MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL - Tuesday 20th May 2025

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL

Date:                     Tuesday 20th May 2025                                                  Time:    8:55 pm

Venue:                 Village Hall, Northington

Present:               Juliet Balnshard                                                                                 Chairman

                                Andrew Bason

Gail Taylor

Dave Corney

Naoim Conrney

                                Wendy Simson                                                                                  Clerk     

Apologies:          Rhona Hatchley

Welcome and apologies.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Cllr Hatchley sent apologies.

Declaration of Pecuniary & Personal Interests to note any conflict with any item on the agenda.

None were declared.

Minutes of the last meeting

The Councillors reviewed minutes for the meeting on 20th March 2025 and agreed the minutes as a true representation of the meeting. The Chair proposed that the minutes be formally accepted, Cllr Bason seconded this, the minutes were approved.

Financial Update

The Clerk listed the payments to be approved at the meeting, they are:

  • HALC membership – £209.00
  • Annual Village Hall Grant – £1,000.00
  • Annual grant to St Peter’s Church – £600
  • Village Hall hire (November, January & March meetings) – £90.00

All payments were approved by Councillors.

Planning applications & related matters

The Paris Council received on application since the last meeting; it is:

  • The Old rectory (25/00802/HOU) – replace garage with new garage and residential annex. – the Councillors agreed there were no comments to be posted.

Lengthsman

The dates for the Lengthsman visits in 2025/26 are:

  • 18th June 2025
  • 23rd September 2025
  • 15th December 2025
  • 10th March 2026

General Correspondence

The Clerk confirmed that any correspondence had been circulated when received.

Any other business

None

Date of the next meeting

The next Parish Council meeting will be on Thursday 24th July.

The meeting ended at 9:15pm