Date of notice: Thursday 24th February 2023
Notice is hereby given that the monthly meeting of Ickleford Parish Council will take place on Thursday 2nd March 2023 at 7.00pm to be held at Ickleford Village Hall for the purpose of transacting the business set out in the agenda below and members of the Council are hereby
summoned to attend this meeting. Members of the press and public are invited to attend. A Councillor will be available between 6.45pm and 7.00pm to discuss any matter relating to the parish.
Judith Crosier
Clerk to Ickleford Parish Council
AGENDA
1 Apologies for Absence
1.1 To receive and approve apologies for absence
2 Chairman’s Notice
2.1 To announce notice on openness and transparency at this meeting
3 Declaration of Interests
3.1 To receive declarations of interest from councillors relating to items on the agenda
3.2 To receive written requests for dispensation for declarable interests
3.3 To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate
4 Minutes of the Last Meeting
4.1 To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 2nd February 2023.
5 Public Participation Session
5.1 Members of the press and public have the opportunity to have an open discussion with the Parish Council
6 Police Report
6.1 To receive the Hitchin Rural Police report
7 Reports from County and District Councillors
7.1 To receive the report from the County Councillor
7.2 To receive the report from the District Councillor
8 On-going Projects
8.1 To approve the final Neighbourhood Plan documents and receive an update.
8.2 To receive updates on the RHCG and maintenance of the natural river environment in Ickleford and approve any actions.
8.3 To receive updates on legal documentation regarding the lift at Ickleford Sports and Recreation Club and approve any actions.
8.4 To receive updates on Rights of Way and approve any actions.
8.5 To receive updates on plans for Cadwell Bridge and other Highways matters and approve any actions.
8.6 To receive updates on OWL and Neighbourhood Watch and approve any actions.
8.7 To receive an update on the play area and approve any actions.
8.8 To receive an update on vegetation and the bollard at Little Park and approve any actions.
8.9 To receive an update on The Old George car park and approve any actions.
8.10 To receive an update on the street plan for Ickleford and approve any actions.
8.11 To approve the repayment schedule for the Parish Councils’ storage shed in the event of the Clerk leaving the employment of Ickleford Parish Council.
8.12 To approve choice and cost of new benches at the Three Arches and on Lower Green.
8.13 To receive updates on a noticeboard at Lavender Grange and to approve any further actions.
8.14 To approve a policy for parking on common land
9 New Matters
9.1 To approve a Parish Council event or support for an event for the King’s Coronation including any associated costs
9.2 To approve the cost and refund of expenses of £38.93 for a NALC online course: Social Isolation and Loneliness from the Local Council Perspective and to provide a report
9.3 To approve the purchase of the latest edition of Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration for the Clerk’s CiLCA studies with the cost of £145.31 to be split between Ickleford Parish Council and Lilley Parish Council with the cost to IPC being £116.25
9.4 To discuss the process for the upcoming local elections
9.5 To approve the date in May for Annual Meeting of the Parish Council
9.6 To approve a solution for the inactive light along the path to St Katherine’s Close
9.7 To approve the invoice for the repairs to the telephone box totalling £180
10 Planning applications
10.1 23/00067/LBC at 100 Arlesey Road, Ickleford, SG5 3TH
Listed Building Consent: Install 3 x 300mm chimney pots with associated cowls and bird guards to triple flue stack of large internal chimney. Deadline for comments: 9th March
10.2 Planning applications received between 23rd February and 2nd March
11 Planning Decisions
11.1 23/00028/FPH at 18 St Katherine’s Close, Ickleford, SG5 3XS
Single storey rear extension: Conditional permission granted
11.2 19/01106/FP at Burford Grange, Bedford Road, Ickleford, SG5 3XG
Erection of 48 dwellings with associated access, parking, private and public amenity space and associated works, following demolition of existing buildings (as amended 10th June 2021, additional drainage information on 20 April 2022 and revised off site highway works 16 May 2022): Conditional permission granted
11.3 Planning decisions received between 23rd February and 2nd March
12 Finance
12.1 To note receipts between meetings
12.2 To approve payments made between meetings and any payments made at the meeting – see Appendices A and B
12.3 To consider that under Section 1 of the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960 that the public and press should be excluded from item
12.4 of this agenda in view of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted
12.4 Clerk’s annual appraisal, review of contracted hours and salary review – to receive information and approve any actions including backdating any pay increase to 1st January 2023
13 Reports – for information only – no decisions or actions can be agreed at this time:
13.1 Rand’s Educational Foundation Governors
13.2 Ickleford Sports and Recreation Club Committee
13.3 Ickleford Village Hall Committee
14 Chairman’s Report
14.1 To receive urgent matters from the Chairman – for information only
15 Next Meeting
15.1 To suggest agenda items for the next Parish Council meeting / AOB
15.2 To confirm the next meeting date of 6th April 2023