BRINDLEY HEATH PARISH COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON TUESDAY 19 MAY 2015 AT THE WHITE HOUSE, MARQUIS DRIVE, BRINDLEY HEATH 8:00 PM

12 May 2015

Dear Councillor, You are hereby invited to attend a meeting of Brindley Heath Parish Council for consideration of the matters itemised in the following agenda. Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting and will be given an opportunity to raise concerns relating to the Parish under the heading ‘Public Participation’.

AGENDA

1. ELECTION OF CHAIR 2. SIGNING OF DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE 3. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR 4. TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 5. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST a. To declare interests for this meeting b. To submit a Register of Interests form (required by the Monitoring Officer at Chase Council within 28 days of appointment to office) 6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Members of the public are invited to address the Council 7. MINUTES To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 24 March 2015

8. UPDATES FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES Any matters not covered elsewhere on the agenda

9. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT/ANNOUNCEMENTS

10. PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCY To set a closing date for applications and confirm the procedure for making an appointment through co-option 1

11. APPOINTMENT OF PLANNING COMMITTEE To appoint representatives to the Planning Committee

12. APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES TO OUTSIDE BODIES To appoint representatives to the following outside bodies: Slitting Mill Village Hall (currently A. Pearson) Etching Hill Village Hall (currently D. Cotton) Chetwynd Charity (currently P. Adams) Etching Hill Charity/Charity for the Provision of Allotments for the Labouring Poor of the Ancient Parish of (currently P. Adams & D. Ballett) Allotments Association (currently D. Cotton & P. Adams) Longdon Cotton Almshouses (currently P. Adams) Cannock Chase Council’s Parish Standards Committee (currently R. Turville) Cannock Chase AONB Parish Councils’ Meetings

13. CORRESPONDENCE a. To note incoming and outgoing correspondence b. To receive details on items of post which are of local interest or require a response/decision: i. BT Payphone Consultation in Brindley Heath Road ii. County Council Library Service update iii. SPCA Week Bulletins c. Consultations Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service’s Community Safety Options Consultation (it is expected that feedback will have been given directly to Dermot Hogan, Western Service Delivery Group Lead, at the Annual Parish Meeting)

14. PLANNING a. To confirm the observations made by the Parish Council’s Planning Committee: CH/15/0106 Base Station, Car Park Block 1, Cannock Chase Enterprise Centre CH/15/0130 Chase View, Fair Oaks CH/15/0147 Brackendale, Bank Road CH/15/0148 Brackendale, Penkridge Bank Road CH/14/0132 Smallholding, Kingsley Wood Road

b. To consider new planning applications: CH/15/0156 Penkridge Bank Cottage, Penkridge Bank Road CH.19/01/709 M Rugeley Quarry, Wolseley Road

c. To receive planning decisions made by the District Council 2 CH/15/0027 Swiss House Farm

d. Cannock Chase Local Plan Part 2 – Green Belt Review To consider whether to make further comments in response to the updated Methodology and Land Parcels (by 29 May 2015)

15. PARISH ISSUES To discuss and receive updates on Parish issues a. Chase Side b. Brindley Village c. Cannock Chase Forest & AONB – Cannock Chase Visitor Management Policy d. Any other issues

16. INVITATIONS TO MEETINGS/EVENTS To note forthcoming (external) meetings and to nominate members to represent the Parish Council: Rugeley & Brereton Community Forum – Monday 22 June 2015. Venue to be confirmed Community Forum – Tuesday 30 June 2015. Venue to be confirmed AONB Parish Councils’ Meeting – Tuesday 16 June 2014 at Brocton Village Hall. 7pm Staffordshire County Council’s Countryside Estates Review – ‘Developing our Thinking’ meeting with Parish Councils – 2 June 2015 at 6pm at the Rudyard Room, No. 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street, . ST16 2DH Invitation to join Matthew Ellis, Police and Crime Commissioner on 30 May 2015 from 9.15am to 12 noon to discuss plans to empower neighbourhoods to work better with the Police to cut crime and improve safety in local areas. Venue: Howden Suite at Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre, Yarnfield, Stone ST15 0NL ‘Four Winters at War’ Community Event on 20 and 21 June 2015. Birches Valley Concert Venue Rugeley Network PPG Meeting Date: Wednesday 3rd June 2015. 1pm - 3pm at Springfields Health and Wellbeing Centre, Lovett Court, Rugeley

17. REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED To share information from meetings attended

18. COUNCILLOR REPORTS To receive any reports from Parish, District and County Councillors

19. PARISH COUNCIL WEBSITE To receive an update and comments

20. FINANCIAL MATTERS a. To note the financial position of the Council and approve the Risk Assessment and internal Control b. To approve the accounts for financial year 2014-15 3 c. To approve the Annual Return for the year end 31 March 2015: Section 1 (Accounting Statements) Section 2 (Annual Governance Statement) and Section 4 (Annual Internal Audit Report) d. To receive the Internal Auditor’s Report for 2014-15 (if available) e. To adopt financial regulations and Standing Orders during 2015-16 f. To appoint an independent internal auditor for 2015-16 g. To appoint a Councillor to audit/check accounts for 2014-15 h. To authorise cheques for payment

21. ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR INFORMATION AND ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA

22. SCHEDULE OF NEW MEETING DATES To set a program of future meeting dates

23. DATE OF NEXT MEETING Meeting date to be determined

Yours sincerely

Trudy Williams Parish Clerk

122 Dartmouth Avenue Cannock Staffordshire WS11 1EQ

Tel. 01543 503911 Email: [email protected]

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