Parish Council Meeting Agenda – 23rd October @ 7.30pm.

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 October 2025 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. Apologies: To receive apologies and to approve the reason for absence   7.45pm
  2. 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. Minutes (Chairman)   7.50pm
    a.  To consider adoption of minutes of the previous Parish Council Meeting held on 25th September 2025
    b.  Review of minute action summary
  2. Finance     8.05pm
    1. Finance (Responsible Finance Officer)
      1. Balances
      2. Monthly accounts/bank reconciliation – 30th Sep reconciliation sent out prior to meeting.
      3. To consider payments and receipts made.
      4. To consider the addition of the percentage spend to ledger.
      5. Update on new bank account to split council reserves in line with Financial Services Compensation Scheme £85,000 limits.
      6. To consider new budget setting arrangements for 26/27, including priorities, reserves, projects.
      7. vii.Update on successful Natural Networks Grant of £4905.25 for ‘Wobbly Path’ part of Parish Green Spaces Working Group.  Works to be completed and invoiced by December 2025. £2102.25 match funding will be required total cost of £7007.50.   
  3. Update on the End of Year Return of the Annual Governance Statement (AGAR) (Responsible Finance Officer)                 8.15pm
    To be given an update on the return and final report.
  4. Progress Reports
    1. District Councillor Reports – Cllr R. Adams and Cllr L. Turier
    2. County Councillor Report – Cllr L Robinson
    3. Social Media and Website Communications – Cllr Pollard
    4. Allotments – Cllr Parlow
    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, Norton
    11. Parish Green Spaces Working Group/Biodiversity Matters including Biodiversity Net Gain and Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects for Parish Councils (Cllr Fincher)    
  5. Space/Verge, Highways and Drainage Matters (Cllr Fincher/Cllr Arrow/Clerk)    9.00pm
    To consider updates:

    1. Lower Boundary Wall Brockhill Lane Survey
    2. Active Travel Corridor 
    3. Telephone Box Littleworth
    4. Transfer of assets from WCC and WDC
    5. Yellow lines in Littleworth
    6. Slippy A4440 footbridge
    7. Purchase and placement of speed cameras.
  1. Planning (Cllr Richmond/Cllr Fincher/Cllr Waizeneker)               9.15pm
    a.     To consider report on current applications/appeals.
    b. To consider other planning matters (incl. SWDP Review/Parkway Garden Town proposals).
  2. Neighbourhood Plan/Parish Aspirations Document (Cllr Arrow/Cllr Pollard/Cllr Waizeneker) 
    To receive update on NP revision and quarterly review of the Parish Aspirations document.
  3. Parish Council Owned Land (Cllr Fincher/Clerk)                   9.25pm
    To consider update including land registration and unpaid field rental.
  4. Parish Hall Recreation Facilities and Outside Space (Cllr Fincher)                 9.30pm
    a. To consider update including planting and renovation of fixed benches outside main hall as well as picnic benches.

b. Update in connection with litter around the parish.

c. To receive update on Play Area and MUGA repairs

  1. Correspondence for Information (Chairman)                 9.45pm
    Items of correspondence will be available for inspection at the meeting.
  2. To consider involvement in Remembrance Day Service – Sunday 9th November
    1. To agreed donation for NJKPC Wreath to RBL.
  3. Update re production of the Parish Magazine/Newsletters (Cllr Dawson and Cllr   Waizeneker)
    1. a.Review of design, content and agree publication date of the Parish anniversary magazine.
    2. b.Review and design, content of quarterly newsletters.
    3. c.Review and design, content of annual parish information booklet.
  4. Update to Santa Sleigh Visit Winter 2025 (Cllr Dawson)   9.50pm
  5. Review and adopt Policies and Councillor Responsibilities: –
    1. a.Terms of Reference (internal audit)
    2. b.Publication Scheme under the Freedom of Information Act.
    3. c.Website Accessibility Statement
    4. d.Whistle Blowing Policy
    5. e.Review again the Councillor Responsibilities Document to share workload with new councillors.
  6. Clerk’s report – Urgent Decisions & Expenditure Delegation since last meeting (Clerk)

Urgent purchase or speed signs being sold second hand by other Parish Council. 

  1. Items for update to local M.P. (Chairman)               9.55pm         
    To consider any items for communication.
  2. 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.
  3. Date of next meeting
    Parish Council Meeting Thursday 27th November

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

19th October 2025