Month: October 2022

MPC Agenda for 01.11.22

AGENDA FOR THE MOUNTFIELD PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ON 1st NOVEMBER 2022

26th October 2022

Parish Council Members are summoned to a Council Meeting of Mountfield Parish Council to be held on 1st November 2022, at 7.30pm in Mountfield Village Hall

Members of the press and public are welcome and encouraged to attend

Irene Marchant – Proper Officer/RFO

St. Giles, Woods Corner, Dallington, East Sussex TN21 9LA

01424 838414/07711 224150

clerk@mountfield.org.uk

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. Co-option of a new MPC Councillor

To consider any applications for co-option and if a suitable candidate is agreed, to proceed to fill the vacancy immediately.

4. Apologies for absence

5. Accuracy of the minutes of the previous meeting(s)

6. Open Forum

6.1 County Council report (ESCC) – Councillor K. Field

6.2 District Council report (RDC) – Councillor E. Kirby-Green

6.3 Public Question Time – to receive any questions/concerns from the public on matters on the agenda.

7. MPC Revenue Budget 2023-24

To approve the MPC Revenue Budget for 2023-24 as presented by the RFO.

8. MPC Scheme of Delegation to Proper Officer

To discuss/approve the Scheme of Delegation to the Proper Officer as per the document recently sent to Members.

9. Donations

To approve a donation to the Mountfield Village Hall Committee of £500.00 for the annual bonfire event.

10. Matters Outstanding

  • Welcome Packs
  • An MPC Environmental Policy
  • Actions for the telephone box
  • Quiet Lanes

11. Planning

10.1 No planning applications for consideration.

10.2 Any other planning matters for discussion.

12. Enforcement

12.1 No additional Mountfield items on RDC’s most recent enforcement list.

12.2 Any other enforcement matters for discussion.

13. Highways/Rights of Way

13.1 Still awaiting a decision from ESCC Highways/British Gypsum on better/unambiguous signing for foreign HGV drivers.

13.2 Any other Highways/RoW matters for discussion.

13. Finance

14.1 Bank balances at 30.09.22

  • MPC deposit account – £20,983.29
  • MPC current account – £4,323.43
  • KGF current account – £4,072.46

14.2 To approve the following payments:

  • Clerk, salary/home office (Oct/Nov 2022 – £910.80
  • * Jubilee Cricket Match refreshments – £191.50
  • * Mastercard fee – £3.00
  • * UT service charge – £18.00

* Paid already

14.3 To approve the second quarter accounts at 30.09.22 as presented by the RFO.

15. Dates of next meeting(s)

  • 13.12.22 – planning meeting (provisional)
  • 17.01.23 – full council meeting

 

16. 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 17 as it may include contractual information.

17. Closed session

High Weald AONB Management Plan Consultation

From the High Weald AONB – there are links to their Biennial Review and to the survey for their 5-year management plan, to which all are invited to take part.

Dear Parish or Town Councillor,

Please see below some information on our current High Weald AONB Management Plan consultation; we’d be very grateful if you could share the survey link and accompanying information with your residents, please, as we would appreciate their feedback.

We have also just published our Biennial Review, covering the financial years 2020-21 and 2020-21. The report sets out our activities and achievements over this time period, including how we dealt with the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The report can be downloaded here so again please feel free to share as you see fit.

Many thanks,

Emma White
Communications Officer

High Weald AONB Unit 

Have your say on the future of the High Weald AONB

We are currently seeking feedback as part of our work towards the next High Weald AONB Management Plan, which is due to be published in 2024. 

A draft version of the next Plan will be available for formal public consultation in late Spring 2023. 

In the meantime, we are keen to gather early feedback on some of the new topics we are hoping to include in the next Plan. Your comments are important; they can help us shape the next Management Plan and how the High Weald AONB is managed for the next 5 years.

Please find a link below to a quick survey on the proposed new content – you do not have to be familiar with the current Management Plan to take part in this survey, however you can access the current High Weald AONB Management Plan here if you wish.  The survey is open until the end of November 2022. 

Complete the survey: https://www.highweald.org/index.php?option=com_rsform&formId=70

Tel: 01424 723017

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