) – Report on SSEN funding application and consideration of application for PCC Community Action Fund 2025 (application deadline 18.7.25 – see last month’s Clerk’s Report)
  4. c) Minute Reference 42a) VJ Day – 15.8.2025 – (see Chair & Clerks Report).
  5. d) Minute Reference 43a) Safer Together: Strengthening Community Safety Through Partnership & Anonymity (virtual briefing hosted by Crimestoppers) – (see Chair & Clerks Report).

 

  1. Reports & Consultations
  2. a) Wiltshire Councillors Report
  3. b) Project Co-Ordinator’s Report
  4. i) Update on public toilet refurbishment (report attached)
  5. ii) Lease for Duchy Manor – Schedule of Condition, plan and key points relating to lease

(information attached)

 

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

 

Application No: PL/2025/05199
Application Type: Full planning permission
Proposal: Construction of new self-build/custom-build house.
Site Address: Land at Linden Barn, Castle Hill Lane, Mere, Warminster, Wilts, BA12 6JB
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000EqUTN

 

Application No: PL/2025/02106   – Amended Plans/Additional Information
Application Type: Full planning permission
Proposal: Erection of two storey dwelling to replace existing bungalow
Site Address: The Lodge, Gillingham Road, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6LH
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000D9jo1

 

 

 

Application No: PL/2025/04752
Application Type: Removal/variation of conditions
Proposal: Variation of Conditions 2 and 6 of PL/2024/05361 – To allow for alterations to the construction of the approved dwelling
Site Address: The Drying Fields, Castle Hill Lane, Mere, BA12 6JH
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000ES369

 

 

Application No: PL/2025/05657
Application Type: Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Proposal: T1 London Plane – Crown raise to 16 feet.
Site Address: THE VICARAGE, ANGEL LANE, MERE, WARMINSTER, BA12 6DH
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000FCyJ7

 

 

Application No: PL/2022/09365    AMENDED PLANS/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Application Type: Full planning permission
Proposal: New employment building (Use Class B2) with associated offices, access, car parking, service space, landscaping and associated development infrastructure.
Site Address: Land adjacent to Quarryfield Industrial Estate, Castle Street, Mere, BA12 6LA
Planning Register Link: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0i3z000019AweX

 

 

  1. b) Does the Town Council want to ask Wiltshire Councillor to call in OL/2025/04320 – application for Three Oaks Farm, Gillingham Road, Mere (considered last month)?

 

  1. Highways, Rivers, Footpaths, Traffic & Transport
  2. To identify jobs for the Parish Steward and MyWiltshire reports.
  3. Report on LHFIG meeting held on 25th June 2025– (see Chair & Clerks Report).
  4. Manor Road – pending works
  5. Request for Traffic Survey in order to set up a Community Speedwatch Committee for Shaftesbury Road

 

  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)

*b) To note the reconciliations for May 2025

 

  1. General Items
  2. a) Clarification on the situation relating to the provision of fibre-broadband to premises in Mere – Cllr. Jeans.

Briefing Notes

  • Briefing Note No. 25-04 – Wiltshire’s Housing Land Supply Statement (attached)
  • Briefing Note No. 25-05 – Wiltshire Community Air Network (attached)

 

  1. Future meetings and events

South West Wiltshire Area Board Meeting – Wednesday, 16th July 2025 at 6.30 pm at East Knoyle Village Hall, Hindon Road, East Knoyle, Salisbury SP3 6AE

 

  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