TO: ALL MEMBERSOF WESTBERE PARISH COUNCIL: Councillors are hereby summoned to attend a “virtual” meeting of the Westbere Parish Council on Tuesday 28 July 2020at 6.00pm for the transaction of the business described in the following Agenda.
This meeting will be held using Zoom as a virtual hosting platform.
Members of the public may still “attend” the meeting either online or by telephone
but to do so will need to contact the Clerk for details of the
meeting link or phone number and the PIN code for access to enter.
If there are members of the public “present” at the meeting there will be an adjournment of the meeting. This is the only opportunity during the meeting for residents to speak.
A G E N D A
1. The Chairman’s opening remarks and apologies for absence
2. Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Other Significant Interests and Voluntary Announcements of Other Interests, and a reminder to think of any changes to the DPI registerheld at CCC, such as change of job or home.
3. To agree as a correct record the Minutes of the last meeting held 23 June 2020(and TO NOTE that these will be signed by the Chairman by post after the meeting.)
4. Chairman’s Report and Councillors’ Reports
5. Reports from County and City Councillors
6. The meeting will be adjourned for parishioners’ questions and comments. This is the only opportunity during the meeting for residents to speak. The period for public participation will last no longer than 10 minutes and a single member of the public is afforded no more than 3 minutes to make their representation, with the discretion of the Chairman.
7. Correspondence from residents re speeding vehicles through the village – TO DISCUSS
8. Planning
- Any new applications and planning decisions
- Any update re the Sturry, Broad Oak developments & the Sturry Relief Roadapplication KCC/CA/0091/2019
- The Two Fields site at Staines Hill owned by Bellway Homes – Any update on (i) new PROWS application made to KCC by the parish council and Update for(ii) The Sturry and Westbere Two Fields Action Group application to try and get Village Green status on the Two Fields site.
- TO RECEIVE an update on the CCC Canterbury District Local Plan review to 2040 – The Clerk is registered to attend the CCC virtual conference on 20 July 2020.
- TO NOTE any response from city councillors or CCC re the parish council request to reinstate tree works notifications in conservation areas to the parish councils
9. Financial matters, including bank statements and authorisation ofaccounts (Appendix 3)
- Appendix 3 Finance Schedule to be initialled by the Chairman of the meeting and returned to the Clerk by post.
- TO RECEIVE an End of Quarter One to 30 June 2020 income and expenditure report, for information, and to note that this will be uploaded to the website to satisfy transparency regulations.
- TO NOTE any use of S101 since the last meeting
- UPDATE rea Member grant from KCC Cllr Alan Marsh of£1,250 given to the parish council to administer tomitigate the effects of coronavirus on residents of Westbere.
- Any update on the future of Concurrent Function Funding.
10. TO NOTE the Clerk completed Risk Assessments around Coronavirus risks for April, May, June and July 2020
11. Clerk Report and Correspondence (Appendix 4) – for any items not already covered elsewhere
12. KCC Budget consultation 2020-21 review -Kent County Council has issued a public consultation on KCC’s spending priorities following the coronavirus pandemic. The consultation runs until 9 August and all of the consultation information, including the link to an online questionnaire, can be found at www.kent.gov.uk/budget.
13. TO NOTE any update re a letter to the KCC Cabinet Member for Highways and the KCC Cabinet Member for economic, environment and expansion development re the Network Rail response to the Freedom of Information request regarding the lengthening works to platforms at Sandwich train station – and whether similar may be investigated for the Sturry Level Crossing
14. Date and time for the next meeting/virtual meeting
15. Close of meeting