Ashby St Mary Parish Council

MANAGEMENT

The Parish Council comprises elected representatives from within the village. The Councillors act as a statutory body which takes decisions on behalf and in the best interests of the village's parishioners.
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MEETINGS AND MINUTES

- MEETINGS
Parish Council meetings are held in public. Minutes are recorded of all meetings. Those meetings usually take the following form -

An Annual Parish Meeting usually held in April or May.
An Annual General (Council) Meeting usually held in May.
Bi-monthly meetings of the Parish Council are usually held in January, March, May, July, September and November.

- MEETING MINUTES
When published, the draft minutes of the latest meeting of the Parish Council can be accessed by clicking on the relevant link below. Minutes for the current year will immediately open as a document. Minute documents for previous years have been archived in folders for the relevant year - simply click on the required set of minutes (each is dated in the format year, month, date). Minutes will not be confirmed as a correct record until considered at the next following meeting of the Parish Council.
All documents open in a .pdf format which can be read with Acrobat Reader. See the base of this page for more details.
When they become available, the draft minutes of the last meeting can be viewed by clicking HERE
The minutes of previous meetings, confirmed as a correct record, can be accessed from within the years below.
   2011 minuntes (confirmed only)  |  2010 minutes  |  2009 minutes  |  2008 minutes  | 2007 minutes   |  2006 minutes
2005 minutes

- ANNUAL PARISH MEETINGS
Past APM minutes can be accessed from within the years below. However please note Annual Parish Meeting minutes are not normally published until close to the APM the following year nor confirmed as a correct record until considered at that meeting.
When they become available, the draft minutes of the last meeting can be viewed by clicking HERE
   ANNUAL PARISH MEETING MINUTES
   - 2011 minutes (awaited)   | 2010 minutes   |   2009minutes |  2008minutes |   2007minutes  |  2006minutes  |  2005minutes

ANNUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED AT APM - (INCLUDING ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTED BY ASHBY RESIDENTS)
   PARISH WEBSITE (Report on behalf of Ashby St Mary PC)
   - 2011 report  |   2010 report   |   2009 report   |   2008 report
   PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
   -   2011 report  |   2010 report |   2009 report    |    2008 report |    2007 report
   WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
   -   2011 report  |  2010 report |    2009 report    |    2008 report   |   2007 report
   ASHBY ST MARY CHURCH
   -  2011 report  | 2010 report
   BYRUS
   - 2011 report

CORRESPONDENCE, ACCOUNTS & PLANNING LIST
(Correspondence received since previous meeting / Balance of Accounts & Payments Table / Latest Planning / Budget)
Please select your choice after opening the list below.
    2012list   |   2011 list    |   2010 list

PAST PLANNING
For details of applications submitted to the Parish Council prior to 2010, please select from the planning tables below.
2009 planning table  |  2007-2008 planning table  |  2005-2006 planning table
For more information on Planning applications, please go to the South Norfolk District Council Planning Department section on the Contacts page.

FINANCE (ANNUAL)

To view details of the Parish Council's annual finances, please click on your choice of statement.

Financial Statement 2008/9 - 2010/11
Financial Statement 2003/4 - 2007/8

Financial Statement 2000/1 - 2003/4
2008 Internal Auditor's Report
2007 Internal Auditor's Report

PARISH PLAN
(FOR SUBSEQUENT PARISH PLAN REVIEWS - SEE BELOW)

During 2004, South Norfolk District Council made your Parish Council aware of the importance of producing a plan for the parish. Every parish was recommended to produce one not only to identify the aims of a Parish Council, but also to identify potential actions which were not supported by its residents. After seeking the views of every household in the parish, Ashby St Mary published its Parish Plan in 2005.

A boxed CD version of the Parish Plan for Ashby St Mary can be purchased for just £2 plus p&p or delivered free of p&p to any address within the Parish. It is available from the Clerk to Ashby St Mary, who can provide more details if required. For the Parish Clerk's contact details please click HERE

To view the Parish Plan for Ashby St Mary which contains 28 pages and is in .pdf format, click on the title below.
Ashby St Mary Parish Plan 2005
Please note the Parish Plan has now been reviewed - see below.

- PARISH PLAN REVIEWS
The first review was presented to the 2008 Ashby St Mary Annual Parish Meeting. Parish Plan Review 2008

A more comprehensive review has since taken place which addresses each action point in the Parish Council's original Parish Plan. Parish Plan Review - Summer 2008 (revised)
As part of the Parish Council's constant monitoring of subjects affecting the residents of Ashby, a further review was published in the summer of 2009. Parish Plan Review - Summer 2009

- LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
To learn more about the LDF, here is a summary taken from the South Norfolk website.
LDF: The New Planning System : Summary
There are major changes to the planning system on the way. The new system will eventually replace our current South Norfolk Local Plan. The new system aims to:
• Simplify the complex nature of plans;
• Speed up the process of creating plans making decisions on planning applications, and;
• Get the community more involved with the process.

Summary of the main changes
Planning Policy Guidance Notes (the guidance on planning policy that comes from central Government) are being replaced by Planning Policy Statements - a more streamlined set of government planning policies. This will be supported by more best practice documents. Also there will be circulars, policy statements, good practice documents, advice and other material relating to such matters as housing, transport, town centres and the countryside.
Structure Plans (the regional policy framework that all local authorities like us create their Local Plans within) will be replaced with strategic planning policy provided by Regional Planning Bodies. In our area this means the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA).
We will still produce local planning policy but in a new and more flexible form, called Local Development Documents. Over time these will replace the current South Norfolk Local Plan, which was adopted in 2003.
Regional level (East of England)
At the moment Regional Planning Guidance sets development strategies for individual regions. The Government continues to see the need for effective planning at the regional level, particularly for developing regionally based policies for strategic issues, such as new housing and transport.

Under the new Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act, structure plans at the County level aren’t required, which means we will no longer need the Norfolk County Council Structure Plan.

Strategic policy will instead be produced by Regional Planning Bodies, and they will be called Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs). These are more focused and specific to regional needs. Regional Spatial Strategies provide a framework for the development of plans and strategies at the local level. The content of these documents is expected to be much broader than the current Regional Planning Guidance. All Local Development Documents (see below) must conform with the Regional Spatial Strategy. In some cases there may also be policies for sub-regions. In the East of England, EERA has published its proposals as the East of England Plan.

Local level (South Norfolk)
The Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act introduces a new type of plan at the local level called Local Development Frameworks (LDFs), which all local planning authorities need to produce. They will be made up of a series of documents called Local Development Documents (LDDs) and other supporting guidance that together will provide the framework for delivering spatial planning for the area.

Local Development Frameworks must have clear links with the local Community Strategy to help deliver its policies relating to land use and development. In doing this, full account can be taken of the land-use consequences of other policies and programmes relating to education, health, waste, recycling and other environmental, economic and social objectives.

Local Development Frameworks
The Local Development Documents that comprise the Local Development Framework will include a Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), which sets out how we intend to consult with the community of South Norfolk on the development of the framework.
As the Local Development Documents are intended to be the spatial expression of the Community Strategy, the SCI also identies the links between the Local Development Documents and the Community Strategy.

Development Plan Documents (DPDs)
Development Plan Documents will form the 'heart' of the new Local Development Framework. They will set out our policies relating to the development and use of land in our area.