Northwood Parish Council

Posted by Admin on 11 April 2017, 6:30 pm

NORTHWOOD PARISH COUNCIL

Barbara Herbert
Clerk to the Council

The Ordinary meeting of Northwood Parish Council to be held in the School Hall at Northwood Primary School, Wyatts Lane, Northwood, Isle of Wight on Tuesday, 11 April 2017 commencing at 6.30 pm, for the transaction of the business as set out in the agenda below. The meeting of the Parish Council will commence immediately after the Public Forum, which will begin at 6.30 pm, for the duration of 15 minutes, if necessary. This provides an opportunity for any member of the public to ask questions of members of the Parish Council.

Members of the public and press are welcome to attend.

Copies of the associated meeting papers are available on the Parish Council website

http://www.northwoodparishcouncil.org

AGENDA

1. To receive and approve any apologies for absence
2. Members Interests
To receive any declarations of Members’ interests and written requests for Dispensations on items forming the agenda
3. To receive a report on any local safety neighbourhood issues occurring since the last meeting held of the Parish Council
4. To confirm and authorise the Chairman to sign the Minutes of the previous meeting of the Parish Council held on 7 March 2017 (Paper A)
5. To receive any matters arising on the Minutes, not requiring a resolution

6. Town and Country Planning
a. To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 21 March 2017 (Paper B)
b. To consider the following planning application received and make
comments in accordance with the guidance for material planning considerations listed at
http://www.iwight.com/council/departments/planning/appsdip/MakingCommentsInfo.aspx
i. TCP/20099/A 10 Oxford Street, Northwood – Householder Application for a single storey rear extension to form recreation room
ii. TCP/32786/A BAE Systems fronting Three Gates Road, Northwood – Variation of Condition 2 on P/01118/16 TCP/32786 to revise layout to include valeting building
iii. TCP/33012 38 Pallance Road, Northwood – Householder Application Proposed rear decking and attic room, 1st floor rear facing balcony (revised description) (re-advertised)
7. To consider making an appropriate response on the following Consultations:
a. The Medina Valley Economy Plan (Paper C – Circulated by email on 10 March)
8. To consider the appointment of a contractor for pruning and ongoing maintenance of the six gardens in Northwood (Paper D)
9. To consider the purchase of Adobe Acrobat Pro (Paper E)
10. To note the latest proposals regarding a Post Office Service in Cowes (Paper F)
11. To note that judging for the IW Best kept Village Awards commences at the beginning of May 2017 (Paper G)
12. To receive a report for information on Community Wellbeing – Cllr Nicholson
13. To receive progress reports for information from Working Party leads
a. Traffic and Transport Issues Working Party – Cllr Riddet
b. Northwood in Bloom Working Party – Cllr Pullen
c. Parish Plan Working Party – Cllr Jaggar
14. To receive the report for information of Cllr J Nicholson, the IWC Ward Member for Cowes South and Northwood (Paper H)
15. To receive an update on the meeting of IWALC held on 16 March – Cllr Ward
16. Clerk’s report
Finance
i. To receive the interim budget statement to the end of March 2017 and the bank reconciliation with Statement No 5 (Paper (I)
ii. To authorise, respectively, the following payments made:
Cheque No 000498 for £773.47, Community Action IW, Clerks salary on 15 March
iii. To authorise payment of the following cheques:
000499, £44.40, Mrs B Herbert, Clerk’s Expenses
000500, £399.61, IWALC, annual subscription
000501, £30.00, Northwood House Charitable Trust Co Ltd, annual subscription
iv. To consider the following application for grant funding:
v. IW Age Uk – towards the Good Neighbour Scheme (Paper J)
17. Correspondence – As per the list circulated to Councillors with the agenda and to be updated further at the meeting (Paper K)
18. Councillors’ reports
19. Future agenda items

PUBLIC SPEAKING
In accordance with Standing Order 27, any member of the public wishing to speak on an item on the agenda may speak at a Council meeting at the start of the agenda item for a period not exceeding 3 minutes.
When a ‘Group’ of members of the public wish to speak on an item, they will, subject to the Chairman’s discretion be required to nominate a representative who may speak for a maximum of 3 minutes.
It would assist the smooth running of the meeting if you would advise the clerk prior to the start of the meeting of your wish to speak.
NB Copies of the associated meeting papers can be obtained after the meeting upon request to the clerk