Author: Irene - Parish Clerk

SAVE THE DATE!! – 18.04.23

Apologies – I put the wrong date in my last post for the Parish Assembly.

It should be 18th April 2023, starting at 7.30pm in Mountfield Village Hall.

As always, this is an informal gathering of the Mountfield clubs and organisations and the Mountfield community.
You will have the opportunity to meet your County and District Councillors. chat to old friends, make new ones and have a glass of wine (or a soft drink) with us.
I must stress that this is not a Mountfield Parish Council meeting and no decisions etc., can be made.  If you wish any matter to be placed on our agenda, please contact me on – clerk@mountfield.org.uk
Looking forward to seeing you all.

SAVE THE DATE! – 11.04.23

The Annual Mountfield Parish Assembly will be held on 11th April 2023, starting at 7.30pm in Mountfield Village Hall.
As always, this is an informal gathering of the Mountfield clubs and organisations and the Mountfield community.
You will have the opportunity to meet your County and District Councillors. chat to old friends, make new ones and have a glass of wine (or a soft drink) with us.
I must stress that this is not a Mountfield Parish Council meeting and no decisions etc., can be made.  If you wish any matter to be placed on our agenda, please contact me on – clerk@mountfield.org.uk
Looking forward to seeing you all.

Parish Council Elections 4th May 2023

As you all know, parish councils elections will be held on 4th May and there are existing vacancies for Mountfield Parish Council.

For further information and should you wish to stand, please see the following information from Richard Adams (Election Services Manager) at Rother District Council.

Dear all,

I’m writing to let you know that nomination papers for both the district and parish council elections are now available to download from the Rother website at the following link:

www.rother.gov.uk/elections-and-voting/current-and-forthcoming-elections/

The current elections page also includes links to the timetable, Electoral Commission guidance, annotated nomination papers, and request forms for the electoral register/absent voters lists, along with other information.  I hope you find these resources useful.

In addition, I have attached a copy of the parish council nomination papers (as well as the annotated nominated papers) to this email for convenience.

I would strongly encourage candidates to refer to the annotated nomination papers before completing their own papers – they are a really good resource which will take them through what needs to be included on every page of the forms.

Please forward this email on to any of your Councillors who will be standing again, as well as anyone else who expresses an interest in standing as a candidate.

As ever, please let me know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Richard

Richard Adams

Electoral Services Manager

Corporate Core – Electoral Services
01424 787826
rother.gov.uk

I also have the nomination papers, so you can contact me for these and further information.

Irene – Parish Clerk

01424 838414/07711224150 – clerk@mountfield.org.uk

Missing agendas and minutes on website

We have yet another issue with our website and some agendas and minutes are inaccessible using the Parish Council > MPC Meetings 2022-23 menu.
To ensure all users can access this information, please use the links below in the meantime.
MPC Meeting 30.08.22
Minutes
MPC Extraordinary Meeting 28.09.22
Agenda
Minutes
MPC Meeting 01.11.22
Agenda
Minutes
MPC Meeting 17.01.23
Agenda
Minutes
MPC Planning Meeting 14.02.23
Agenda
Minutes

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes of the MPC Planning Meeting – 14.02.23

Until the issues with the static pages on our website are resolved, MPC minutes will be sent via posts.

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MOUNTFIELD PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING HELD ON 14th FEBRUARY 2023

Present: Councillors S. Rickman-Smith (Chair), M. Hardy, P. Miles, J. Ray, N. Whines

Mrs. I. Marchant – Parish Clerk/RFO

Two members of the public

1. Disclosure of Interests

None declared.

2. Dispensations

None requested.

3. Apologies for absence

Apologies were received from Councillors Cooper and Taylor.

4. Open Forum

A member of the public stated that an allegation made by another member of the public at the MPC January meeting was untrue. This concerned issues with a land drain.

5. Planning

5.1 Planning applications for consideration

  • RR/2022/2835/FN – Lodge Gate, land to the south.

No response is required, this is a Farm Notification application.

  • RR/2022/2991/P – Old Stable Yard, Vinehall Road

Conversion of parts of remaining building to create 4 dwellings, parking and amenity space and improvement of existing yard area. Use of existing access to Vinehall Road (A21). Existing dwellings to remain.

AGREED – to support this application.

5.2 No other planning matters for discussion.

6. Enforcement

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

6.2 No other enforcement matters for discussion.

7. Dates of next meetings

14.03.23 – KGF meeting (starts at 7.00pm)

14.03.23 – full council meeting (starts 7.30pm)

Problems with website

We are still having issues with the website.
The problem is PAGES, these are the static links which are accessed from the top of the screen, e.g. Parish Council, and the tables normally accessed from these cannot be updated.
We are working on it and until the issue is resolved, MPC minutes will be sent out as a post.
Irene – Parish Clerk

 

Roadworks Marley Lane/Moat Lane Junction

Received this information from Highways England

Good afternoon

A21 Safety Package: Marley Lane and Moat Lane Junction Improvements (ref: 611797)

As part of our safety improvements along the A21, we’ll shortly be starting our junction improvement works at Marley Lane and Moat Lane. To minimise disruption, we’ll work on weeknights only when there are fewer vehicles on the road. During the day we will keep the road open as usual.

The work will be carried out in two phases, and is currently programmed as follows:

Monday 20 February to Friday 24 February – Phase 1 – Vegetation clearance – full overnight closures between John’s Cross roundabout and Baldslow, from 10pm to 6am for 4 weeknights.

We’ll aim to complete the loudest works as early as possible to keep noise impact to a minimum, but apologise in advance for any disturbance experienced.

Wednesday 22 March to Saturday 15 April (excluding Easter bank holidays) – Phase 2 – Junction improvements at Marley Lane and Moat Lane – overnight closures between John’s Cross roundabout and Baldslow, from 10pm to 6am for 21 weeknights.

Please note that these works are subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Please accept our apologies in advance for any inconvenience this work may cause.

Closure information

For both phases, a diversion route will be in place in both directions via the A2100 through Battle. During phase 2 works, local access will be retained from Johns Cross roundabout to the works closure area at Marley Lane, and from Baldslow to the works closure area at Moat Lane.

For businesses and residents within the closure, please make your way to the closure point, where you’ll be able contact the site team for escort to a suitable point. This escort is for access only.

Where to find out more

You can visit nationalhighways.co.uk/se-maintenance, just look for A21 safety package and if you have any questions about this work, you can contact National Highways Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 open 24/7, who will direct your query to the team, or email: info@nationalhighways.co.uk

Kind regards

Elise Walliker

Communications Co-ordinator

National Highways | Temple Quay House | 2 The Square, Temple Quay | Bristol | BS1 6HA
Web: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/south-east/

 

Website issues

We have a problem with our website, some of you will have noticed that on the page with our agendas and minutes (MPC Meetings 2022-23) some of the links are not working.
There are some other issues which I will get sorted out at the same time.
I am looking into it urgently and am waiting for support as this is something I cannot do myself.
Irene – Parish Clerk

Agenda for MPC Extraordinary Meeting 30.08.22

AGENDA FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY MOUNTFIELD PARISH COUNCIL MEETING, TO BE HELD ON 30th AUGUST 2022

24th August 2022

Parish Council Members are summoned to an Extraordinary Meeting of Mountfield Parish Council, to be held on 30th August 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 – 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. Apologies for absence

4. Open Forum

To receive any queries or concerns from members of the public.

5. Clarification and update

To clarify the issues and update the progress and developments regarding planning application RR/2022/840/P, considered at Rother District Council’s Planning Committee Meeting on 21.07.22.

6. Procedures

Procedures to allow MPC to keep pace with developments on this particular issue and for the future.

7. Sanction of costs

To sanction any costs, particularly joint legal actions.

8. Dates of next meetings

13.09.22 – full council meeting.

11.10.22 – planning meeting (provisional).