Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Richards Castle (Shropshire) Parish Council will be at 7.45pm on Tuesday 19 May 2026 at the Village Hall
1. Election of Chairman
2. Apologies for absence
3. Declarations of Interest and Written Requests for Dispensation
Declaration of any disclosable pecuniary interest in a matter to be discussed at the meeting whether or not it is included in the register of interests. Members are reminded that they are required to leave the room during discussing and voting on matters in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest whether or not the interest is entered into the register of members’ interests maintained by the Monitoring Officer
4. Election of Vice Chairman
5. Minutes of the previous meeting – 17 March 2026
6. To invite views and discussion from members of the parish
7. Planning Applications
26/00998/FUL The Bungalow, Park Lane, Woofferton, SY8 4EH. Erection of steel frame agricultural building on poultry farm for litter storage (retrospective).
26/01140/FUL Sunrise, 4 Overton Grange Farm, Overton, SY8 4DX. Change of use of land to domestic garden and erection of outbuildings.
Update on Shropshire Council planning decisions.
8. Report from Councillors who have attended meetings of other Organisations on behalf of the Parish Council
9. Financial Items
a) Internal audit report
b) Annual Governance Statement
b) Parish council accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026
c) Review risk schedule and insurance renewal
d) Receipts
Shropshire Council, precept 2026-27 – £7,500.00
e) Payments to ratify
Eyelid Productions, website support 2026-27 – £100.00
f) Payments
Yatton Farm Services Ltd., environmental maintenance – £2,280.00
Working Together (Ludlow), donation of internal auditor honorarium – £50.00
Zurich Municipal, Parish council insurance – £241.00
SALC, affiliation 2025-26 – £238.29
Richards Castle PC Herefordshire, defibrillator battery (50%) – £144.50
Clerk, wages April-June 2026
HMRC, PAYE to 5 July 2026 – £190.80
10. Highway Items/ Amenity Items/ Footpath Items
a) Review proposed environmental maintenance programme of work for 2026-27 and agree way forward.
b) Consider request to support a litter pick.
c) To report Highway / Amenity and Footpath items.
11. Police Force Mergers
Consider consultation by the Police and Crime Commissioner on proposed force mergers.
12. .gov email addresses for members
Consider proposal to make .gov email service available for councillors and agree way forward.
13. Clerk’s Report
14. Matters raised for next meeting (no discussion)
15. Close meeting and date of next meeting
Clerk
Richards Castle (Shropshire) Parish Council
14 May 2026