The next Parish Council meeting is on Tuesday 10th November 2026, at 7.00 pm, at Leafield Village Hall.
The meeting is open to the public, and residents are welcome to attend.
Recording of the meeting: Please be aware that the meeting may be recorded by the Council or others, and no permissions are required for this, pursuant to the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, amending the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960.
Agenda
1. Welcome from the Chair
2. To receive apologies for absence
3. To approve and sign the minutes of the Council Meeting on 13 October 2026
4. To receive declarations of interest from Members regarding items on the agenda
5. Opportunity for the public to speak – to provide members of the public/press with the opportunity to comment on items on the agenda, or raise items for future consideration. In accordance with Standing Orders, this will not exceed 15 minutes in total and five minutes per person
6. To receive reports from County and District Councillors
7. To receive and comment on the Clerk’s report
Recreation and Leisure
8. Playground
8.1 To receive regular playground inspection reports and agree actions
8.2 To consider quotations for quarterly operational inspections and agree actions
Churchyard and Burial Ground
9. To receive an update regarding churchyard and burial ground matters and agree actions
Parish Maintenance
10. To receive an update regarding benches from Cllr Compton and agree actions
11. To receive a report from Cllr Compton regarding repairing damaged areas of road surface on the Village Green near The Fox and agree actions
Planning
12. To comment on any planning applications received before the meeting
13. To receive an update of previous planning applications and appeals
Administration and Finance
14. Finance update – To review and approve the finance update, to review and approve the bank reconciliations
15. Budget update – To review and approve the budget update
16. Reserves update – To review and approve the reserves update
17. Payments and receipts – To ratify previous payments, to review and approve current payments, to note current receipts
18. To instruct bank signatories to approve the payments
19. To consider training options and agree actions
20. To review and approve the Risk Assessment – Christmas Tree on Village Green
21. To consider expanding the scope of the Churchyard Maintenance Working Group to include the Burial Ground and agree actions
22. To review and approve the Risk Assessment – Hedge maintenance in Leafield Burial Ground
23. To consider the Review of Effectiveness of Internal Audit report and agree actions
24. To consider a report from Cllr Compton regarding appointing an independent advisor and agree actions
25. To consider obtaining a card terminal to process card payments and agree actions
Communications
26. Correspondence Register – To receive the correspondence register and agree actions
27. To receive items for information only
Meetings
28. To receive requests for items for the next agenda, and note that motions for inclusion on the next agenda, and background papers, must be received by the Clerk at least one week before the next meeting
29. To confirm the date, place and time for the next meeting