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Category: Notices/Information
Revised agenda for MPC meeting on 16.01.24
AGENDA FOR THE MOUNTFIELD PARISH COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 16th JANUARY 2024
Parish Council Members are summoned to a meeting of Mountfield Parish Council, to be held on 16th January 2024, at 7.30pm in Mountfield Village Hall.
Members of the press and public are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Irene Marchant (Parish Clerk/RFO)
St. Giles, Woods Corner, Dallington, East Sussex TN21 9LA
01424 838414/07711224150
1. Disclosure of Interests
To receive any disclosures by Members of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any such interest and whether the Member regards the interest as a disclosable pecuniary interest under the terms of the Code of Conduct.
2. Dispensations
3. Apologies for absence
4. Accuracy of the minutes of the previous meeting(s)
5. Open Forum
5.1 County Council report (ESCC) – Councillor K. Field
5.2 District Council report (RDC) – Councillor E. Kirby-Green
5.3 Public Question Time – to receive any questions/concerns from members of the public on matters on this agenda.
6. Approval of the draft revenue budget for 2024-25 and setting the precept for 2024-25
6.1 To approve by resolution the draft revenue budget for 2024-25.
6.2 To approve by resolution to amount of the precept for 2024-25.
7. Highways England/John’s Cross speed limits
For Councillor Purdie to brief all on the current situation. (Councillor Purdie)
8. Grants and donations
To consider the recent grant request from Battle Area Community Transport.
9. Mountfield Village Hall Rest Centre/Resilience Plan
Councillor Whines to brief on the work done so far. (Councillor Whines)
10. MPC Environmental Policy
To discuss and agreed the latest draft. (Chair)
11. Affordable Housing
Councillor Farhall to brief on the work done so far. (Councillor Farhall)
12. MPC change of domain name
The Clerk to inform Members of the current situation. (Clerk)
13. Defibrillators
To agree the location of a defibrillator to benefit the residents of Eatenden Lane.
14. Matters Outstanding
- Welcome Packs, in progress.
- Telephone Box, specification/quotation required (Councillor Farhall)
- Broadband, Eatenden Lane (Clerk)
15. East Sussex Local Transport Plan 2024-2050
To consider MPC’s response to this consultation.
16. Planning
16.1 No planning applications for consideration.
16.2 Any other planning matters for discussion.
17. Enforcement
17.1 No Mountfield items on RDC’s most recent enforcement list.
17.2 Any other enforcement matters for discussion.
18. Highways/Rights of Way
To discuss any highways/RoW matters.
19. Finance
19.1 Bank balances at 31.12.23:
- MPC deposit account – £31,708.08
- MPC current account – £2,076.62
- KGF current account – £4,332.77
19.2 To approve the following payments:
- Clerk, salary/HO (Dec23/Jan24) – £1,080.20
- *Godaddy (email essential R. Purdie 3 years) – £129.17
- *Godaddy (ultimate domain protection 3 years) – £70.48
- *Mastercard fee – £3.00
- *UT service charge – £18.00
* Already paid.
19.3 To approve the 3rd quarter accounts at 31.12.23 as presented by the Clerk.
20. Dates of next meetings
- 12.03.24 – KGF meeting (starts at 7.00pm)
- 12.03.24 – Full Council meeting (starts 7.30pm)
- 13.02.24 – Planning meeting (provisional)
21. Exclusion of Public and Press
Pursuant to Section 1((2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, to resolve
that the public and press be excluded from consideration of item 20., as it may include contractual information.
22. Closed Session
14.01.24 – All Saints Church, Extraordinary Service by the Bishop of Chichester
Apologies for the error on my previous post. Both Dallington and Mountfield websites have had problems with the Godaddy (hosting) firewall, unable to gain access and things have been done in a rush.
The Extraordinary Service is on 14.01.24 at 10am and the Celebrant will be the Bishop of Chichester, the Right Reverend Dr. Martin Warner.
The regular monthly service will be on Sunday 21.01.24 at 10am and the Rev. Kevin Mepham will be the Celebrant.
All are welcome at the services.
Sunday 14.01.24 – All Saints Church – Service at which the Celebrant will be the Bishop of Chichester
All Saints Church, Mountfield – Services for Christmas
Work at Riverhall Level Crossing 08.12.23
Network Rail and OpenReach will be working at the Riverhall Level Crossing on 08.12.23, between 0125 and 0515.
This is to extend the fibre cable across the railway line to benefit the residents in Eatenden Lane. OpenReach say any noise will be minimal.
Dallington Winter Solstice Event – 2023
The annual Dallington Winter Solstice Event will take place at Dallington Recreation Ground on Friday 22nd December 2023, starting at 6.30pm and we will light the beacon at 7.00pm (weather permitting).
There will be refreshments – mulled wine (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, soft drinks, baked potatoes and sausages – yum. Vegetarians will also be catered for.
Come along and join us, meet up with friends and start the Christmas Celebrations off. Children are very welcome.
Roadworks Church Road, Mountfield – 07.12.23 to 08.12.23
IMPORTANT ROADWORKS INFORMATION 20 November 2023
Church Road, Mountfield
Dear Resident,
Balfour Beatty is working in partnership with East Sussex County Council to manage the highways service across East Sussex. As part of this, we will be carrying out targeted patch repairs in Church Road, Mountfield.
Once completed, these works will help improve the condition of the road surface.
When do they start?
Work will be carried out on Thursday 7 December and Friday 8 December. We will inform you of any changes to the dates or times via advanced warning signs on site.
How will this impact highway users?
The team will be working in the vicinity of All Saints` Church. A diversion route will be in place via Kent Lane, Mountfield Lane, Kent Lane, Brightling Rd, Station Rd, George Hill, A21, A2100, New Cut & vice versa.
The road will be closed to through traffic between 7am and 7pm.
If you need vehicle access, please discuss this with the team on site to see if this is possible. Please bear in mind there will be delays whilst the area is made safe, and your vehicle is escorted by site marshalls.
Information for residents and businesses
Parking: If required, we will put out ‘no parking’ signs and cones on the site to advise where parking is restricted. Please avoid parking in these locations as it will delay our works.
Weather: All of these works are subject to favourable weather conditions, for example heavy rain may affect the progress of the works.
Properties close to the carriageway may experience a temporary disturbance as this can be a noisy process and those properties may experience flashing lights and reversing sirens.
We would like to take this opportunity to apologise in advance for any inconvenience or disruption this work may cause, however this forms part of our continuing improvement for the East Sussex highway network.
For information on roadworks and journey planning, visit www.One.Network.com. Please follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @esccroads or Facebook @EastSussexHighways for updates. If you would like to know more about East Sussex Highways and what we do, please visit our website www.eastsussexhighways.com.
Thank you,
East Sussex Highways
Report a problem here: Leave feedback on these works here:
Map of works area and diversion route
Battle Area Community Transport Christmas Holiday Dates
Battle Area Community Transport are looking for volunteer Drivers
