4th July 2006 Agenda

Birdbrook

PARISH COUNCIL

 

White House, Mill Lane, Stebbing, Great Dunmow, CM6 3SN

 

    Tel: 01371 856068, Email:  birdbrookpc@hotmail.com

 Clerk to the Council   

 Susan De Luca

 

Sunday 25th June 2006

 

 

TO:  MEMBERS OF THE BIRDBROOK PARISH COUNCIL

 

 

 

 

 

You are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING of the BIRDBROOK PARISH COUNCIL, which will be held on Tuesday, 4th  July 2006,  in the  Community House, Birdbrook at 7.30pm,  to transact the business shown in the Agenda below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan De Luca

Clerk to the Council

 

 


 

AGENDA

 

 

 

 

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

 

To receive questions from members of the public.

 

In accordance with the agreed procedure  public questions will be taken before the start of the meeting and shall be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes or such other period determined by the Chairman of the Meeting

 

1          APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

 

To RECEIVE any apologies for absence

 

2          DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST  N

 

To RECEIVE any Declarations of Interest by Members.

 

·         A Member with a personal interest in a matter must consider whether it is a “prejudicial interest” (i.e. prejudicial to the public interest).

 

·         A Member must consider him/herself as having a prejudicial interest if it is a personal interest which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would regard as so significant and particular that it could prejudice the Member’s judgement of the public interest.

 

Any Member who is unsure if a personal interest needs to be declared should consult the Clerk for clarification.

 

3          CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES  N

2     To APPROVE, as a correct record, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Parish Council held on 2nd May 2006

 

4          REPORT OF THE CLERK

 

To RECEIVE the oral report of the Clerk on matters which may be of current interest to

 Members arising from action taken after the last meeting.

 

a)    Highway Matters

(i)   Responses from ECC Highways 2

(ii)  Vehicle Activated Signs & Speed

       Indicator Devices (SIDs) 2

(iii) Winter Service Review

(iv)  ECC Local Transport Plan

b) BDC Activity Day in Birdbrook

14th August – Confirmation of Date – Arrangement necessary for opening & closing Community House

c)     Play Are Equipment Funding

d) Grass and Verge Cutting

 

5        FINANCIAL MATTERS N

 

a)  To APPROVE the Statement of Accounts and NOTE the summary of monies received and the account balances at the end of the month.  Appendix 1  will show cheques signed up to 30th  June 06 and will be tabled at the meeting

 

 

6          REPORTS

 

To RECEIVE brief reports on the following matters:

 

 

Essex Police

 

Passenger Transport Meeting

 

Play Parks

 

Pond

 

 

7       COMMUNICATIONS & CORREPONDENCE

 

To RECEIVE such correspondence and communications as the Clerk may place before the Council.

Parish Cluster Meeting

EALC County Updates &  Associated Information

BDC Agendas & Minutes

RCCE – AGM & Notice of Grant for Noticeboards

ECC Making the Links

University of Aberystwyth – Quality Councils

St Augustines Church – Thank You Letter

BDC – Talking Transfer (Housing) {CDs}

EON Energy – Price Increase Street lighting

 

 

 

8          DOCUMENTS ON DEPOSIT

      To RECEIVE notice of the following documents received and or deposited with the Clerk

Standards of Conduct in English Local Government – The Future

 

Commissioning a Patient Led NHS

 

 

9          PLANNING APPLICATIONS  N

 

a)         To NOTE  any   planning applications received and note the comments made

(the Clerk has delegated powers to respond to planning applications between meetings)           

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App No                06/00830/out

Location                Baythorne Hall Offices, Baythorne End

Proposal                Conversion of Vacant Offices to Residential Unit

COMMENTS       The Parish Council Supports this application

       

 

b)         To CONSIDER any other planning applications received since the agenda was prepared

 

c)         DECISIONS BY BRAINTREE DISTRICT COUNCIL

 

            To NOTE the following planning decisions:

 

 

GRANTED

App No                06/00617/ful

Location                4 Chadwells, Fell Road

Proposal                Replacement of existing garage with a garage of increased height and

                               width

 

 

 

10         PLANNING CORRESPONDENCE

           

To NOTE any correspondence received

 

11        OTHER URGENT BUSINESS

 

To NOTE any matter of an urgent nature which a Member or the Clerk may wish to draw to the attention of the Council and or request to be included in the Agenda for the next meeting of the Council.

 

 

 

 

                                                                  Susan De Luca - Clerk

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