Councillors are summoned to a meeting to be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 14 October 2025 at Bishops Frome Centre.
2025/099 To receive apologies for absence
2025/100 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
2025/101 Suspend standing orders to allow members of the public to speak
2025/102 Report from County Councillor – Rebecca Tully
2025/103 To adopt the minutes of the previous meetings held on 9 September 2025
2025/104 Review of Annual Governance Statements 1-2
104.1 Assertion 1 – We have put in place arrangements for effective financial management during the year, and for the preparation of the accounting statements
104.2 Assertion 2 – We maintained an adequate system of internal control including measures designed to prevent and detect fraud and corruption and reviewed its effectiveness
2025/105 Finance
105.1 Bank Reconciliation and review of budget to date
105.2 Put forward items to be included in 2026/27 budget
105.3 Receipts
17.9.25 – Herefordshire Council – second half of precept – £13,000
30.9.25 – Herefordshire Council S106 claim payment – £996.26
105.4 Payments for consideration
29.9.25 – BC Partridge – £32.40
30.9.25- N Carless – monthly salary – £202.82
30.9.25 – HMRC monthly – in respect of clerk’s salary – £134.80
29.9.25 – N Carless – expenses – ink and accounting book – £54.17
19.9.25 – Welsh Water – £65.13 DD
22.9.25 – E-On – £89.24 DD
22.9.25 – P Keswick – photos for ID card – £10
12.9.25 – R V Verry – repair to water main at Sports ground – £110
105.5 Consider quotation to cut hedges at Sports Ground
105.6 Set date for Finance committee meeting
2025/106 Planning
106.1 Decisions made since last meeting
106.2 Plans for consideration
P252435 – Majors Arms, Snails Bank, Bishops Frome WR6 5AX – proposed siting of two units of holiday accommodation
2025/107 Correspondence
107.1 correspondences for reference
107.2 correspondences for consideration
25.9.25 – confirmation of division of BPF34 (part) – OS 6732 5070 – as previously discussed at Parish Council
2.10.25 – letter from Herefordshire Council monitoring officer –proposal for changes to arrangements for Parish and Town Council (PTCs) – Local Resolution Protocol
2025/108 Consider invitation to join Lengthsman Scheme
2025/109 Frome Hill Report
109.1 Report from Fromes Hill Field Management Committee meeting – attached
109.2 Flooding at Five Bridges – confirmation of grant application submission
2025/110 Bishops Frome Report
110.1 Consider quotation to install SID bases and purchase of SID
110.2 Bike track extension discussions
110.3 Report from Sports Committee meeting – attached
2025/111 Tree Warden Report
111.1 Report on the Tree Warden Network – hedgerow survey
2025/112 Date of next meeting
Date of next meeting – 11.11.2025
(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.