BISHOP’S FROME PARISH COUNCIL
Councillors are summoned to the Annual meeting of Bishops Frome and Fromes Hill Parish Council, followed by a short business meeting to be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 14 May 2024 to be held at Bishops Frome Centre.
Annual Meeting of the Parish Council
24/1 Election of Chairman
24/2 Election of Vice Chairman
24/3 To receive apologies for absence
24/4 Declarations of interest
- a) To receive declarations of interest from councillors on items on the agenda
- b) To receive written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests (if any)
- c) To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate
24/5 Suspend standing orders to allow members of the public to speak
24/6 Appointment of members to committees, working groups and outside bodies
6.1 Sports committee
6.2 Fromes Hill Field committee
6.3 Finance committee
24/7 Review of other appointments: Tree Warden, Footpaths Officer
24/8 Review Budget Out Turn and Adopt Accounts 2023/2024
24/9 Annual Governance Statement 2023/2024
24/10 Annual Accounting Statement 2023/2024
24/11 To review and Adopt the following documents and policies
11.1 Asset Register as of 31.3.24
11.2 Asset Policy
11.3 Complaints procedure
11.4 Grants Awarding Policy
11.5 Risk schedule
May Business Parish Council Meeting
2024/051 To adopt the minutes of the previous meeting held on 9 April – attached
2024/052 Finance
052.1 to note the following receipts
17.4.24 First instalment of precept – £12500
052.2 payments for consideration
1.5.24 Public Works Loan – £1904.47 DD
29.4.24 – Chris Pinches Accountancy – £75.00
30.4.24- N Carless – monthly salary – £195.05
30.4.24 – HMRC monthly – in respect of clerk’s salary – £130.00
30.4.2 – B.C Partridge – fuel for mower
E-On DD
052.3 Consider recommendations from internal auditor and put actions in place
2024/53 Planning
053.1 Decisions made since last meeting
053.2 Plans for consideration
P240891 – Leadon Court, Fromes Hill HR8 1HT – proposed variation of conditions 2&5 and removal of conditions 6&7 of planning permission NE2002/0596/N (improvements to apple loading area including grading of soil bank by tipping soil to form gentle slope) – condition 2 – revised Plans – extended Bunker (retrospective) Condition 5 – the premises shall be used for the loading of agricultural produce grown on the holding known as Leadon Court and removal of conditions 6 (restriction of hours of operations) and 7 (restriction of lighting)
2024/054 Correspondence
054.1 correspondences for reference – attached
054.2 correspondences for consideration
2024/055 Update on 80th Anniversary D-Day landings celebration–6 June – Cllr J Pudge
2024/056 Fromes Hill report
2024/057 Bishops Frome Report
57.1 To consider access to rear of 13 Summerpool over Parish council land
57.2 To consider any improvements to access to Stocks Cottage, Bishops Frome
2024/058 Tree Warden’s report – Cllr R Jones
2024/059 Confirm date of next meeting- 11 June 2024
(Any other business will be included on the next meeting’s agenda unless very urgent and important. The Clerk must be given notice at least four clear days before the meeting)
Members of the Public and the Press are welcome to attend.
Clerk Mrs Nicola Carless, Magstones, Westmere, Hanley Swan, Worcs, WR8 0DG. – clerk@bishopsfromeparishcouncil.gov.uk