Parish Council Meeting 15th August 2024 Agenda
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AGENDA
- 1) To accept apologies for absence.
- 2) To receive Declarations of Interest in items on the agenda.
- 3) To confirm the minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Thursday 18thJuly 2024
- 4) Review actioning of items from previous minutes and agree any further action required
- (Actions List – Appendix 1)
- 5) To answer any questions from the general public
- 6) To Receive a Report of EBC’s Oversight & Scrutiny Committee & Agree Action As Appropriate
- 7) To Receive a Report of EBC Audit and Standards
- 8) To Receive a Report from the Planning Committee
- 9) To Receive a Report from the EH&T Committee
- 10) To Review the minutes from the recent EBC meeting held on 16th July 2024 (Appendix 2)
- 11) In respect of the recommendations of Claygate The Way Forward (CTWF), from the meeting held on Thursday 18th July and to follow up on the following area:
- To agree to defer until the following meeting discussion of the possibility of a new ‘This is Claygate’ website.
- ACTION – Cllr Bingham
- 12) Having regard to the resolution of the Council on 18 July 2024, to appoint pursuant to Standing Order 4 five Advisory Committees to take forward the recommendations of the Claygate Village Association in its report of 18 June 2024 “Claygate: The Way Forward”, as follows:
- (a) a New Development and Housing Advisory Committee, to report to the Planning Committee;
- (b) a Health, Wellbeing and Leisure Advisory Committee, to report to the Council;
- (c) a Shops and Businesses Advisory Committee, to report to the Council;
- (d) a Transport and Parking Advisory Committee, to report to the Environment, Highways and Transport Committee;
- (e) an Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee, to report to the Environment, Highways and Transport Committee.
- 13) If the resolution in agenda item 12 is agreed, to appoint to the Advisory Committees set up under that resolution the following members:
- (a) to the New Development and Housing Advisory Committee, Clive Thompson
- (b) to the Health, Wellbeing and Leisure Advisory Committee, John Bamford, Cllr Collon, Cllr French, Pam Jarvis and Chris Kerr
- (c) to the Shops and Businesses Advisory Committee, Simon Baile, Philip Chapman, Emma Curtis, Cllr Holt, Ulrika Pulford, Gary State, Leo Tye, Nicole and Lauren Dodds, Redmond Walshe
- (d) to the Transport and Parking Advisory Committee, Ben Full, Peter Robinson, Mark Sugden
- (e) to the Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee, Peter Stevenson
- (f) to add further members to the above Committees to be authorised by the Chairman Cllr Holt
- 14) To Review and Approve draft Documentation for SCC application for a new bench on the Parade sponsored by the CPC and agree the way forward in principle (Appendix 3 and 4)
- 15) To discuss any updates on arrangements of Remembrance Sunday on November 10th
- 16) To update on the requested Tree Surgery Work on the Meadow Road Village Green
- 17) To consider the Government Consultation on Amendments to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (Appendix 5)
- 18) To agree any changes to the AGAR following audit feedback
- 19) Matters for information purposes only
- To discuss the Way Maker Project at Holy Trinity Church – to discuss arrangements for attendance of PC representatives the meetings on Tuesday 10th September at 8pm or Wednesday 11th September at 10am (Appendix 6)
- 20) To confirm the date and time of the next meeting which will be held on Thursday 12th September at Treetops Pavilion, Recreation Ground, Church Road.
Appendix A: Actions List from the CPC Meeting held on Thursday 20th June 2024
ACTIONS: | DESCRIPTION | CLLR | STATUS |
Item 4:1 | to discuss with Vanessa and contact Ian Burrows at EBC
To contact John Bamford |
Cllr Holt | Complete |
Item 7:3 | To contact Afternoon Crumbs in the Parade regarding their concerns as a business holder | Cllr Holt | |
Item 8 | To book the first meeting with the Staffing Committee | Clerk | |
Item 10 | To review and update the new Equality Policy | Clerk | |
Item 12 | To write to EBC regarding their Resilience Planning and where they stand with it | Cllr Bray | |
Item 13 | To discuss the tree felling and ask Mr O’Brien to obtain quotes for Meadow Road | Cllr Bray | |
Item 16 | To write to Air-Ambulance regarding not being able to fulfil their grant application | Clerk | |
Item 17:1 | To speak to CRGT regarding the new gate at the Recreation Ground and the difficulty residents are having with it | Cllr Moon | |
Item 17:2 | To circulate the Claygate The Way Forward paperwork for Councillors to read before the Strategy Day | Cllr Holt |
Appendix B: Governance Structure
There will be five working groups moving forwards as Health & Wellbeing will merge with Leisure & Recreation
The working groups will be:
- Environment & Sustainability managed by Peter Stevenson
- Transport & Parking managed by Mark Sugden
- Shops & Businesses managed by Leo Tye
- Health, Wellbeing, & Leisure managed by Jenny French
- New Development & Housing managed by Clive Thompson
Reporting lines & governance structure are as shown. Working groups will work as they always have done but instead of reporting into CVA Trustees they will report into the main CPC or a related sub-committee as shown. The CPC will be accountable for and manage the project via these sub-committees and working groups.
Claygate Parish Council:
- Cllr Holt (C)
- Cllr Moon (VC)
- All eight other CPC Cllrs
Health, Wellbeing & Leisure Working Group:
- John Bamford
- Cllr Collon
- Cllr French (C)
- Pam Jarvis
- Chris Kerr
Shops & Businesses Working Group:
- Simon Baile
- Philip Champion
- Emma Curtis
- Cllr Holt
- Ulrika Pulford
- Gary State
- Leo Tye (C)
- Nicole & Lauren Dodds
- Redmond Walsh
Planning Committee:
- John Bamford
- Cllr Bingham
- Cllr Bray (VC)
- John Burns
- Cllr Collon
- Cllr Herbert
- Cllr Holt
- Cllr Moon
- Cllr Sheppard (C)
- John Ovenden
- Vanessa Relleen
- Gareth Jones
New Development & Housing Working Group:
- Clive Thompson
- Others TBC by Clive
Environment, Highways & Transport Committee:
- Cllr Bray (C)
- Cllr Coffey
- Cllr Freeborn
- Cllr French
- Cllr Holt
- Cllr Moon (VC)
- Mark Tymieniecki
- Caroline Stevenson
- Peter Stevenson
Transport & Parking Working Group:
- Ben Full
- Peter Robinson
- Mark Sugden
- Others TBC by Mark
Environment & Sustainability Working Group:
- Peter Stevenson
- Others TBC by Peter