COUNCILLORS ARE SUMMONED TO ATTEND A MEETING
OF THE PARISH COUNCIL TO BE HELD AT PUTLEY PARISH HALL
ON TUESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2025 AT 7.30PM
Agenda
1. To Note any Apologies for Absence and Note the Reason
2. To Receive any Nominations to fill councillor vacancy by Co-option
3. To Record any Declarations of Interest and Consider any Requests for Dispensations
4. To Consider Approval of Minutes of Parish Council meeting held 20th May 2025 & 15th July 2025
5. To Receive a Brief Report from Three Crosses Ward Councillor Jonathan Lester
6. Public Participation Session for Local Residents to raise matters relevant to the Parish Council (Please note: Decisions cannot be made on items not on the agenda) This item to be limited at the discretion of the chairman
7. Planning: NB: no paper copies of applications are available to view at the meeting unless specified
a) To Consider any Planning Applications referred for comment: (to be viewed online prior to the meeting)
P251422/L – Putley Green Fruit Farm HR8 2QN Replace the mismatched windows with new
wooden double glazed units.
252030/252031 – Lower Court, Putley Court, HR8 2QP Proposed installation of 18 panel domestic
solar pv array to the roof slopes of the garage
252141 – 1 Putley Court, HR8 2QP Replacement of 12 single-glazed sliding window sashes
b) To Note Details of Decision Notices Received from Hereford Council: as per planning record
8. Governance
a) To Discuss and Adopt Parish Council Policies
ii) Biodiversity Policy
iii) Emergency Resilience Plan
iv) IT Policy
b) To Note Signed and agreed Lengthsman Contract and Ratify Works agreed
9. Finance:
a) To Note Finance Report and Bank Balances
b) To Note and Approve Local Government Pay Agreement
c) To Consider Payments of Outstanding Accounts
D/Debit – HMRC PAYE Q1 – £224.26
000927: Zurich Insurance – annual fee – £300.00
000928: SLCC – annual subscription – £66.00
000929: Eyelid Productions – annual website support – £100.00
000930: Mrs J Chester – clerk salary June/July plus expenses paper & boxfile £11.20
000931: Autela – Payroll Apr-June – £87.00
000932: Jake Herbst – reimbursement for bench – £360.00
000933: Mrs J Chester – clerk salary Aug/Sept as agreed
10. Reports:
a) To Receive a Report from the Footpath Officer
b) To Receive a Report from the Lengthsman Co-Ordinator
c) To Receive a Report from the Tree Warden and Play Area Co-Ordinator
d) To Receive a Report from Cider Press Magazine Co-Ordinator
11. Highways/Footpaths:
a) To Receive Updates on Outstanding Defects and Note any new Highway and Footpath Defects
b) To Note Herefordshire Council Lengthsman Agreement
c) To Discuss Herefordshire Council PROW Grant Scheme
d) To Discuss Herefordshire Council 2025/26 Drainage Grant Scheme
e) To Receive Update on Benches
12. Information Section / Correspondence / Discussion:
a) To Consider Neighbourhood Development Review
b) To Review Information and Outstanding Actions
13. Training: To note any forthcoming training dates
14. To Raise Items for next scheduled Parish Council Meeting (no discussion)
15. To Confirm Date and Time of next scheduled meeting – Tuesday 18th November 2025 at 7.30pm
Signed: JLChester (Clerk to the Parish Council) Dated: 9th September 2025
The press and public are cordially invited to attend the meeting