To Members of the Norton-Juxta-Kempsey Parish Council
You are duly summoned to attend the next meeting of Norton-Juxta-Kempsey Parish Council to be held at 7.45pm on Thursday 23rd January 2025 at Norton Parish Hall, Wadborough Rd, Littleworth, WR52QB
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. Apologies: To receive apologies and to approve the reason for absence 7.45pm
2. Changes to membership
To consider any changes to membership and applications received for co-opted councillor vacancy.
3. Declarations of Interest
a. 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.
b. To declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests in items on the agenda and their nature.
c. To declare any Other Disclosable Interests in items on the agenda and their nature.
d. 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.
4. Minutes (Chairman) 7.50pm
a. To consider adoption of minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 26th November 2024
b. Review of minute action summary
5. Finance (Clerk/RFO) 8.00pm
1.1. Balances
1.2. Monthly accounts/bank reconciliation 30th November 2024 and 31st December 2024
1.3. To consider payments to be made/confirmed
1.4. Draft Budget and Precept, new budgeting forms,
1.5. PGSWG and grant funding
1.6. Annual Appointment of the Internal Auditor to be agreed
1.7. Annual Insurance Renewal with Zurich to be agreed
1.8. Grant Application for St James Church Grounds Maintenance
6. Reports (for information, reporting by exception) 8.05pm
a. District Councillor Report (Cllr Adams and Cllr Mrs Turier)
b. County Councillor Report (Cllr Mrs Robinson)
c. Social Media/Website Communications (Cllr Pollard)
d. West Mercia Police/PACT/Anti-social Behaviour (Police/Cllr Job)
e. Allotments (Cllr Richmond/Assistant Clerk)
f. Public Rights of Way Parish Paths Warden (Cheryl Peters)
g. Norton Connector (Cllr Waizeneker)
h. Parish Hall (Cllr Fincher)
i. Worcester Norton CIC (Cllr Fincher)
j. Community Apiary – (Apiary Group)
k. St. James the Great Church, Norton
l. Parish Green Spaces Working Group/Biodiversity Matters
7. Planning (Cllr Richmond/Cllr Fincher/Cllr Waizeneker) 8.35pm
a. To consider report on current applications/appeals. (Inc. update on Yew Tree Court)
b. To consider other planning matters (incl. SWDP Review/Parkway Garden Town proposals/National Planning Policy Framework consultation).
Defibrillator (Assistant Clerk, Cllr L. Robinson)
a. Update on purchase of External defib at Sergeant’s Mess Community Hub
9. Open Space/Verge, Highways and Drainage Matters (Cllr Fincher/Cllr Arrow/Clerk) 9.05pm
To consider update incl. Active Travel Corridor, Barracks curtilage wall repairs, Littleworth drainage issues and WCC Wadborough Road parking restriction proposals.
a. Church Lane – Addition of 30MPH Roundels
b. Complaint regarding the uplighters installed along the footbridge/pathway Brockhill Lane/St Peters – Update
c. Chapel Car Park Overflow Drainage Pipework – Update
d. Speeding Concerns Norton Road, outside Little Treasurers Nursery – Update
e. Lack of repairs to boundary wall and lack of footpath to Brockhill Lane – Update
f. Addition of a Lolly Pop Person outside Norton Juxta Kempsey CofE Primary School
10. Neighbourhood Plan/Parish Aspirations Document (Cllr Arrow/Cllr Pollard/Cllr Waizeneker)
To consider update on Neighbourhood Plan review and response to our comments, Housing
Needs Survey outcome and quarterly review of the Parish Aspirations document.
11. Parish Council Owned Land (Cllr Waizeneker/Clerk) 9.20pm
To be given update on insurance claim for replacement garage doors.
12. Parish Hall Recreation Facilities and Outside Space (Cllr Fincher/Clerk) 9.30pm
To consider update incl. slab maintenance, play equipment repairs, play area weed treatment and MUGA maintenance. Pre-school and allotment hedge trimming quotes.
13. Santa Sleigh Visit (Cllr Dawson) 9.40pm
To receive an update to funds raised by the Santa Sleigh December rounds.
14. Correspondence for Information (Chairman) 9.45pm
Items of correspondence will be available for inspection at the meeting.
1) Charging for advertising in Parish Magazine.
15. Policies for review and adoption
1) Home Working Policy
2) Website and Social Media Policy
3) Biodiversity Policy
4) General Privacy Notice
5) Privacy Notice (Staff, Councillors, Role Holders)
6) Camping on Parish Land Policy
7) Publication Scheme under the Freedom of Information Act
8) Website Accessibility Statement
9) Whistleblowing Policy
10) Health and Safety Policy
11) Asbestos Policy
16. Clerk’s report – Urgent Decisions & Expenditure Delegation since last meeting (Clerk)
17. Items for update to local M.P. (Chairman)
To consider any items for communication.
18. 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.
19. Date of next Parish Council Meeting
Thursday 27th February 2025
Signed
S. Faulkner
Mrs Sam Faulkner, Clerk to Norton-Juxta-Kempsey Parish Council
30th December 2024
Approvals – Planning in Principle – Land At (OS 8888 5113) Woodbury Park, Norton, W/24/02579/PIP
Permission in principle for up to 9 residential units.
Refusals – W/24/02338/PIP Albert House, Pershore Road, High Park, Whittington, Worcs, WR5 2RS
Permission in principle for up to 2 dwellings. 18/12/2024
Appeals – Planning Appeal Reference: APP/H1840/W/24/3345106 Land At (Os 9017 5117) , Mucknell Farm Lane Stoulton
Development of a 1MW solar farm and associated infrastructure. Appeal has been withdrawn 16 Dec 2024
Planning Applications – W/24/02501/HP – Loft Conversion with rear dormer, balcony and front skylights.
Deadline 21days from 13th December – PC raised concerns re potential damage from cricket balls and recommended further consultation with cricket club, WNCIC and Worcester Norton Sports Club Limited.