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Millom Town Council was formed in 1974 when the parish boundaries changed from Cumberland.

Agenda
Ordinary
28th January 2026

Millom Town Council

Summons to Councillors
Date: 20 January 2026

Dear Councillors,

You are summonsed to attend a Meeting of Millom Town Council commencing at 7.00pm on Wednesday 28 January 2026 in the Methodist Hall, Queen Street, Millom.

Signed: Cath Jopson, Clerk to the Council

Agenda

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Exclusion of Press and Public

(Public Bodies Admission to Meetings Act 1960) To consider whether there are any agenda items during consideration of which the press and public should be excluded.

3. Chairman’s Opening Remarks

4. Mayor’s Announcements

5. Declarations of Pecuniary Interest

To receive declarations, by elected and co-opted members, of interests in respect of items on this agenda.

6. Approval of Minutes

To approve the minutes of the Town Council meeting held on 26 November 2025 as a correct record.

7. Actions Update from Previous Meeting Minutes

To review any incomplete actions.

8. Open to Public

Not exceeding 15 minutes.

9. Accounts / Finance Committee

  • To examine and approve accounts for payment (sheet circulated)
  • To receive and note the bank reconciliation (sheet attached)

10. Salvation Army Update / Way Forward

11.

12. Queens Park

Placed on agenda by Cllr Williamson.

13. Cumberland & Councillor Updates / Workgroups

14. Clerk’s Updates / Information

15. Policies / Documents to Adopt / Review

  • Risk Assessment for Lone Working Policy
  • Reserves Policy
  • Environmental & Sustainability Policy
  • Health and Safety Policy
  • Risk Register and Risk Assessment
  • Equality and Diversity Policy
  • How to Deal with Urgent Planning Applications

16. Correspondence Received for Information

All correspondence for information mostly via email from the Clerk unless within the working papers:

  • Millom CAB Service
  • Letter re: proposed Iron Line
  • Request re: Run the Edge
  • Cumberland Council – Have your say on Budget Proposals (emailed out)
  • Cumberland Council – Speed Limit Requests (emailed out)

17. Planning

To consider and comment upon planning applications notified by Cumberland Planning Authority since the last council meeting. Please look at the Planning Portal on the MTC website for applications to discuss prior to the meeting.

Note: Any planning application received after the agenda has been circulated may be discussed at the meeting.

New planning applications previously circulated by email due to time constraints (to discuss at meeting):

  • 4/25/2392/0F1 – Removal of existing single-storey garage roof covering; construction of a first-floor side extension, new front porch, and mono-pitch roof canopy to front elevation with brick pillar – 17 Seathwaite Close, Millom
  • 4/25/2403/0F1 – Change of use of land to domestic garden, demolition of existing outbuildings, and construction of a general purpose/storage building and workshop – Land to the northwest of Poolside, Haverigg
  • 4/25/2404/0A1 – Application for consent to install 4 fascia signs and 7 dibond signs – Tesco Stores, Lancashire Road, Millom
  • 4/25/2415/0F1 – Extension and new pitched roof covering to existing single industrial building with new external cladding and internal alterations to provide No. 3 units – Unit B6, Haverigg Industrial Estate, Haverigg

New planning applications for discussion at the meeting:

  • 4/25/2198/0F1 – Re-consultation on additional/amended information: Erection of Visitor Centre with Café/Shop (Iron Line) – Land at Hodbarrow Nature Reserve (emailed 18 December 2025)
  • 4/25/2344/0F1 – Proposed new access road for maintenance vehicles and disabled parking and improvements to pedestrian and cycle routes from Salthouse Road to the Community Leisure Centre – Millom School, Salthouse Road (emailed 6 January 2026)

18. Any Other Business to Note for the Next Meeting

Requests for Dispensations

The Clerk to report any requests received since the previous meeting for dispensations to speak and/or vote on any matter where a member has a disclosable pecuniary interest.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by elected and co-opted members of interests in respect of items on this agenda. Members are reminded that, in accordance with the revised Code of Conduct, they are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or other registrable interests not already declared in the Council’s Register of Interests. It is a criminal offence not to declare a disclosable pecuniary interest either in the Register or at the meeting.

Members may also decide, in the interests of clarity and transparency, to declare at this point any such interests already declared in the Register. If advice is required on any item involving a possible declaration of interest which could affect a member’s ability to speak and/or vote, please contact the Clerk at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

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