BROOMFIELD AND KINGSWOOD PARISH COUNCIL

Broomfield and Kingswood Parish Council

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 5^th January 2009 commencing 7.30pm.

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

Dated this 27^th day of December 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 1^st December 2008 and Matters Arising

3. Minutes of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held 8^th December and Matters Arising

4. Policing

(i) Police Report and Crime Figures 1st to 31^st Dec 2008

(ii) Neighbourhood Watch - Cllr Bowker

5. Maidstone Borough Council - Ward Cllr Peter Parvin

6. Planning

Applications:

(i) MA/08/2231 – The Old Hall, Gravelly Bottom Road, Kingswood – erection of a replacement dwellinghouse

Decisions (MBC):

(i) MA/08/1866 – Land adjacent to Foxwood, Lenham Road, Kingswood – erection of one bungalow with elderly persons annex with associated works including access and parking - refused

(ii) MA/08/2136 – Hunters Moon, Broomfield Road, Kingswood – extension to existing detached garage to provide a garden and bike store - approved

(iii) MA/08/2201 – 36 Laurel Grove, Kingswood – erection of a single storey rear extension and front porch with tile hung front canopy to full width of property - approved

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

(i) Invoices for payment: £

Clerk – Pay, mileage & room expenses, 20 Nov – 20 Dec ’08 479.92

Ass Clerk/RFO – Pay, mileage & room expenses, 20 Nov – 20 Dec ‘08 406.68

Ass Clerk/RFO – Expenses – key cutting, etc. 15.47

HMRC – Clerks’ PAYE & Employer’s NI 127.24

Colin Sims – re-set gate posts, Sports Field 140.00

Playsafety – RoSPA post-installation report, play equipment 454.25

Playdale – balance play equipment, Sports Field 11,053.80

(ii) Payments for ratification: Chq. No

Phil Tweddell – Hard standing for picnic bench and seat + installation 456.00 487

Phil Tweddell – Village maintenance, verge & grass cutting, signs, etc. 322.00 488

Audit Commission – Audit Fee 2008 334.88 489
Playdale Playgrounds Ltd – Play equipment, Sports Field 11,053.80 490

(iii) Other:

Bank reconciliations

Neighbourhood Watch annual expenses – Cllr Bowker

Parish Precept 2009 / 2010

8. Standing Orders - Clerk

(i) Ratification of Committee Meeting Decisions

(ii) Planning Enforcement clause

(iii) Review of Standing Orders

9. Freedom of Information Act – Publications Scheme - Clerk

10. Recreation & Sports Field

(i) Revised Scout Group lease - Assistant Clerk

(ii) Additional funding update - Cllr Rouse

(iii) Play equipment - Assistant Clerk

(iv) Footpath progress - Assistant Clerk

(v) Car park - Assistant Clerk

11. Affordable Housing - Clerk

12. Roads / Kent Highways Services / Twinning Signs - Clerk

13. Kent International Gateway

(i) Update from JPG meeting 17^th December - Clerk

(ii) JPG expenses and membership - Cllr Evans

(iii) Funding : Ward Cllr Peter Parvin - Clerk

(iv) The Echo : KIG – Cllr Hendy

14. Tall Trees - Assistant Clerk

15. Replacement Notice Board – Assistant Clerk

16. Pensioners’ Outing 2009 – Cllr Coleman

17. Tree Nuisance – Leeds Castle Estate, Broomfield – Cllr Hoy

18. Correspondence File – Clerk

19. Items for next Meeting’s Agenda

20 Any Other Information

21 Parish Council Meetings

The next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Monday 2^nd February 2009 at the Kingswood and Broomfield Village Hall, commencing 7.30pm.

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