Minutes of 119th Meeting of the
CHIPPING WARDEN & EDGCOTE PARISH COUNCIL
Held on Tuesday 9th July 2024 in the Village Hall @ 19.30
| Present | C Brooke, P Brown, D Cross, N Douglas, N Galletly, H Gairdiner | ||
| Clerk | L Stanley | ||
| Apologies | Accepted – N Meades | ||
| Noted – none | |||
| 119.1 | Open Forum – No residents present | ||
| 119.2 | Declaration of Interests – None | ||
| 119.3 | Minutes of 117th & 118th Parish Council Meetings – Agreed and signed | ||
| 119.4 | Councillor Co-option | ||
| Several residents were mentioned and will be approached to ascertain if they could be considered as potential councillors. | NG,ND, CB | ||
| 119.5 | Village Environment | ||
| a) | Village Walk details will be brought up to date & circulated | LS | |
| b) | Street lighting electricity contract expires at the end of the month. The details were discussed and the decision was to remain with SSE Solutions |
Decision |
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| c) | The police were involved at 50 Banbury Road; there was a disturbance and evidence of drug used. It is now boarded up awaiting action by the owner. | ||
| 119.6 | HS2 | ||
| a) | Thursday 18th July work will commence on the Westbury Viaduct. This will entail a large number of cement lorries to & from Westbury for 24 hours along our roads. | ||
| b) | The new MP for this area, Stuart Andrew, is planning a meeting with HS2 and the parish council asap. | ||
| 119.7 | Activity Park | ||
| All inspections are up to date.
There are 2 broken items now awaiting replacement – nothing to stop use of the area and replacements are being chased. In-growing weeds to be sprayed off to restore path surfaces. |
PB HG |
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| 119.8 | Training | ||
| None requested | |||
| 119.9 | Finance | ||
| a) | Authorisation required: – | ||
| Leicestershire Gardening 2 cuts @ £275 + added work £200=£475.00
SSE May £143.44 + vat £7.87 = £151.31 E-On – Quarter £204.00 + vat £40.80 = £244.80 Netwise disc space £20.00 + vat £4.00 = £24.00 |
All approved | ||
| b) | Current a/c £2418.63 Deposit £225794.26 | ||
| c) | Assets of Community Value (ACVs) to be finalised asap | ||
| d) | NCALC’s Model Financial Regulations, having been tailored to CW&EPC and been circulated to parish councillors, was agreed and adopted. It will be on the website | NG | |
| e) | Income – none to date | ||
| 119.10 | Planning | ||
| 2023/6273/RMA – Land off Long Barrow Pending | |||
| 2024/0825/FUL – new track over Cherwell for Blackgrounds | |||
| 2024/1051/LBC – Trafford Bridge – strengthen bridge – Work now postponed to Summer 2025 | |||
| 2024/1310/LBC–Jasmine Cottage Culworth Road – replace chimney | |||
| 2024/3109/TCA Works to Trees (Conservation Area) Village Green Byfield Road Chipping Warden OX17 1LD Chipping Warden and Edgcote Removal of ground suckers – 3 x Lime trees 24/06/2024 Delegated Chipping Warden & Edgcote Parish Council | |||
| No information regarding Rose & Crown | |||
| WNC Highways to be asked if PC can remove the fencing around Allens Orchard balancing pond | NG | ||
| 119.11 | Correspondence – all previously e-mailed | ||
| WN Consultation Public Health WNC Development Management Safety of Lithium Batteries
Letter from Dannielle Stone, PFCC WNC Arts & Crafts NCALC UPDATE Beat Bus Town & Country Briefing London Oxford Airport Public Sector Weekend Closure of A361 Broadband across WNC WNC Open Spaces Rapid Respond NCALC request for survey |
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| 119.12 | Matters for Next Agenda and/or information | ||
| Change to next meeting date – chairman on holiday | |||
| 119.13 | Date of Next Meeting | ||
| Next meeting – Change of date to 17th September
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