Parish Council Agenda: May 2026
Councillors: you are hereby summoned to attend the Annual Meeting of Oakford Parish Council to be held in the Main Hall at Oakford Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday 11th May 2026 for the purpose of transacting the following business.
Members of the public and press are invited to attend the meeting.
AGENDA
Election of:
a) Chair. When elected the Chair will sign the Declaration of Acceptance of Office Form.
b) Vice-chair.
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 13th April 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) Application to note: For information only.
26/00564/PNAG Prior Approval for the erection of an agricultural storage building.Location: Land at NGR 289762 123318 East Tapps Farm, Oakford.
c) To note any planning decisions made by MDDC.
26/0384/House Erection of single storey extension. Location: 2 Staples Cottages, Oakford. Decision: conditional approval.
d) Update on action being taken regarding the dumping of soil and associated works at Oakfordbridge.
e) Update on alleged planning breaches
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.
Community Area:
a) Any points to note from the regular inspections of community area.
b) To agree who will carry out the regular inspection of the play area.
c) Update on ordering of picnic tables
d) To continue to discuss installing fitness equipment in the community area using S106 funding.
e) Any matters to note
Finance
a) To approve any invoices or expense claims presented for payment.
b) To agree the renewal of the annual insurance.
c) To note any receipts since the last meeting and the bank balance.
d) Bank reconciliation 30.04.26.
e) To confirm the signatories for the bank accounts.
f) To agree who will check the bank reconciliations.
g) To agree the appointment of an internal auditor
Update on new email address for Clerk
Correspondence:
DALC Newsletters
MDDC press releases
MDDC – Transfer of Assets