WIVELSFIELD PARISH COUNCIL Clerk: Tel: Mrs Liz Gander 01444 471898 Parish Council Office Adj. to The Cock Inn North Common Road Wivelsfield Green Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7RH To Members of the Parish Council You are summoned to attend a meeting of the Parish Council to be held in the Renshaw Room, Wivelsfield Village Hall on Monday 1 September 2014 at 8.30pm, (please note the later start time of this meeting, which is to follow a Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group meeting at 8pm). Liz Gander (Clerk to the Council) OPEN FORUM Members of the public are invited to put questions to or draw relevant matters to the attention of the Council, prior to the commencement of business. This is for a period of up to fifteen minutes and may be restricted to three minutes per person if necessary. AGENDA 1. CO-OPTION OF NEW COUNCILLOR(S) (if candidates available) 2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 3. DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS & DISPENSATIONS a. To receive declarations of interest from Councillors on items on the agenda b. To receive (and grant if appropriate) written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests 4. TO APPROVE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: (a) OF THE EXTRA-ORDINARY MEETING HELD 14 AUGUST 2014 (b) OF THE MEETING HELD ON 22nd July 2014 5. CORRESPONDENCE a. 2015 Elections – Promotional Material b. Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner – Consultation on Anti-Social Behaviour c. Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance – request for donation d. Lewes District Council & SALC – invitation to attend the Town & Parish Councils Conference – Wed 22 October 9.15am-4.15pm, Peacehaven Town Council Hall. e. Membership of Action in Rural Sussex. Subscription request. f. Lewes District Council – Invitation to East Sussex Community Resilience Fayre on 22 nd October 2014 g. Proposed Local Business Rates Discretionary Relief Scheme – Lewes District Council consultation paper (response required by 19 th September). A file of general correspondence will be available for Members to view after the meeting. 6. FINANCIAL MATTERS a. Accounts for Payment – to review and authorise cheques for payment b. Banking Arrangements c. Sage 50 Accounts – to consider upgrading as existing version reaching end of life 1 of 2 Wivelsfield Parish Council 7. Agenda for the Parish Council Meeting to be Held 1 September 2014 PLANNING MATTERS New Planning Applications Received for Consideration To consider the applications below along with any others received in the intervening period. a. LW/14/0606 East Lynne, Green Road, Wivelsfield Green – single storey rear extension b. LW/14/0604 Manns Farmhouse, North Common Road, RH17 7RJ – Patio with retaining wall. Planning Consent Granted (for information only) c. LW/14/ d. . 8. TO RECEIVE REPORT OF CLERK a. Theobalds S106 Money for outdoor recreational facilities (a reminder has been sent to Lewes DC and it is hoped that a reply will be available) b. Parish Council Notice Boards c. Play Area Inspection Report – items requiring attention. d. To nominate a New Representative to the Lewes District Association of Local Councils 9. COMMEMORATION OF WORLD WAR 1. 10. REPORTS OF WORKING GROUPS a. Communications i. Website & emails ii. Distribution of Wivelsfield News iii. Wivelsfield News Content iv. Suggestion of Regular Email Newsletter b. Community Development i. Remembrance Day Parade c. Finance & Personnel i. Responses to advert for Assistant to the Clerk role d. Asset & Planning i. ii. Update on Gleeson’s appeal re LW/13/0720 e. Highways & Street Lighting i. Risk Assessment & road closure (email message to members by Cllr Jephcott of 25/8 refers.) 11. REPORT FROM VILLAGE HALL a. 12. ITEMS FOR NOTING & INCLUSION ON THE NEXT AGENDA 13. DATE OF NEXT MEETING a. Monday 6 October – Parish Council Meeting * Comments to be with Lewes District Council (LDC) by Signed…………………………………………. Liz Gander, Clerk. 2 of 2