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117.08
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Cllr. Peter Hart and the Clerk, Mrs. Sue Hart
declared a Personal Interest in the planning application at New Build, Church Lane. Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird declared a Personal Interest in the agenda
item on Kington St. Michael Almshouses.
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ACTION
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118.08
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RESIDENTS’ FORUM
Mr. David Sealy asked
whether Wiltshire County Council could be contacted to request that the ragwort
on the A350 could be pulled out before it seeded. Cllr. Mrs. Val Giles said
that the Parish Stewards were not available during August because they were
seconded to this task. The Clerk was asked to contact WCC to ensure that this
particular area was in their plan.
Mr. Ramon Weston said
that two signposts in Days Lane were damaged - the double bend sign had been
knocked off. The Clerk was asked to contact CLARENCE.
Mr. Ramon Weston asked
if consideration could be given to moving the 30 mph speed limit further down
Days Lane in order to include the last houses before the entrance to Byway 34.
Mrs. Ena Weston asked
whether a contract was in place to trim Byway 34. The Clerk said that the
contract was for the work to be done in July so she would follow up with the
contractor.
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119.08
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MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 14 JULY 2008
Minutes
of the meeting held on 14 July
2008 had been circulated to
all Councillors. On a proposal from Cllr. Betty Bird, seconded by Cllr. Graham Trickey, IT
WAS RESOLVED that the
Chairman, Cllr. Dr. Maurice Dixson, sign the Minutes as a correct record.
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120.08
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MATTERS ARISING FROM MINUTES
The Chairman asked for a
review of the actions from the previous meeting as follows:
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Minute 101.08 Residents’ Forum
– Commons Cuts:
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The Clerk
has arranged to meet Andy Workman, the contractor, to review ruts and the areas
not being cut when he carried out his next work in the village. Cllr. Hart
said that there was a re-wording between the 2003 list of areas to be cut
and the new contract. Should more grass need to be cut it was agreed that
this should be subject to a revised contractual rate which will need the
Parish Council’s approval.
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Minute 103.08 Matters Arising -
Outstanding Actions from 9 June Mtg:
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Village Walkabout: A response has now been received by WCC
Director, Mrs. Tracy Carter, Assistant Director, Operations, Environmental
Services Dept, Wiltshire County Council
Field View House Breach of
Planning Conditions: Cllr. Sherry Meadows has raised the issue with NWDC Planning but
agreed to chase it again as this remains unresolved.
Lloyds Online Banking: Lloyds
Bank has said that online banking just to review accounts is not possible
without full signatory authorisation.
A suggestion was made that the clerk could be given signatory
authorisation but within the Financial Regulations it should specify that
she was not empowered to countersign cheques unless in an emergency
situation. The Clerk was asked to put this on next month’s agenda for
resolution.
Land at Church Lane: NWDC
asked for a two week log of breaches in order to prepare a court case.
There had only been one incident to log but was a serious Sunday working
breach because in spite of a neighbour asking the builder not to work he
continued to do so. District Cllr. Sherry Meadows was asked to raise this
with NWDC.
Cllr.
Dr. Dixson asked the Clerk to draft a letter to the Planning Inspectorate questioning
the buildings’ conformity to the planning application consent.
The Church Lane collapsed drain has been reported and has
a CLARENCE incident number (320838).
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Minute 104.08 Planning:
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Issues: The Caramena garden building has been
reported to Planning Enforcement and has been given an Enforcement Log
number (08/290/ENF).
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Minute 106.08 Commons Erosion
Project:
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The
Clerk has confirmed the award of the bollards installation contract with
Groundscape. The bollards will be delivered on Tuesday 12 August.
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Minute 107.08 Coffin Way Surfacing:
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Cllr.
Dr. Dixson reported that Nick Elkins will prepare a specification to enable
a lower priced solution.
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Minute 108.08 Footpath –
Church Double Bends:
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Cllr.
Trickey / Cllr. Dr. Dixson have sent a letter to the field / footpath owner
but no response has yet been received.
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Minute 109.08 Greens
Registration:
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The
Clerk has put a request for information in last month’s Village Magazine
but so far has only received one response.
She
was asked to contact villagers individually who are known to have been in a
village for more than 20 years.
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Minute 110.08 Hit or Miss
License:
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The
meeting to discuss the approach to how the Parish Council can take over
custody, care and control of the two areas by the Hit or Miss Pub has had
to be delayed due to interested parties’ absences on holiday.
A
meeting should be able to be arranged within the few weeks.
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Minute 111.08 Village Pond:
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Cllr.
Timbrell / Clerk – Dr. Newman has now submitted a formal quotation. (See
Agenda item)
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Minute 114.08 Finance – Other
Financial Actions:
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3.
School to Playing Field Maintenance Contract: This has now been awarded to
Complete Weed Control.
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Minute 116.08 AOB:
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(b)
Cllr. Gill and the Clerk visited the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
and were provided with maps of the medieval field system.
(c) The
Parking on Registered Commons procedure was resubmitted to the Village
Magazine.
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Next Agenda
District Cllr. Ms. S
Meadows
Next Agenda
District Cllr. S
Meadows
Clerk
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TOWARDS ONE COUNCIL
Cllr. Dr. Maurice Dixson introduced Richard
Munro, Project Manager, Delegation to Town & Parish Councils. In preparation
for the briefing, Cllr. Dr. Dixson pointed out that the village paid £560,000
in Council Tax out of which £410,000 was to the County and £51,500 to the
District.
Richard Munro said that his brief was to
encourage the 256 Wiltshire Town and Parish Councils to consider the possibility of taking over some
services. This would not require Parish precept funding as money would follow
the delegation. This would not include people services (social care) but
activities such as street services, grass cutting, etc. If the Town or Parish
agreed then a 2-3 year agreement would be drawn up subject to certain
criteria, e.g., value for money.
Councils should decide what services they wanted
to take on, what services they would be prepared to consider and what services
they would definitely not want.
Mr. Munro said he would take back with him
councillors’ concerns on Parishes’ frustrations with regard to planning
feedback and raising the value of taxi tokens for disabled people as this was
beyond his own remit. He was also asked to provide feedback on other
councils’ suggestions and good ideas on delegated powers.
Following concerns raised about village potholes
Mr. Munro said that it was important for the parish to decide what it wanted
to do. Cllr. Dr. Dixson expressed the requirement as defining and managing a
work schedule to a budget.
Cllr. Hart said that he thought that these
activities should also be expanded to consider activities that aren’t done
that the Parish wanted done, activities that are done but could be done
better, and activities that the Parish is already doing and having to pay for
itself (e.g., kerbing) that should be paid for by the County and not by the
Parish precept.
Councillors discussed next steps with Mr. Munro.
They confirmed that they were interested in participating and would let him
have their thoughts on delegation by his late-September deadline.
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122.08
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PLANNING
(a) Planning Issues: None.
(b)
Planning Applications decided by North
Wiltshire District Council:
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08/01100/TCA Land adjacent Great House, Kington Langley – tree
felling and surgery work
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Consent Granted – 24 July 2008
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08/01307/LBC Ivy House, Middle Common – Installation of condenser gas
boiler flue (north elevation)
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Consent Granted – 21 July 2008
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08/01378/TCA Sawyers, Parkers Lane – Fell Three
Trees, reduce one tree
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Consent Granted – 28 July 2008
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Planning Application Recommendations decided
under powers delegated to the Parish Clerk:
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08/01832/TCA Langley Chase –
Felling of one pine, one horse chestnut, two birch & six Leylandii and
Lawsons cypress trees.
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Support
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08/01835/TCA Boundary of Hit
or Miss Pub – Re-pollard 2 No Horse Chestnut trees.
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Support
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08/01867/TCA The Glen, Ashes
Lane – Felling of 1 robina, 1 cherry and 3 larch trees; crown lift a birch,
oak and hazel trees and thin & crown lift a mature ash and a bird
cherry tree.
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Support
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(c) Planning
Applications for consideration:
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08/00631/FUL Former Picnic
Area Site, Kington Langley - Gospel Hall and Associated Parking (Amended
Plans)
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Information Only
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08/01500/LBC Limetree
Farm – Erection of Solar Panels on SE facing Roof at back of farmhouse
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Supported
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08/01652/TCA New Build, Church Lane – Fell one horse
chestnut tree.
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Not supported
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Much concern was expressed by councillors
on the nature of this application as it was believed that if the felling of
this tree had been an essential part of the siting of the new build from
the outset, then permission would never have been granted.
Councillors believed that the Council’s
objection to this application should be expressed in the strongest possible
terms and that North Wiltshire District Council should be challenged if it
was prepared to consider allowing this application to go through.
Copies of well argued objection letters have
already been received from two villagers.
Cllr. Dr. Maurice Dixson had spoken to the
Chairman of the Development Control Committee, Cllr. John Thomson, and
would be meeting the planning officer, Bryan Gale, on site on his return
from holiday.
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08/01775/FUL Russet House, Plough Lane – Erection of
dwelling and detached garage.
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Supported
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Clerk
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123.08
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CHAIRMAN’S BUSINESS
Cllr. Dr. Maurice Dixson said all points would be
covered by agenda items.
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124.08
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COMMONS EROSION PROJECT
Cllr.
Peter Hart said that the project has now started and is progressing well. The
kerbing is being put in place and is following the line where the original
road has been. Promises donations received now stand at £5,655.00.
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125.08
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VILLAGE POND (UPDATE)
Cllr. Dr. Maurice
Dixson said that following consultation with Dr. Newman a quotation has been
received that means that the pond can be treated by a maximum of three
treatments over a period of 6-12 months. The cost per visit is £250 plus VAT.
The Clerk confirmed that money was available in the precept under the
appropriate budgetary head for this to be done. On a proposal from Cllr. Graham Trickey,
seconded by Cllr. Betty Bird, IT WAS RESOLVED that Dr. Newman be appointed to carry out this work.
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126.08
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WILTSHIRE UNITARY AUTHORITY- DELEGATION TO TOWN & PARISH COUNCILS
The
Consultation document issued by Richard Munro on 25 June 2008 had been
circulated to all councillors. With reference to the questions raised for
councillors’ consideration during Mr. Munro’s briefing, councillors were
asked to consider their approach to delegated services. This will be an
agenda item at next month’s meeting.
It
was suggested that the local Parish Councils could work together but at this
point Kington Langley Parish Council was unaware of what the other councils
wanted to do.
District
Cllr. Sherry Meadows was asked to let the Clerk know if she heard whether
other Parishes had put forward any ideas.
The
Clerk was also asked to e-mail the other Chairs for their feedback.
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All Cllrs
Next Agenda
District Cllr. S Meadows
Clerk
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127.08
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PATH 4 (MORRELL LANE) AND BARBARANS LANE (CLLR. GILL)
Cllr.
Dennis Gill said that Morrell Lane was a
footpath but that fencing had been put there to stop motor bikes from using
it. However, as the fencing had been damaged it could now be driven down by
motorbikes. The Clerk was asked to investigate the cost of replacing it.</ |