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 the Kingswood and Broomfield Village Hall on Monday 6^th April 2009 commencing 7.30pm.  

Dated this 29^th day of March 2009.      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 2^nd March 2009 and Matters Arising

3.         Minutes of Planning Committee Meeting held 31^st March 2009* and Matters Arising

4.         Policing

(i)             Police Report and Crime Figures 2^nd March to 6^th April 2009 – PCSO White

(ii)         Report East Parishes Policing Forum meeting 17^th March – Cllr Coleman

(iii)        Appointment Neighbourhood Police Officer

(iv)        Neighbourhood Watch - Cllr Bowker

5.         Maidstone Borough Council - Ward Cllr Peter Parvin

6.         Planning

Applications considered at Planning Committee Meeting 31^st March*:

(i)         MA/09/0348 – Great Ivy Cottage, Broomfield Road, Kingswood – erection of a first floor rear extension

(ii)         MA/09/0354 – Land between Elder Close and Charlesford Avenue, Kingswood - amendments to MA/08/1425 being changes to Plot 1 to include a single storey extension

(iii)        MA/09/0394 – Rose Cottage, Chartway Street – erection of a two storey side extension and new dormer to rear (Re-submission of MA/08/0678)

New Application:

(i)         MA/09/0429 – The Old Hall, Gravelly Bottom Road, Kingswood – erection of a replacement dwelling house   (See below**)

Decisions (MBC):  

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

(ii)         MA/09/0067 – Dandenong, 84 Charlesford Avenue, Kingswood – erection of a two storey side extension - approved

(iii)        MA/09/0068 – Wilton House, Lenhan Road, Kingswood – erection of a detached double garage - approved

Other:

(i)         MA/08/2231 – The Old Hall, Gravelly Bottom Road, Kingswood – erection of a replacement dwelling house – appeal to the Secretary of State for the Environment **

7.         Responsible Finance Officer’s Report

8.         Finances – RFO

(i)         Invoices for payment:                                                                       £

Clerk – Pay, mileage & room expenses, 20 Feb to 20 Mar ‘09                      416.26

Ass Clerk/RFO – Pay, mileage & room expenses  --- “ ---                            337.55

Clive Stanley, Webmaster – renewal of name & hosting space (2 years)        71.30

KALC – Annual Subscription                                                                      499.80             

(ii)         Payments for ratification:                                                                                      Chq. No

Kingswood & Broomfield News, Dec ’08 & Mar ’09 issues                            150.00     521

P Tweddell – Installation of notice board                                                       226.00     522

P Tweddell – Maintenance of Sports Field Hedge                                        150.00

HMRC – Clerks’ PAYE & Employer’s NI                                                       97.06

(iii)        Other:  

Bank reconciliations

National Final Salary Award for Clerks, 1^st April 2008

Ratification of Clerks’ Pay awards due to commence from 1^st April 2009

Ratification of Precept, 2009 – 2010

Mayor’s Charity Fund

9.         Annual General and Annual Parish Council Meetings - Clerk

10.        Standing Orders   

(i)         Confidential Business / Planning Enforcement proceedings – Cllr Evans

(ii)         Review Updated Standing Orders - Clerk

11.        Recreation & Sports Field          

(i)         Revised Scout Group lease - Assistant Clerk

(ii)         MBC Play Equipment Grant - Cllr Rouse

(iii)        Old play equipment

(iv)        Repair surface - old play equipment area

12.        Kent Highways Services Update - Clerk

13.        Twinning Project and Signs - Cllr Coleman

(i)         Progress Twinning signs & change of location, Broomfield

(ii)         Report Twinning Group meeting 25 February

14.        Kent International Gateway – Cllr Hoy

(i)         Report JPG meeting, 24 March

15.        Affordable Housing - Clerk   

16.        Tall Trees - Assistant Clerk

17.        External Meetings Reports       

(i)         Rural Liaison Meeting 23 March and Parish Charter – Cllr Evans

(ii)         Sustainable Communities Strategy 24 March – Cllr Evans

18.        Kingswood & Broomfield Village Hall – Cllr Hoy

(i)         Report Committee Meeting 23 March    

19.        Monthly Coffee Morning Attendance 

20.        Parish Footpaths  - Cllr Coleman

21.        Parish Landowners – Cllr Hoy

22.        Correspondence File – Clerk

23.        Items for next Meeting’s Agenda

24.        Any Other Information

25.        Parish Council Meetings  

The next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Monday 11^th May 2009 following the Annual General Meeting,
at Kingswood Primary School, Cayser Drive, Kingswood commencing 7.30pm. 

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