Agenda for the Mountfield Parish Council Meeting on 12.09.23

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

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. 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.

20. Closed Session

All Saints Church, Mountfield

This Church is now in interregnum with no designated priest.

For arrangements for baptisms, marriages and funerals, please contact Jackie Spriggs – 01580 880261 – jackie.spriggs@yahoo.co.uk
who will advise on all procedures.
Services will be as follows:
All services start at 10.00am with the exception of the Remembrance Service.
September:
Mountfield – 17.09.23, Celebrant, Rev. Patrick Sales
Netherfield – 24.09.23, Celebrant, Rev. Patrick Sales
October:
Mountfield – 15.10.23, Mountfield Harvest Festival, Celebrant, Rev. Kevin Mepham
Netherfield – 22.10.23, Celebrant, Rev. Kevin Mepham
November:
Mountfield – 12.11.23 10.55am REMEMBRANCE SERVICE
Mountfield – 19.11.23, Celebrant, Rev. Kevin Mepham
Netherfield – 26.11.23, Celebrant, Rev. Kevin Mepham
December:
Mountfield – 17.12.23, Mountfield Carol Service, Celebrant, Rev. Kevin Mepham
Netherfield – 24.12.23, Celebrant, Rev. Kevin Mepham

 

 

 

Vacancy for a Mountfield Parish Councillor

Apologies – the Notice of Vacancy sent out yesterday is not necessary, will you please bin.
This Notice is only required when there is a full cohort of Members (7 in Mountfield’s case) and a Member resigns or is not able to continue.
Will you also please note that Lorna Ford is the Returning Officer for Rother District Council.
Mountfield Parish Council will go ahead and co-opt a new Member in the usual way, a post will be going out shortly.
Irene – Parish Clerk