SHALFORD PARISH COUNCIL
Please see pdf version here: Agenda for Meeting 17th December 2025
Members of the Council are hereby summoned to attend a meeting to be held at Shalford Village Hall on Wednesday, 17th December 2025 commencing at 7:30pm for the purpose of transacting the following business:
The meeting will be open to the public unless the Council directs otherwise.
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence: Cllr Havelock & Cllr Mitchell
2. To receive members’ declarations of interest and dispensations on items in the agenda.
(Dispensations should be requested from the Clerk before the meeting).
3. Minutes: Acceptance of the following minutes:
• Meeting of the Parish Council held on 18th November 2025
4. Public participation session with respect to items on the agenda and other matters that are of mutual interest or local concern: (A maximum of 15 minutes shall be allowed for public question time, and it is requested each member of the public speak for a maximum of 3 minutes).
5. District and/or County Councillor: To receive District and County reports
6. Clerk’s Report: To receive update on action points from last meeting
7. Potential Open Space Improvements (POSI) Plan: To agree any additions or removals to the plan.
8. Love Your Bus Grant Project: To receive update from Clerk/Cllr Gould/Cllr Staines
9. Shalford Village Hall: To receive report from Cllr Gould.
10. NHP Project:
– To agree to change our consultant for the NHP Valued Land Assessment preparation to “A. Farmer Associates Ltd” at a cost of £5400 (excluding VAT and expenses which are anticipated to be £300 for mapping and travel to site)
– The George Footpath Defects: To review updates and discuss next steps.
– Christmas Light Switch On Post Implementation Review: To assess and review the event held on Sat 24th November 2025
11. VAS/Speeding: To receive update from the Cllr Birks and to discuss speeding issues at Water Lane.
12. Finance:
i. To receive report from Finance Working Group meeting held on 10th October 2025
ii. To consider the following recommendations from Finance Working Group:
a) Approve and ratify payments as per Finance Report (Appendix I)
b) To review and agree the Budget for 2026/27 (Appendix II)
c) To agree the Precept Request for 2026/27 and complete required forms.
13. Planning: To review and agree responses to any planning applications that have arisen since agenda preparation.
14. Items for the next agenda:
DigiGo ‘Love Your Bus’ Payment Schedule
Exercise Classes
First Aid Course
Stoneley Park
15. Chair to Close Meeting:
Time Closed:
16. Next Parish Council Meeting: 18th February 2026.
Jill Boot Clerk & RFO to Shalford Parish Council Dated: 11th December 2025