Annual Parish Council Meeting Agenda – 27th May 2026 @ 7.30pm

To Members of the Norton-juxta-Kempsey Parish Council

You are duly summoned to attend the Annual meeting of Norton-juxta-Kempsey Parish Council to be held at 7.45pm on Wednesday 27th May 2026 at Norton Parish Hall, Littleworth.

Public Question Time:  From 7.30pm residents are invited to give their views and question the Parish Council on issues on this agenda, or raise issues for future consideration at the discretion of the Chairman, before the start of the Parish Council meeting at 7.45pm. Members of the public may not take part in the Parish Council meeting itself.  This period is not part of the formal meeting.  

Agenda 

  1. Election of Chairman and Signing of Undertaking and Declaration of Office   7.45pm
  2. Apologies: To receive apologies and to approve the reason for absence
  3. Election of Vice-Chairman and Signing of Undertaking and Declaration of Office
  4. Changes to membership 
  5. Declarations of Interest
  1. Register of Interests: Councillors are reminded of the need to update their register of interests and to return their Register of Interests Form to the Monitoring Officer within 28 days of taking office.
  2. To declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests in items on the agenda and their nature.
  3. To declare any Other Disclosable Interests in items on the agenda and their nature.
  4. Written requests for granting of a dispensation (S33 Localism Act 2011) are to be with the Clerk at least four clear days prior to a meeting.

Councillors who have declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, or an Other Disclosable Interest which falls within the terms of paragraph 12(4) (b) of the code of conduct, must leave the room for the relevant items.  Failure to register or declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest may result in the commission of a criminal offence.

  1. To consider and adopt Council’s Standing Orders, Complaints Procedures, NALC Financial Regulations.
  2. To note Code of Conduct (previously circulated)
  3. To consider areas of focus and agree allocation of areas of responsibility to Councillors
  4. To consider progress with rolling programme of policy reviews
  5. To review the Council’s Annual Risk Assessment and Insurance Requirements
    Previously agreed at the Council meetings held on 15/01/2026 and 12/02/2026.
  6. Minutes (Chairman)   8.00pm
    a.  To consider adoption of minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 25 April 2026
    b.  Review of minute action summary
  7. Finance
      1. Balances
      2. Monthly accounts/bank reconciliation – 30th April reconciliation sent out prior to meeting.
      3. To consider payments and receipts made
      4. To hear update on the 2025-26 AGAR process.
      5. To hear an update on the Internal Audit
      6. To approve continued use of standing orders, direct debits, BACS and CHAPS payments authorised in line with the bank mandate/Council Financial Regulations.
      7. vii.To discuss CAB funding request.
  1. Progress reports (for information, reporting by exception)     8.15pm
    1. District Councillor Report – Cllr Adams and Cllr Turier
    2. County Councillor Report – Cllr Mrs Robinson
    3. Social Media/Website Communications – Cllr Pollard
    4. Allotments – Assistant Clerk. Including update on Pest Control Contracts, Clearance of pl
    5. Public Rights of Way Parish Warden – Cheryl Peters
    6. Parish Hall – Cllr Fincher
    7. Worcester Norton CIC – Cllr Fincher
    8. Norton Connector – Cllr Waizeneker
    9. Community Apiary (Apiary Group)         .
    10. St. James the Great Church – Cllr Brookes    
    11. SWDP Review/Wychavon Town – Cllr Waizeneker
    12. PGSWG and Biodiversity Matters – Cllr Fincher
  2. Open Space/Verge, Highways and Drainage Matters (Cllr Fincher/Cllr Arrow/Clerk)  8.45pm
    To consider updates incl. 

    1. Lower Boundary Wall Insurance Claim
    2. Active Travel Corridor (ATC) matters
    3. Telephone Box Littleworth
    4. Littleworth Flooding
  3. Planning (Cllr Richmond/Cllr Fincher/Cllr Pollard/Cllr Waizeneker)               9.00pm
    a.     To consider report on current applications/appeals/consultations.
    b. To consider other planning matters (incl. those associated with the SWDP Review/Parkway Garden Town proposals).
  4. Unitary Authority Update (Cllr Fincher)  9.10pm
  5. Neighbourhood Plan/Parish Aspirations Document (Cllr Arrow/Cllr Pollard/Cllr Waizeneker) 
    To receive update on the NP revision and review of the Parish Aspirations document.
  6. Parish Council Owned Land (Cllr Fincher/Clerk)                   9.15pm
    To consider update from Land Agents
  7. Annual Parish Meeting                                            9.20pm

To consider an update following the meeting of points raised.

  1. Parish Hall Recreation Facilities and Outside Space (Cllr Fincher)                  9.25pm
    To consider update including play equipment quotations.
  2. Correspondence for Information (Chairman)                 9.30pm
    Items of correspondence will be available for inspection at the meeting.
  3. Clerk’s report – Urgent Decisions & Expenditure Delegation since last meeting (Clerk) 
  4. Items for update to local M.P. (Chairman)                9.40pm        
    To consider any items for communication.
  5. Councillors’ reports and items for future agenda (Chairman)            
    Each Councillor is requested to use this opportunity to report minor matters of information not included elsewhere on the agenda and to raise items for future agendas. Councillors are respectfully reminded that this is not an opportunity for debate or decision making.
  6. Date of next meeting
    Parish Council Meeting 25 June 2026

Signed
Sam McMichael
Mrs Sam McMichael, Clerk to Norton-Juxta-Kempsey Parish Council

19th May 2026