Hassocks Parish Council

Agenda

A meeting of the Parish Council is being held on Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 7.30pm in the Council Chamber, Parish Centre, Adastra Park, Hassocks.

Parish Clerk 4 February 2026

Members of the public are encouraged to come to the meetings and there is an opportunity for them to address the Council relating to the non-confidential items on the published agenda. A period of 15 minutes will be set aside in item 4 Public participation. It may be necessary to consider particular items in confidential session and where this arises, these items will be considered at the end of the agenda.

AGENDA

1. APOLOGIES

1.1  To accept Apologies for absence

2. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

2.1  To deal with any disclosure by Members of any disclosable pecuniary interests and interests other than pecuniary interests, as defined under Hassocks Parish Council’s Code of Conduct and the Localism Act 2011, in relation to matters on the agenda.

3. MINUTES

3.1  To accept the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 13 January 2026.

4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Up to fifteen minutes will be available to allow for the public to make representations, answer questions or give evidence in respect of any items of business included in the agenda, in accordance with Standing Orders.

5. TO ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING MINUTES

Planning Committee – to note the minutes for 12 January 2026 (meeting cancelled).

6. REPORTS

6.1  Police Report

6.2  West Sussex County Councillor

6.3  Mid Sussex District Councillors Report

6.4  Rail and Public Transport Matters

6.5  Community Initiatives

6.6  Reports from Councillors on meetings with outside bodies where the Council is Represented.

7. FINANCE

7.1  To approve the Financial Report and authorise the list of payments in the sum of £1,110.22issued between 1 December 2025 – 2 January 2026 with the Corporate Purchasing Card (0651) (Appendix 1). To view Appendix 1 please click here.

7.2  To approve the Financial Report and authorise the list of payments in the sum of £24,743.06issued between 1 – 31 January 2026 from the Unity Current Account (7654) (Appendix 2). To view Appendix 2 please click here.

7.3  To approve the Financial Report in the sum of £0issued between 1 – 31 January 2026 from the Unity Current Account (7654) (Appendix 3). Final statement – account closed. To view Appendix 3 please click here.

8. CHAIR’S REPORT

8.1  Current matters (oral report)

9. CLERK’S REPORT

9.1  Current matters (oral report)

9.2  Community Grants – summary of applications received:

Members are advised that the Council awarded three grants in the September funding round to 4 Sight (£600), Oldlands Mill (£600) and the Air Ambulance (£500) and there is £4,300 remaining in the 2025/26 grants budget.  Members are requested to consider each application in turn and determine the level of any award (Appendices 4 & 5). To view Appendix 4 please click here. The guidelines state that projects must be achievable within a year and grants are for a maximum of £600 each. To view Appendix 5 the grant applications please click here.

9.3  Policy Documents – Members are requested to APPROVE the following policy documents as recommended by the Policy, Resources and Communications Committee on 27 January 2026.

• Accessibility Statement (Appendix 6). To view Appendix 6 please click here.
• Data Protection Policy (Appendix 7). Appendix 7 – Draft Data Protection Policy
• Privacy Notice (Appendix 8). To view Appendix 8 please click here.
• Filming and Photography Policy (Appendix 9). To view Appendix 9 please click here.

9.4  Recruitment – Members are advised that the Policy Resources & Communications Committee has approved a job description for the new Community Engagement Officer, the post has been advertised and a panel appointed to go ahead with shortlisting and interviews in February/March.

9.5  Investment Accounts – Members are asked to authorise the Clerk to proceed with applications to invest £350,000 in NS&I Income Bonds and £120,000 in the CCLA (Churches, Charities & Local Authorities) Public Sector Deposit Fund (Appendix 10). To view Appendix 10 please click here.

10. URGENT MATTERS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR for noting and/or inclusion on a future agenda.

11. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

To note that the date of the next Council meeting is Tuesday 10 March 2026.

FILMING, RECORDING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS AND USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
During this meeting members of the public may film or record the Committee and officers from the public area only providing it does not disrupt the meeting. The Confidential section of the meeting may not be filmed or recorded. If a member of the public objects to being recorded, the person(s) filming must stop doing so until that member of the public has finished speaking. The use of social media is permitted but members of the public are requested to switch their mobile devices to silent for the duration of the meeting.