Town Council Meeting

a) To receive any disclosure of pecuniary interest - Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

b) To consider any applications for Dispensations under s33 of the Localism Act 2011.

A period of 15 minutes will be set aside for residents of Wem Town to speak.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Meeting of the Town Council held on 26th May 2022

To consider the Clerks progress report on decisions made at previous meetings.

a) To note the recent planning decisions (copy enclosed).

b) To consider the following planning applications

i) 22/02335/FUL Residential Development of 3no dwellings together with associated external works and drainage, Coed Hill Aston Road Wem SY4 5JD

ii) 22/02371/FUL, Conversion and extension of double garage to self contained annexe ancillary to main dwelling,  Gladrays Station Road Wem SY4 5BH

iii) 22/02398/FUL,  Conversion and extension of existing store/workshop to form 1no dwelling, Land East Of New Street Wem Shropshire

iv) 22/02421/FUL, Erection of a single storey pitched roof rear extension to existing bungalow acting as residential care home to create office, 24 Bowens Field Wem SY4 5AP

v) 22/02680/TCA, Works to a number of trees (T1-T8) (see schedule) within Wem Conservation Area, 14 Chapel Street Wem SY4 5ER

vi) 22/02718/FUL, Erection of single storey front extension, installation of window in side elevation and formation of level driveway, Baobab House 22A Noble Street Wem SY4 5DZ

vii) 22/02001/EIA | Erection of three additional poultry units with associated air scrubber units, control rooms, feed blending rooms, feed bins, hardstandings, dirty water tanks and a drainage attenuation pond, together with retrofitting an air scrubber unit to an existing poultry shed, Meadowland Sleap Harmer Hill SY4 3HE

viii)  22/01990/PA3MA - Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)- Roden Grove Vets, 1 Roden Grove, Wem.

ix)  22/02850/TCA - To fell 1no. Sycamore (T10) within Wem Conservation Area - St Peter And St Pauls Church, High Street, Wem, , .

a) Internal Control Report  – to note

b) Accounts for payment - to approve accounts for payment (presented at meeting).

c) BACS Limit – to note increase of the monthly BACS limit

 to consider report from this meeting and any recommendations made

to receive notes from this meeting and any recommendations made

to receive draft minutes from this meeting and any recommendations made

to receive a report following meeting held on 30.5.22 with representatives from Wem Rural Parish Council

To discuss response received from Save our Shropshire

For consideration

Library Strategy

Housing Allocation Policy

to discuss (deferred from May meeting)

to receive a verbal report on meetings held with Wem rural Pc on 30.5.22 and 27.6.22

i) CCTV Aerial Edinburgh House

ii) To consider correspondence relating to re-joining Rural Market Town Group

iii) Oswestry - Gobowen SOBC - Stakeholder Engagement

iv) Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance -  joint letter

v) Ellesmere Town Council – to consider request to send joint letter in support of 20’s plenty campaign

vi) Police and Crime Commissioner -  annual survey

a) To receive written reports from the Council’s representatives to other bodies.

b) To receive a written report from Shropshire Councillors Broomhall and Towers.

For consideration

To note date and time of the July meeting