Little Milton Parish Council has been accredited with ‘Quality Parish Council’ status by the Oxfordshire County Accreditation Panel.

The Parish Council

 Back row (from left):  Barry Coward,  David Wakeling, Stuart McGill , Tim Robinson, Raymond Fergusson (Parish Clerk)  

Front row (from left):    Mabel Wood, Alison Shelton  

Details of the information that is available under the Freedom of Information Act

Community Involvement  - Statement  of Intent

EXTRACTS FROM PARISH COUNCIL MEETING on 9th JUNE 2010

Little Milton School Governor’s Newsletter

The Chairman welcomed Mrs Jackie Hutchinson from the Governors who had been invited to attend the meeting. The Chairman stated that the Council fully supported the school as a very important part of our community but it equally had a responsibility to all of the electors to ensure that it did not waste money on projects that had an uncertain future. The Council had a number of reservations about the future financial viability of the newsletter based on advertising sponsorship but RESOLVED to make a one-off payment of £150 to the Governors to ensure that the newsletter could continue in the short term. The sentiment of the meeting was that it expected the Governors to explore other ways of financing the newsletter and that they could not rely on any future payments from the Parish Council.

Community Emergency Planning

The Chairman thanked Mr Steve Willis and Mr Keith Warren- Price for attending the meeting. The Chairman stated that the Council welcomed the help that had been offered. Mr Steve Willis outlined a number of items that had to be considered if the Council wished to create a Community Emergency Plan based on the template that had been issued by Oxfordshire County Council. Mr Willis stated that the first stage was to identify the risks and an assessment of their probability as this would determine whether there was a need to develop a plan. The Council RESOLVED to carry out a risk assessment at the July Council meeting. This would be facilitated by Mr Steve Willis and Mr Warren Price.

Car Park and other related matters

Cllr. Barry Coward reported that the Clerk had submitted the necessary application form to South Oxfordshire District Council in respect of the planning condition for the car park and that the Council were waiting on a response.

The Council RESOLVED that Mr John Riddy should be asked to carry out the work needed to refurbish the existing meter house and that the work should be completed during the summer months.

The Council RESOLVED that they would not proceed with a separate enclosure for the waste bins as the village hall and shop were sharing bins and this reduced the number required.

  Subject to the release of the planning condition the Council were targeting early August to start the work on the car park.

Finance

The Chairman informed the meeting that Mr Ian Dennis, the Internal Auditor, had completed his work for the year ended 31st March 2010 and there were no issues that needed to be reported to the Council.

The Council RESOLVED to approve the Annual Return for 2009-10 including the Annual Governance statement.

Planning

P10/W0580: 8 Chiltern View: Erection of Two storey extension

Cllr. Alison Shelton declared that she had a prejudicial interest as she was a neighbour and after making a statement to the Council on the application she withdrew from the meeting.

The Council RESOLVED that this application should be recommended for refusal by South Oxfordshire District Council as the Council had concerns that the extension impacted upon the privacy of neighbours through overlooking. There was also a concern that as the property had already been extended that the property was being over developed.

P10/W0611: Boundary House, High Street: Formation of new roof volume plus window replacement

The Council RESOLVED that this application should be recommended for approval by South Oxfordshire District Council.

P10/W0667/LB & W/0734: North Lodge, Church Hill: Construction of kitchen and summer house

The Council RESOLVED that these applications should be recommended for approval by South Oxfordshire District Council.

Lease with IPS

    The Chairman informed the meeting that he had received a response from the IPS solicitors in respect of the comments made by the Morgan Cole in respect of the tenancy arrangements between themselves and Mrs Annie Rogers. It was clear from the response that the IPS solicitor was unclear about a number of aspects of the arrangements of the occupancy. The Council RESOLVED that the IPS should clarify the precise details of the arrangements of the occupancy of the space used by Mrs Annie Rogers in order that their solicitors could determine the appropriate agreement that is required to meet the terms of the lease between the Parish Council and the IPS.

SODC: Delay in consideration of Core Strategy

The Chairman informed the meeting that a letter had been received from Anna Robinson the Strategic Director at SODC informing the Council that following a letter from the Secretary of State for Communities that District Council had withdrawn their Local Development Core Strategy. The letter from the Secretary of State advised of impending changes to the planning system and this could make any strategy potentially redundant.

The Parish Council will meet on Wednesday 14th July 2010 at 8.00 p.m. in The Pine Lodge Little Milton unless there is a need to convene any planning or other meetings.

R. Fergusson Parish Clerk

Please note that the complete minutes of the Council are now included on the Council website www.littlemilton.org.uk  after they have been approved by the Council.

Freedom of Information Act – Parish Council Publication Scheme

The Freedom on Information Act 2000 (FOIA) provides rights of public access to information held by Public Authorities. The Parish Council adopted a new publication scheme on 1st January 2009. A version of the Publication Scheme will be available on the Council Website www.littlemilton.org.uk

Residents can see the records of the policies and practices of the Parish Council

including minutes, financial information and responses to planning consultations, on request from the Parish Clerk.

Current Council members

ANNUAL REPORTS  -  see PC Archive page

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