PARISH COUNCIL MEETING – MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER
The Meeting will be held, as usual in the Club Room, starting at 7pm
Draft Minutes:
NETHER STOWEY NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN CONSULTATION
Nether Stowey’s future
The Nether Stowey Neighbourhood Plan is now nearing completion.
A consultation was held in April 2018 at the Thomas Poole Library and the input and comments you gave us have been collated into the Neighbourhood Plan and this is now ready for your final review before being submitted for independent examination and formal adoption. This will mean that the Plan has to be taken into consideration by any development in the Parish and that we will receive 25% (instead of 15%) of any applicable Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
During the consultation period we are asking for your feedback on the draft Plan so please take this opportunity to comment, either to say what you like about the Plan or what you think needs changing on the comment sheet which is also available. Your feedback will be taken on board before finalising the Plan for examination by an independent examiner.
The Plan is now available and you can get a copy by:
* Downloading from the Parish Council web site Neighbourhood Plan page click the link here
* Sending an e-mail to NSPlan@netherstowey-pc.gov.uk and we will
e-mail or hand deliver a copy
* Collecting a printed copy from the Parish Office.
The comment sheet is available by the same methods listed above
We are keen to get your remarks and views and the comment sheet can be returned to us by e-mail to NSPlan@netherstowey-pc.gov.uk or by handing it in at the Parish Office by 31 October.
Consultation Events
In addition, there will be a display of the Plan in the Parish Office from Tuesday 17th to Friday 27th September between 10am and 1pm.
During the consultation period, we are also holding some ‘meet the team’ events to give you the opportunity to chat with members of the Neighbourhood Plan team. These events will be on:
– Friday 20th September 10.15am – 12.30pm
– Friday 20th September 3pm – 6.30pm
– Saturday 21st September 10am – 12.00pm
PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING MON 19 AUGUST
The meeting will be held on Monday 19 August at 7pm at Nether Stowey Village Hall (in the Main room).
Links to Planning applications (opens application details in the Sedgemoor Planning website):
Land to the NE of Butchers Lane, Nether Stowey: Erection of a dwelling and provision of car parking and turning area
92 Castle Hill, Nether Stowey: Conversion of detached garage to form ancillary accommodation and provision of additional parking space.
Planning Committee meeting 29 July – Cricketer Farm development
The meeting will be held on 29 July at 7pm at Nether Stowey Village Hall (in the Main room). For more information, please see also the Cricketer Farm Development page on this website
- Agenda
- Minutes of last meeting held on 6 February 2019
Cricketer Farm Planning Applications
The applications are now open for consultation – please click the reference number below to go to the planning application on Sedgemoor’s Planning website:
- 36/19/00015 – Alterations to and provision of a new signalised (traffic lights) junction onto the A39 (Nether Stowey)
- 36/19/00016 – Erection of 110 dwellings with access onto the A39, landscaping, parking, public open space and associated works
For more information, please see also the Cricketer Farm Development page on this website
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY 8 JULY
Meeting Agenda – 8 July
Draft minutes, PC meeting of 10 June
Planning applications
Planning applications (opens application details in Sedgemoor Planning or Somerset CC website page)
· 36/19/000014 – Inwood Farm, Nether Stowey – Continued temporary change of use of caravan park for Hinkley Point C workers for a further 3 years. Site 30 No. static caravans in place of existing touring caravans
· 36/19/000015 – Land to SW of Cricketer Farm, Nether Stowey – Alterations to and provision of a new signalised (traffic lights) junction onto the A39 (Nether Stowey).
· SCC /3627/2019 – Hinkley Point A Station – Variation of condition 3 (waste storage) of planning permission 3/32/16/018 to allow the importation of size-reduced Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) skips from Magnox’s Oldbury, Sizewell ‘A’ and Dungeness ‘A’ sites for interim storage at the on-site Interim Storage Facility
· SCC /3628/2019 – Hinkley Point A Station – Variation of condition 3 (waste storage) of planning permission 3/32/16/018 to allow the importation of size-reduced Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) skips from Magnox’s Oldbury, Sizewell ‘A’ and Dungeness ‘A’ sites for encapsulation at the on-site Waste Encapsulation Plant
Parish Council Accounts and Audit
The Local Audit & Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2015 set out the responsibilities of all local councils in respect of their accounting and auditing procedures.
Each year, the Council’s financial accounts and statements are examined by an independent ‘internal’ auditor appointed by the Council.
The Council is also required to complete an ‘Annual Return’ which includes the findings of the Internal Auditor, together with Governance Statements and Financial Statements. This Annual Return is then submitted to another independent ‘external’ auditor for examination.
As part of this process, the Council must publish the unaudited Annual Return and must make arrangements for a period in which interested persons can inspect the Council’s accounts and related documents. If you are a registered local government elector (i.e. you appear on the electoral register for the area covered by the Council) you can also ask questions about the accounts and object to them
The Parish Council’s Annual Return was approved by the Parish Council at the meeting on 10 June. The period for the exercise of electors’ rights to inspect the accounts begins on Monday 17 June and ends on Friday 26 July during office hours or by prior appointment. Further information is available here:
Notice of public rights and audit
Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statement
Local Authority Accounts: a Summary of your Rights
Parish Council Meeting – Monday 10 June
Agenda – 10 June
Draft minutes PC meeting of 13 May
Draft minutes, Annual Parish Meeting of 20 May
Item 8 Planning application (opens application details in Sedgemoor Planning website page)
· 36/19/000012 – Inwood Farm, Cannington Road, Nether Stowey
Change of use of land to a play area with artificial grass and the erection of a 1.2m high perimeter fence
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY 13 MAY
Agenda – 13 May
Draft minutes, PC meeting of 8 April
Parish Council Meeting schedule for April 2019-May 2020
Planning and Licencing applications (opens application details in Sedgemoor Planning or Sedgemoor Licencing website page)
· 36/19/000010 – 6 Mill Close Nether Stowey – Conversion of existing garage to living accommodation and erection of a single storey extension to rear (South West) on site of existing conservatory (to be demolished)
· 36/19/000011 – Millburn, Jacksons Lane, Nether Stowey – Outline application with some matters reserved, for the erection of a dwelling and formation of access and parking.
· Licencing Application – Inwood Farm (Quantock Lake), Nether Stowey
District Council Election Results
Councillors Julie Pay and Michael Caswell were re-elected as our District Councillors on 2 May. Full results available here.