Agenda – Pyons Group PC -7 April 2026
PYONS GROUP PARISH COUNCIL
To members of the council:
You are summoned to attend a meeting of Pyons Group Parish Council to be held on Tuesday 7th April 2026 at 7pm at Canon Pyon Parish Hall, Canon Pyon, Herefordshire to consider the business listed below.
Dr David Thame
Clerk to the Council
30th March 2026
AGENDA
2025/202. Apologies for absence
2025/203. Declarations of Interest/Requests for Dispensations
2025/204. Chairman’s Announcements
2025/205. Minutes
To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 10th March 2026 (copies previously circulated)
DRAFT Minutes – Pyons Group PC – 10 March 2026
2025/206. Public Session (15 minutes)
To receive a report from the Herefordshire Ward Councillor, and to hear the views of local residents on parish matters.
2025/207. Canon Pyon Playing Field
To consider the Clerk’s report on the next steps in transferring the playing field from the Canon Pyon Playing Field Association, including financial support for the Association, including consideration of the following resolution:
That, mindful of its resolution of 2nd September 2025 (Minute 2025/66), and the forthcoming general meeting of the Canon Pyon Playing Field Association (CPPFA) to discuss its dissolution, the Council:
(1) confirms confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that if the CPPFA transfers its assets to Pyons Group Parish Council it would accept the offer, and will hold the land as upon the original trusts, and is fully aware of the obligations and limits that entails;
(2) confirms in particular it will adhere to the terms of clause 2 of the CPPFA Constitution dated 26 November 1996 “to provide for the inhabitants of the Parish of Canon Pyon and the neighbourhood (hereinafter called ” the area of benefit” ) in the interests of social welfare facilities for recreation and leisure-time occupation, for the purpose of relaxation and with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants”;
(3) confirms it understands, and will adhere to the terms of, the Deed of Trust of 25th March 1997 and draws particular attention to the requirements of clause 6 (covenants of trustees) which it takes upon itself;
(4) will seek additional means to entrench the terms of the original deed of gift (e.g. Land Registration embodying clause 6 of the Deed of Trust, conditional on prohibiting sale without an order of the court); and
(5) will seek, once the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is enacted, to ensure the playing field is listed as an asset of community value.
2025/208. Lengthsman’s Service and Drainage Priorities
To consider and agree a review or re-tendering of the lengthsman’s contract, priorities for the lengthsman, further applications to Herefordshire’s Local Drainage Fund and the arrangements made to part-satisfy the 2025-26 LDF bid at Lower Derndale, including an ordinary water course consent.
2025/209. Affordable and Social Housing
To consider a report from the Clerk and Councillors Lee and Dickson on affordable and social housing provision and to consider initiating discussions with Community First’s rural housing enabler and Herefordshire planners.
2025/210. Flood and Water Management Act 2010: Section 19 Report
To further consider the report commissioned by Herefordshire Council.
2025/211. Westhope Lands
To consider a request to contribute £360.00 to Friends of Westhope in respect of topping 2025/26, and the purchase of signs warning of ground nesting birds.
2025/212. Traffic Calming, Kings Pyon
To consider traffic calming in Kings Pyon.
2025/213. Rural Broadband, Kings Pyon
To consider responses to the Council’s initiative to explore demand for alternative broadband services in Kings Pyon.
2025/214. Hedges, Kings Pyon
To consider overgrown hedges in Kings Pyon, particularly on C1092 and U93405 .
2025/215. Annual Parish Meetings
To consider preparations, including refreshments, for the annual parish meetings in both Canon Pyon and Kings Pyon.
2025/216. Neighbourhood Development Plan
To consider the next steps and further quotes from planning consultants.
2025/217. English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
To consider a response and appropriate action.
2025/218. Financial Report
To consider the report of the Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer, including the cash book with budget monitoring (to follow, to allow year-end figures to be included).
Pyons Group PC – Financial Report – 7 April 2026
Pyons Group PC Cashbook 2025-2026 – 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 FINAL
To consider the following invoices for payment:
PV207 Parish Online (mapping) £ 97.20
To confirm the following invoices paid since the last meeting:
PV198 HMRC Tax month 12 £ 289.96
PV197 Clerk’s salary tax month 12 £ 765.70
PV199 Terry Griffiths Contracts (Local Drainage Fund, Lower Derndale) £4200.00
PV201 Canon Pyon Playing Field Association (See Minute 2025/185) £1300.00
PV202 Terry Griffiths Contracts (Local Drainage Fund, Lower Derndale) £2160.00
PV204 Autela Payroll Services £ 142.32
PV205 Richard Mills Farm Services (Local Drainage Fund) £1980.00
PV208 Gareth Jekins (Lengthsman, Ledgemoor) £ 500.00
PV209 Gareth Jenkins (ditches, Ledgemoor & Kings Pyon) £ 160.00
To note the following invoices collected by direct debit:
PV196 NEST Pension tax month 12 £ 70.52
PV206 Airband (parish hall wifi) £ 38.00