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BROOMHAUGH & RIDING PARISH COUNCIL

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

To be held on Thursday 11^th May 2017 at 7.00pm in the

Parish Hall, Millfield Road

ALL WELCOME

 

AGENDA

1. Apologies

2.Minutes of 2016 meeting

3. Report from Broomhaugh C of E First School

4. Report from the Village Hall Trust

5. Report from County Councillor (April 16 – March 17)

6. Chairman’s report

7. Draft Financial Statement – for information only

8. Minor Matters

 

Following the formal agenda we will discuss the following items:

Corbridge Memory Café /Dementia Friendly Village – what could we learn?

Melvyn Stone, Corbridge Parish Councillor

Let’s Get Growing Initiative – Minsteracres

Katrina Padmore & Ross Menzies, Project Coordinators

Discussion about Speed Awareness

 

Cllr. Andy Dunhill, Chairman

28^th April 2017

RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND – WE WELCOME YOUR VIEWS

The Local Council Elections are shortly to be held in May.  Only the current seven parish councillors stood for election.  As there are nine seats on the PC these councillors were elected without contest.

To view a copy of the result notice issued by the County Council, please click on the link below:

Result of uncontested election

There will be an election for our County Councillor on Thursday 4th May.  To view the statement as to the persons nominated for election as Councillor for the Stocksfield and Broomhaugh County Division, please click on the link below:

Persons nominated for election as Councillor for Stocksfield & Broomhaugh

 

Thank you to everyone who helped make the visit of the Tour of Britain cycle race to Riding Mill such an enjoyable day.  Some highlights below and photos of the winning entries in the best dressed bicycle competition!

 

This page contains links to the Parish Council’s published policies and procedures.

Standing Orders

Financial Regulations

Code of Conduct Nland Model Jun12

Complaints policy

Freedom of Information Policy

Covenant Policy

Vexatious Communications Policy

H&S Policy Play Park

Grant Award Policy

 

Please join us for the annual Parish Meeting – a chance for residents to raise any queries or make suggestions as to how to improve village life.  

Below is the agenda:

 

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING To be held on Monday 27th April 2015 at 7.00pm in the Parish Hall, Millfield Road  ALL WELCOME

 

The meeting will start with two presentations followed by a discussion after each one to hear residents’ views:

• A Neighbourhood Plan – do we need one?  Peter Rutherford, Planning Officer, Northumberland County Council
• Policing Issues, Inspector Julie Cole, Northumbria Police

 

AGENDA

•  Apologies
•  Minutes of 2014 meeting
•  Report from Broomhaugh C of E First School
•  Report from County Councillor Anne Dale
•  Report from the Village Hall Trust
•  Chairman’s report
•  Draft Financial Statement – for information only
•  Minor Matters – including a discussion on the proposed gateway entrance to the village and traffic calming measures, a ramp, new Play Park equipment, and location of adult and teenage fitness equipment.

 

Cllr. Malcolm Reid, Chairman

13^th April 2015

 

On Saturday 28^th March we will be holding a village spring clean.  If you would   be prepared to give an hour of your time please come to the Parish Hall for 10am to be issued with gardening gloves and a bin bag.  It would be helpful to have an idea of numbers so please let the Clerk know if you think you can help (ridingmillclerk@gmail.com).

Your support would be greatly appreciated

NCC  is proposing to make changes to how it will manage planning applications, which might mean the removal of Area Committee West.

In response to these proposals, the PC has made the following comments to NCC:

“Mr G Paul, Director – Planning, Economy & Housing, NCC

Dear Mr Paul

We are writing in response to your letter dated 5^th February 2015 inviting comments from Town and Parish Councils regarding the review of the Planning Service.

Whilst appreciating many of the difficulties faced by the County Council we believe that the changes proposed weaken the democratic process.  We therefore caution against implementing some of the proposals, in particular:

•  The reduction to the number of Committees and replacement by a strategic committee

Removing Area Committee West would be extremely detrimental as it is important for local residents to engage with planners and they will only do this if these meetings are accessible.  We also note that Northumberland, as the least densely populated county in England, has special features of its own and should not necessarily be compared to the ‘average’ county.

•  Movement towards delegated decisions

We believe that if a Parish Council makes a material objection it should on balance trigger the application being considered by Committee.  We are however happy to support the development of clear guidelines stipulating the number of objections required before an application goes to committee (which could be higher than at present) and that the objections must be shown to be material objections in planning terms (i.e. not spurious or irrelevant ones).

We ask that these comments are reported to the Scrutiny Committee next week.”

 

 

The Parish Council will next meet on Monday 8th December in the Supper Room, Parish Hall.  Cllr. Dale will be available to answer questions from 7.15 pm. and members of the public may put questions to the Council from 7.30 pm.  The meeting will start 7.45 pm.

Please click on the link below for a copy of the agenda:

141208 Agenda