Gurnard Parish Council
39 Victoria Road
Cowes
PO31 7JH
Minutes – Full Council
The minutes of the meeting of Gurnard Parish Council held at 14/05/2025 at Gurnard Village Hall, Westbrook Lane, Gurnard, PO31 8JR.
Present: Councillors Acton (chair) Churchill-Cheatham, Jacobs, Nolan, Park and Wood.
Clerk: Richard Shaul
No members of the public were present.
The meeting started at 20:05
- Apologies for absence
Apologies were receive from Cllrs Bustin, Fuller and Thomas.
- Members’ declarations of interest
No declarations of interest were received
- Minutes
The minutes of the Full Council meeting of 09/04/2025 were taken as read, approved as a correct record and signed by the chair.
- Planning, licensing and tree preservation order applications
- New planning applications:
- 25/00588/RVC 15/04/2025 Land Adjacent 51 Albert Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8JU
Variation of conditions 2 and 3 on 23/01825/FUL to allow revision of design of the dwelling
Resolved: no objection
- 25/00627/RVC 23/04/2025 30 Cockleton Lane Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8JD
Variation of condition 2 P/01543/16 to allow revisions to landscaping to rear
Consultation end date: 02/06/2025
Resolved: no objection but please ensure that the hedge is of native species.
- There were no new planning decisions to consider.
- Reports
- Parish Council Chair – Noted
- IW Councillor – Noted
- Clerk’s report – Noted
- GVHA – not available
- Councillors reports – None received
- Environmental officer – Noted
- Finance (Clerk)
- Cheque and electronic payments
- There were 3 payments totalling £904.04 that have already been paid but not yet approved at a council meeting.
Resolved: Approved
- There were 5 payments totalling £2,751.49 that were are due but not yet approved at a council meeting
Resolved: Approved
- There was 1receipt of 143.65 noted
- There was one bank transfer of £52,000.00 from current account to deposit account dated 06/05/2025.
- Bank statements and reconciliation were circulated prior to the meeting –
- Provision of training plan for councillors (Chair)
There are a number of areas where training for councillors could be beneficial, and the council do have money in the budget to provide this. Areas could include:
- GDPR training for all councillors
- Training provided by IWALC
- Rolling rota of councillors joining agenda setting meetings
- Mentoring for new councillors.
A draft of a councillor training plan was been circulated with the agenda.
Resolved: That the plan for Councillor training be approved.
- Annual Council Plan (Chair)
In previous years the parish council have had an annual plan of meetings, events and requirements over the course of the year in order to help in planning resources etc.
- Resolved: That a draft annual plan is produced by Chair and Clerk (with input from councillors) to be presented at the June Full Council meeting.
- Resolved: consideration of the plan be a standing agenda item on all committee and sub-committee meetings.
- Working with Cowes and Northwood Councils (Chair)
As the inadequate standard of communication with local councils has recently been highlighted by the closure of the Newport Road, organisation of regular meetings, bi-monthly or quarterly perhaps, with Chair/Vice chairs to discuss matters which impact the three neighbouring councils of Cowes, Gurnard and Northwood seems a sensible idea. Clerking to rotate around the three councils. Aim is to present a stronger voice for first tier councils to receive communications from IWC and other bodies (e.g. SW) in a more timely fashion, as well as providing support for each other on shared services open to residents of the three parishes e.g. Cowes Library, Northwood Cemetery, Cowes Food Bank and Food Pantry etc.
Resolved: That, once new chairs are in place for all three local councils, the clerks and chairs are approached, by Gurnard clerk, with the suggestion of having formal joint meetings on a regular basis.
The meeting closed at 20:31
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Chair