WOODBURY PARISH COUNCIL  

                                                                                                            AGENDA

Dear Councillor                                                                                                                     14th May 2012                                                                               

You are hereby invited to attend a meeting of the above named Council to be held in the Church Rooms, Woodbury, on Monday 14th May 2012 at 7.30pm.  The business to be transacted at the Meeting is set out below. 

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Interests

Members are reminded of their obligation to declare the existence and nature of any personal interests they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting and to withdraw, if it is a prejudicial interest, before any discussion takes place

 

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1.                  ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN : To nominate a Councillor to serve as Chairman and to receive the Chairman's Declaration of Acceptance of Office

 

2.                  ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMAN: To nominate a Councillor to serve as Vice-Chairman and to receive the Vice-Chairman's Declaration of Acceptance of Office.

 

3.                  ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO COMMITTEES/WORKING PARTIES: To confirm the following committees/working parties and their responsibilities following the recent Administrative Review and to nominate and elect members to serve on them.  Also to discuss briefly when and how often these groups will meet.

 

a.         Estates & Asset Management Committee/Working Party: The responsibilities of this group will incorporate all assets of the Parish Council (including hedges, trees, seats etc), other than play areas, allotments & Gulliford Burial Ground: (6 members?)

b.         Staffing, Strategy & Policy Committee: The duties of this committee will incorporate the work of tendering processes and procedures together with responsibility for producing relevant policies, including risk assessments: (3 members?)

c.         Standards Committee: This committee will only meet when circumstances dictate it necessary: (3/5 members?)

d.         Gulliford Joint Committee: The duties of the committee remain as previously – to take responsibility for all aspects of the Gulliford Burial Ground in partnership with Lympstone Parish Council: (3 members plus 1 outside representative from each council - currently Cllrs Gooding, Murrin, Mrs Parkin & Mrs Selley (Woodbury History Society).

e.         Play Areas Working Party: The duties of this group will incorporate everything relating to play equipment & play surfacing, its management, maintenance & repair etc but will not include trees/hedges/seats/grass cutting or any other item falling under Estates & Asset Management: (6 members – currently Cllrs Bricknell, Ray Brown, Gooding, Hoar, McGauley, Murrin, Perry)

f.          Allotments Working Party: The duties of this group include everything relating to the management of the allotments - lettings, division of plots, strimming of paths, water supply etc but do not include hedges/trees etc or any other item falling under Estates & Asset Management: (3 members plus 2 representatives from the management committee of allotment holders – currently Cllrs Glanvill, Gooding, Hoar: Mr G Joyce & Mrs G Newton).  The new Woodbury Salterton allotments may require additional members to represent them. 

g.         Civil Contingencies Working Party: (4 members, currently Cllrs Gerdes, Hoar, Moss & Mrs Parkin)

h.         Periodic internal auditing: Responsibility for periodic checking of the PC accounts to satisfy insurance requirements – (1 member, currently Cllr Moss)

 

 

4.                  APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES TO OUTSIDE BODIES:

 

a)         Woodbury Village Hall Committee                      (1 member – currently Cllr Brown)

b)         Ring & Ride Committee                                     (1 member – currently Cllr Gerdes)

c)         Airport Consultative Committee                          (1 member – currently Mr R Bartlett)

d)         Oil Mill Lane Residents’ Association                  (2/3 members – currently Cllrs Bricknell &                                                                                             Gerdes)

e)         Crealy Liaison Committee                                  (1 member – currently Cllr Gerdes)

f)          Exe Estuary Management Committee                 (1 member – currently Cllr Hoar)

g)         Blackhill/Venn Ottery Quarries Liaison

Group                                                               (1 member – currently Cllr Murrin)

 

5.                  MINUTES: To receive and confirm as a correct record, the Minutes of the proceedings of the Parish Council meeting on 30th April 2012

 

6.                  APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: To receive any apologies for absence.

 

7.                  DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: To receive any declarations of interest in any part of these proceedings.

 

8.                  ACCOUNTS & FINANCES:

      (a) Chairman's Allowance: To ratify the £50 set aside for this purpose in the budget to off-set    expenditure by the Chairman whilst on duty.

(b)  Public liability and employers’ insurance policy:  To receive the renewal notice from Aviva for the insurance of the Council at a cost of £850.77.

(c) Schedule of Expenditure: To consider the schedule of expenditure for this month (app A, yellow), for authorisation at this meeting

 

9.                  CORRESPONDENCE: To receive a synopsis of correspondence received to date and not covered elsewhere on this Agenda (none received at time of printing)

 

10.              CHAIRMAN’S REPORT: To receive a report by the Chairman

 

11.              PLANNING:  Applications for consideration at this meeting

WOODBURY

12/0657/FUL   Higher Bagmores Farm – Residential extension to farmhouse with the addition of a garage and indoor swimming pool

12/0688/TCA  Meadowside, Broadway – T1 Eucalyptus, fell: T2 Western Red Cedar, reduce crown over driveway: T3 Ash, remove 2 branches overhanging boundary; T4 Sycamore, repollard.

12/1027/TCA  Tynedale, Greenway – T1 Ash, remove          

EXTON

12/0973/FUL   Rose Cottage, Exmouth Road , Lympstone – Construction of first floor extensions over existing lounge and construction of single storey extension

 

**        If any officials are present a brief adjournment will follow for reports, including the monthly police report (app C)

 

12.              NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN(S) FOR WOODBURY PARISH: To discuss whether Councillors wish to proceed with the production of a Neighbourhood Plan following receipt of a possible alternative suggestion from District Cllr Bloxham.  There will be an opportunity in the summer to review local village boundaries and identify development sites for incorporation into an EDDC Development Plan document

 

13.              WOODBURY CRICKET CLUB: To discuss various issues relating to the Cricket Field, including (1) the possible repositioning of the gate between Ford Farm and the Cricket Field (2) the addition of a security light to the pavilion and (3) possible drainage problems identified during a recent routine inspection of the site by Cllrs Perry and Mrs McGauley (app D)

 

14.              ANNUAL RECONSIDERATION OF PARISH COUNCIL RISK ASSESSMENT: To receive the current Risk Assessment schedule and consider, as required by the Auditors, whether this requires any amendment to bring it up to date (app E).  NB This may well be changed by the new committee, but in the meantime the Internal Auditor requires that it is reviewed annually.

 

15.              JUBILEE WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS: 2nd – 5th June 2012: To discuss any elements of the Jubilee Weekend Celebrations still outstanding that requires Councillors’ involvement and/or support.  Cllr Mrs McGauley to report

 

16.              DEVON WASTE PLAN – CONSULTATION 11th May to Friday 3rd August: To discuss how best to respond to this Consultation and request volunteers to attend the local exhibition (Woodbury Salterton Village Hall on 19 June 2012 between 4.00pm and 8.00pm) and formulate a response to bring to a PC meeting prior to the end of the consultation period.  Full details available from: www.devon.gov.uk/wastecorestrategy

 

17.              COUNCILLORS' QUESTIONS: To allow topics & questions.  Please note, no decisions may be made under this item, but matters may be discussed which involve no more than an exchange of information

 

**        IN COMMITTEE: Because of the special and confidential nature of the business to be transacted the public and press will be asked to withdraw from the meeting.

 

18.       LAND ADJACENT TO VILLAGE GREEN, WOODBURY: To discuss the progress of this matter and consider the wider implications of the Notice of Adverse Possession, including possible further expenditure.  Clerk to report.