Extraordinary Meeting – 20 May 2026

Notice of an Extraordinary meeting of Mudford Parish Council

Dear Councillors,

You are hereby summoned to attend the following:

Extraordinary meeting of:   Mudford Parish Council

Time:                                      18:00

Date:                                      Wednesday 20^th May 2026

Venue:                                   Mudford Village Hall, BA21 5TE

Jo Dalton-Leggett
Chair

15^th May 2026

Called in accordance with: Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12, Part II, Paragraph 9(1).

The following members of Mudford Parish Council are summoned to attend:
J. Dalton-Leggett (Chairman), R. Bowring, D. Brown, P. Blackwood, P. Edgeworth, S. Bartlett and J. Snell.

Equality Act 2010

Members are reminded that the Council has a general duty to consider the following matters in the exercise of any of its functions: Equal Opportunities (race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, and any disability), Gender Equality, Crime & Disorder, Biodiversity, Health & Safety and Human Rights.

Recording of Council Meetings

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 allows both the public and press to take photographs, film and audio record the proceedings and report on all public meetings (including on social media).

Any member of the public wishing to record or film proceedings must let the Chairman of the meeting know prior to, or at the start of, the meeting and the recording must be overt (i.e., clearly visible to anyone at the meeting), but non-disruptive. This permission does not extend to private meetings or parts of meetings which are not open to the public.

Members of the Public and Press are invited to attend all council meetings (Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960).

Mudford Parish Council will be discussing all the items listed below:

The agenda specifies the business that it is proposed to transact (Local Government Act 1972 Sch 12, para 10 (2)(b)) and the council cannot lawfully decide any matter which is not specified in the agenda (Longfield Parish Council v Wright (1918) 88 LJ Ch 119).

AGENDA

26/50 To receive and consider apologies for absence and approve the reasons (LGA 1972 s 85(1)). 

26/51 Declarations of interests. Council members to declare any interests, including any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests they may have in agenda items that accord with the requirements of the Parish Council’s Code of Conduct, and to consider any prior requests from members for Dispensations that accord with Localism Act 2011 s 33 (b-e). (NB this does not preclude any later declarations).

26/52 To receive Public Comments.
This section is at the Chairman’s discretion and may last up to 15 minutes.

26/53 Exempt Session – Exclusion of the Press & Public.
The council is recommended to resolve that under section 1, paragraph 2 of The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business because publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted.

26/54 Judicial Review of Somerset Council’s planning decision 14/02554/OUT:

1. To receive and consider the court’s judgment.
2. To receive and consider legal advice and recommendations from the council’s legal team.
3. To consider whether to pursue an appeal to the Court of Appeal and, if so resolved, to authorise the parish clerk to instruct the council’s legal advisers accordingly.
4. To review the council’s budget, including earmarked and general reserves, and to approve any necessary virements or reallocation of reserves or budget.
5. To approve the latest version of solicitor’s Terms of Business, including updated fee structure.

26/55 To confirm the date of the next meeting – 28^th May 2026 at 19:00 at Mudford Village Hall, BA21 5TE.

End of Agenda