Wednesday 15th June 2022 - 7pm

Bellingham Town Hall

Main Hall

Agenda

Part A

Public Participation

Part B - Parish Council Meeting

1. Apologies for Absence

2. County Councillor Report

3. Declarations of Interest

4. Minutes of May Meeting - to be agreed

5. Matters Arising from the Minutes

6. Finance

• 6.1 May-June income, expenses, bank balances and budget review
• 6.2 Agreement of financial statements for year ended 31/3/2022

7. Correspondence

8. Borderlands Updates

9. Notified reports

• 9.1 Cemetery update - Cllr Dickson-Green
• 9.2 Playground honesty boxes - Cllr Dickson-Green
• 9.3 Highways priorities 23/24 - Cllr Dickson-Green
• 9.4 Clearance of flower bed near schools - Cllr Dickson-Green
• 9.5 Playground and car park signs - Cllr Huddleston

10. Planning Applications

• 10.1 21/03415/FUL Former Auction Mart, Bellingham - new updates
• 10.2 22/01478/FUL Micro-brewery, shop, shipping containers - Foundry Yard
• 10.3 22/01758/FUL Garage conversion - Darmel House, Bellingham
• 10.4 22/01667/FUL Garage conversion - 3 Callisters Court, Bellingham

11. Agreement of date of next meeting - July 20th

Clerk’s Notes to the Agenda

5. Matters arising - updates required

Clerk

• Investigate shuttle bus
• Regular collection of electrical goods for recycling
• Investigating facilities for residents to ask questions re: support services
• Ukraine group advertising
• Railings at Briar Hill playground
• Update on wild flower sections
• NCC climate support website
• Grant policy/agenda correction
• Power sockets for Christmas lights

Clerk and Cllr Moore

• Resurfacing of Jubilee Field path
• Bat boxes

Cllr Moore

• Sourcing of new trees for cemetery
• Bellingham Golf Club discussions re: Jubilee woodland
• Limits to holiday lets

Cllr Huddleston

• Installation of bunting

Cllr Dickson-Green

• Feedback re: charger installation to NCC
• Local Power Project Fund update

Cllr Kirkbride

• Wording for advertising re: oil tank security
• Local beer update

All Cllrs

• Send Clerk questions for Glen Sanderson for the next meeting

Details re: matters arising:

• 4 x Bat boxes - £36.99 inc VAT
• Bin for playground - £59.00 ex-VAT

6 Finance:

6.1 Income and expenses - May-Jun

Income:

Indoor market income: £40.00
Toilet honesty box: £62.78
Grant income (Ray Wind Farm): £500.00

Cemetery fees: £1,010.00

Invoices to be paid (to date):

• B Dickson-Green (clerk pay) = £189.74
• B Dickson-Green (expenses) = £30.98
• CM Commercial (landscaping) = £957.60
• E Taylor (handyman) = TBC
• Town Hall (rental for June) = £70.00
• Town Hall (insurance) = £1,554.19
• DD - Wave (water rates) = £73.18
• N Green (cleaning) = £137.80
• J Arnup (Jubilee Event) = £250.00
• NBK Leisure (Bouncy castle hire) = £165.00
• Ian Proctor Sounds & Lighting (toilets, disco hire) = £864.00
• M Dickson-Green (expenses): £374.39
  • Birdboxes for cemetery - £40.00
  • Directory poster - £26.85
  • Bunting - £307.54

Bank account balances as at 9/5/22:

Current account £39,798.13
Jubilee Field Account: £2,217.16
Cemetery Maintenance Fund: £2,600.91

Budget:

6.2 Final statements to be circulated by email before meeting (to follow)

9. Reports

9.1 St Cuthbert’s cemetery safety checks (£1,500 for Croft Cemetery for reference)

9.2 Honesty boxes for playground - £33.98 inc VAT

9.4 Quote for clearance of overgrown bed, removal of rubbish, membrane, 1 tonne of bark - £350 (no VAT)

10. Planning applications

10.1 Analysis of new Mart Field proposals to follow

10.1/10.2 Details re: Mart Field and Micro-brewery proposals can be found on NCC’s Planning Portal (see link):

https://publicaccess.northumberland.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple#

10.3/10.4 Other planning applications were approved between meetings due to deadlines.