Draycott-in-the-Moors Parish Council 10th March 2025

AGENDA

• Chairman’s Welcome:
• Apologies:
• Declaration of Interests:

 

• Public Participation:

The Chairman will suspend Standing Orders to allow any members of the public to address the meeting.

1. Moorland City Railway zoom link to discuss the Cresswell to Cheadle track.

 

• To Resolve the Minutes of the Meeting held on 10^th 2025 to be a correct record (Appendix 1)
• Matters Arising from the Minutes:

 

• Ongoing Project Reports:

HIGHWAYS

1. Crossing and pedestrian refuge progress
2. Village Gateways progress

• VAS signage specification from quotations

1. Railings at Cheadle Road

 

PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY

1. Kissing Gate progress

 

TECH.

1. Website: A review of the website to identify missing items

• .gov emails: Councillors new email addresses

FLORAL

• Summer Flowers:

1. a) New Planter quotations & correspondence from Summer Meadows Plant Centre
2. b) Offer from a resident to purchase and maintain at junction of Draycott Old Road.

 

 

 

1. Best Kept Village Community Competition:
2. a) Report on ideas for the entry:
3. b) Responses from letter sent out to all residents and businesses
4. c) Phone Box: relocation and renovation ideas
5. d) Application to Outside Arts Community Grant fund

 

ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR:

1. Blythe Park – Industrial noise before permitted working hours.

 

• Lengthsman & Litter picker reports: (Appendix 2)
  1. Footpath clearance
  2. Draycott Road debris of the footway

 

• Planning Applications: Ongoing report from the Blythe Park working group on progress including concerns abut the proposed new junction layout.

SMD/2025/0013

Scentarea Limited

Land At Blythe Park Sandon Road Cresswell

Variation of conditions 4 & 12 of SMD/2021/0829 to replace PD-21-555-150 with revised plan PD-21-555- 150e

 

• Items on Notice:
  1. To order street decorations and to arrange an event for VE Day including a peel of Bells at St Margarets Church.
  2. Church Lane: information about unadopted road status.

                                                           

• Finance & Governance:
  1. Payments to be Authorised:                                     (Appendix 3)
  2. To approve Community benefit agreement with Inova for the Blythe Farm Solar extension.

 

• Correspondence:
  1. Complaint about cars parked on verges or blocking footways in Cresswell.
  2. Request for funding support at Draycott Church Hall to keep the Community Café going.

 

DISTRICT & COUNTY COUNCILLOR REPORTS

• To receive oral reports from our District Councillors:

 

• To receive oral report from our County Councillor:

 

• Matters pertaining to issues in the Parish for the next Agenda:

Suggested one item per councillor if they wish to raise a point/ query/ clarification not previously discussed.

 

• To note items raised in public participation to be discussed at the next Council meeting.

 

MEETING ENDS         

Closing date for correspondence, written submissions, 7 days before next meeting please

 

Date of next Meeting: Monday 14^th April 2025