AGENDA FOR THE MOUNTFIELD PARISH COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 12th SEPTEMBER 2023
Parish Council Members are summoned to a meeting of Mountfield Parish Council, to be held on 12th September 2023, 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 from members of the public on items on this agenda.
6. Grants/Donations
To consider the grant request from Mountfield Village Hall Committee for the sum of £3,000.00, for the purchase of a second-hand shipping container.
7. New fencing/clearance for playground
To consider and finalise the type and scope of fencing required, clearance costs and permissions.
8. Consultations
To consider MPC’s response to the following consultations:
- Permitted Rights Development Consultation
- RDC Housing Allocations Policy.
9. MPC Environmental Policy
To consider and finalise the draft produced by the Chair and its implications.
10. Co-option of New Member
To discuss the co-option process which has already started.
11. Affordable Housing
To discuss MPC commissioning a Housing Needs Survey for Mountfield.
12. MPC change of domain name
To discuss the change of MPC’s current domain name and email suffixes to .gov.uk
13. Matters Outstanding
- Welcome Packs, in progress.
- Broadband
- Telephone Box
14. Planning
14.1 Planning applications for discussion
- RR/2023/1593/P Park Pale Meadow, Mountfield Lane
Erection of stable building to replace existing individual buildings.
Click on this link to see full details on the RDC planning website
- RR/2023/1590/P Rose Cottage, Mountfield Lane
Replacement garage building with room in roof.
Click on this link to see full details on the RDC planning website
14.2 MPC planning comments made under delegated authority.
14.3 Any other planning matters for discussion.
15. Enforcement
15.1 RR/2023/1593/P Park Pale Meadow.
15.2 No Mountfield items on RDC’s most recent enforcement list.
15.3 Any other enforcement matters for discussion.
16. Highways/RoW
16.1 A21, National Highways increased speed limits issue.
16.2 The recent disastrous verge cutting by East Sussex Highways.
16.3 East Sussex Highways response to landowner’s recent digging to avoid flooding on the A2100.
16.4 Any other highways/RoW matters for discussion.
17. Finance
17.1 Bank balances are 31.08.23
- MPC deposit account – £30,809.07
- MPC current account – £1,463.15
- KGF current account – £4,546.75
17.2 Payments for approval:
- Clerk salary, home office, expenses (Aug/Sep 2023) – £1,034.84
- NALC, 10xGood Councillor’s Guide – £45.90
- PKF Littlejohn, external audit 2022-23 – £252.00
- * Amazon, refreshments Jubilee Cricket Match – £43.98
- * Amazon, new toilet seats for KGF – £49.96
- * ESALC training – £96.00
- * Mitch Safety, KGF fire inspection – £85.00
- * Mulberry, training – £54.00
- * ROSPA playground safety inspection – £90.00
* Already paid
18. Dates of next meetings
- 10.10.23 – Planning Meeting (provisional)
- 14.11.23 – Full Council Meeting
19. 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 legal and staff information.