Full Council Meeting – 26 March 2026

 Cherhill Parish Council

 

Cherhill Parish Councillors are hereby summoned to attend the Cherhill Parish Council Meeting on:

Thursday 26^th March 2026 at 7.00 pm

Cherhill Village Hall

Clerk to the Council –20 March 2026

MEMBERS OF THE PARISH AND PRESS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.  The time designated for public participation under Standing Order 3(e) shall not exceed 20 minutes unless directed by the chairman of the meeting.  Subject to standing order 3(f), a member of the public shall not speak for more than 5 minutes. Meetings are recorded  for producing the Minutes, then deleted. Members of the public contributing may be identified in Minutes unless requesting otherwise.

 

AGENDA

4722     Apologies

To receive apologies for absence

 

4723     Declarations of Interest

To record declarations of interest from Council members regarding items on the Agenda

 

4724     Minutes

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 26th February 2026 as a true and correct record

 

4725     Co-option of Councillor to Cherhill Parish Council

             Proposed to reappoint Jane Page to the Council

 

4726      Review of Actions

To review actions from the meeting held on Thursday 26^th February 2026

 

4727     Public Participation

Opportunity for members of the public to address the Council

 

4728     Proposal for a Book Exchange outside Cherhill School

To discuss a proposal for a new facility

 

4729     Bridleway and Footpath Maintenance (Standing Item)

To review issues affecting byways and footpaths in the parish

 

4730     Wiltshire Council Update

Review by Wiltshire Councillor Ashley O’Neill

 

4731     Lower Compton Household Recycling Centre

To review opposition to the plans of Wiltshire Council for phased closure

 

4732     Local Highway and Footway Improvement Group (LHFIG)

To review LHFIG issues across the Parish

 

4733     Planning applications

To consider the Planning Application below:

 

Application No	Address	Details
PL/2026/00418	Hangar 45, Yatesbury, SN11 8FA	Proposed extension to offices, addition of solar PV to Hangar and erection of storage unit to yard
PL/2026/01199	Land south of Tudor Cottage, Park Lane, Cherhill	Proposed erection of 4 bedroom detached house with 3-bay detached garage with room above. New vehicular access and drive. Landscaping.
PL/2026/00998	Buttercups Nursery, Sprays Farm, Calstone	Proposed replacement children’s nursery building with garden area and parking. Demolition of single storey nursery buildings, reinstatement to dwellinghouse with associated works.
PL/2026/01102	7 Edinburgh Road, Lower Compton SN11 8QT	Proposed single storey pitched roof side, front and rear extension with garage, store and porch.
PL/2026/01540	Willowfield, 23 The Street, Cherhill SN112 8XP	Proposed single storey extension providing open plan kitchen dining area with terrace into garden. Replacement single storey outbuilding to front.
PL/2026/01592	The Farthings, 18 Marsh Lane, Cherhill SN11 8XT	Proposed porch to front elevation

 

4734     Budget Overview   

To review Income and Expenditure to date for the previous month and the Financial Year

 

4735     Quarterly Bank Reconciliations

To approve the Q2 and Q3 Bank Reconciliations

 

4736     Internal Auditor for 2026-27

To appoint Specialists in Local Councils (SILC) Ltd as new Internal Auditor

 

4737     Accounts 

To approve the following invoices and payments:

 

From	Invoice No	Details	Reason	Total
P Johnson	099	Home Office Expenses (February 2026) @ £26.00, Printer inks @ £13.99, printer cable @ £5.98, A4 dividers @ £6.78, Lyca Mobile (Jan-Feb 2026) @ £10.00	Clerk’s expenses	£  62.72
P Johnson	100	Arnold-Baker textbook @ £149.40, SLCC reg @ £495.00	CILCA training expenses	£ 644.40
Grist Environmental	P298917	Bin emptying Feb 2026	Maintenance	£ 256.00

 

4738     Review of Standing Orders

To review proposed changes to update the Orders principally re planning decisions

 

4739     Review of Policy

To review draft AI Usage policy and  proposed changes to Data/IT policy)

 

4740     Working Groups

To review the activity of the working groups not otherwise covered by Agenda

 

4741     Newsletter and The Villages Magazine

To review content for the Spring Newsletter and The Villages magazine

 

4742     Councillor Responsibilities

To receive councillors’ reports on their delegated areas of responsibility:

 

Responsibility	Leader	Deputy
Area Board	Cllr D Grafton	Cllr M Purslow
Clerk Admin Matters	Parish Clerk	n/a
Facebook Page	Cllr M Purslow	Cllr N White
Combined Parishes Forum	Cllr D Grafton	Cllr N White
Hills Waste Solutions Liaison Group	Cllr D Grafton	Cllr N White
Parish Steward link	Cllr M Purslow	Cllr S Hickey
White Horse Restoration Group	Cllr D Grafton	Cllr N White
Lansdowne Monument	Cllr Sadler-Smith	Cllrs Purslow, Hislop
Defibrillators	Cllrs White/ Purslow	Cllr R Pooley
Wiltshire Association of Local Councils (WALC)	Cllr Sadler-Smith

 

4743     Dates of next meetings

23^rd April 2026 and 23^rd May 2026 both at 7.00 pm, Cherhill Village Hall