Agendas and Minutes 2025

Agenda for Annual Parish Council Meeting 12th May 2025

Dear Councillor, 6th May 2025

NOTICE OF MEETING

You are hereby summoned to attend the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Long Bennington Parish Council to be held on 12th May 2025 in the Village Hall, Long Bennington.

The public forum is scheduled to take place at 8.00pm and the Council meeting will follow on immediately, the business to be transacted at the meeting is listed below.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Evans

Clerk to the Council

AGENDA

1. Appointment of Chairman and Vice-Chairman

2. Apologies for Absence

3. Declarations of Interest

4. Minutes and Matters arising from the previous meeting (unless agenda items).

5. County Councillor Report

6. District Council Report

7. Planning:-

- Planning Applications S24/1302 Harwood Gray Application for Listed Building Consent

for repairs to the front roof, soffits and facias, repairs to the roof around the landing skylight and replace front door at 40 Main Road, Long Bennington.

- Approvals S25/0297 Potts. Conditional approval of application for change of

use of second floor residential flat (Use Class C3) to office (Use Class E) at Kings Farm 19 Winters Lane, Long Bennington

- Refusals None

- Planning Appeals/Withdrawals S25/0299 Smith. Notice of declining of determination of

application for change of use of land from

agricultural land to use for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes (involving the creation of 13 gypsy/ traveller pitches each with 1 Static Caravan, 1 Touring Caravan) | Land At Valley Lane/A1 Junction Long Bennington

- Other Planning Issues None

8. Village Hall Ownership – to discuss current position.

9. Register of Fixed Assets – to review and approve.

10. External Audit AGAR – To approve Section 1 and Section 2

11. Request to improve grass verge on Winters Lane - to discuss

12. Parish Council Communications – to discuss improvement

13. Chairman and Clerk’s Reports :-

Clerk’s Report attached

14. Finance:-

- Issue of Cheques and Direct Payment Authorisation as follows:

LB Village Hall – hall hire 236.10

Parks and Pitches – early cut £570.00

Mills Maintenance re Memorial Gardens £200.00

Parks and Pitches £1,568.50

SKDC Business Rates Village Hall £201.00

Murphy Electrics £1380.00

DD HRMC re PAYE £219.90

Land Survey Solutions – £1140.00

EKM Ltd – playground inspection £268.80

LBVH – hall hire £255.90

Cllr Leventhall expenses re special delivery postage £9.85

Direct Debit NFU – Tractor Insurance £42.31

HSBC Bank Charge £5.00

Salaries £1099.36 and £150.00 £1249.36

Direct Debit BT £117.18

SO re Microsoft 365 £8.49

Total (incl VAT) £7472.39

- Up to date financial statements.

- To approve Community Cleaner hours worked and payment.

- To consider request for financial donation from St Swithun’s PCC for churchyard maintenance.

- To consider request for financial donation from St Swithun’s PCC to support the Saxonwell News magazine production.

- To formally accept the audited accounts for the PFMC for YE 31/12/24

- To discuss and approve revised budget for 2025/26

- To approve gift to internal auditor and agree continued audit arrangement.

- To approve payment of donation towards works to trees on corner of Manor Drive