ENSTONE PARISH COUNCIL
Summons to attend a meeting of Enstone Parish Council, to be held on
Thursday 24th April 2025 in Enstone Parish Hall at 7.00 pm
Beth Sinclair, Clerk
16th April 2025
A G E N D A
Recording of Meetings
Under the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 the council’s public meetings may be recorded, which includes filming, audio-recording as well as photography
- To accept/note apologies for absence
- Declarations of Interest
- Minutes of the Previous Meetings
- Public Participation – up to 15 minutes
- Matters Arising
- Items to Report
- County Councillor’s Report
- District Councillor’s Report
- Correspondence:-
- Update – Soho Farmhouse – Mr. Michael Ergatoudis attending the meeting
- To confirm the appointment of new Trustees to ERINC for four years and to formally thank the previous Trustees
- Offer of invitation from Community First Oxfordshire to conduct Housing Needs Survey for Enstone
- To respond to the questionnaire on Rural Inequalities in Oxfordshire – Marmot Place Project – Community 1st Oxfordshire
- OALC – To note March’s Update, changes to NALC’s Practitioners Guide 2025 & training opportunities
- To consider the next actions for the Parish Council’s Biodiversity Plan
- Planning Applications:-
- The Old Garage, Springfield, Bicester Road, 25/00124/S73. Variation of conditions 2 & 10 of PP 21/00871/FUL to allow for amendments to the replacement fence (retrospective)
- Chalford Cottage, Oxford Road, Chalford, 25/00872/HHD – Replacement of outbuilding
- Enstone Quarry, Oxford Road, Enstone, 25/00805/FUL – Proposed Vehicle Depot
- Land at Quarry Farm, North of Green Lane, Great Tew, MW.0027/25 (OCC) – To approve an extension date of the original planning application
Decisions Received:-
- Appeal Decision: Broad Close, Little Tew Road, Church Enstone, Chipping Norton – 24/01142/HHD – Erection of a single-storey garden room. Formation of new vehicle access for existing ancillary buildings – Appeal allowed
- Land South of Charlbury Road, 24/00769/OUT – construction of up to 104 residential dwellings, together with the provision of open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure. Approved
- Chalford Cottage, Oxford Road, Old Chalford, 24/03158/HHD – Erection of side extension to existing dwelling (amended plans) – Approved
- Chalford Cottage, Oxford Road, Old Chalford, 24/02880/CLE – Certificate of Lawfulness – Use of accommodation ancillary to main dwelling – Approved
- 4 Chapel Lane, Enstone, 25/00341/CLP – Certificate of Lawfulness – Erection of a two-storey rear extension – Approved
11. Finance:-
a) To agree on the following accounts for payment:-
- Clerk’s salary Personal
- NEST Pension Scheme (er) Personal
- NEST Pension Scheme (ee) Personal
- Vodaphone – £19.72
- Stationery – £18.98
- Ensign, donation – £1000.00
- Thomas Fox, mowing of churchyard & Cemetery (1 of 7) – £361.62
- Thomas Fox, mowing of verge & junction Charlbury Rd/Coxs Lane – £94.96
- Scribe, professional services – £537.60
- Scribe 1.4.2025-30.4.2025 – £42.00
- HMRC, Tax & NI – £141.32
- Society of Local Council
Clerks, annual membership – £190.00
Received:-
- WODC, 1st Precept – £22,273.00
b) Statement of Quarterly Affairs to 31.3.2025 to be checked and agreed upon by the full Council
c) To note receipt of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) for the 2024/2025 financial year from Moore, external auditor
d) To approve Section 1 – Annual Governance Statements 2024/2025 of AGAR – Chair & RFO to sign
e) To approve Section 2 – Accounting Statements 2024/2025 (AGAR) – to be signed by Chair (RFO already signed)
f) To approve dates for Notice of Public Rights & Publication of Unaudited AGAR – 10th June 2025 – 21st July 2025
- Dates of Next Meetings:-
- Thursday 15th May – Annual Parish Meeting
- Thursday 23rd May – Annual Council Meeting & PC Meeting
- Thursday 26th June
- Thursday 17th July