TARRINGTON PARISH COUNCIL (TPC)
MINUTES OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF TARRINGTON PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY 19TH JUNE 2023 AT 7.30 PM IN LADY EMILY COMMUNITY HALL
Present: Cllrs Jakki Cunningham, Paul Grey, Robert Hodges, Ian Howard, John Tallis (Chairman), Janette Ward.
In attendance: Paul Hayden (Clerk).
Absent: Cllr Gillian Board.
Public: Two.
56/23 APOLOGIES
No apologies received.
57/23 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST & WRITTEN DISPENSATION REQUESTS
No interests declared or written dispensations requested.
58/23 MINUTES FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY 15th MAY 2023
RESOLVED: These minutes were approved as an accurate record of the meeting and signed by the Chairman.
59/23 PLANNING
Members considered the following applications to be determined by Herefordshire Council:
59.1/23 Planning Consultation – 231491 – The Cider House, Tarrington, Herefordshire HR1 4JF. Proposed erection of entrance gates. Application type – Full Householder.
RESOLVED: To support this application.
59.2/23 Planning Consultation – 231492 – The Cider House, Tarrington, Herefordshire HR1 4JF. Proposed erection of entrance gates. Application type – Listed Building Consent.
RESOLVED: To support this application.
59.3/23 Planning Consultation – 231549 – Land at Aldersend Farm, Alders End Road, Tarrington, Herefordshire HR1 4ET. Conversion of farm buildings to 3 no. holiday houses. (Amendment to existing planning approval).
RESOLVED: To support this application, subject to a detailed planning assessment by Herefordshire Council Planning Officer.
59.4/23 Planning Re-consultation – 231119 – The Tarrington Arms, Tarrington, Herefordshire HR1 4HX. Proposed car park to the front (roadside) to replace carpark at rear (to be garden area). Proposed shed housing milk vending machine within the car park area and gates across the existing driveway. The applicant attended the meeting, took questions and shared her plans with the Council. Members are supportive of the milk vending part of the application.
RESOLVED: To support this application, but Members continue to hold reservations about this application due to the perceived loss of general parking spaces (as opposed to Disabled and EV Charging parking spaces which are welcomed), that Members believe will be detrimental to the viability of the public house business resulting in the loss of a valued social and community facility.
60/23 FINANCE
Members considered and approved the following invoices:
60.1/23 Eyelid Productions invoice INV-3161 annual website support £100.00.
60.2/23 Richard Morgan invoice 1698 £110.00.
60.3/23 Zurich insurance renewal invoice 523907101 £316.86.
60.4/23 Internal audit fee £25.00.
60.5/23 Clerk’s June 2023 salary.
RESOLVED: All invoices approved for payment.
61/23 ANNUAL GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN (AGAR) FOR 2022/23
61.1/23 Members considered the Annual Internal Audit Report 2022/23.
RESOLVED: To approve the internal audit report.
61.2/23 Members considered the Annual Governance Statement for 2022/23.
RESOLVED: To approve and sign the Annual Governance Statement for 2022/23.
61.3/23 Members considered the Accounting Statements for 2022/23.
RESOLVED: To approve and sign the Accounting Statements for 2022/23.
61.4/23 Members considered the proposal from the RFO that the accounting procedure for TPC should continue on a receipt / payment basis.
RESOLVED: The accounting procedure is to continue on a receipt / payment basis.
61.5/23 Members considered TPC’s eligibility for audit exemption.
RESOLVED: That the Council is eligible to be exempt from an external audit and to sign the certificate.
61.6/23 Members considered the dates for the public to exercise their rights.
RESOLVED: To set the dates of the period for the exercise of public rights as Tuesday 20th June to Monday 31st July 2023.
There being no further business the Chairman closed the meeting at 8.07 pm.
SIGNED…………………………………………………… DATE………………………………………