Full Council – 28 August 2025
- Apologies for Absence
- Declaration of Interests: To receive any declarations of interests for items on the agenda and grant any requests for dispensations as appropriate.
- 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 31st July 2025. - Committee Minutes.
To receive minutes of the Pavilion Committee meeting on 1st August 2025, and consider matters arising:
6.1 Increase to pavilion maintenance budget.
6.2 Pavilion cleaner/caretaker position. - Planning Applications:
7.1 To report planning decisions at variance with the views of the Council.
To agree responses to planning consultations:
7.2 25/01896/TREE: Orchard Barn Front Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LN -T1A field maple – fell. Expiry Mon 1 Sept.
7.3 25/01959/TREE: Frog Orchard Frog Lane Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LQ – T1 silver birch – crown reduce by 3 metres and sides by 2 metres T2 ginkgo – crown reduce by 3 metres and sides by 2 metres T3 silver birch – crown reduce by 5 metres and sides by 1 metre. Expiry Fri 5 Sept.
7.4 25/02013/TREE: The Hollow, Frog Lane Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LQ – G1 silver birch 6.no – reduce by 10 metres, from current height of 20 metres, leaving finished height at 10 metres. Expiry Fri 12 Sept.
7.5 To consider any applications notified since publication of the agenda. - Ilmington Wildlife Group
8.1 To approve signing as a deed an agreement for grant funding under Stratford on Avon District Council’s Community Climate and Nature Recovery Fund Round 3, (002 ‘Bringing our pond back to life – Ilmington’).
Ilmington-PC-agmt.pdf
8.2 To discuss plan for delivery of the project and agree actions arising, including creating a working party to start clearing non-organic debris from the pond.
Item-8-Pond-Clearance.pdf
8.3 To consider options for cutting wildflower areas. - Ilmington Tennis Club
To discuss amendments to the agreement between Ilmington Tennis Club and Ilmington Parish Council, and agree the next steps. - Ilmington Playing Fields
10.1 To approve signing of an agreement with Warwickshire County Council for the new Community Orchard.
Ilmington-Community-Orchard-Agreement-v1.pdf
10.2 To note that an expression of interest has been submitted to Stratford District Council’s free trees scheme, and approve a full application.
10.3 To consider purchasing a long hosepipe and trolley for watering new trees.
10.4 To consider quotations for cutting the perimeter hedge on Mickleton Road. - Grace’s Playground
To receive the routine inspection report(s) and consider any actions arising. - Protection of Verges.
To consider measures to protect village verges, including installation of parking posts.
Email-from-WCC-re-parking-posts.pdf - Finance & Admin:
13.1 To approve the bank reconciliation to 31 July 2025.
Bank-Cash-and-Investment-Reconciliation-as-at-31-July-2025.pdf
13.2 To receive the budget monitoring report for the year to date.
Detailed-Receipts-Payments-by-Budget-Heading-22_08_2025.pdf
13.3 To approve payments as per the schedule. - Strategic Risk Register
To review and update the strategic risk register.
Financial-Risk-Register-March-2025.pdf - Correspondence: To receive and consider any actions arising:
15.1 Warwickshire County Council public survey on Local Government Reorganisation.
15.2 Stratford on Avon District Council on Local Government Reorganisation: Invitation to Parish & Town Council Focus Groups, consultation open until 14 Sept.
15.3 Emergency planning and event training for Parish Councils on 24 Sept 2025.
15.4 Complaint about dog poo bin outside the telephone exchange.
Complaint-re-dog-poo-bin-Featherbed-Lane-Ilmington.pdf - Member Reports (for information only)
Report(s) by any members who attended any meeting or event on behalf of Council. - Future Agenda Items (for information only):
Already noted: Highways walkabout, Neighbourhood Plan review. - Next Meeting: Thurs 25 September 2025, 7:30pm in Ilmington Community Shop Café.
