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Parish Council Meeting 16/6/25

Parish Council Meeting

Agenda

AGENDA – MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL

Monday 16th June 2025 at 7.30pm

  • Public participation: 10 minutes – brief points of view from parishioners present will be taken by the Chairman but only about Agenda items. This will not form part of Council business or the official Minutes
  • Apologies
  • Declarations of Interest
  • Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 19th May 2025
  • Matters arising not covered by the Agenda
  • Jamie Richards, AED
  • Representative from Staffordshire Police

      8          Planning – Cllr Mrs Baxter

Applications Received

P/2025/00242

 

  

Erection of single storey side extension

  

Primrose Bank, Newchurch Road
Applications Approved

P/2025/00238

  

Erection of a New Porch

  

Lavender Cottage, St Michaels Drive
Applications refused

 

  
Other planning matters

P/2023/00416

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P/2023/00417

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P/2025/00040

 

 

 

P/2025/00224

 

  

Partial demolition of the former Abbots Bromley School Buildings, conversion and extension of the remaining school buildings to form 60 dwellings, erection of 58 dwellings and garaging and a detached Community Store

 

Listed Building Consent for the partial demolition of the former Abbots Bromley School Buildings, internal and external alterations to facilitate the conversion and extension of the remaining school buildings to form 60 dwellings

 

Change of use and external alterations to existing detached garage to form a holiday let

 

Demolition of existing garage to facilitate the erection of single storey outbuilding, comprising of garage, storage and workshop with carport

  

Abbots Bromley School for Girls, High Street

 

Revised March 2025

 

 

 

 

 

Abbots Bromley School for Girls, High Street

 

Revised March 2025

 

 

 

 

 

Blacksmiths Cottage, Newborough Road

 

 

The Firs, Dolesfoot Lane

 

 

 

 

      9   Parish Councillors reports       Highways        Cllr Mrs Patterson

Environment   Cllr Mrs Prince

                                                            Footpaths        Cllr Marsden

      10   County Councillor Brown’s Report

11   Borough Councillor’s George, Gould, Jones Report

12   PCSO Edwards/Siwek’s Report

13  Parish Clerk’s Report

      14  Finances Payments to be approved

Payee Amount Reason
Deer Park Dairy Limited £28.50+£1.50 VAT Room hire
Miss E Goodwin Salary and expenses
HMRC PAYE

      15  Approval of the Audit

      16  Best Kept Village update – Cllr Mrs Smith

      17 The land opposite The Meynell

      18  Correspondence

      19  Points of Information

      20  Date of next Meetings: Monday 15th September, Monday 8th December at The

            Deer Park, Maker Lane

Minutes

 

 

HOAR CROSS PARISH COUNCIL

 

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 16th June 2025

at The Deer Park, Maker Lane, Hoar Cross

Present: Cllr Mrs Smith, Cllr Mrs Baxter, Cllr Mrs Prince, Cllr Mrs Patterson, Cllr Marsden

               Miss E Goodwin (Parish Clerk), Jamie Richards

Cllr Mrs Smith welcomed everyone to the Meeting.

  • Public Participation

Nothing to report.

  • Apologies

      Apologies were received from Borough Cllrs George and Jones, PCSO Leathers.

      3    Declarations of Interest

            Cllr Marsden is waiting the hear about the Planning Application for Primrose Cottage, Newchurch

            Road.

  • Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 19th May 2025

The Minutes were signed as a true representation of the Meeting.

      5    Matters arising not covered on the Agenda

            Cllr Mrs Baxter proposed Cllr Mrs Patterson as Cllr responsible for roads; seconded by Cllr Mrs

            Prince; carried.

  • Jamie Richards, AED

Jamie explained how he had started AED eleven years ago and they now have 7,000 defibrillators in place.  AED will Fund, Install, Register, Maintain the defibrillator; the defibrillator is in a polycarbonate cabinet with a fused spur; the company offers face to face and Zoom training; the defibrillator is deployed 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The cabinet can be permanently lit; the electricity costs are about £11.00 pa.  The defibrillator is portable and can be taken to the patient within a 500m radius.

It was agreed to purchase the defibrillator costing £1799, plus £99 pa running costs; the box needs to be checked once a week.  Jamie will send information about fund raising.

Cllr Mrs Smith is waiting to hear from The Meynell about putting a defibrillator on one of their walls.

    7     Representative from Staffordshire Police

           The Representative did not attend the Meeting.

    8     Planning – Cllr Mrs Baxter

 

Planning Number Date Premises Planning requested Council Actions Decision
Applications Received  

 

          
P/2025/00242 21/05/2025 Primrose Cottage, Newchurch Road Erection of single storey side extension No objections    
Applications Approved          

 

  
P/2025/00238 11/04/2025 Lavender Cottage, St Michaels Drive Erection of a New Porch   Approved

 

  
Other Planning Matters            
P/2023/00416 21/08/2023 Abbots Bromley School for Girls Partial demolition of the former Abbots Bromley School Buildings, conversion and extension of the remaining school buildings to form 60 dwellings, erection of 58 dwellings and a detached Community Store For information

 

AMENDED PLANS submitted

03/03/2025

    
P/2023/00417 21/08/2023 Abbots Bromley School for Girls Listed Building Consent for the partial demolition of the former Abbots Bromley School Buildings, internal and external alterations to facilitate the conversion and extension of the remaining buildings to form 60 dwellings For information

 

AMENDED PLANS submitted

03/03/2025

    
P/2025/00040 14/02/2025 Blacksmiths Cottage, Newborough Road Change of use and external alterations to existing detached garage to form a holiday let      
P/2025/00224 10/04/2025 The Firs, Dolesfoot Lane Demolition of existing garage to facilitate the erection of single storey outbuilding, comprising of garage, storage and workshop with carport No objections; Cllr Mrs Baxter has confirmed the Parish Council has no objections    

  9   Parish Councillors Reports

  • Highways – Cllr Mrs Patterson commented that the shallow potholes on Brakenhurst Hill are probably not big enough to be filled yet. Cllr Marsden has collected a number of signs left from when roadworks have been done, and he will arrange for them to be collected.
  • Environment – Cllr Mrs Prince had nothing to report.
  • Footpaths – Cllr Marsden had encountered a herd of buffaloes on the footpath in a field towards Hamstall Ridware; the Clerk was asked to contact Hamstall Ridware Parish Council

  10  County Councillor Brown’s Report

        Cllr Brown had emailed to say she had met Cllr George and Phil Murphy, Managing Director at Hoar

        Cross Hall to discuss the ‘Maker Lane’ sign outside the Hall; footpath maintenance between the Hall

        and the Church (she will discuss it with Highways); water damage to the Hall wall on Maker Lane (she

        will ask Highways if the gulleys are on their maintenance schedule); people speeding as they leave

        the Hall – the Hall have agreed to put up a sign reminding people to drive slowly and carefully when they

        leave.

  11  Borough Councillors Report

        No report received.

  12  PCSO Leathers/PCSO Siwek’s Report

        PCSO Leathers had emailed to say he is now covering the area, along with PCSO Siwek.

  13  Parish Clerk’s Report

        The Clerk had applied to the Cllrs Community Fund for a grant, but the Parish Council is not eligible; she

        made a request for the Registers of Interest.

  14  Finances

        The bank reconciliation and expenses spreadsheet had been circulated.

        It was agreed to pay the PCC £487.13, which is half of the costs of the upkeep of the Churchyard for

  1. The Clerk is to ask for copies of the invoices the PCC has received.

        It was resolved to make the following payments:

Date Payment Payee Detail Amount
16/06/2025 BACS The Deer Park Dairy Limited Hire of the Function Room £28.50+£1.50VAT
16/06/2025 BACS Cllr Mrs Prince Paint £15.00+£3.00VAT
16/06/2025 BACS Cllr Mrs Smith Paint and brushes £63.44+£12.63VAT
16/06/2025 BACS Miss E Goodwin Salary

Expenses

  
16/06/2025 BACS HMRC PAYE  

15  Approval of the Audit

      The Audit was approved and signed.

 

16  Best Kept Village update – Cllr Mrs Smith

      Cllr Mrs Smith will organise a village clean up.

      Cllr Mrs Prince thanked Bridget and Rachel Knight for painting the speedgates on Maker Lane.

      It was agreed to remove this item from the Agenda.

17  Land opposite The Meynell 

      It was agreed that the area is in good condition;  Cllr Mrs Baxter commented that the sign will look good

      when the work has been completed

 18  Correspondence

       There was no correspondence.

 19  Members Points of Information

       The Clerk had circulated information regarding .gov.uk email addresses; Cllr Marsden will compare the

        costs from different suppliers.

        It was agreed to contact local businesses regarding a donation towards the cost of the defibrillator once

        a site had been agreed for its installation.

 20  Dates of the next Meeting

       Monday 15th September, Monday 8th December at The Deer Park, Maker Lane.

Signed by Chairperson

Name:   Cllr Mrs Smith