9th September 2025
NOTICE OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING (circulated 2nd September)
Tuesday 9th September 2025 at 7.00pm at Nocton Hub, Main Street, Nocton.
MEMBERSHIP:
Chair: Councillor Andy Hone
Vice-chair: Councillor George McDonnell
Councillors: Lesley Routh-Jones, Richard Robinson, Richard Marshall, (2 vacancies)
Clerk: John Money RFO: Gordon Roe
Dear Councillor,
You are summonsed to attend the next Full Council Meeting of Nocton Parish Council at which the under mentioned items of business will be transacted.
During public forums the public may address the Council on current matters or issues that may become future agenda items. Reports from County & District Councillors and Other Invited Agencies may also be given during this time.
John Money - Clerk to Nocton Parish Council
Once the public forum has ended the meeting will continue under Standing Orders. In extenuating circumstances and only at the discretion of the Chair the meeting may be moved out of formal session to allow the public to speak
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Public forum (15 minutes)
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County and District Councillors' reports
Agenda Items:
1. Apologies for Absence: To note any apologies for absence given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.
2. Declarations of Interest: To receive declarations of interest under Parish Councils Accepted Code of Conduct, the Localism Act 2011 and to consider written requests for dispensations for items on the agenda not previously recorded on members’ register of interests. If an interest becomes apparent during the meeting a member may declare it then.
3. Minutes: To approve as a correct record the notes of the Full Council Meeting held on 8th July 2025 and to authorise the Chair to sign them as the official minutes.
4. Chair’s Report: To receive a report from the Chair of the Council.
5. Hub Manager’s Report: To receive a report from the Hub Manager.
6. Parish Clerk’s Report: To receive a report from the Clerk of the Council.
7. To discuss whether to reform the NPC HR Committee (at least one additional member is required).
8. Repair of the cellar floor. To discuss a proposal to repair the floor and to pursue costs from the original builder through the small claims court (paper previously circulated).
9. To agree proposed amendments to the Ripon Arms SLA (paper previously circulated).
10. Recruitment of Parish Councillors.
11. Nocton Hub electrical safety inspection - works required and actions (paper circulated previously).
12. To agree which lamp post works to undertake following the recent report (circulated separately).
13. To agree whether the 2025 Local Government Services Pay Agreement should be applied.
14. To agree whether an invitation to tender for the installation of a ventilation system for the events hall should be sent (specification sheets circulated separately).
15. To agree whether payment should be made for the purchase of gravel used to repair the village dandelion on the green.
16. Planning Matters: To note and consider any planning applications received or determined since the last meeting and to decide any comments or further action that the Council wishes to take.
17. Financial Matters: (Documents previously circulated by the RFO).
(a) To note the current bank balances
(b) To ratify payments for the months of July and August 2025 and to approve the list of upcoming payments.
18. Date of Next Meeting: To agree when the next meeting will take place (14 10 25).
Public forum (10mins)