NEWTOWN PARISH COUNCIL
A meeting of Newtown Parish Council will be held on Monday 10th March 2025
In Newtown Village Hall at 7.00pm.
AGENDA
76. Apologies for absence
77. Cllr Harvey (Chief Exec B&D) – Council Plan and budget
78. Co-option of Local Councillor to fill casual vacancy
79. Declarations of interest
OPEN FORUM – to receive comments or questions from members of the public which
relate to issues contained on this agenda.
80. Approval and signing of the minutes of the meeting held on 13th Jan and agreed actions
81. Report for “News from the Villages”
82. Report from borough and/or county councillor
83. Report from PCSO / CSPO
84. ROW, highways and traffic issues
a) B4640
b) C45
c) Jonathan Hill
d) Restricted byway 710
85. Planning and development control (full details in Appendix)
86. Newtown Common
a) Update by Common Management Committee Chair
b) Byelaws update and summary signage
87. Lengthsman Scheme
a) Planned work
88. Village Hall
89. CIL funding – Village Gates project
90. NCRA PC representative appointment
91. Residents book update
92. Review and ratify policies (see appendix)
93. Finance
a) To receive the report on the budget for 2024/25 (see appendix)
b) Approval of payments (see appendix)
94. Correspondence (see appendix)
95. Date of next meetings – 19
th May, 7
th July, 22th Sep, 10th Nov, 19th Jan, 9th Mar
clerk@newtown-pc.org.uk
Mrs R Cloke – Clerk to Newtown Parish Council www.newtown-pc.org.uk
Members of the public are invited and welcome to attend.
NEWTOWN PARISH COUNCIL – 11
TH NOVEMBER 2024 (APPENDIX)
The council reminds anyone attending the Village Hall to take care that the track ways to the
hall are unsuitable for some vehicles and that any drivers use these tracks at their own risk.
NEWTOWN PARISH COUNCIL – Monday 10th March 2025
AGENDA – APPENDIX
Item 84
16/02230/FUL Hill Farm Erection of 8 dwellings Withdrawn Returned
(unlikely to be det.)
22/01781/LBC The Swan Inn Replacement of
weathered roof tiles
Awaiting decision (bat
survey)
23/01045/FUL (WB) Land South
Of Abbottwood
Retrospective change
of use of land to a
Gypsy / Traveller site
PC opposed – Approved
22/02754/OUTMAJ (WB) Land East of
Newbury Coll
Retail unit, Care home
and 75 residences
PC objection – Approved
24/00290/FUL Land south of
Threeways
Erection of a detached
dwelling,
PC objection – Application
withdrawn
24/00677/FUL Newtown Court
Barn
Conversion of barn PC objection – awaiting
decision (contaminated
land concerns)
24/02780/HSE The Lodge, Horris
Hill
Addition of extension
following demolition of
outbuilding
PC support with conditions
– Application Withdrawn
25/00209/LDEU South View To establish outbuilding
as ancillary accomm.
To be considered – deadline
extension granted
25/00210/LDEU South View Regularisation of the
front from ‘Common
land’ to residential land
To be considered – deadline
extension granted
Item 92 Review and ratify policies
Data Protection Policy
Financial and Management Risk Assessment
Financial Procedures
Publication Scheme
Standing Orders
Item 93b Approval of payments
To approve / ratify the following payments:
Item 94 Correspondence
Letter from Mrs Rose Smith – Forge View
Churchyard upkeep grant application
Email re dogs on common Date Ref Payment
Method Payee Description Net VAT Gross
28-Feb DD Lloyds bank Bank charge £4.25 £0.00 £4.25
01-Mar B122 BACS Rebecca Cloke Expenses – mileage / stationary £52.02 £8.15 £60.17
17-Feb B123 BACS NetWise Domain renewal £25.00 £5.00 £30.00
25-Mar B124 BACS Newtown Village Hall Meeting hall hire £175.00 £0.00 £175.00
31-Mar B125 BACS Rebecca Cloke Clerk salary – Jan-Mar £726.33 £0.00 £726.33
31-Mar B126 BACS HMRC Clerk PAYE – Jan – Mar £181.40 £0.00 £181.40
£1,164.00 £13.15 £1,177.15
NEWTOWN PARISH COUNCIL
Item 93A – Report on the budget
Approved budget Actuals to Full Yr f’cst
2024-25 10/03/2025 31/03/2025
INCOME: £ £ £
Precept 6180 6,180 6,180
CIL 0 16,596 16,596
Grant HorrisHill 1000 1,000 1,000
HCC / B&D grant (JH car park) 0 1,000 1,000
Bank interest 100 167 195
Other 0 0 0
VAT refund 2000 1,550 1,550
Total 9,280 26,493 26,521
EXPENDITURE: £ £ £
HALC subscription 185 204 204
PC Insurance 400 396 396
Hire of Village Hall 300 175 175
Clerk’s salary 3600 3,631 3,631
Administration and clerk’s expenses 580 407 407
Website 440 355 355
Audit and bank charges fees 230 229 229
Open Spaces subscription 45 0 0
Grants / donations 500 0 500
Infrastructure and maintenance 600 3,983 3,983
Common maintenance 200 608 608
SLR expenditure 100 0 0
Training and sundries 100 75 75
VAT 2000 2,354 2,354
Total 9,280 12,416 12,917
INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE 0 14,077 13,604
Opening balance 1.4.24 15,832 15,832 15,832
Balance carried forward 15,832 29,909 29,436
HIGHER LEVEL STEWARDSHIP SCHEME £ £ £
Income HLS scheme 7,390 16,974 16,974
Firewood 100 80 80
Total income 7,490 17,054 17,054
Expenditure: Bracken spraying 3,000 450 450
Mowing 3,340 0 0
Mulching / Cut 0 5,600 5,600
Working Party Ins 250 249 249
Green Gym 150 0 150
Other 750 262 262
Total expenditure 7,490 6,561 6,711
INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE 0 10,494 10,343
Opening balance 1.4.24 2,775 2,775 2,775
Balance carried forward 2,775 13,269 13,118
Total balances £ 43,177
BALANCES AT BANK Chair agreed
Current account £ to bank
Balance per bank statement 9,615.18
Less: Unpresented cheques / BACS payments (1,172.90)
Balance per cash book 8,442.28
No 2 Account 24,100.97
Instant access account 10,634.05
£ 43,177.30
Reserves Current Projected
HLS Scheme reserve 13,269 13,118
Horris Hill reserve 9,500 9,500
CIL 16,596 16,596
General Reserve 3,813 3,340
43,177 42,554
