New Rose Cottage Chapel Lane Hillesley Gloucestershire GL12 7RQ
Clerk Mary Leonard 01453 844659 email: [email protected] website: www.kingswoodparishcouncil.gov.uk
To all members of the Council
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Kingswood Parish Council to be held on Monday 11th December 2017. The parish council meeting is scheduled to take place immediately after the Public Meeting which will commence at 6.45pm at Kingswood Village hall, Wickwar Road, Kingswood. The meeting has been called for the purpose of transacting business as per the details on the agenda below.
Notice to members of the Public Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting and to ask questions and raise issues with the councillors as detailed in agenda item 3. This session will last no more than 15 minutes.
Signature Mary Leonard Mary Leonard Parish Clerk for Kingswood 6th December 2017
MEETING OF KINGSWOOD PARISH COUNCIL DECEMBER 2017
1. To receive and note apologies for absence.
2. To receive and record declaration of personal and pecuniary interest in matters on the agenda.
3. To take questions and concerns from the public. (This session is for information only and no decisions can be made on matters raised in this meeting unless the issue is already on the agenda. If not on the agenda the matter can be brought to the next meeting )
4. To approve the minutes of the meeting held on Monday 13th November 2017 and Monday 20th November 2017 and the chairman to sign on behalf of the council that they are an accurate record of proceedings.
5. To discuss District Council matter relating to Kingswood and receive a report from District Councillor Mark Reeves.
6. To discuss County Council matters relating to Kingswood and receive a report from County Councillor John Cordwell.
7. To discuss the Neighbourhood Wardens Report and take decisions as necessary.
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8. To review Policing issues and discuss any report received from the Police.
Financial Matters
9. To approve accounts for payment, sign cheques and Note Additional Payments Made in line with the Parish Council’s financial regulations. Those received at the time the agenda was issued are listed below.
Dec-17 Date AMOUNT VAT TOTAL Comments 14/12/2017 £ 1,105.15 £ 1,105.15 Employees salaries and Expenses Mrs Sue Evans -Public Convenience Cleaning 14/12/2017 £ 86.00 £ 86.00 Contract 10/12/2017 £ 182.22 £ 182.22 Nest 16/11/2017 £ 55.11 £ 55.11 Water Plus Chestnut Park trough 16/11/2017 £ 21.55 £ 21.55 Water Plus Public Convenience 16/11/2017 £ 11.11 £ 11.11 Water Plus Rectory Road 02/12/2017 £ 25.75 £ 25.75 Ecotricity Public Convenience 14/12/2017 £ 1,089.93 £ 1,089.93 HMRC PAYE Tax and Ni Q3 30/11/2017 £ 19.50 3.5 £ 23.00 Smiths - Waste collection Kingswood Cemetery Stroud District Council - Emptying of the dog bins 14/12/2017 £ 95.67 £ 95.67 voluntary payment Water Business -Public Convenience Sewerage 01/12/2017 £ 14.65 £ 14.65 charges 09/11/2017 £ 35.00 7.00 £ 42.00 Community Heart Beat- Replacement pads £2,741.64 £3.50 £2,752.14
10. To consider the monthly bank reconciliation for October 2017 as prepared by the Clerk and for the Chairman to sign as a correct record on behalf of the Parish Council.
Planning Matters Requiring a Decision or for noting
11. To review and comment on planning matters.
11.1 To receive an update from the Chairman and the clerk on the meeting with Highways Officer and Planning Officer and applicant in respect of the planning application for Penwood Lodge S17/1231/ful as follows;
11.2 To review and take a decision on the applications that have been submitted a the date of issue of the agenda;
a. Ref. No: S.17/2550/VAR The Old Stable Merryford Farm Charfield Road Kingswood Wotton-Under-Edge Gloucestershire GL12 8JS - Removal of conditions 5 and 6 from Planning Application S.10/2398/COU
b. Ref. No: S.17/2650/HHOLD Planning Application 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 Golden Lane Kingswood Wotton-Under-Edge Gloucestershire GL12 8RR – External Wall wrap round insulation
11.3 To note that South Gloucestershire Council Development Control (West) Committee will consider the application detailed below at the Turnberries Community Centre, Bath Road, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, BS35 2BB on 14th December 2017, starting at 11.00AM. The committee agenda and reports are available to be viewed from 5 days before the date of the committee, either on-line at
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http://council.southglos.gov.uk/uuCoverPage.aspx?bcr=1, or at our offices.
Site: Heneage Farm Moorslade Lane Falfield Wotton Under Edge South Gloucestershire Description: Change of use and development of agricultural land to provide up to 85no. dwellings with associated access, parking, hard/soft landscape works, public open space, and drainage, together with development of a 'Park and Share' facility for up to 100 cars and new Community Hub (Outline) with access to be determined. All other matters reserved. Application No: PT17/4800/O
Items Requiring a Resolution from Council:
12. The council to review the current terms in relation to the hiring of the playing field by organisations and to take decisions on any amendments to these terms including methods of enforcement. 13. The council to review and take a decision on the response from the Planning strategy Group on the Local Plan Consultation. 14. To review and take decisions on information relating to the installation of an Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera in Kingswood. 15. To review and take a decision on the application to divert footpath CKD31 at Highwood Farm. 16. To review and take decisions on information relating to the Dinneywicks Inn. 17. To review and take decisions on the information provided by the Kingswood Heart Defibrillator Co-ordinator to install a light above the heart defribrillator and to agree an amount for payment of electricity for the year 2016/17.
Items for Review:
18. To receive a report from the clerk in connection with the Playing field. 19. To receive an update from the Clerk on Wild about Kingswood Community Areas. 20. To review the budget notes and information provided by the clerk following the budget working group meeting in respect of draft budget for 2018/19. 21. To receive an update from the clerk on Highways matters. 22. To receive an update from the clerk on the new General Data Protection Regulations coming into force in May 2018. 23. Councillors to review the list of decision taken in previous meetings and the progress made on achieving them. 24. The Clerk to feed-back outstanding administrative issues reported to her in the last month and not covered in the meeting. Councillors to note the meeting schedule and priorities for the following month.
Items to Note
25. To note Planning applications not yet decided
a. S.17/1231/FUL Penn Wood Lodge Wotton Road, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8RA New build replacement elderly residential care home over two storeys with part basement
b. S.17/0830/DISCON Land At Chestnut Park, Kingswood, Gloucestershire, Discharge of conditions 3 - Play area, 4 - Management and maintenance of Road, 7 - Speed reduction measures, 8 - Village Hall link and 9 - Levels from planning permission S.16/1272/REM (Appeal: PP/C1625/W/15/3011370) for erection of up to 51 dwellings, ecological mitigation land, landscaping and associated works.
c. S.17/2412/FUL | Stationing an agricultural worker's mobile home | Highwood Poultry Farm Wickwar Road Kingswood Wotton-Under-Edge Gloucestershire GL12 8JU.
d Ref. No: S.17/2399/HHOLD 1B Walkmill Lane Kingswood Wotton-Under-Edge Gloucestershire GL12 8RZ Loft conversion and new dormer window.
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e South Gloucestershire application. Land at Heneages Farm Falfield S.17/2417/MISC S Glos ref: PT17/4800/O Change of use and development of agricultural land to provide up to 85no. dwellings with associated access, parking, hard/soft landscape works, public open space and drainage, together with development of a 'Park and Share' facility for up to 100 cars and new Community Hub (Outline) with access to be determined. All other matters reserved.
f. S.17/2307/FUL | Construction of 12 houses with access road and car park for 80 cars and 2 coaches. | Land south of The Chipping Surgery Symn Lane Wotton-Under-Edge Gloucestershire
g Ref. No: S.17/2508/CM Land Adjacent To Folly Farm Kingswood Road Hillesley Gloucestershire Importation of soil for the sound attenuation bunds.
Notice: The next meeting of Kingswood Parish Council will be on Monday 8th January 2018. Anybody with an item they wish to bring to the attention of the Council, should forward details, in writing, to the Clerk to the Parish Council, no later than 9am on Friday 29th December 2018.
Parish Council Members are reminded that the Council has a general duty to consider the following matters in the exercise of any of its functions: Equal Opportunities (race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status and any disability), Crime & Disorder, Health & Safety and Human Rights
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