BRINDLEY HEATH PARISH COUNCIL
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
ON TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2024
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, MARQUIS DRIVE,
BRINDLEY HEATH, at 7.30 PM

3 October 2024

Dear Councillor,
A meeting of Brindley Heath Parish Council will take place on Tuesday 8 October 2024 for consideration of the matters itemised in the following agenda.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting as observers and will have an opportunity to raise concerns on matters relating to the Parish under the heading ‘Public Participation’. Members of the public will not be permitted to speak under any other agenda item (unless authorised to do so by the Chairman).

AGENDA

1. APOLOGIES
To receive apologies and accept reasons for absence under S.85(1) of the Local Government Act 1972.

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
To declare any personal, pecuniary, or disclosable pecuniary interests relating to items on this agenda, in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct. The nature as well as the existence of any such interest must be declared.

3. POLICE REPORTS

4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Members of the public are invited to address the Committee.

5. MINUTES
a. To approve the minutes of the Parish Meeting on 30 July 2024.

b. To receive the draft minutes of the Planning Committee meeting on 30 July 2024.

6. UPDATES FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES
Any matters not covered elsewhere on the agenda.

Central Government’s Review of the National Planning Policy Framework

7. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT/ANNOUNCEMENTS

8. CORRESPONDENCE
a. To receive the following items of post for information and to consider responses where required:
• Support Staffordshire’s ‘Rural Housing Enabler’
• Severn Trent Water Neighbourhood Scheme
• NHS Urgent treatment centres and its strategy for urgent and emergency care
• Sustainability Grant Aid opportunities for parish councils
b. To consider the Parish Council’s response to the following public consultations:
• Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service – Community Risk Management Plan 2025-2028
• Cannock Chase Council’s Public Spaces Protection Order Consultation
• Cannock Chase Council’s Polling District, Polling Place and Polling Station Review 2024
• Staffordshire Commissioner’s Policing & Fire & Rescue Consultation
9. PARISH WARD ISSUES – CHASE SIDE
To discuss parish issues and receive updates:
Felling of trees on protected SAC and SSSI land

10. PARISH WARD ISSUES – BRINDLEY VILLAGE To discuss parish issues and receive updates:
Use of land off the Rugeley Road.

11. CANNOCK CHASE
To discuss issues relating to Cannock Chase Forest

12. HONORARY FREEMAN
To consider the arrangements for making honorary awards to persons of distinction and those who have rendered eminent services in the parish.

A copy of the National Association of Local Council’s Legal Topic Note on Honorary Titles is attached.

13. INVITATIONS TO MEETINGS/EVENTS
To note forthcoming (external) meetings and to nominate members to represent the Parish Council:
• Staffordshire County Council Candidate Open Days – Monday 4th & Tuesday 26 November 2024

• Meeting to discuss new urgent treatment centres on Wednesday 9
October 2024 at Chase Leisure Centre

14. REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED
To share information on meetings attended:
• Staffordshire County Council’s Communities Strategy on 20 August 2024
• Staffordshire County Council’s Local Transport Plan session on 20 September 2024

15. REPORTS FROM PARISH REPRESENTATIVES ON MEETINGS OF OUTSIDE BODIES
Slitting Mill Village Hall (M. Sutherland)
Etching Hill Village Hall (D. Cotton)
Chetwynd Charity (P. Adams)
Charity for the Recreation Ground (P. Adams & D. Cotton)
Charity for an Allotment for the Labouring Poor (P. Adams & D. Cotton)
Longdon Cotton Alms-houses (P. Adams to 2028)
Cannock Chase Council’s Standards Committee (R. Turville)
Cannock Chase National Landscape Conference (A. Pearson & Mrs S Pearson)

16. COUNCILLOR REPORTS
To receive any reports from Parish, District and County Councillors.
17. PARISH WEBSITE
To receive an update on the development of a new parish council website.
18. FIRST AID BLEED KITS
To consider the benefits of purchasing publicly accessed bleed kits and potential locations for their installation in the parish.
19. FINANCIAL MATTERS
a. To note the financial position of the Council.
b. To receive an update on the notice board project and consider costs of installation.
c. To authorise cheques for payment.

20. ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR INFORMATION AND ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA
21. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Council will be held on 26 November 2024.

Yours sincerely

Parish Clerk

Email: clerk@brindleyheath.staffslc.gov.uk