1. Apologies for absence.

2. Declarations of Interest.

3. Minutes - to confirm and sign the minutes of the meeting of 1st December 2009 as a correct record.

4. Matters arising from the minutes
Pot Holes
Rural Conference

5. Affordable Homes
Community Land Trust letter from Jim Murray

Meeting Adjourned

6. Meeting open to the public

7. Report by County Councillor Joanna Spicer
Report by Borough Councillor John Hale
Report by Police
Policing Pledge
Ixworth SNT Meeting

Meeting Reconvened

8. Litter Picking

9. Report by the Chairman
Local Government Review
Local Development Framework
Village Sign
 
10. Report by the Clerk

11. Report by the Village Plan Group

12. Report from BPFA

13. Planning Matters
SE/09/1515: Mr P Bruce: Willow End, Low Street, Bardwell –
Planning Application.
Erection of (i) part first floor part two storey side and rear extension (ii) pitched roof over existing flat roofed rear extension.

Playing Fields – Storage Shed Extension

SE/09/1301: Mr Ivor Bray: Maple Cottage, Up Street, Bardwell –
Planning Application.
Erection of (i) summerhouse (revised scheme to SE/07/1861) and (ii) double garage (revised scheme to SE/06/1854) as amended by email received 14th December 2009 confirming withdrawal of the proposed porch.      PERMISSION GRANTED

SE/09/1379: Malcolm Broomfield & Alison Talbot: Old Farmhouse, The Green, Bardwell – Planning Application.
Erection of (i) part first floor part two storey side and rear extension (ii) pitched roof over existing flat roofed rear extension.      PERMISSION GRANTED

TCA09/1834: Mrs Linda Webster: Linton, Quaker Lane, Bardwell –
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification.
Fell one Horse chesnut tree.
This matter has now been considered by the Borough Council as Local Planning Authority and confirm there is no objection to the proposed work.

TCA09/1835: Sir Christopher Walford: Booty Hall, The Green, Bardwell –
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification.
(i) Reduce height to one weeping willow tree by 25% and shorten lateral branches as necessary to shape/reduce extent over lawn; (ii) selectively reduce lower lateral limbs to one Ash tree in order to reduce extent over lawn and (iii) shape top to one Lawson cypress tree to produce a rounded profile and trim sides.
This matter has now been considered by the Borough Council as Local Planning Authority and confirm there is no objection to the proposed work.

Plus any other applications received prior to the meeting.

14. Accounts
Clerk's Salary for January
Litter Picking for January
Hire of Tithe Barn
Suffolk County Council – Bardwell Village News
Clerk Expenses
Charity Donations
BDO LLP – Internal Audit
Poppy Appeal
Review of bank statements and Income/Expenditure Ledgers
BPFA Storage Shed Funding
Vat

15. Correspondence
Economic Plan

16. Questions to the Chair

17. Date of next meeting:  Tuesday 2nd March 2010