MINUTES OF KINGTON
HELD IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM OF THE VILLAGE HALL ON
MONDAY 8 OCTOBER 2007
PRESENT: Cllr. Peter Hart (Chairman), Cllr.
Mrs. Lynn Atwell, Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird, Cllr. Mrs. Val Giles, Cllr. Dennis
Gill, Cllr. Rev. John Schofield, Cllr. D Styles, Cllr. G Trickey, Mrs. Sue Hart (Clerk) plus five members of the
public.
APOLOGIES for absence were received by Cllr.
John Foster, District Cllr. Mrs. Sherry Meadows and County Cllr. Mrs. Jane
Scott.
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114.07 |
RESIDENTS FORUM
Mr. Ramon Weston commented that quite a few
villagers appeared to be against the idea of stones on the edge of Middle
Common and suggested having a Public Meeting to get villagers’ feedback. Mr. Ramon Weston also said that there have been
problems parking in the village on the first Tuesday of the month when the
Kington Langley Decorative and Fine Arts Society hold their monthly lecture
in the village hall. He believed that their parking was dangerous and there
was no control over where visitors parked. He suggested if all else was
failing yellow lines would become necessary and that the police should be
asked to get involved. The idea of Grasscrete-ing part of the village playing
field to provide more parking was also suggested. The Chairman agreed to
write a letter to the KLDFAS, copying the Village Hall Committee, suggesting
more car sharing and for them to more actively police the situation. He also agreed to talk the village’s police Beat
Officer to request a police presence on the problem occasions. Cllr. Mrs. Lynn Atwell said that it was not just
the Fine Arts Society but also other activities which congested the centre of
the village, an example of which was a recent bike-racing event. Mr. David Sealy endorsed the suggestion for a
public debate on the Commons Erosion issue after 31st October when
the Public Consultation Survey response forms should have been submitted. Mr. Sealy also asked whether the Council were
aware that some of the proposed Greens for registration may have rights of
way over them. Cllr. Hart reassured the meeting that registration was a thorough
legal process and all accesses and prior claims would be checked. |
ACTION
Cllr. P Hart |
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115.07 |
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None. |
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116.07 |
MINUTES
Minutes of the meeting held on 10 September 2007 were
circulated to all Councillors. On a proposal from Cllr. Don Styles, seconded
by Cllr. Mrs. Lynn Atwell, IT WAS RESOLVED that the Chairman, Cllr.
Peter Hart, sign the Minutes as a correct record. |
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117.07 |
PLANNING UPDATE ON THE OLD PICNIC SITE, Mrs. Sarah Foster updated the meeting on the
current status of the planning application for erecting a Meeting Hall at the
Old Picnic Site. Following the Public Consultation held in March this year, architects
have taken account of feedback and have made specific changes to the plans,
including how air-conditioning would be sited, disposal of surface water and
the fact that local residents were not happy about the addition of a second
access to the site. The position of the building has been moved in order to
better utilise the existing entrance. Surveys have now been carried out
including arboricultural and wildlife surveys. |
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118.07 |
MATTERS ARISING
Minute 107.07: Village Pond. Cllr. Mrs. Lynn Atwell said that a meeting
was planned in approximately 10 days time to review renovating the pond and
that she was also involving Cllr. Rev. John Schofield’s Wiltshire Wildlife
Trust contact. It was planned to just clear the road side of the pond and
leave the back of the pond as far as possible. Minute 113.07 (b): Annual Bulb
Planting. Cllr.
Mrs. Val Giles said that villagers had volunteered to plant bulbs in front of
their houses but that there was also a need for planting on more public
sites, e.g., in front of the Greathouse. As people had taken bulbs in the
past but planted them in their own grounds, she was planning on getting a
‘promise’ from volunteers prior to releasing bags that they would be planted
in more public places. |
Cllr. Mrs. Lynn Atwell Cllr. Mrs. Val Giles |
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119.07 |
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT As the Chairman had been out of the country for
most of the past month, he had nothing to report that was not covered
elsewhere on the agenda. |
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120.07 |
CLERK’S REPORT Village road sign damage: The Clerk
said that CLARENCE (the Highways Maintenance Department) had been very
helpful and had already replaced several of the signs that were damaged or
had fallen off. She had also given CLARENCE the locations of other damaged signs,
who had agreed that these were now included in the next batch of
replacements. Village maintenance: Villager Mr. Andy
Allum had
looked at several of the tasks with a view to volunteering but has reported
that several of the seats were too badly weathered to just be painted. Some
are broken and / or rotten and would need refurbishment first. The areas
around them also need tidying up and strimming. The fence by |
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121.07 |
PLANNING
(a)
Planning Issues: Planning Appeal. 07/01340/FUL Land off (b)
Planning Applications decided by North
Wiltshire District Council:
Planning Application Recommendations decided
under powers delegated to the Parish Clerk: None. (c) Planning
Applications for consideration: Reissued Planning Applications: None. New Applications:
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Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk |
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122.07 |
COMMONS EROSION PROJECT Promises now stand at £4,605 and no more have
come through now for some time. Prior to the beginning of the meeting, only 6
Public Consultation Survey forms had been returned although another 6 were
brought in before the meeting. It was agreed that the results would be
reviewed at next month’s Parish Council Meeting. |
Clerk |
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123.07 |
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER – REST CENTRE EXERCISE Cllr. Rev. John Schofield said that he and Cllr. Cllr. Hart thanked both councillors for attending
the exercise and giving up their Sunday afternoon. |
Cllr. Schofield / Cllr. Trickey |
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124.07 |
FINANCE
(a)
Cheques
issued and transfers made since 10 September 2007 meeting:
Payments Received:
Transfers Made:
Direct Debits Paid: None. Invoices for the above cheques had been inspected
and approved by the signatories. On a proposal from Cllr. Don Giles, seconded
by Cllr. (b)
Bank accounts: The last reconciliation had been successfully carried out on the 4th October 2007. Bank Accounts and Petty Cash as at 30th September 2007:
(c)
Grants / Other
Financial Actions: Councillors agreed that the Council should
not continue to contribute a donation to CVS North Wiltshire. |
Clerk |
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125.07 |
CORRESPONDENCE
(a) Received / Sent: None. (b) Circulated to Parish Council: ·
WCC, Wiltshire News,
October 2007 ·
Standards Board for |
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126.07 |
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
(a)
Cllr. Don Styles said
that a villager had been upset about the allocation of garden allotments. The
Clerk said that, following last month’s meeting, as she had not received any
names from Cllr. Styles, she had therefore given the names of the 3 householders
who had volunteered plots in their gardens to the villager who had asked at
that meeting [as agreed and recorded in Minute 098.07 of the Parish Council
Meeting of 10 September]. There are still two other sites remaining. (b)
Cllr. Don Styles
said that Mrs. Jean Darch had raised an issue about the maintenance of a footpath
leading from Wayside Close to Doveys Terrace. Councillors believed that the
path was not a public right of way. The Clerk was asked to contact Mrs. Darch.
(c)
Cllr. Betty Bird
said that she had noted a number of Restricted Byways throughout Wiltshire and
asked how they were granted. The Clerk was asked to investigate. (d)
Cllr. (e)
Cllr. Dennis Gill
had investigated a villager’s report that a gate had been put across the
Right of Way by the Barton. He provided the Clerk with photographs of the
gate plus the horse-box which is still being parked across the footpath. The
Clerk agreed to follow this up with the County Council. (f)
Cllr. Gill asked
whether a general planning principle should be sought for environmental and
aesthetic reasons that large houses should not be allowed to tarmac their
drives. Cllr. Hart said that this was already taken into consideration by (g)
(h)
The Clerk asked councillors to take circulation
folders up to Cllr. John Foster as part of the circulation process rather than
delivering them back to her first. The meeting closed at 21:04. |
Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk All Cllrs. |