PARISH COUNCILLORS ARE SUMMONED TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7.30 PM ON WEDNESDAY 10 JANUARY 2024 AT THE CORONATION HALL
1. To accept APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. To receive DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST and REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATION on agenda items.
3. To CO-OPT TWO (2) NEW MEMBERS of the parish council
4. To agree MINUTES OF MEETING – 15 and 29 November 2023.
5. To receive REPORT ON HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL
6. To invite views and discussion from LOCAL RESIDENTS
7. CLERK’S REPORT and REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED BY COUNCILLORS
8. PLANNING
233312 Luctonians Rugby Football And Cricket Club, Kingsland, HR6 9SB – Proposed change of use of land for the siting of a catering trailer to be used on site to serve the public and Luctonians Rugby Club events.
233364 Mortimers Cross Farm, Mortimers Cross, HR6 9PD – Proposed sprayer store.
233567 High Field, North Road, Kingsland, HR6 9RZ – Remove small hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) by coppicing. Tree is unpruned growth from the existing hedge that was laid in Winter 2022 and causing unnecessary shading on laid hedge and will outgrow its space at the front of the property. Regrowth from coppiced stump will be woven into existing hedge. Additional Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) to be planted near hedge line.
Planning Decisions/ enforcement by Herefordshire Council – update.
9. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN – Consider report and recommendations from the working group and agree way forward.
10. PLAYGROUND FOR OLDER CHILDREN – Consider report and recommendations on funding from the working group and agree way forward.
11. FOOTPATHS – Report on footpaths and agree way forward.
12. HIGHWAYS/ LENGTHSMAN SCHEME
12.1 Report on lengthsman activity and agree way forward
12.2 Highway matters to bring to the attention of the highway authority
12.3 Lengthsman programme 2024-25: Expression of interest, grant funding, annual maintenance programme, and match funding
13. SMARTWATER INITIATIVE – To consider whether to proceed with a scheme for Kingsland parish.
14. NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN – Proposal to plan for review and agree way forward
15. Consider proposed SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS 2024-25
16. Review process/ membership of FINANCE WORKING GROUP
17. FINANCE
i) Payments:
Hitrees, lengthsman/ footpaths – £ tbc
Playdale, 25% deposit for playground (ratify) – £6,876.37
Coronation Hall, meeting on 10 January 2024 – £20.00
ii) Review financial statement for 2023-24 to date and consider parish precept for 2024-25 proposed by the finance working group
ii) Review the effectiveness of internal financial controls
18. MATTERS RAISED FOR NEXT MEETING (no discussion)
19. To note INFORMATION ITEMS
Parish Clerk
5 January 2024