Full Parish Council - Meeting Minutes
Monday 9th June 2025
Introduction
MINUTES OF THE FULL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING OF THE STOKE POGES PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY 9 JUNE 2025 AT 7.30PM IN THE LIONEL RIGBY ROOM AT THE VILLAGE CENTRE, ROGERS LANE, STOKE POGES BUCKS, SL2 4LP.
Present: Cllr Carter (Chair), Cllr Bassi, Cllr Crocker, Cllr Finan, Cllr Harwood & Cllr Pritchard.
In Attendance: Mrs J Simmonds (Clerk)
Also Present: County Councillor Dhillon.
Agenda Items
023/PC/25 - Public Session Time (7.30 pm-7.45 pm)
The meeting is open to the public and press and 15 minutes will be reserved, if required, for public comment on items on the agenda.
None
024/PC/25 - Apologies and Acceptance for Absence.
APOLOGIES were received and accepted for Cllr Wilson. APOLOGIES were received from County Councillor Moore.
025/PC/25 - Declarations of interest
Members to declare any personal interest in any item of business as defined in the Code of Conduct adopted 2021. If that interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest as defined in the Code, the member should withdraw from the meeting for that item.
None
026/PC/25 - Minutes
RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 12 May 2025 and the Minutes of the Recreation and Environment Meeting held on 24 February 2025 which were both signed by the Chair.
027/PC/25 – Beeches Community Board
Cllr Bassi, had been given no information to update.
028/PC/25 - Buckinghamshire Council Report
Cllr Dhillon reported that the Chair of the Community Boards had not yet been decided. Lots of training for officers was still taking place after the elections and not much was going on to be reported back.
Following a meeting with the Chair and Vice Chair of the Parish Council Cllr Dhillon was working in the background to try to resolve and get answers from officers regarding issues that had been discussed.
Two meetings have been set up with the Parish Council and Stephanie Penny from County and the Local Area Technicians from Highways.
Cllr Dhillon attended a presentation at Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens.
Cllr Finan asked about the parking enforcement for Stoke Poges, especially around school times, and Cllr Bassi asked about the Country Park. Cllr. Dhillon agreed to chase these matters on our behalf.
029/PC/25 – Chairman’s/Councilor’s Update from last meeting.
Cllr Crocker updated on 61 Vine Road.
The School Lane meeting went well.
Cllr Carter reported that Bluebell Cottage and Rotherfield were both being looked at by planning enforcement.
030/PC/25– Neighbourhood Plan
Update on Referendum set for 26 June 2025. NOTED public meeting is set for 11 June 2025.
Councillors agreed to arrive at 6.40pm to help set up the hall.
031/PC/25 – Electronic Notice Board
Cllr Finan proposed to go ahead with the quotation to produce the electronic notice board sharing
important and time critical information along with events etc for not-for-profit organisations in this
village only, and to trial seeing how often it is required, this was seconded by Cllr Pritchard,
RESOLVED to agree all in favour.
032/PC/25 – Sefton Park
A Class MA application has been submitted to planning for Siemens House for 55 flats, determination is by 25 July 2025.
033/PC/25 – Christmas Lights
Cllr Crocker proposed to agree the quotation for this year’s display, this was seconded by Cllr Bassi, RESOLVED to agree all in favour.
034/PC/25 – Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
NOTED payment received of £4897.35, 15% for Brookdale and Stoke House.
035/PC/25 – Tennis Club
The lease is due for renewal on 1 April 2026. RESOLVED to agree to set up a working party to look at the lease work with the club and instruct the solicitors to renew, working party to consist of Cllr Harwood, Cllr Carter and the Clerk.
036/PC/25 – Football
NOTED that a review of the hire agreement and charges is taking place in readiness for the future and to agree that this needs to be worded by our solicitor.
037/PC/25 – Bug Hotels
DISCUSSED an offer from the Horticultural Society to plant around the newly installed bug hotels. AGREED in principle however the council would require a planting plan, what type of planting to be used i.e. wild/bedding plants and the area of circumference around the hotels and whether it will be tended annually/quarterly etc. Bring back.
038/PC/25 – Office IT Equipment
NOTED that the office laptop needs replacing Cllr Finan proposed to agree the spend of £1200.00 to cover machine, insurance and transfer of data to come out of the IT budget, this was seconded by Cllr Carter, RESOLVED to agree all in favour.
039/PC/25 – RECEIVED and ADOPTED minutes from previous meetings of sub committees and working parties:
Planning Committee Meeting 14 April 2025 – Signed 14 April 2025
Recreation & Environment Meeting 25 February 2025 – Signed 9 June 2025
040/PC/25 – Finance
RECEIVED Financial Summary & Statement Cashbook –May 2025
RESOLVED to approve list of cheques/Bacs for signature - May 2025 - £34985.21.
RECEIVED Bank reconciliations – May 2025
041/PC/25 – Circulars List/Correspondence and Items received by clerk but not on agenda.
List appended to the agenda of all circulars received in the office and available to view for one month after this meeting.
None
042/PC/25 - NOTED Dates of Future Meetings
Planning Committee Meeting – 16 June 2025
Finance & General Purposes – 23 June 2025
Full Parish Council Committee – 7 July 2025
The meeting ended at 9.26pm.