Parish Council Agenda: April 2026
Councillors: you are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Oakford Parish Council to be held in the Committee Room at Oakford Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday 13th April 2026 for the purpose of transacting the following business.
Members of the public and press are invited to attend the meeting.
AGENDA
To receive apologies for absence.
Declarations of Interest:
In accordance with the Code of Conduct, members are required to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, in items to be considered at this meeting.
Public Forum:
an opportunity for members of the public to make representations, answer questions and give evidence in respect of any item of business on the agenda, or any matter of interest to the parish. No member of the public will speak for more than 3 minutes. The period of time designated for public participation shall not exceed 15 minutes.
To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 9th March 2026 as an accurate record of the meeting.
Matters arising from the minutes, not covered elsewhere on the agenda.
Planning
a) To comment on any planning applications received before the meeting.
No applications received when the agenda was published.
b) To note any planning decisions made by MDDC.
26/00111/PNCOU Prior Approval for the change of use of an agricultural building to dwelling under Class Q. Location: Land and Building at NGR 289240 123320 Little Oak
Farm, Oakford. Decision: approval.
c) Update on action being taken regarding the dumping of soil and associated works at Oakfordbridge.
d) Update on alleged planning breaches
e) Report on MDDC Planning Training Session on 26th
f) Any other planning matters.
Highways:
a) Any matters to note or report
b) Update on flooding issues/blocked drains
c) Update on improvements to the fingerpost signs.
d) Any other footpath matters.
Footpaths
a) To report on the change of the line of Footpath 5a by the field owner.
b) Any other footpath matters
Reports:
District Cllr Report
County Cllr Report
Community Area:
a) Any points to note from the regular inspections of community area.
b) To receive the report from the Rospa Play Safety annual inspection of the play equipment.
c) To discuss installing fitness equipment in the community area using S106 funding.
d) Any matters to note
Finance
To approve any invoices or expense claims presented for payment.
To agree to renew membership of DALC for 2026-27
c) To note any receipts since the last meeting and the bank balance.
d) Bank reconciliation 31.03.26.
e) To present 2025-26 annual accounts
f) To agree the appointment of an internal auditor
Update on new email address for Clerk
Community Emergency Hubs:
the Clerk to report from a training session.
Correspondence:
DALC Newsletters
MDDC press releases
MDDC - invite for Oakford Community Field to join Visit Mid Devon
MDDC - Lifeline Leaflet/Trifold
MDDC - Landlord Networking Event 13th May
MDDC - Let’s Talk Mid Devon Resident Survey: The Results
MDDC - Community Alcohol Partnership Slides and Contact Details