Broomfield and Kingswood Parish Council

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Notice of Meeting of the Parish Council

To:   All Councillors

Dear Sir or Madam,

I hereby give you notice that a Meeting of the Broomfield and Kingswood Parish Council will be held at Kingswood & Broomfield Village Hall on Monday 1^st December 2008 commencing 7.30pm.

(Note – Planning Applications will be available for viewing from 7.15pm)

Dated this 22^nd day of November 2008.      Signed:  Susan M Wotton   Parish Clerk

Note:   Public questions will be taken before the start of the Meeting.   Questions will be limited to fifteen minutes in total and one minute per speaker

A G E N D A

Apologies for Absence

1.         Personal & Prejudicial Interests        

2.         Minutes of the Meeting held 6^th October 2008 and Matters Arising

3.         Minutes of the Meeting of the Finance & General Purpose Committee held 19^th October and Matters Arising

4.         Policing

(i)             Police Report and Crime Figures 4th to 30th Nov 2008 – PCSO White

(ii)         Neighbourhood Watch - Cllr Bowker

5.         Maidstone Borough Council - Ward Cllr Peter Parvin

6.         Planning

Applications:

(i)         MA/08/2113 – 1 Barrack Cottages, Broomfield Road, Kingswood – an application for listed building consent for the installation of a multi-fuel wood burning stove with hearth and erection of a flue system (see also MA/08/2116)

(ii)         MA/08/2204 – land adjacent to 4 Bell Way, Kingswood - erection of a single residential dwelling

(iii)        MA/08/2201 – 36 Laurel Grove, Kingswood - erection of a single-storey rear extension and front porch with tile hung front canopy (Re-submission of MA/08/1648)

(iv)        MA/08/2136 – Hunters Moon, Broomfield Road, Kingswood – full planning permission for extension to existing detached garage to provide a garden and bike store

Decisions (MBC):

(i)         MA/08/1712 – 23A Cayser Drive, Kingswood – erection of a two-storey side extension - refused

(ii)         MA/08/1813 – 14 Bushy Grove, Kingswood – erection of a single-storey rear extension - approved

Other: 

(i)         Residential Extensions Supplementary Planning Document – Public Consultation

(ii)         MBC – Information on Planning Enforcement Activity

7.         Finances and Finance Officer’s Report – Assistant Clerk / RFO

(i)         Invoices for payment:                                                                   £

Clerk – Pay, mileage & room expenses, 20 Oct – 20 Nov ’08

(Including back dated holiday pay 06/07)                                                698.00

Ass Clerk/RFO – Pay, mileage & room expenses, 20 Oct – 20 Nov ‘08

(Including back dated holiday pay 06/07)                                                662.52

Ass Clerk – expenses                                                                            24.52

HMRC – Clerks’ PAYE & Employer’s NI                                                 267.50

Clive Stanley Associates – Webmaster services 21 Aug – 19 Nov ’08       159.50

(ii)         Payments for ratification:                                                                                      Chq. No

            T Skinner – Twinning Project expenses                                                   100.00         479

            Viking – stationery, etc.                                                                         190.96         480

                Leeds & Kingswood Scout Group – hire of Scout Hut 15/10                       25.00         481

(iii)        Other:                                                                                                                                

            Bank reconciliations

Parish Precept 2009/10

MBC – 2^nd instalment Concurrent Functions payment ’08 received - £5035.00

8.         Recreation & Sports Field

(i)         Additional funding update - Cllr Rouse

(ii)         Play equipment - Assistant Clerk

(iii)        Footpath – Assistant Clerk

(iv)        Car park – Assistant Clerk

9.         Roads / Kent Highways Services - Clerk

(i)         Emergency road closure, Gravelly Bottom Road, 11 November

(ii)         Correspondence & updates

10.        Twinning Project

(i)         Twinning signs - Clerk

(ii)         Twinning funding - Cllr Evans

11.        Overhanging Trees - Gravelly Bottom Road – Clerk

12.        Kent International Gateway  - Cllr Hoy

13.        Affordable Housing - Clerk

(i)         Progress update

(ii)         Correspondence

14.        Tall Trees - Assistant Clerk

15.        Freedom of Information Act – Publications Scheme - Clerk

16.        Replacement Notice Board – Assistant Clerk

17.        MBC Maidstone Rural Conference Report – Cllr Biggenden

18.        Kingswood Pre-School – Cllrs Hoy / Rouse

19.        Kingswood & Broomfield Village Hall – Cllr Hoy

20.        Correspondence File – Clerk

(i)         MBC – Enhanced Kerbside Recycling Service

(ii)         KCC – Permit Scheme, Further Consultation on Key Changes – Seminar 5^th December

(iii)        MBC – Development Plan / Local Development Framework

(iv)        MBC – Asset Management Plan

(v)        South East Water – Water Resource Management Plan & Environmental Report

(vi)        Kingswood Primary School – Travel Plan Working Party

(vii)       Village Hall Bookings Officer – Parish Council meetings 2009

(viii)      KCC – Verge Cutting Satisfaction Survey

21.        Items for next Meeting’s Agenda

22.        Any Other Information

23.        Parish Council Meetings  

The next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Monday 5^th January 2009 at the Kingswood and Broomfield Village Hall, commencing 7.30pm. 

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