Minutes of 107th Meeting of the
CHIPPING WARDEN & EDGCOTE PARISH COUNCIL
Held on Tuesday 10th January 2023 in the Village Hall
| Present | A Barclay C Brooke P Brown J Coyne D Cross N Douglas N Galletly H Gairdner N Meades | ||
| Clerk | L Stanley | ||
| 107.1 | Apologies | None | |
| 107.2 | Open Forum | ||
| No residents | |||
| 107.3 | Declaration of Interests | ||
| CB declared WNS/022/1392 | |||
| 107.4 | Minutes of 106th Parish Council Meeting – Agreed and signed | ||
| 107.5 | Village Environment | ||
| a) | HG may be able source posts for notice board on hold | HG | |
| b) | HG may be able to source fruit trees for Appletree Road on hold | HG | |
| c) | AJS Carpentry has been paid following security checks by bank.
ND to contact Highways (Helen Howard) & Simon Davis to ascertain if they can supply new 30 mph signs for new gates ND to organise site meeting with Highways & HS2, also to check requirements for carpenter whilst installation takes place alongside road |
ND |
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| d) | On going maintenance of new gates – probably to be carried out by councillors and allowance for this has been budgeted for. | ||
| e) | Grass mowing – new plan to be drawn up once hand-over of relief road has been dealt with.
Authority given to Chairman to negotiate hand-over details |
NG |
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| 107.6 | HS2/Relief Road | ||
| a) | Appletree Road path past electric station – leave on agenda for Road Safety Fund Budget 2023 | End 2023 | |
| b) | Trip along SAR was cancelled due to bad weather; will be re-organised in spring | ||
| d) | Relief road is getting really busy and speeding and headlights shinning into homes are causing concern | ||
| e) | Culworth Road at cross-over is not being cleared and is very muddy. | ||
| f) | Taylors Equestrian at Aston have a year left to build a bund between it and HS2 before time expires. No further information. | ||
| g) | Traffic lights on A361 have been set to give priority to HS2 traffic and is causing back-up problems on main road. | ||
| h) | Trafford Bridge – work will be on footpath bridges only and building work will start again in March | ||
| 107.7 | Activity Park | ||
| a) | All inspections are up to date. | ||
| 107.8 | Finance | ||
| a) | a) Authorisation required: –
AJS (Gates) £3518.75 +vat £703.75 = £4222.50 Microsoft Licence £66.66 + vat £13.33 = £79.99 E-On £136.67 + vat 27.33 = £164.00 Notification: – SSE September £146.77 + vat £7.32 = £154.09 |
All Approved |
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| b) | Current a/c £8167.15 Deposit £12522.69
To pay AJS transfer deposit to current of £5000 was made |
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| c) | Budget: – budget had been circulated and was discussed and agreed
PRECEPT – it was agreed to set this at £18000 for 2023/24 |
Motion agreed | |
| 107.9 | Planning | ||
| WNS/2022/1392/ TCA – Manor House No objections | |||
| WNS/2022/1693/TCA – Court House No objections | |||
| WNS/2022/1921/FUL–Land north of Culworth RD (old morgue) Pending
Objections from PC to be re-iterated again Concern expressed that as the driveway to any new property here is outside of the village envelope. Planning agreement could be taken as permission to build more dwellings. A Legal Injunction could state that a covenant is in place not to use the driveway for any other properties if land is sold. |
NG |
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| WNS/2022/2063/LDP – The Green 7 Culworth Road
Proposed development comprising of the siting of a mobile home in garden to provide ancillary accommodation Delegated Check to be made as family has moved on but planning is still live. |
NG |
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| 107.10 | Correspondence – all previously e-mailed | ||
| a) | WN Communication Team; NCALC UpDate; WNC Planning; CA-WN Exchange; Up Date from A Leadsam; CALC Training; Town & Country Briefing; Police Community News; Neighbourhood Alert:
£2 maximum bus fare has been introduced until March |
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| 107.11 | Training for Councillors | ||
| AB wishes to apply for Community Emergency Plan Workshop | LS | ||
| 107.12 | Matters for Next Agenda and/or information | ||
| a) | Millennium Sign has been cleaned and PB said that paintwork will need renovation in the spring. Sign Maker will be traced through accounts as they are not in minutes |
LS |
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| b) | Cones in Hogg End were used to deter parking on path | ||
| c) | Street light reported as “out” by Old Rectory | LS | |
| d) | Manor may apply for solar panel installation in top field by Mr Thompson’s barn | ||
| e) | Complaints received concerning early (approx. 5 am) bin emptying from Griffin | ||
| f) | ND’s field is flooded with sewerage and waterboard is investigating. Metal trailers opposite Church are from this work | ||
| g) | Dog fouling in The Close and the top of Appletree Road have become a problem; it appears that a resident is letting their dog out unattended | ||
| h) | Road surface in Allens Orchard is on hold whilst budget is set by WNS | ||
| 107.13 | Date of Next Meeting | ||
| Next meetings – 14th March 2023 – 7.30pm at Village Hall
10th April – Annual Village Meeting |
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