Parish Council Agenda: February 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 9th February 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 12th January 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) Planning applications to note. (No comment required)
26/00111/PNCOU Prior Approval for the change of use of an agricultural building to 1 dwelling under Class. |Land and Building at NGR 289240 123320 Little Oak Farm, Oakford
c) To note any planning decisions made by MDDC.
25/01656/FULL Erection of extension to agricultural building and addition of sides to existing pole barn. Land at NGR 285908 122575 Beeches, Oakford. Decision: conditional approval.
d) Update on alleged planning breaches
e) 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) Update on flooding issues at Riverside as reported at the December meeting.
e) Any other footpath matters.
Footpaths
Update on P3 funding
Update on issues regarding the line of Footpath 5a
Any other footpath matters
Reports:
District Cllr Report
County Cllr Report
Community Area:
Any points to note from inspections of community area.
To agree to book Rospa Play Safety to carry out the annual inspection of the play equipment.
To receive quotes for the refurbishment of the pavilion interior.
Update on getting grass cutting quotes.
Any matters to note
Further discussion on new AGAR Assertion 10 on the 2025-26 Annual Governance.
Agreement of IT Policy and Information Compliance Policy.
Finance
a) To approve any invoices or expense claims presented for payment.
b) To note any receipts since the last meeting and the bank balance.
c) Bank reconciliations 31.12.25 and 31.01.26.
d) To review:
Financial Regulations
Standing Orders
Business Risk Assessment.
Data Protection Policy
Correspondence:
DALC Newsletters
MDDC press releases