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19 May 2026 19:30 - 21:30 at Village Hall

 EYNSHAM PARISH COUNCIL

CLERK: MICHELLE LEGG

Village Hall, 46 Back Lane, Eynsham, Witney, Oxfordshire OX29 4QW

Mobile: 07956 901622  Email: epc.clerk@eynsham-pc.gov.uk  Website: www.eynsham-pc.gov.uk

 

Council Summons & Agenda

 

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

To All Members of the Council

You are hereby summoned to attend the following meeting for the transaction of the business stated overleaf:-

Full Council  Meeting

to be held on Tuesday 19 May 2026 at 19:30pm

at Eynsham Village Hall, Back Lane and remotely via MSTeams

Supporting documents will be made available in the usual way and online. 

Only those who are physically in attendance are permitted by law to participate and your non-attendance will contribute to the vacation of office by failure to attend meetings.1 Please forward any apologies for absence to the Clerk/Deputy Clerk, as soon as they become known. 

The public and press are welcome to attend.2  

The law3 allows the public proceedings of council meetings to be recorded which includes filming as well as audio-recording.  Photography is also permitted.  By attending this meeting, you are consenting to be filmed.  As a matter of courtesy, please advise the Deputy Clerk if you intend to record any part of the proceedings. 

M Legg

Clerk to the Council  

 

1 Local Government Act 1972 s85 

2 Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 

3 Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 

 

 

Agenda

 

26/57.

To elect a Chair of the Council for 2026-27

 

26/58.

To elect a Vice-Chair of the Council for 2026-27

 

26/59.

To receive apologies for absence

 

26/60.

To co-opt to fill three vacancies (Local Government Act 1972 s82).

 

26/61.

To receive Declarations of Interest in agenda items

 

26/62.

To approve the minutes of the Full Council meeting of 21st April 2026

 

26/63.

Public participation (Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960)

 

26/64.

To receive an update report from Eynsham’s District and County Councillors

 

26/65.

Finance Report for 2026-27 up to 30-04-2026

 

 

  1. To approve Schedule of Payments - 
  2. To approve bank reconciliation up to 30.04.2026
  3. To approve credit card statement
  4. To receive an update on monthly financial monitoring
  5. Update on end of year/AGAR & internal audit

26/66.

To note Delegated Authority decisions Clerk/Deputy Clerk/RFO and Chair Cllr Ross Macken or Vice Chair Cllr Sue Brown between 22 April to 19 May 2026

 

26/67.

Consider Grant Application from Eynsham Garden Group for War Memorial

 

26/68.

To review delegation arrangements for officers

 

26/69.

To review the terms of reference for committees and working groups and agree actions.

 

 

  1. Finance Committee
  2. Open Spaces Committee
  3. Planning Committee
  4. Art Trail Working Group
  5. Children's Food Forest Garden
  6. Dovehouse Close Working Group
  7. Finance Software Working Group
  8. Neighbourhood Plan Working Group
  9. Pavilion Working Group

26/70.

To appoint members to existing and any new committees and working groups

 

26/71.

To appoint members to represent the council on external bodies:

 

 

  1. Allotment association (1 member)
  2. Public Transport Representative (1 member)
  3. RAF Brize Norton Liaison Group (1 member)
  4. Pavilion & Village Hall responders (2 members)
  5. Eynsham Community Primary School Youth Council (3 member)
  6. GreenTEA (1 member)
  7. Botley Solar Farm Community Fund (1 member)

26/72.

To review/adopt new/core policies and document

 

 

  1. Standing Orders - updated
  2. Financial Regulations - updated
  3. Code of Conduct 
  4. Remote meetings - updated
  5. Public Participation - updated
  6. Investment Strategy - updated
  7. Memorial Policy- updated
  8. Biodiversity Policy - updated
  9. Complaints Policy- updated
  10. Document Retention Policy - updated and table added
  11. GDPR General/external - updated
  12. Political Canvassing - updated
  13. Public Engagement - updated
  14. Communication Policy - replacing Media Policy and expands across all communication channels
  15. Affirm 12/24 month cyclical schedule of policies for review 

26/73.

To review arrangements (including legal agreements) with other local authorities organisations and businesses

 

26/74.

Review of council land inventory and asset register

 

26/75.

To consider insurance cover for 2026-2027

 

 

  1. To consider arrangement for insurance cover in respect of all insurable risks
  2. To consider quote for Building and Contents insurance

26/76.

Review of council subscriptions to external bodies

 

26/77.

To review the Council’s expenditure incurred under s.137 of the Local Government Act 1972 or the General Power of Competence.

 

26/78.

To determine the time and place of ordinary council meetings up to and including the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council 2027.

 

26/79.

To receive updates from Officers

 

26/80.

To receive update on CloudyIT contract and agree to quote for contractual renewal

 

 

 

a. To note and agree list of users and license holders
b. To review and agree quote for Cloudy IT Provisions

26/81.

To consider responding to current consultation

 

 

  1. Access to Witney
  2. West Oxfordshire Lowlands Movement and Place

26/82.

Pavilion Working Group

 

26/83.

To consider or receive an update on traffic and connectivity and agree actions

 

 

  1. Report from Public Transport Representative (PTR) -
  2. LCWIP Project update -  
  3. Community Speed Watch (CSW) - 
  4. A40 improvement Project

26/84.

To receive reports/updates from Councillors representing the Council on outside bodies including

 

 

  1. Allotment Association
  2. Eynsham Primary School
  3. GreenTEA
  4. Youth Network
  5. Community Emergency Plan

26/85.

To note the date of the next Parish Council meeting at the Village Hall - The next meeting of the Parish Council - Tuesday 16th June 2026

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Venue

Village Hall

46 Back Lane, Eynsham, Oxfordshire OX29 4QW.  T: 0793 583 2702