7th September 2026 Brown Edge Parish Council

 BROWN EDGE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING  Monday 7^th September 2026

Brown Edge Village Hall at 7:00PM

AGENDA                                                  Published 1^st Sept. 2026 D Wheat Parish Clerk

1. A minute silence will be held in memory of former Parish and District Councillor Linda Lea
2. Welcome:
3. Apologies:
4. Declaration of Interests:
5. Public Participation:
6. PCSO Report:
   1. County Council Report will be circulated                  Appendix 1
   2. District Councillors Reports will be circulated         Appendix 2

10. To approve the following:
    1. Minutes of the meeting 8th August 2026                  Appendix 3
    2. Matters arising not on the agenda
11. Items on Notice: Cllr. Bedson to move to rename the flagpole area “The Linda Lea Memorial Garden”.                                   Two new defibrillator locations to be considered from a donation from the closing funds from the Brown Edge and Endon First responders.                                                                                                                                                                                                To decide on a proposal for the use of the Brown Edge Community Plot               Appendix 4                                                Public Space Protection Order consultation  https://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/PSPO, Dog Fouling Protection Order consultation Dog Fouling PSPO – Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

11. Correspondence Received:
    1. Report of a problem with the New Cemetery Field gate fixing and hinges.
    2. Complaint about parking on the Lawn Cemetery for school playing field events
    3. Concerns about the use of E Scooters in the village                          Appendix 5

12. Financial Reports:
    1. Payments to be Authorised for August                                                 Appendix 6
    2. Cemetery Recorders Report                                                                    Appendix 7
    3. VAT re-claim report
    4. External Audit report
13. Reports of Projects in Progress:
    1. New Cemetery Field ecology report and other progress
    2. Playing Field bins and blue bin bags
    3. Wildflower meadow mowing
    4. Restoration of Community Phone Box report
    5. Sandy Lane Centre – Application for an Asset of Community Value progress
    6. Playground Maintenance: Report of play equipment checks and burnt tree surgery
    7. New Street Lamp proposed for top of Thelma Avenue using funding offered from Severn Trent
    8. SMDC Rural Grant Fund: Bank End stone wall feature and steps from Sytch Well
    9. Brown Edge Action Group: forming a CIO

14. Planning Applications:

Exclusion of the Public:

The Chairman to move: “That in accordance with section 19 (2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 by reason of the confidential nature of the business next to be transacted, the public and press be excluded from the Meeting”

15. CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS

1. To decide on a Legal representative to write the Terms of Lease for the Car park with Brown Edge Community Inn CIC. Quotations from two local Solicitors.

1. Recruitment of a Parish Clerk progress report.

16. To note any items for the next Agenda:

Next Meetings:

Ordinary Meeting – Monday 5^th October 2026 at 7pm at Brown Edge Village Hall.