Parish Council Meeting Agenda – 30th April 2026 @ 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 30th April 2026 at Norton Parish Hall, Wadborough Road, Littleworth, Worcestershire.

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 26th March 2026
    b.  Review of minute action summary
  2. Finance     8.00pm
    1. Finance (Responsible Finance Officer)
      1. Balances
      2. Monthly accounts/bank reconciliation – 31st March reconciliation sent out prior to meeting.
      3. To discuss the appointment of the accountant.
      4. To consider payments and receipts made.
      5. To agree training for assistant clerk.
      6. To hear suggested proposals for the Section 106 funding available.
      7. vii.To hear update on the 2025-26 AGAR process.
      8. viii.To hear an update on the External Audit.
      9. To agree Banking Processes
  1. Progress Reports 8.15pm
    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 – Assistant Clerk – to discuss quotes for fencing and pest control contracts.
    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 application for Habitat bank for Brown Hair Streak Butterfly.    
    11. SWDP Review/Wychavon Town – Cllr Waizeneker
    12. PGSWG – discuss and approve application for habitat bank for Brown Hair Streak Butterfly. 
  2. Space/Verge, Highways and Drainage Matters (Cllr Fincher/Cllr Arrow/Clerk)    8.30pm
    To consider updates:

    1. Lower Boundary Wall Brockhill Lane Insurance Claim
    2. Active Travel Corridor 
    3. Telephone Box Littleworth
    4. Littleworth Flooding
  1. Planning (Cllr Richmond/Cllr Fincher/Cllr Waizeneker)               9.15pm
    a.     To consider report on current applications/appeals/consultations.
    c. To consider other planning matters 
  2. Unitary Authority updates
    1. To hear any updates   9.20pm
  3. 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.
  4. Parish Council Owned Land (Cllr Fincher/Clerk)                   9.30pm
    To consider update re field tenancies and apiary
  5. Annual Parish Meeting – 7th May 2026   9.35pm

To consider an update

  1. Parish Hall Recreation Facilities and Outside Space (Cllr Fincher)                 9.35pm
    a. Update on playground equipment
  2. Correspondence for Information (Chairman)                 9.40pm
    Items of correspondence will be available for inspection at the meeting.
  3. Review and adopt Policies etc: –
    1. a.None this time
  4. Clerk’s report – Urgent Decisions & Expenditure Delegation since last meeting (Clerk)
  5. Items for update to local M.P. (Chairman)               9.55pm         
    To consider any items for communication.
  6. 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.
  7. Date of next meeting

Annual Parish Meeting Thursday 7th May 2026
Annual Parish Council Meeting Thursday 28th May 2026 (to be discussed at the meeting)

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

23rd April 2026