Town Council Meeting Agenda
Time: 19:15
Day: Monday 15 August 2022
Venue: Queens Hall, Chipping Hill, Halstead, CO9 2BY.
Tel: 01787476480
Those wishing to ask a question or make a statement should be able to read their statement/question within 3 minutes. All those attending are required to wear a mask and socially distance. Questions may also be submitted to townclerk@halsteadtowncouncil.org..uk by 12.00 on 15 August 2022
Members of the Council are requested to attend the above Meeting to transact the following business
Membership:
Councillor Mrs Jackie Pell – Chairman
Councillor Peter Caulfield – Vice Chairman
Councillor Miss Janet Atkinson
Councillor Peter Claydon
Councillor Mrs Sandra Dingle
Councillor Malcolm Fincken
Councillor Dave Gronland
Councillor David Hume
Councillor Andrew Munday
Councillor Mick Radley
Councillor Miss Linda Smith
Councillor Garry Warren
1. Apologies for Absence and approval of apologies
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 maximum period of 10 minutes to allow written questions and statements to be read out and for statements from Councillors with ‘pecuniary, non-pecuniary or other pecuniary’ interests under the code of conduct for Members to make statements.
4. Minutes
To approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 18 July 2022, and to note the minutes of the Antisocial behaviour group meeting of 14 July 2022.
5. Planning Applications. All members of the council discuss planning applications. Lead member for Planning – Councillor D Hume, Deputy lead – Councillor Pell.
The following Planning Applications, which were received and circulated electronically, are to be considered at the Council meeting. Planning report attached here
22/01527/FUL – Land East of High Street, Halstead – Proposed 31 No. residential units with associated car parking, amenity areas, external works with the retention of 10 No. WW11 Air Raid Shelters and 1 No. Wardens Hut.
22/01862/HH – North Hill, Howe Chase, Hedingham Road, Halstead – Demolition of the former pigsty building and erection of garage and workshop
22/01884/FUL- Halstead Service Station, Trinity Street, Halstead, Essex – Demolition of existing forecourt building and change of use of showroom to forecourt shop, addition of electric vehicle charging bays and customer parking
22/01934/VAR – Halstead Tyre and Service Centre, Sudbury Road, Halstead, Essex – Variation of condition 2 ‘Approved Plans’ of permission 11/00553/FUL granted on 26/07/2011 for : Erection of single storey extension to existing workshop to form additional workshop area and installation of roller shutters. Variation would allow : Change from bifolding doors to horizontal roller shutter doors on south east elevation.
22/01928/HH – 34 Hedingham Road, Halstead, Essex – Replacement garage
22/01952/FUL – Wade International Ltd, Third Avenue, Bluebridge Industrial Est, Halstead – Erection of storage warehouse and provision of external storage areas.
22/00043/FUL (Revised) – Land at East Mill, Halstead, Essex – Erection of 2 no. Semi detached single storey dwellings
22/01969/FUL & 22/01970/ADV – Lloyds TSB Bank, 69 High Street, Halstead – 2 x Non illuminated fascia sign and 1 x Heritage projecting sign to front elevation, replace air conditioning units, re-use extract grilles and new shopfront.
22/02034/LBC – The White House , 32 High Street, Halstead – Internal alterations to allow removal of a pillar.
22/01838/HH – 30 Harvey Street, Halstead, Essex – Installation of dropped kerb and new driveway.
22/01982/FUL & 22/01983/LBC- 3 High Street, Halstead, Essex – Formation of 1No. self-contained one-bedroom flat on 2nd floor, including addition of internal partitions and internal insulated walls. Removal of external concrete hardstanding.
22/02023/FUL -60A Broton Drive, Halstead, Essex – Erection of single storey unit to use as secure parking and storage to serve Unit 60A.
6. Mayor’s appointments – Mayor’s report attached here
7. Finance – Member for Finance Cllr. J Atkinson, Deputy Cllr A. Munday
All members of the Council are members of the Finance section
a) Income and expenditure for July 2022 – report to follow
b) To approve the List of payments – List of Payments report attached here
c) To approve revised financial accounts – Finance report attached here
d) To reconsider resanding and sealing the Queens Hall floor – Queens Hall Floor report attached here
8. To receive reports from District Councillors – verbal/written reports
9. To receive reports from Champions’ – verbal/written reports
a. Doctors Surgery – Cllrs. Gronland and Radley
b. Schools – Cllrs. Hume and Caulfield
c. Police – Cllrs. Warren and Claydon
d. Open spaces – Cllrs. Atkinson and Fincken
e. Tourism – Cllrs. Smith and Pell
10. To consider an application for the payment of S106 funding for allotment fencing- S106 report attached here
11. To reconsider action to counter climate change – Climate Change report attached here
12. Removal of unnecessary notices on the Library gable end – Library report attached here
13. Twenty’s Plenty –Twenty’s Plenty report attached here
14. To select a second councillor to attend HiB meetings and represent HTC – HIB Meeting Representative report attached here
15. 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”.
Private session
16. To consider a matter relating to the Empire Theatre
S Greatorex
Town Clerk
8 August 2022