Agenda for meeting on Thursday 21st April

Notice is hereby given that the meeting of Lilley Parish Council will be held at Cassel Hall, West Street, Lilley LU2 8LH on Thursday 21st April 2022 at 8.00pm for the purpose of transacting the business set out in the agenda below and members of the Council are hereby summoned to attend this meeting.

Members of the press and public are invited to attend.                                                                                                                                               

Judith Crosier

Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer

AGENDA

  1. To receive and accept apologies for absence

  2. Declarations of Interest

2.1     To receive declarations of interest from Councillors relating to items on the agenda;

2.2     To receive written requests for dispensation for declarable interests; and

2.3     To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate

  1.     Minutes of the last Full Council meeting

3.1     To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 17th March 2022

  1. Reports from County and District Councillors

4.1     To receive the report from the County Councillor
4.2     To receive the report from the District Councillor

  1. To adjourn the meeting for members of the public to address the Council
  2.     Chairman’s announcements
  1. To receive an update on previous actions of the Council – Clerk’s report

7.1      Mesh for fence at the boundary of West Street and the A505 – to receive updates and approve any actions

7.2     Play area, including 1 x replacement bridge rope and 6 x replacement ropes – to receive updates and approve any actions

7.3      Defibrillator installation – to receive an update and approve any actions

7.4     Queen’s Jubilee event – to receive updates and approve any actions

7.5     Banking facilities including new signatories – to receive updates and approve any actions

7.6     Inventory of assets – to receive updates and approve any actions

7.7      Ongoing management of access to West Street – to receive an update and approve any
actions

7.8     Prominence of the Give Way sign on the slip road of the A505 from Luton – to receive  updates and approve any actions

7.9     Tree on village green – to receive an update and approve any actions

  1. New Matters

8.1     Bailey’s Close Waste Transfer Station – to receive information and approve any actions

8.2     Grant request from a resident for a private event to be held at Cassel Hall on 4th June 2022 – to receive information and approve any actions

8.3     Help for Ukraine – to receive information and approve any actions

8.4     Dangerous driving through Lilley including the chicane by Pond Farm – to receive information and approve any actions

8.5     Car parking at the recreation ground for the Flower Festival – to receive information and approve any actions

8.6     Request for booking for camping on the recreation ground for 2023 – to receive information and approve any actions

8.7     To consider that under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 s1(2), the press and public is excluded from the meeting whilst matters pertaining to employees of the council or tenders are discussed

8.8     Review of the clerk’s role – to receive information and approve any actions

8.9     Contract for grass cutting and strimming – to receive information and approve any actions

  1. Finance

9.1     To approve payment of invoices received since the last meeting:

Payee Details Amount Totals
J Crosier Clerk’s April salary, including national pay increase backdated to April 1st 2021 and 17 hours overtime from October 2021 – March 2022

Petrol – 2 round trips to Lilley

Expenses refund – MS 365 subscription x 4

 £401.03

 

 

 

£17.10

£45.12

 £463.25
L Furey Grass cutting and repairs at recreation ground

Grass cutting and strimming village

 £120.00

£60.00

 £180.00
HAPTC Annual membership to HAPTC

Affiliation to NALC

 £180.94

£22.25

 £203.19

 

10      Planning Applications

10.1    22/00827/FP at Church Farm , West Street, Lilley LU2 8LH
Full Planning Permission : Change of use and conversion of barn to provide one 3-bed dwelling including two separate front extensions and two separate rear extensions.

Deadline: 22nd April 2022

10.2    Planning applications received between 15th April and 21st April 2022

11      Planning Decisions
11.1    None received

11.2    Planning decisions received between 15th April and 21st April 2022

  1. To suggest agenda items for the next meeting of the Parish Council
    12.1 To approve the meeting date of Thursday 19th May 2022 for the Annual meeting of the Parish Council as well as the date of the Annual Parish Meeting.
    12.2    To suggest agenda items for the next meeting