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12 February 2025 agenda Full Council

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Clerk to Gurnard Parish Council

39 Victoria Road

Cowes

PO31 7JH

07305 013718

clerk@gurnardparishcouncil.gov.uk

 

6th February 2025

 

All Parish Councillors summoned to attend a Full meeting of Gurnard Parish Council (GPC) to be held on Wednesday 12th February 2025 commencing at 6.30pm at Gurnard Village Hall, Westbrook Lane, Gurnard, PO31 8JR for the purpose of transacting the business set out in the agenda below:

 

Before the meeting is formally opened by the Chairman there will be an opportunity for members of the Public to make comments and to ask questions.

 

AGENDA

  1. Apologies for Absence

To receive and approve any apologies for absence

 

  1. Members’ Declarations of pecuniary and non-pecuniary Interests
    1. To receive Members’ Declarations of pecuniary and non-pecuniary Interests
    2. To receive and consider any written dispensation requests

 

  1. Minutes

To take as read, approve and sign the Minutes of the Full Meeting held on 8th January 2025

 

  1. Planning, Licensing & Tree Preservation Order Applications
  1. There are no new planning applications to consider.

 

  1. There are no new planning decisions to note.

 

  1. Planning enforcement issues: none.

 

  1. To receive the following reports (For information only)
  1. Parish Council Chair

 

  1. IW Councillor

 

  1. Clerk to the Parish Council

 

  1. GVHA

 

  1. Councillors – Written reports to be submitted prior to the meeting

 

  1. Environmental officer

 

  1. Finance (Clerk)
  1. To approve the cheque and electronic payments for January 2025.
    1. To approve 5 payments totalling £2,902.64 paid in January but not yet approved at a council meeting.
    2. To approve 4 payments totalling £2,775.88 due but not approved at a council meeting.
  • There were no receipts in the period.
  1. There were no bank transfers in the period.
  1. To note the copy bank statements and bank reconciliation.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Beach Working party meeting notes (chair)

Notes from the Beach Woking party meeting held on 3rd February were distributed prior to the meeting.

Proposal: that GPC agree the following recommendations:

  1. that GPC make a formal request to Southern Water for support to ensure water testing is undertaken at Gurnard Beach on a daily basis, throughout the year with samples taken at Gurnard Beach and processing taking place in Sandown.
  2. that GPC look into the feasibility of posting data from the GVH weather station on the GPC website on an historical and a daily basis.
  3. Regarding the reinstatement of groyne at Gurnard beach that the work on the groyne be advertised to residents and beach users via both GPC and GSC website, by notice to The Dippers WhatsApp group and other appropriate social media sites as well as by printed posters in the beach area once adequate information is provided.
  4. Regarding the footpath through Spencers Wood that GPC clerk to email the appropriate IWC council officer to request an urgent update on what has happened to the application (made over two years ago) to register the dog leg footpath through Spencer’s Wood and provide a Public Footpath number.

 

  1. Old School Meadow working party notes (chair)

Notes from the Old School Meadow working party meeting held on 23rd January were distributed prior to the meeting. Some of the recommendations from the meeting were discussed at the Facilities meeting on 29th January.

Proposal: that GPC agree the following additional recommendations:

  1. That the Denham family tree which suffered catastrophic damage at time of Storm Darragh be replaced by GPC up to a value of £100
  2. A tree commemorating the original Gurnard School and all the children who enjoyed the orchard be planted by GPC to a cost of £100

 

  1. Defibrillator servicing (clerk)

The defibrillator sited at Gurnard Village Hall has recently been moved to the outside of the hall installed in an appropriate cabinet. IoW defibrillators have offered to take over the monthly maintenance and upkeep of both GPC’s defibrillators. This is a service that do for a number of IoW councils in exchange for a modest donation.

Proposal: That GPC agree for IoW defibrillators to take over the maintenance of the defibrillators and pay an annual donation to them of £200.

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Shaul

Clerk to the Parish Council