LONGSDON PARISH COUNCIL
Chairman: J. Sargeant. Vice Chairman: R. Lovell. Clerk to the Council: J. Bourne.
20th September 2025
You are hereby informed that a Meeting of the Council will be held in the Upstairs Room of The Wheel Public House on Thursday 25th September 2025 at 7-00p.m.
A G E N D A
1 Apologies for Absence.
2 Declarations of Interest.
3 Chairman’s Address.
4 Public Comments.
5 Approval of Minutes of the last meeting.
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting of the 7th. August 2025.
6 Matters Arising.
(a) Electricity Supply to Defibrillator Cabinet & Christmas Tree Connection – Report.
(b) Staffs. Parish Councils’ Association – Report.
(c) Meetings of the Memorial Hall Management Committee – Report.
(d) Report on Common Land.
7 Other Business.
(a) Lengthsman’s Instructions.
8 Correspondence.
Already distributed to Councillors.
SMDC - Suggested sites for future development.
SMDC – Community Repaint.
Classical Music Concert – 10th. September 2025.
SMDC – Local Government Re-organisation Meeting – 21st.August 2025.
Moorlands Climate Change Summer Newsletter.
Moorlands Climate Action Fashion Show – 18th. September 2025.
Defibrillator Training Meeting – 15th. September 2025.
Town & Parish Network Event – 24th. October 2025.
Chair of Parish Assembly – Devolution Information.
SMDC- Residents’ Survey.
9 Planning Matters.
Application No. SMD/2025/0380 Land adjacent to High View, Sutherland Road, Longsdon.
Due to the timescale the following comments were forwarded to the planning authority.
It is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
It does not demonstrate the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
It is not an infill plot. This was decided by the inspector during refusal Appeal Ref.
APP/B3438/W/128/34204059 in 2018 and there have been no material changes since which would require that decision to be overturned.
As the Parish Council previously said, a retrospective application in April 2011 for an additional entrance on the site stated that the land was agricultural and this application states that it is garden land.
The application says that the method of sewerage disposal is unknown but since there is no main sewer in Longsdon that should have been addressed.
Surface water runoff from the plot could impact Sutherland Road since there is no main sewer to accommodate it.
Longsdon has insufficient infrastructure, no schools, no shops, no doctor surgery and a very poor bus service to support further development.
Increased road traffic due to inadequate bus service will lead to more use of the dangerous egress from Sutherland Road onto the A53 where numerous accidents have recently occurred.
Application No. SMD/2025/0406 Application for the removal of Condition 2 in relation to Application SDMD/2024/0409 for the removal of prefabricated garage and the construction of a new living room and entrance area.
Comments required.
10 Finance Matters.
Orders for Payment.
J. A. Gibson. ( £ 108.00. Litter Picking.
( £ 60.00. County Type Jobs.
Parish online. £ 45.00. Annual Fee.
The Wheel. £ 25.00 Room Hire.
Ionos. £ 7.20 Monthly Charge Paid by Direct Debit. 12th. August 25.
£ 7.20 Monthly Charge Paid by Direct Debit. 11th. September 25.
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11 Public Comments.
12 Items for Inclusion in the Agenda for the Next Meeting.
13 Date of Next Meeting.
John Bourne, Clerk to the Council. (01782) 502940.