Minutes of Mettingham Parish Council

 

Village Hall

Rectory Lane

Mettingham

 

 

 

Tuesday

7pm

 

Mrs Lesley Hand

Chairman

Mr E Williams

Vice Chairman

Mrs M Williams

Parish Clerk

Mr P Willer

 

Mr D Raven

 

Mr T Lay

 

                                                                                   

                                                                 

1. Apologies

Tony Sprake

 

2. Minutes of the previous meeting

These were agreed and signed by the Chairman as being a true record.

 

3. Declaration of Interest

None

 

4. Matters Arising

None

 

5. Annual Governance Accountability Return (AGAR) 2022/23

All approved:

a) Certificate of Exemption signed by Chair and Clerk

b) End of Year Return as signed by internal auditor

c) Annual Governance Statement signed by Chair and Clerk

d) Accounting Statements 2022/23 signed by Chair and Clerk

 

6. Financial Statement

Current balance £2931.86

Precept received

Half-yearly rent and donation paid to the Village Hall

Half-yearly donation paid to the Church

 

7. Planning

DC/23/1259/SCO Shipmeadow Solar Farm

Following a useful discussion, the Counil’s concerns to be reported to ESC planning are:

  • The loss of prime, productive arable land
  • The impact on the local infrastructure, particularly the increase of traffic on the B1062

It was stated that anyone can comment personally on ESC planning website regarding this matter.

 

8. Affiliation with ESPA (East Suffolk Planning Alliance)

ESPA is a collection of town and parish councils and local groups who have merged to have a collective voice to co-ordinate together and to challenge local council decisions.

It was decided that the council should join the group and that the clerk would be the representative.

 

9. Date of Next Meeting

Tuesday 11th July at 7pm

 

The meeting finished at 7.40pm