Town Council Meeting Agenda
Time: 19:15
Day: 8 September 2025
Venue: Queens Hall, Chipping Hill, Halstead, CO9 2BY.
Tel: 01787 476480
Those wishing to ask a question or make a statement should be able to read their statement/question within 3 minutes. Questions may also be submitted to townclerk@halsteadtowncouncil.org.uk by 12:00 8 September 2025
Members of the Council are requested to attend the above Meeting to transact the following business:
Membership:
Councillor Andy Munday- Chairman
Councillor James Bond – Vice Chairman
Councillor Janet Atkinson
Councillor Malcolm Fincken
Councillor Linda Hilton
Councillor Gemma MacAndrews
Councillor Grahame McCoyd
Councillor Paul Nunn
Councillor Jackie Pell
Councillor Felix Preston
Councillor Linda Smith
Councillor Garry Warren
Public Session
1. Apologies for Absence and approval of apologies.
Chairman’s statement
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. Form attached (.pdf)
3. Public Question Time
a) 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.
b) ECC Cllr Chris Siddall will give his report
4. To approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 11 August 2025
5. Planning Applications. All members of the council discuss planning applications. Lead member for Planning – Councillor Jackie Pell. Deputy lead member for planning Cllr Paul Nunn
No Planning Applications.
6. Mayor’s Appointments and Announcements – report attached (.pdf)
7. Finance – Lead Member for Finance Cllr Munday, Deputy Lead Cllr McCoyd
All members of the Council are members of the Finance section
a) Income and expenditure for August 2025 – report attached (.pdf)
b) To approve the List of payments – report attached (.pdf)
c) EMR and balance sheet – report attached (.pdf)
d) Purchase of new PC for accounts – report attached (.pdf)
e) To consider notices to manage noise at Courtaulds sports ground – report attached (.pdf)
8. To receive reports from District Councillors – verbal/written reports
9. To receive reports from Champions’ – verbal/written reports
a) Doctors Surgery – Cllrs. Bond and McCoyd
b) Schools – Cllrs. Bond and Preston
c) Police – Cllrs. Warren and Atkinson
d) Open spaces – Cllrs. Atkinson and Fincken
e) Tourism – Cllrs. Smith and Pell
f) Halstead community Connections
10. Proposed Community Arts Centre update – report attached (.pdf)
11. To update risk assessments – Boomlift (.pdf), Adverse weather (.pdf), Torchlight procession (.pdf), Outings (.pdf), Christmas lights (.pdf), General events (.pdf), Financial transactions (.pdf), Office-based staff (.pdf)
12. Referendum request – report attached (.pdf)
13. To elect a chairman of the CSG User group recently formed – report attached (.pdf)
14. To update the Equality and Diversity policy – report attached (.pdf)
15. Items for next meeting
16. 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
17. To approve Minutes of SAC meeting of 4 September 2025 – Minutes to follow
18. A proposal to BDC concerning the management of public spaces – report to follow
S Greatorex
Town Clerk 1 September 2025