Parish Council Agenda: March 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 March 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 February 2026 as an accurate record of the meeting.
Matters arising from the minutes, not covered elsewhere on the agenda.
Planning
To comment on any planning applications received before the meeting.
No applications received when the agenda was published.
To note any planning decisions made by MDDC.
No decisions received.
Update on action being taken regarding the dumping of soil and associated works at Oakfordbridge.
Update on alleged planning breaches
Reminder of MDDC Planning Training Session on 26th
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
a) To report the 2024-25 P3 funding has finally been received.
b) Update on the collection of signatures to evidence historic use of the line of Footpath 5a
c) Any other footpath matters
Reports:
District Cllr Report
County Cllr Report
Community Area:
a) Any points to note from inspections of community area.
b) To report the Rospa Play Safety annual inspection of the play equipment has been booked..
c) To receive quotes for the refurbishment of the pavilion interior.
d) To discuss grass cutting quotes and agree contractor for 2026..
e) 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 reconciliation 28.02.26.
To review:
a) Financial Regulations
b) Standing Orders
c) Business Risk Assessment.
d) Data Protection Policy
Community Emergency Hubs: to discuss the information received.
Correspondence:
DALC Newsletters
MDDC press releases
DCRF – Spring Forum 26th March
To confirm the date of the next meeting:
Monday 13th April 2026