Launton Parish Council reports

Combined notes from two meetings of the Parish Council, held on Thursday 5 June 2025 at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall (Ordinary Meeting) and Monday 16 June 2025 at 12.30pmin the Parish Hall (Extraordinary Meeting).

Some documents required for the Council’s external audit were not completed in time for the 5 June meeting; they must be approved by the Council and submitted to the auditor by 30 June, so an extraordinary meeting was called to enable these documents to be approved.

Councillors present: Mr Andrew Briant(Vice Chairman), Mrs Jackie Hackett (16 June), Mr Simon Turner (Chairman), and Mrs Jaqueline Webber.

Apologies: Mr Glyn Austin (both meetings), Mrs Jackie Hackett (5 June)

In attendance: Cllr Will Boucher-Giles (OCC) and 5 members of the public on 5 June; none on 16 June.

Reports from District and County Councillors

Councillor Boucher-Giles addressed the Council about recent developments at the County Council since the elections in May.

Governance and Consultations

There are still vacancies for two Councillors and the Parish Clerk, details of which may be found on the Parish Council website. Anyone interested should contact the Chairman at simon.turner@launton-pc.gov.uk or call the Parish Council’s mobile number (07305 303889).

Finance

The Finance Report for the 5 June meeting, and all financial documents dealt with in the 16 June meeting, are available on the Parish Council website.

Planning

All planning applications, which include the links to Cherwell’s Planning Portal, are put on the Parish Council website when they are received (www.launton-pc.gov.uk-inthe Agenda and Minutes section).

If a villager has concerns or comments about a planning application, they are welcome to come along to Parish Council meetings to bring them to the attention of the meeting. Villagers are also welcome to contact Councillors or the Clerk to make comments.

Guidance about how the Parish Council is able to respond is available on the Parish Council website at https://www.launtonpc.gov.uk/planning-applications/

Parish Hall

The roof replacement is, at the time of writing, tantalisingly close to being complete: some guttering downpipes and the removal of the remaining refuse are still to be done. However, with the removal of the site fencing and the minimal amount of work remaining, the Hall is now available for daytime use again.

The Parish Hall Development Advisory Group is continuing to look into the next steps for the Hall using the responses to the recent survey.

Highway and Traffic Issues

The resurfacing of Bicester Road is almost complete, with road markings needing to be reinstated.

Agenda items and dates of the next meetings

The next meeting will be on Thursday 3 July 2025 in the ParishHall, starting at 7.30pm. If you’d like to chat with a Councillor, do come along after 7.15pm.

Suggestions for agenda items for the 7 August meeting need to be with the Clerk by 24 July and items for the 4 September meeting by 21 August.

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