MINUTES OF KINGTON LANGLEY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM OF THE VILLAGE HALL ON MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2006

PRESENT: Cllr. Peter Hart (Chairman) Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird, Cllr. Keith Burton, Cllr. Mrs. Val Giles, Cllr. Dennis Gill, Cllr. Simon Harris, Cllr. Euan Sudbury. Mrs. Sue Hart (Clerk).

APOLOGIES for absence were received from Cllr. Rev. John Schofield, Cllr. Ms. Jill Saunders and District Councillor Peter Green.

10.06	RESIDENTS FORUM None.	ACTION
11.06	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None.
12.06	MINUTES Minutes of the meeting held on 9 January 2006 had been circulated to all Councillors. The following amendment was made: Minute 09.06(g) “Cllr. Gill Harris” should read “Cllr. Gill Saunders”. Following this amendment the minutes of the meeting were agreed by all. On a proposal from Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird, seconded by Cllr. Simon Harris, IT WAS RESOLVED that the Chairman, Cllr. Peter Hart, sign them as a correct record.
13.06	MATTERS ARISING Min.04.06: Cllr. Dennis Gill questioned the use of the term ‘prejudicial’ in Minute 124.05. Copies of the Standards Board for England General Guidance document were given to Councillors who had not already received them, which explains Personal & Prejudicial Interests. Min.09.06 (a) Minutes and agenda were e-mailed to everyone except Cllr. Mrs. Val Giles and Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird. Those councillors who had received them electronically were happy to continue to do so. Min.09.06 (b) In response to Cllr. Gill’s question about whether the agenda should be sent out sooner the Clerk agreed to confirm the statutory requirement for giving notice to the village. The NALC recommendation is as follows: “The clerk must put up a signed agenda notice with 3 clear days notice to call an ordinary meeting – this can include a weekend but it is fairer not to. An official ‘summons’ and an agenda must be delivered by hand or sent to all the members of the council by post, however, until challenged, NALC opinion is that e-mailed summons and agenda are acceptable.”
14.06	PLANNING (a) Planning Issues & Consents Granted: Planning Issues: (a) Christian Meeting Hall at Former Picnic Area by The Plough. The Chairman had been approached by the previous applicants in advance of submission of new outline plans and said that they had asked to come to a future Parish Council meeting. Cllr. Betty Bird pointed out that the original application had raised an issue regarding traffic flow at the Plough Lane traffic lights. It was agreed that the Clerk would circulate the previous Planning Application to councillors. (b) Kington Langley Parish and Kington St. Michael Parish boundaries are to be reconsidered at an NWDC meeting on 2 March following an issue being raised by a Kington St. Michael Parish Councillor at the January Parish Boundaries Meeting. It was agreed that in future if issues came up on the fringes of the parish the adjoining parishes would be advised of the situation. (c) The Clerk had received an e-mail from Allan Brown, NWDC Planning Dept, regarding the Christian Place caravan numbers. Mr. Brown was following up whether the site had the appropriate number of site licenses. Planning Applications decided by North Wiltshire District Council: None. Planning Application Recommendations decided under powers delegated to the Parish Clerk: None. (b) Planning Applications for consideration: None.	Clerk
15.06	LENGTHSMEN’S VISIT Cllr. Mrs. Val Giles advised councillors that at the last lengthsmen’s visit they had done gullies and cleaned signs. Church Lane repairs remain on the list. A letter has been received from Wiltshire Highways stating that potholes do not come within the lengthsmen’s remit and have therefore been reported to CLARENCE. It was agreed that Cllr. Giles would make a list of all the pot holes and manhole cover issues.	Cllr. V Giles
16.06	EROSION OF COMMONS It was agreed that Area 3 Committee Funding would be applied for at the next Committee meeting. Ideally work would be started in the summer school break. A donation has been received from the Union Chapel for £100.00 for which the Parish Council expressed their appreciation. Following discussion Cllr. Euan Sudbury agreed to obtain quote for both the raw materials and the building works. Cllr. K Burton questioned what would be done about the other side of the road from the school which was also suffering from erosion. Cllr. Euan Sudbury committed to assess the impact from the side by the school before considering the possibility of posts on the Middle Common side. Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird raised the fact that individuals had been removing the soil from the molehills on Middle Common which is contrary to Registered Common byelaws. It was agreed that any soil removed from the molehills must be placed elsewhere on the commons and not taken somewhere else.	Clerk Cllr.