Bridford Parish Council Agenda for Monday 6 June 2016

         BRIDFORD PARISH COUNCIL
Dear Parish Councillors and Members of the Public,

Parish Councillors are summoned and members of the public are invited to attend a meeting of Bridford Parish Council to be held at Bridford Village Hall on Monday 6th June at 7.00pm

Joan Banks

Clerk to Bridford Parish Council

AGENDA
1 Apologies
2 Declarations of Interest – Councillors to declare any personal or prejudicial interest relating to any item on the agenda
3 Short Presentation by David Wood, Teign Valley First Responder re First Aid training and defibrillators
4 Public Discussion – opportunity for member of the public to comment on any items on the agenda or to bring any other matter to the attention of the Parish Council
MATTERS ARISING
5 Minutes – Parish Council to approve the minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Parish Council Meeting held on 9th May 2016
6 Allotments
7 Play Area
8 First Aid Course and Defibrillator – following on from item 3, Parish Council to determine the way forward
9 Village Garden – update
10 Casual Vacancy in the Parish of Bridford
11 Road between Laployd Barton and Blackingstone Rock
ANY OTHER MATTERS ARISING
12 Meetings attended by Parish Councillors
13 District Councillors Report
PLANNING

For Discussion

14 Establishing Bridford Parish Council’s Planning Policy
15 Tor Croft, Bridford – re proposed modifications and extension to existing dwelling (DNPA ref 0232/16)  deferred from last meeting pending site visit and observations submitted prior to June meeting
16 Unit 2, Bridford Mill, Bridford – re change of use from (B2) Offices to (A1) Hairdressers (DNPA ref. 0244/16).  Details circulated to Councillors and dealt with between meetings due to short timescales for responses.  “The Parish Council has no objections to the application”
17 West Birch Farm, Bridford – re proposed removal of existing static home and construction of garage buildings (DNPA ref. 0257/16)
18 Any planning items for discussion received since publication of the agenda
For Information
19 The White Barn, Weeke Barton, Bridford – Grant of Conditional Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent re refurbishment and alterations (DNPA ref. 0161/16 & 0162/16)
20 West Park Cottage, Bridford – Grant of Conditional Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent re extension / alterations (DNPA ref 0168/16 & 0169/16)
21 Burnicombe Farm – application re erection of agricultural barn has been withdrawn (DNPA ref 0186/16)
22 Any planning items for information received since publication of the agenda
FINANCE & ACCOUNTS
23 NALC 2016-2018 National Salary Awards

New pay scales for 2016/17 to be implemented immediately and backdated to 1st April 2016

New pay scales for 2017/18 to be implemented from 1st April 2017

24 Internal Audit – has been completed and there were no issues to report requiring Attention.   Annual Return will now be forwarded to the external auditor Grant Thornton for approval and signing off.  A revised Notice of Date of Commencement of Period for the Exercise of Public Rights has been published.
25 Account balances as at 9th May 2016

Current account

Investment account

 

£5,816.18

£3,341.80

£9,157.98

(Balances Include earmarked funds £165 refundable allotment deposits, £659

Play Area, £43 Village Garden and £458 textile bank)

26 INCOME

Bank interest  re April 2016

Bridford Village Hall Skittles – Learners Team re Village Garden  £43

Play Park Team re Play Park         £36

HM Revenue & Customs re VAT refund

Proceeds from textile bank – Bag2 School

 

£       0.28

 

£     79.00

£     43.01

£     44.00

£   166.29

27 EXPENDITURE

Clerks salary for May 2016 including pay increase backdated to 1 April 2016

Cllr E Price   re photocopying                                           £   2.25

re refreshments for Annual Parish Meeting £  7.00

Mrs J Banks  re refreshments for Annual Parish Meeting £20.23

CCV Risk Solutions t/a Morgan Brokers re renewal of Parish Council insurance

Mrs P Clapham re completion of internal audit

 

 

£   194.54

 

£       9.25    

£     20.23

£   821.22

   £     50.00

£1,095.24

28 Account balances as at 6th June 2016

Current account

Investment account

 

 

£4,886.95

£3,342.08

£8,229.03

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
29 Establishing Bridford Parish Council’s Planning Policy
30 Any items for discussion since publication of the agenda
ITEMS FOR INFORMATION
31 Annual Rural Skip – will be in the lay-by at the top of Pound Lane,16th July from 10am – 4.pm
32 Electoral Review of Teignbridge

Have your say.  Consultation closes on 4 July 2016

33 Reminder – Invitation to meet Nicola Bulbeck CEO Teignbridge with our District Councillor

Amanda Ford on Friday June 10th, 10.30am at TVCH Christow

34 Any items for information since publication of the agenda
35 Date of next meeting – Monday 4 July 2016 in the upstairs room at Bridford Village Hall at 7pm
Joan Banks

Clerk to Bridford Parish Council

 

 

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