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Penkridge Parish Council
Haling Dene Centre
Cannock Road
Penkridge
Stafford
ST19 5DT
7th January 2022
To: Members of the Penkridge Parish Council
Dear Sir/Madam
I write to invite you to attend a meeting of the Penkridge Parish Council to be held on Thursday 13th January 2022 at 7.30 pm in Room 1 at the Haling Dene Centre.
Yours faithfully
Lesley Hough
Parish Administrator
Part I – Public Session
Audio recordings will be made of all Ordinary and Special Council meetings and Committee meetings, with the inclusion of confidential matters.
AGENDA
1. APOLOGIES
2. PERSONALIA AND EVENTS
[a] To receive the above for January 2022.
[b] Members of the Council and Public in attendance to declare if they are video/audio recording the meeting.
[c] To receive the Chairman’s update following the Victorian Fayre.
3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
4. DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTEREST (DPI)
To receive and consider any DPI requests.
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
As per Standing Orders – Public Participation 7.3[a], 33.5, 33.6, 33.7 and 33.8 [attached]
6. POLICE MATTERS
[a] To receive a Police report, if available.
[b] To note that Staffordshire Police new Chief Constable is Chis Noble.
7. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE & STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
[a] To receive updates/reports from the above Councillors.
8. MINUTES
[a] To approve the minutes of the Full Council meeting of the 9th December 2021.
[b] To receive the Follow Up Sheets for Full Council, Planning, Haling Dene Management and Recreation and Amenities.
9. COMMITTEE MINUTES
To note the minutes of the:-
[a] Planning Minutes for 9th December 2021
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10. WORKING GROUP MINUTES
To note no minutes have been received.
11. OUTSIDE GROUPS WITH PC REPRESENTATION
To note no minutes have been received.
12. ACCOUNTS
[a] To approve the accounts for payment for the month of December 2021.
[b] To receive the expenditure summary print outs for December 2021.
13. SOUTH STAFFORDSHRE COUNCIL
[a] To receive and consider an email dated 18th November from the Community Wellbeing and Partnership Officer in relation to Community Safety.
14. SPCA
[a] Following the Council’s Notice of Motion submitted to the above, the resolution recorded in the SPCA 6th December 2021 AGM Minutes is:
A21/04 MOTIONS
The meeting debated a motion submitted by Penkridge Parish Council which highlighted the fact that that many principal authorities had, thus far, failed to implement the provisions in the Localism Act 2011 providing for the introduction of Community Infrastructure Levy regimes and had, conversely, continued to rely solely on section 106 Planning Obligation Agreements with developers to fund infrastructure improvements, to the continuing disadvantage of parish councils and local communities.
It was resolved that letters should be sent to those local planning authorities (*) in Staffordshire which had failed to introduce a CIL charging schedule, reminding them of the effect on local communities of denying local councils the opportunity to exercise some control over spending on infrastructure and community facilities. It was further agreed that similar letters should be sent to selected Staffordshire MPs inviting them to put pressure on the LPAs concerned to introduce CIL regimes as soon as was practicable. (NB * Both Lichfield City Council and Cannock Chase District Council adopted CIL charging schedules in 2015 -16.)
[b] To receive the NALC L01-18 Financial Assistance to the Church following the point raised at the December Full Council meeting under Public Participation.
15. WEST MIDLAND INTERCHANGE
[a] To receive the minutes of the Community Liaison Group meeting of 8th December 2021.
[b] To receive the minutes of the Project Liaison Group meeting of 9th December 2021.
16. NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
[a] Following the resolution made at the December Full Council meeting to consider further the implementation of a Neighbourhood Plan by a Community Group with the support of the Parish Council.
17. DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING
Thursday 10th February 2022 at 7.30 pm.
18. Local Government Act 1972 – Exclusion of Press and Public – to resolve that the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they are likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph(s) Section 1[2] Public Bodies/Admission to meetings Act 1960.
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Agenda Item 5
Standing Orders – Public Participation
7.3
[a] For a period of no longer than 15 minutes at the commencement of the meeting to receive comments from the general public present at the meeting, concerning relevant items or business of the Council. No person may speak for more than 2 minutes at the discretion of the Chairman.
33.5 The public are permitted to make representations, answer questions and give evidence in respect of any item.
33.6 The period of time which is designated for public participation in accordance with standing order above shall not exceed 15 minutes.
33.7 Each member of the public is entitled to speak once only in respect of business itemised on the agenda.
33.8 A question asked by a member of the public during a public participation session at a meeting shall not require a response or debate.