NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of the Town Council will be held at The Council Chamber, The Old Monastery Windhill, Bishop's Stortford on MONDAY 4 AUGUST 2008, at 7.30pm, for the purpose of transacting the business set out in the Agenda below and you are hereby summoned to attend.
J Ingham
Town Clerk
29 July 2008
A G E N D A
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive members' apologies for absence
2. DECLARATION OF INTEREST
To receive members' Declaration of Interest on items to be discussed on the Agenda as regulated under the Local Authority Code of Conduct Order 2007
3. SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
4. PRESENTATION BY INSPECTOR ANDY PIPER - HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
6. MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 23 JUNE 2008
To receive Minutes of the meeting held on 23 June 2008
Pages 34-40
7. COMMUNICATIONS
8. QUESTIONS ASKED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 24
9. COMMITTEE REPORTS
i) Planning and Development Committee 16 June 2008
Minutes of the meeting held on 16 June 2008
Pages 29 - 33
ii) Planning and Development Committee 30 June 2008
Minutes of the meeting held on 30 June 2008
Pages 41-46
iii) Environmental Committee 14 July 2008
Minutes of the meeting held on 14 July 2008
Pages 49-53
iv) Finance and General Purposes Committee 21 July 2008
Minutes of the meeting held on 21 July 2008
Pages 54-57
v) Planning and Development Committee 28 July 2008
Minutes of the meeting held on 28 July 2008
Pages 58-64
Min 151 Regional Spatial Strategy
RECOMMENDED: that Cllr Armstrong be invited to represent the Town Council at the Examination in Public. The Clerk should be requested to attend in the event of
Cllr Armstrong's unavailability.
Min 153 Items for Future Agenda
RECOMMENDED: i that, in view of the closing date for receipt of comments being 19th September 2008, the applications be considered on Wednesday 10 September 2008 instead of Wednesday 17th September 2008.
ii. that the meeting be held in the Waytemore Room of the East Herts Council Offices, The Causeway, in order to accommodate those members of the public wishing to attend.
10. TASK AND FINISH GROUPS
i) Playground Task and Finish Group - 8 July 2008
Minutes of the meeting held on 8 July 2008
11. YOUTH COUNCIL
None.
12. GRANT APPLICATIONS
None
13. BURIAL FEES
RECOMMENDATION:
i. that the scale of charges as set out in Appendix C be adopted with effect from 1 July 2008
ii that pre-purchased graves be not allowed unless under special circumstances, such a situation to be referred to the Town Council for a decision.
14. PLANNING APPLICATIONS: SCHOOL SITES - (Cllr Taylor)
To consider whether these applications should be considered by either a Special Town Council Meeting or Planning and Development Committee.
15. CLOSURE OF POST OFFICE - HAVERS LANE - Cllr Taylor
16. CEMETERY VEHICLE ACCESS
To consider request in the attached email from Ms Lindsell.
17. STANSTED GENERATION 2 - DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND RUNWAY
To note that this matter is to be referred to a Task and Finish Group to formulate a response.
To appoint members to the Task and Finish Group.
18. SILVER LEYS TRUST
To note that the new Trustees have been appointed and to execute the document as enclosed.
19. REPORT FROM THE TOWN MAYOR
To receive a verbal update from the Town Mayor regarding his engagements since his appointment.
20. URGENT BUSINESS
To consider any matters of an urgent nature as raised by members.
21. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA
Presentation by the Rural Housing Trust - September 2008
Regular Report from TCMP
22. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
To consider that, under Section 1 of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, in view of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted, that the public and press should be excluded from this meeting during the discussion of Agenda item 20.
