MINUTES OF KINGTON LANGLEY PARISH COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING

HELD IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM OF THE VILLAGE HALL ON

MONDAY 11 JUNE 2007

PRESENT: Cllr. Peter Hart (Chairman), Cllr. Mrs. Lynn Atwell, Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird, Cllr. J Foster, Cllr. Mrs. Val Giles, Cllr. Dennis Gill, Cllr. D Styles, District Councillor Mrs. Sherry Meadows, Mrs. Sue Hart (Clerk) plus three members of the public.

APOLOGIES for absence were received by Cllr. Rev. John Schofield and Cllr. Graham Trickey

059.07

RESIDENTS FORUM

None.

ACTION

Clerk

060.07

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

None.

061.07

MINUTES

Minutes of the meeting held on 14 May 2007 were circulated to all Councillors.

A change was requested by the Clerk to Minute 041.07, reference Residents Forum.

Byway 64 should be Byway 34.

Minute 048.07, reference Minutes, seconded by Cllr. Don Styles should be seconded by Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird.

Minute 052.07, reference New Applications, Cllr. Dennis Gill requested that 07/00825/FUL should be minuted as a retrospective amendment.

Minute 053.07, reference Footpath 4: Morrell Lane, Cllr. Gill requested that ‘clearing work has been done’ should be changed to read ‘clearing work is being done’.

The above changes were duly amended and signed.

Following the end of year Internal Audit, the Clerk requested the following change to previous minutes:

Minute 92.06 (a) of the meeting held on 14 August 2006:

• CHANGE Clerk Salary – June TO Clerk Salary - July.

Minute 128.06 (c) of the meeting held on 13 November 2006:

• Line 1 CHANGE 2005/6 TO 2006/7
• Line 2 CHANGE 2006/7 TO 2007/8
• Line 11 CHANGE 2006/7 TO 2007/8
• Line 19 CHANGE 2006/7 TO 2007/8

Minute 038.07 of the meeting held on 16 April 2007:

• CHANGE Cheque total from £250.50 to £250.00

On a proposal from Cllr. Dennis Gill, seconded by Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird, IT WAS RESOLVED that the Chairman, Cllr. Peter Hart, sign the Minutes and amendments as a correct record.

062.07

MATTERS ARISING

Minute 053.07, Footpath 4: Morrell Lane: Cllr. Dennis Gill said that the bikers’ ramp has now been completely destroyed.

Minute 058.07(c) Bonfire: Cllr. Don Styles had updated the Clerk that the cause of the problem was traced to the owner of Battledore. The fire had been lit in error and the resident concerned has apologised to all her close neighbours. The matter is now concluded.

063.07

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

• Cllr. Hart welcomed District Councillor Sherry Meadows to her new role.
• Activities on the Commons Erosion Project and Village Maintenance would be raised separately.

064.07

CLERK’S REPORT

• The End-of-Year Internal Audit had been successfully completed and the End-of-Year Accounts were now ready for Council review.
• Wiltshire County Council had sent their Rights of Way coordinator to view the obstruction of Footpath No.5 by a horsebox. Cllr. Dennis Gill pointed out that the obstruction was still there.

065.07

PLANNING

(a) Planning Issues:

Cllr. Hart reminded councillors that planning decisions were made by consensus at the Parish Council meetings, and therefore comments should not be made about individual planning applications when the documents were circulating.

(b) Planning Applications decided by North Wiltshire District Council:

07/00825/FUL Caramena, Parkers Lane – Two Storey Extension.	Permission Granted – 21 May 2007
07/00830/FUL Arminger House, Parkers Lane – Erection of First Floor Extension above existing garage.	Permission Granted – 22 May 2007
07/00869/FUL North Site, Kington St. Michael Road - Conversion of buildings for reuse as livery yard and stationing of mobile home occupied by person responsible for care & mgmt of horses kept on site.	Permission Refused – 24 May 07
07/00842/TCA Sedgebrook, Middle Common - Fell 4 Lawson Cypress Trees.	Permission granted - 10 May 2007
07/00973/TCA Manor House Cottage, Church Road - Fell 4 Lawson Cypress Trees.	Permission Granted for felling of 41 trees only - 30 May 07

Planning Application Recommendations decided under powers delegated to the Parish Clerk:

07/01257/TCA Meadow House, Parkers Lane - Fell two conifer trees.

Support.

(c) Planning Applications for consideration:

Reissued Planning Applications: None.

New Applications:

07/01210/FUL Allington Distribution Site, Malmesbury Road - Extension of existing water distribution site, construct new reservoir & associated infrastructure.	Support
07/01340/FUL Land off Church Lane – Erection of 2 detached dwellings following demolition of existing bungalow (Rev. 06/0348/FUL)	Not supported.
Local resident, Mr. Di Vittori said that the new application was for a much longer building along the side of Clandooe, whose conservatory was not shown. It would also take light away from Clandooe. Councillors objected to the application for the following reasons: · The proposed properties are too large and would constitute over-development of the plot. · One of the garages is now at the very front of the plot and very visible along Church Lane. · The buildings are in too close a proximity to the boundary, especially alongside Clandooe which has windows facing the plot. · Bearing in mind other planning decisions in the village, one of the two houses should be affordable. As a result of planning gain, the developers should be asked for a Section 106 Agreement, specifically a contribution to Church Lane improvements.
07/1490/FUL Steinbrook Stables, Swindon Road – Erection of Garages and Workshop Building	Support.

Clerk

Clerk

Clerk

066.07

ADOPTION OF NEW CODE OF CONDUCT

A new Code of Conduct for members of Parish Councils had come into force from 3^rd May 2007 and Parish Councils have until 1 October 2007 to adopt the revised Code. After that time, councils will be automatically covered by it. The Clerk distributed copies of the new Guide to each Councillor.

Councillors were asked to read the Guides before the July meeting when it would be an Agenda item.

All Councillors

067.07

COMMONS EROSION PROJECT

Cllr. Hart said that further to the Annual Parish Meeting, villagers would be asked to help support the next phase of the project by “promising” a contribution to the project which would then be the subject of a matched funding request to the Area 3 Committee later in the year.

Cllr. Atwell suggested that the school could distribute copies to parents, especially those who live outside the village.

Cllr. Foster said that a local resident, Richard Briggs, had approximately 12 boulders that he would be willing to contribute to the project. However, they were granite, and may not be in keeping with the local environment. Cllr. Foster agreed to get a sample for assessment.

Cllr. Hart

Cllr. Foster / Cllr. Hart

068.07

GREENS REGISTRATION

In April 2007, the government introduced a new law for registering greens in England (Section 15 of the Commons Act 2006). This makes it easier to apply for registration. Councillors agreed that this would be worth pursuing.

The Clerk had an initial list which she would distribute to Councillors who were asked to identify any additional areas that they believed should be registered and bring it to the next meeting. The Clerk would also see if there was a suitable map that could also be distributed.

All Councillors / Clerk

069.07

KINGTON LANGLEY PARISH PLAN

Following distribution to councillors of the Kington St. Michael Parish Plan, Councillors were asked whether they would support a project to do one for the village. It had already been established that the Kington St. Michael project had taken a very considerable amount of time and money. Councillors agreed that Kington Langley had already achieved or surpassed what was planned by Kington St. Michael and that Kington Langley would not find any great benefit from creating a Village Plan.

Having reviewed the document, Cllr. Atwell suggested that as much of the information is already available, it could be possible to expand on the current Kington Langley Welcome Booklet. The Clerk was asked to investigate further.

Clerk

070.07

KINGTON LANGLEY VILLAGE MAINTENANCE

Councillors had been asked whether they had any items to add to the list discussed at last month’s meeting and whether anyone was prepared to volunteer for any of the tasks.

Cllr. Don Styles kindly volunteered to clean the bus shelter opposite the Hit or Miss pub.

However, no other volunteers were forthcoming.

Cllr. Gill agreed to make contact with the Milestone Society member at Kington St. Michael to update him on where other milestones were in the village.

Cllr. Styles

Cllr. Gill / Clerk

071.07

FINANCE

(a) Cheques issued and transfers since 14 May 2007 meeting:

1 Jun 07	AbFab Loos	975	170.38
1 Jun 07	Community First – Subscription	976	34.00
1 Jun 07	Wiltshire Wildlife Trust – J Schofield Biodiversity Conference Attendance	977	7.50
1 Jun 07	WALC 2 x New Councillor Packs	978	18.80
1 Jun 07	Clerk – Reimbursement for 2 x Councillor Thank you Gifts (E Sudbury / P Green) from Chairman’s Allowance	979	60.00
1 Jun 07	Clerk – Stationery Reimbursement	980	43.93
1 Jun 07	Clerk Salary – May	981	333.37
11 Jun 07	D Elkins – Donation to village party security	982	88.12
11 Jun 07	Zurich Municipal – Annual Inspection cover	983	344.86
			£1,100.96
20 Mar 07	Not separately minuted in April: KL Christian Fellowship Union – Union Chapel Payment for APM (See Minute 028.07 (d)	969	£40.00

Payments Received: None / Transfers Made: None / Direct Debits Paid: None.

Invoices for the above cheques had been inspected and approved by the signatories. On a proposal from Cllr. Mrs. Lynn Atwell, seconded by Cllr. Don Styles, IT WAS RESOLVED that cheques numbered 975-983 and Cheque 969 be approved by the meeting.