Town Council Meeting Agenda
The Public May submit any questions they may have to townclerk@halsteadtowncouncil.org.uk by 21 April at 12.00 at the latest
Time: 6.00pm
Day: Tuesday 21 April 2020
Venue: Queens Hall, Chipping Hill, Halstead, CO9 2BY.
Tel: 01787476480
Membership:
Councillor Andy Munday – Chairman
Councillor Mick Radley – Vice Chairman
Councillor Miss Janet Atkinson
Councillor Peter Caulfield
Councillor Peter Claydon
Councillor Mrs Sandra Dingle
Councillor Malcolm Fincken
Councillor Dave Gronland
Councillor David Hume
Councillor Mrs Jackie Pell
Councillor Miss Linda Smith
Councillor Garry Warren
Please note that this meeting is on Tuesday 21 April due to a clash with a meeting at Braintree District Council.
The meeting will be conducted virtually.
Members of the Council are summonsed to attend the above Meeting to transact the following business:
1. Apologies for Absence and approval of absences
2. Declarations of Interests. To declare any ‘pecuniary, non-pecuniary or other pecuniary’’ interests relating to items on the agenda having regard to the Code of Conduct for Members and having taken appropriate advice (where necessary) before the meeting.
3. Public Question Time. a) A maximum period of 10 minutes to allow members of the public to ask questions or to make statements, and for Councillors with ‘pecuniary, non-pecuniary or other pecuniary’ interests under the code of conduct for Members to make statements. Due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, the public are asked to submit any questions they may have to townclerk@halsteadtowncouncil.org.uk by 21 April at 12.00 at the latest.
4. Minutes. To approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 16th March 2020., in both public and private sessions.
5. Planning Applications. Dealt with by the Planning Committee. ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE. Chair of Planning – Councillor D Hume – Planning report attached here
The following Planning Applications, which were received and circulated electronically, are to be considered at the Council meeting.
20/00388/FUL – Land Adjacent (south of Broton Drive, Halstead, Essex – Temporary Site Hoarding Application(3 years) for new Halstead Community Centre
20/00412/HH – 46 Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex – Erection of a two storey side extension
20/00496/HH – 40 Colchester Road, Halstead, Essex – Erection of two storey side and single storey rear extension
20/00522/VAR – 11 Ashlong Grove, Halstead, Essex – Variation of Condition 2 Approved Plans of permission 19/01093/HH granted 18/06/2019 for Single storey side / rear with first floor extension. Variation would allow enlargement of ground floor extension and removal of first floor.
20/00523/HH – 12 Prospect Place, Halstead, Essex – Erection of single storey side extension
6. Mayor’s Appointments and Announcements – Mayor’s Appointments Report attached here
7. Finance. Dealt with by the Finance Committee. ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Chair of Finance – Councillor M Radley
a) To receive the Income and expenditure report for the month of March. – Finance report April for March attached here
b) To approve the List of Payments to be made in March- List of Payments report 7a attached here
c) To approve the Reconciliation of bank and petty cash accounts– report to follow
d) To approve new charges for the allotments – charges for the allotments report attached here
e) To approve new procedure for online banking payments – Online banking payments report attached here
f) To consider the repair of the allotment ramp at Parsonage Street allotments –Ramp at Parsonage St report attached here
8. Community Hall – verbal report
a) no report this month
b) no report this month
9. District Councillors – written/verbal report
a) no reports this month
10. To receive reports from Champions
- Surgery
- Education
- Tourism
- Open spaces and river
- Police
11. To receive an update on the Riverside bridge – no report this month
12. To receive an update on Holy Trinity Wall – Holy Trinity Wall report attached here
Morton drawings attached here and Damian Lockley drawings attached here
13. To receive an update on Electric Vehicle charging – no report this month while we wait for Land Registry documents
14. To approve the transfer document giving HTC ownership of the allotments at Oak Road- report to follow
15. To approve the website accessibility statement for HTC – website accessibility report attached here
16. To receive an update on the Tender for Christmas lights 2020- 22 – tender process for the Christmas lights 2020-22 report attached here
17. Exclusion of Public and Press.
To give consideration to adopting the following resolution: – “That in view of the confidential nature of the business about to be transacted and pursuant to the provisions of section 1(2)-of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, as amended, the public and the press be temporarily excluded from the meeting”.
There are none
S Greatorex
Town Clerk
14 April 2020