NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ORLETON PARISH COUNCIL WILL MEET AT 7.30PM ON THURSDAY 13 JANUARY 2022 AT THE VILLAGE HALL
PLEASE NOTE THE MEETING WILL BE HELD WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AND FACE COVERINGS ARE REQUIRED (UNLESS MEDICALLY EXEMPT)
1. Apologies for absence
2. Declarations of interest and written dispensations on agenda items
3. Co-opt one new member to the parish council
4. Agree the minutes of the meetings held on 18 November and 9 December 2022
5. Invitation to members of the public to address the council (limited to 15 minutes)
6. Receive report on Herefordshire Council from Ward Cllr. Bowen
7. Consider options paper on proposed community purchase of the shop and post office, update on valuation, request for NALC legal opinion on purchase of business goodwill and consider way forward (click on link to download the paper – Paper on options for a shop and PO in Orleton – 11 January 2022)
8. Orleton Flood Wardens – Update on expressions of interest and agree next steps
9. Consider counter proposal from Shropshire Housing for adoption of the public open space in the development opposite the school
10. Planning
214356, 27 Mortimer Drive, Orleton, SY8 4JW – Proposed single storey side extension.
220007 Field opposite The Grange, Overton Road, Orleton, SY8 4HZ – Ash – 10 Saplings / trees are diseased with Ash Dieback. If not removed they may fall. In so doing they will fall onto the Overton Lane Carriageway.
220006 Mi Jan, Millbrook Way, Orleton, SY8 4HW – Native Willow – Pollard due to excessive growth now extending over public footpath. This was done some five years previously with application approved at that time
214485 Orleton House, Kitchen Hill Road, Orleton, SY8 4HN – Proposed works to cherry tree (T1) – Fell due to excessive shading and proximity to house.
214458 Birchbeck, Millbrook Way, Orleton, SY8 4HW – Proposed works to T1 Oak – Reduce crown by 2.5 metres all round.
214443 Eagle House, Kitchen Hill Road, Orleton, SY8 4HN – T1 – Red Oak Tree. Previously been Pruned, but Customer now wishes to Pollard at 7 Metres from Ground Level as it effects their immediate neighbour as the tree crown grows mostly over their side of the fence blocking sun-light into the neighbours property.
11. Finance
i) Payments:
D C Gardening Services, lengthsman (ratify) – £422.40
Leo Pest Control, dog waste removal – £57.60
L&I Mackay, battery operated fairy lights x 2 – £60.00
A Turtle, bulbs – £21.94
Glasdon, 35 litre dog waste bin and fixings – £ tbc
Clerk, expenses to January 2022 – £ tbc
Clerk, wages January 2022
ii) Complete application form for new bank account
iii) Review parish council accounts 2021-22 to date and consider proposed precept for 2022-23
iv) Review the effectiveness of internal financial controls
12. Lengthsman/ Highways/ Footpaths
13. Consultation on proposed extension of 30mph speed limit on Kings Road
14. Sandbags and storage of sandbags – Review provision and placing of sandbags in the village and agree next steps
15. Proposal to ask for pumping station to be upgraded prior to completion of new housing development
16. Proposal to establish a working group to support village sustainability plan
17. Consider NALC briefing on financial assistance to the church and request from the PCC for a grant to support churchyard maintenance
18. Consider response from highway authority to proposal for street lights to be turned off at night and agree next steps
19. Herefordshire Local Plan update – consider draft responses by working group to pre-consultation engagement questionnaire
20. Matters raised for next meeting (no discussion)
21. Employment matters – Update on recruitment process, leaving date of current clerk and agree next steps
22. Date of the next meeting and close meeting.
The Clerk
9 January 2022