Parish Council
Agenda Parish Council April 2025
Meeting of Sticklepath Parish Council which will be held at Sticklepath Village Hall on Monday 7th April 2025 at 7.30 pm.
Signed by: Sally Fullwood, Sticklepath Parish Clerk
clerk@sticklepath.org
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
AGENDA
Published Tuesday 1st April 2025
PDF Version of April 2025 Agenda for download
1. Declarations of Interest
To receive and note any declarations of interest (personal or pecuniary) relating to items on the agenda.
2. Apologies for Absence
To receive and accept apologies for absence.
3. Public Participation
This item is limited to 15 minutes and will be conducted in accordance with the Standing Orders of the Council, which are available to read on the website.
4. Parish Council Minutes
To approve and sign the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 3rd March 2025.
5. Reports
5.1. WDBC / DCC Reports
To receive any reports from West Devon Borough Council (WDBC) or Devon County Council (DCC) Councillors.
5.2. Community Land Trust Report
To receive a report on progress with the Community Land Trust.
5.3. Chair’s Report
To receive a report from Cllr Sales.
5.4. Playing Field Committee Report
This will be included in the Playing Field item later in the agenda.
5.5. Clerk’s Report
To receive the report from the Clerk.
5.6. Road Warden’s Report
To receive any report from Cllr Powell, Road Warden.
5.7. Sticklepath Moor Report
To receive a report from Cllr Sewell regarding progress with ownership of Sticklepath Moor and Billy Green.
5.8. Work Day Report
To receive a report from Cllr Moore regarding work days. To agree the proposals within the report.
5.9. Any other reports
To receive any other reports from Councillors or the Clerk.
6. Items brought forward and actions from previous meeting
6.1. Community Response Plan
To agree the new Community Response plan and Emergency Plan produced by Cllr Loram and Cllr Sales. To agree how to respond to the Community Resilience Survey.
6.2. Speeding Initiatives
To receive updates from Cllr Moore and Cllr Sewell on the speeding initiatives.
6.3. Defibrillator
To receive an update from Cllr Wooldridge regarding the defibrillator.
6.4. Councillor Training
To receive an update on attendance at the councillor training sessions from Cllr Sewell.
6.5. VE Day Celebrations
To discuss further ideas for the VE Day Celebrations and agree any actions.
7. Finances
7.1. Payments
To approve the following payments. Late invoices will be circulated at or before the meeting.
| 1.1.1. | ROSPA Play Safety | Playground Inspection | £124.80 |
| 1.1.2. | Community Heartbeat | Torch for defibrillator | £13.14 |
| 1.1.3. | Community Heartbeat | VETS System | £120.00 |
7.2. Receipts
To note the receipt of the following payments.
| 7.2.1. | 10th March | Interest | £10.81 |
7.3. Other Finance
To note any other financial items.
7.3.1. Current Balance £13,947.25 (including £13,616.15 in savings)
7.3.2. The Playground Equipment Fund is still £7,676.44 and another grant of £2,000 will be transferred after the equipment is purchased.
7.3.3. £500 was transferred from the savings account to the current account by the Clerk to cover the payments in March and April.
7.3.4. The bank took £4.25 in service charges on 18th It was reported that this would be introduced at the November meeting.
7.3.5. The Work Day expenses came to £16.04; these were approved in the February meeting. All four payments for the Councillor Training of £72, approved at the January meeting, have now been invoiced. The payments for the final training and the Work Day expenses were awaiting authorisation at the time of the agenda publication.
8. Planning
8.1. Planning Applications
To consider submitting a response to the following planning application and any applications that come in after the agenda has been published.
0109/25 Listed Building Consent – Structural Improvements to the launder balcony at Finch Foundry.
8.2. Planning Decisions
To note any planning decisions that come in after the agenda has been published.
8.3. Planning Matters
To note any other planning matters.
9. Asset Register Review
To agree any changes to the Asset Register as proposed by Cllr Sales.
10. Playing Field Committee
10.1. Terms of Reference
To review the Terms of Reference of the Playing Field Committee.
10.2. Report and Safety Inspection
To receive a report from Cllr Loram on the Playing Field, including the Safety Inspection.
10.3. Risk Assessment
To agree the Playing Field Risk Assessment as presented by the Committee.
10.4. Playing Field Email
To agree who should receive the Playing Field emails.
11. James McInnes DCC
To note that our DCC Councillor is standing down at the County Council elections.
12. Devolution
To discuss the implications of the Local Government Devolution initiative.
13. Welcome Letter
To agree the changes to the Welcome Letter proposed by Cllr Moore.
14. Items for Next Meeting
Scheduled for Monday 12th May 2025. Items scheduled – Election of Chair and Vice-Chair, Annual Accounts 24-25, Code of Conduct.
To receive any other urgent items for May.