Council Meeting – 27 March 2025
- Apologies for Absence
- Declaration of Interests
Councillors are reminded of the importance of keeping their entry in the register of interests up to date and submitting any changes to the Monitoring Officer. - County and District Council Reports
- Public Forum: Members of the public are invited to address Council on any relevant matter for max. 3 minutes per person. 15 minutes in total is allocated to this item.
- Confirmation of Minutes
To confirm and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 27 February 2025. - Request for Sign
To consider request from the Bowls Club to erect an advertising sign.
Sign detail and location plan - Planning Applications: To agree responses to planning applications:
7.1 25/00421/TREE: Highcroft Campden Hill Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4JF – -T1 beech – reduce height by approximately one third […]. -T2 cherry – reduce height by approximately one third […]. Comments by 31 Mar 2025
7.2 25/00560/TREE: The Hill Back Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LJ – T3 ash – prune back branches where overhanging the boundary of adjacent property Highcroft, Campden Hill, Ilmington, pruning back to legal boundary. 31 Mar 2025.
7.3 25/00408/ADV: Sign to be erected on corner of Bowling Green, Adjacent Road at Ilmington Sports And Social Club, Ilmington, Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4JQ
7.4 25/00319/FUL: Cross Leys Farm Cross Leys Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4RT – Demolition of existing agricultural buildings and erection of five dwellings and associated works, in lieu of extant Class Q prior approval for 8 dwellings. Comments due by 8 April 2025.
7.5 To consider any applications notified since publication of the agenda. - Grace’s Playground:
8.1 To confirm that an agreement has been reached with ESP Play re the steps.
8.2 To consider quotation to remove the steps.
8.3 To receive the routine inspection report(s) and consider any actions arising.
8.4 To consider quotations for playground sign(s) acknowledging donors. - Ilmington Playing Fields:
9.1 To consider request from Tempo Events for camping at the playing fields.
9.2 To consider event application from Tempo events, for Tempo Trail Races on Sunday 4th May and the Summer Midweek Series 2025.
9.3 To consider purchase of padlocks for the height barrier and gates.
9.4 To agree arrangements for locking and unlocking the barrier and gates. - Ilmington Pavilion:
10.1 To receive an update on pavilion handover and maintenance.
Item-10-Pavilion-handover.pdf
10.2 To consider quotations for an asbestos survey.
10.3 To agree purchase of key safe and/or new locks.
10.4 To consider licence agreement and charges with sports clubs. - Finance & Admin:
11.1 To approve the bank reconciliation to 28 February 2025.
Bank-Cash-and-Investment-Reconciliation-as-at-28-February-2025.pdf
11.2 To receive the budget monitoring report for the year to date.
Budget report YTD
11.3 To report transfers of £5,000, £2,500, and £15,000 from savings to current a/c.
11.4 To approve payments as per the schedule below.
11.5 To renew the domain Ilmington.org.uk at a cost of £9.58 for one year. - Financial Risk Assessment
To review and approve the Financial Risk Assessment. - Member Reports: Report(s) by any members who attended any meeting or event on behalf of Council:
13.1 Ilmington Road Safety Group. - Correspondence: To receive and consider any actions arising:
14.1 Request to reconsider the decision for a memorial bench at Redlands Barn.
Minute 15.3 of 29 July 2021 refers.
14.2 Wildlife Group proposal “Towards a Biodiversity Action Plan for Ilmington”
Draft-Biodiversity-Action-Plan-27-Feb-2025.pdf - Future Agenda Items
To receive information about future items of business (for information only). - Next Meeting
Thursday 24 April 2025, 7:30pm in Ilmington Community Shop Café.
