Parish Council Members are summoned to a meeting of Mountfield Parish Council, to be held on 9th July 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 838414/07711 224150
4th July 2024
AGENDA
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 meetings
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 from members of the public on items on this agenda.
6. RR/2023/2467/O – Land south of Park Pale House
- To agree/amend the draft Terms of Reference for the Solar Array Working Group as presented by the Chair.
- To consider the notes from the first meeting of the Working Party and any actions to be taken.
- To consider the request to support the TPO recently submitted by a Mountfield resident.
- To consider further actions, including a site meeting (Working Party/Southern Water). A site meeting has been requested; SW are still to reply.
7. Highways England/John’s Cross speed limit
Councillor Purdie to brief on the latest situation. (COUNCILLOR PURDIE)
8. Grants/Donations
To consider the grant request from Mountfield Village Hall Committee (MVHC) for a grant in the sum of £1,000, to buy equipment for a Mother and Child Group.
(COUNCILLOR WHINES)
9. Mountfield Village Hall Rest Centre/Resilience Plan
Councillor Whines to brief on the latest situation. (COUNCILLOR WHINES)
10. Matters Outstanding
- Defibrillator for Eatenden Lane: a post and backboard are still required. (CLERK)
- MPC change of domain name and suffix to .gov. (CLERK)
- Telephone Box: in progress. (CHAIR)
11. Planning
11.1 Planning application for consideration
- RR/2024/988/P – Jasmine Cottage, Hoath Hill
Erection of two wooden sheds in rear garden to be used as hobby rooms.
Click on this link to see full details on the RDC planning website
11.2 Any other planning matters for discussion.
12. Enforcement
12.1 No Mountfield items on RDC’s latest enforcement list
12.2 Any other enforcement matters for discussion.
13. Highways/Rights of Way
14. Finance
14.1 Bank statements at 30.06.24
- MPC deposit account – £23,051.11
- MPC current account – £4,574.04
- KGF current account – £4,886.77
14.2 To approve the following payments:
- Clerk: salary/HO/expenses (Jun/Jul 2024) – £1,104.18
- Satswana: DPO services 2024-25 – £90.00
- * Godaddy: website security (1 year) – £129.46
- * Amazon: 2 USB flashdrives – £88.70
- * ICO registration 2024-25 – £40.00
- * Clear Councils: MPC insurance 2024-24 – £552.38
- * Mastercard fee – £3.00
* Already paid
14.3 To approve the first quarter accounts at 30.06.24 as presented by the Clerk.
14.4 To sign the UT mandates to enable Councillor Coates access to MPC/KGF internet banking.
15. Dates of next meetings
- 13.08.24 – Planning Meeting (provisional)
- 10.09.34 – 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 17.
17. Closed Session
The public and press will be excluded from this session as it may contain discussion on legal matters.