Agenda for June 2025 meeting

Newton St Cyres Parish Council

Notice of Meeting of Parish Council

Dear Councillors

I hereby give notice that a Meeting of the above-named Parish Council will be held Council will be held in the Club Room, Parish Hall on Thursday 5 June 2025 at 7.00pm 

All members of the Council are hereby summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the Business to be transacted at the meeting set out hereunder.

Dated this 30 May 2025

Signed                        Jane Hole

Clerk to the Parish Council             parishclerk@newtonstcyres-pc.gov.uk          01392 851148

 

Public Participation

Public Question Time.  Members of the public are invited to give their views and ask questions on issues on this agenda or to raise issues for future consideration by the Parish Council.

 

Formal Business 

(Members of the public may not take part in the formal business of the Parish Council except under special circumstances)

 

01/06/25    Apologies

                       To receive apologies

 

02/06/25    Declaration of Interest

                       To receive declarations of personal interest (PI) and disclosable pecuniary interests (DPI’s) in respect of items on this agenda

 

03/04/25    Minutes of the last meeting held on Thursday 8 May 2025 (previously circulated)

                       To be agreed and signed as a true record

 

04/06/25    Newton St Cyres Parish Council Issues relevant to Mid Devon District Council

4.1                 Planning Applications  - None         

4.2                 Planning Decisions - None 

4.3                 Update on Planning Compliance Issues with development at Half Moon

4.4                 Update on S106 application for new swing at Rec Ground

4.5                 To agree Cllr G Barnell taking forward discussions with MDDC re procedural changes required to the allocation of S106 monies

4.6                 Report from District Councillors on issues relevant to the parish  

 

05/06/25    Newton St Cyres Parish Council issues relevant to Devon County Council

5.1                 Report from County Councillor on issues relevant to the Parish

5.2                 Report from meeting with C/Cllr S Keable to discuss road issues. 

 

06/06/25    Finance

6.1                 To agree Payments and note Receipts:

Expenditure – current account	£	Receipts – current account	£
A Carpenter – removal of bus shelter (already paid)	220.00	Allotment rent	60.00
J Hole – Salary and expenses	419.23	Receipts Car Park Maint acct
HMRC – PAYE and emp’er NI	61.69	Nil

 

6.2                 To approve on-line authorisation for this month’s payments

6.3                 Balances (after above transactions) 

6.3.1            Parish Council Current Account balance: £14,255.45

6.3.2            Footpath Account: £788.02 (included in Current Account balance)

6.3.3            Parish Hall Car Park maintenance fund balance: £6,741.12 (separate Bank account)

6.4                 Financial Statement and Budget Monitor 

6.5                 To sign Unity Bank forms to open a new Saving Account to act as a Footpath Account and to agree transfer of £788.02 from current account to the new savings account

 

07/06/25    Other Parish Council Matters

7.1                 Quarterly Report – Partnership work and volunteering – Cllrs J Rimbon-Whittaker/M Herpoldt-Bright

                       To consider volunteers policy – circulated separately.  Update on progress with Neighbourhood Watch – setting up a Whatsapp group

7.2                 To finalise details for the volunteers thank you tea party on 14 June

7.3                 To note response from Church (circulated separately) with regard to proposed transfer of land

7.4                 To note that the Parish hall intends to go ahead with damp work to the club room this year and will pass on details of quotes when received.

7.5                 To review progress with regard to updating Risk Assessments

7.6                 Update on Arboretum and Risk Assessment

7.7                 Update on Broadband Voucher scheme

7.8                 Update on the proposal from the Rec for the Parish Council to become trustees

7.9                 Update on Britain in Bloom and painting the Village Green bench

 

08/06/25    Forward Agenda Planner/Minor Matters and Items for Future Agenda

8.1                 Review of agenda planner for future meetings.  Copy circulated

8.2                 To note  for information only

                       8.2.1            Letters re sewage leak at Smallbrook sent to relevant properties

                       8.2.2            To note consultation from EVMF re Thorverton pre-school – circulated separately

                       8.2.3            To note Annual Report with summary accounts published in June Newton Wonder

                      

09/06/25    Date of next Parish Council meeting:  Thursday 3 July 2025 at 7pm in the Club Room

 

End of Formal Business

Public Participation