MINUTES OF KINGTON
HELD IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM OF THE VILLAGE HALL ON
PRESENT: Cllr. Mrs. Betty Bird, Cllr.
Dr. Maurice Dixson, Cllr. Mrs. Val Giles, Cllr.
APOLOGIES for absence: Cllr. Mr. John Foster (family commitments) and Cllr.
The meeting was opened by Vice-Chairman Cllr.
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034.08 |
ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND DECLARATION OF
ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE
Councillor Peter Hart
nominated that Dr. Maurice Dixson be appointed to the office of chairman.
There being no other candidates, on a proposal by Cllr. Peter Hart, seconded by Cllr. Chris Timbrell, IT WAS RESOLVED unanimously that Dr. Maurice Dixson be
appointed Chairman. Dr. Maurice Dixson signed his Declaration of Acceptance
of Office. |
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035.08 |
ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMAN AND DECLARATION OF
ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE
The current
vice-chairman, Cllr. Dennis Gill, remained in office. |
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036.08 |
RESIDENTS FORUM - None.
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037.08 |
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None. |
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038.08 |
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 14 JANUARY 2008
Minutes
of the meeting held on 11 February 2008 were circulated to all Councillors. On a proposal from Cllr. Don Styles, seconded by Cllr. Dennis Gill, IT WAS RESOLVED that
the Chairman, Cllr. Dr. Maurice Dixson, sign the Minutes as a correct record. |
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039.08 |
MATTERS ARISING
Minute Minute 027.08: Village Benches
Maintenance Update (War Memorial): Cllr. Gill has measured and recorded the
degree of lean and it is not clear whether this is a recent or long term
movement. It was decided that it should be measured again in a years time and
that the Clerk should add this to her Annual Schedule. Minute 028.08 Greathouse,
Lower Common Branches & Drainage Problems. The Clerk has received a quote from Tree
Maintenance Ltd for £462.25 + VAT for carrying out works to prune / remove
trees. She has also spoken to an arboricultural consultant (Mr. Nigel de
Berker) who will also take a look at the problems. Regarding the blocked drains
on either side of the Greathouse access drive, the Clerk has visited the site
with Ms. Anthea Jenkins who will advise on what needs to be done to unblock them.
Ms. Jenkins however does not believe this would be Parish Council
responsibility to rectify. Minute 030.08 Annual Parish
Meeting Agenda. The agenda has now been published in the Village Magazine and
distributed to non-recipients in the village thanks to Cllrs. Trickey,
Timbrell, Hart and Peter Giles. |
Clerk |
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040.08 |
Mr. Colin Coles, as a Cllr. Dixson agreed to follow up how Kington
Langley might be able to take advantage of this opportunity. |
Cllr. Dixson |
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041.08 |
PLANNING
(a) Planning Issues: None. (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: 08/00070/FUL The Old Apple Store, Plough Lane Nursery
Construction of double garage and garden store with loft studio room above
and change of use of part of nursery to additional residential curtilage.
(Amended Plans) These Plans were reissued on 18th
February with the change of use comment added. In view of the NWDC Planning
Decision above on 08/00007/RNWL, Councillors believed that the same conditions
should apply and would therefore no longer support this application. (d) New Applications:
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Clerk |
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042.08 |
CURRENT CONDITION OF VILLAGE ROADS AND LANES A
letter from villager Mr. Edwin-Scott has been sent to NWDC and County Cllr.
Jane Scott complaining about the state of the village roads and raising a
number of issues. Copies of the letter were passed to all councillors. A
general discussion followed about the issues, which were divided into two
categories the state of the roads and the state of the verges. Cllr. Mrs.
Val Giles, who is the Councils Parish Steward liaison representative, provided
an update of NWDC policy on street cleaning, the condition of the road
surfaces and the blocked drains and flooding. It was agreed that the issues
of funding and priorities should be investigated further and that the
Chairman would follow this up with County Cllr. Scott. The
route large horse boxes are taking to enter and leave The Stables at Concern
was also expressed that lorries may be disregarding the village weight
restrictions and using the village as a rat-run. The use of Satellite
Navigation systems also appeared to direct drivers through the village. It
was agreed that the local beat officer should be contacted as the weight
limits need to be enforced. On
other matters of village appearance, Cllr. Don Styles mentioned that the
Newlands Green road sign had fallen over completely. The Clerk was asked to
ensure that it was added to the current schedule to replace damaged road
signs. Cllr.
Hart said that at the top of Plough Hill soil from the tractor cutting the
hedges had been pushed onto the grass. It was agreed that the owners of the
land should be contacted to rectify the situation. |
Cllr. Dixson Cllr. Dixson Clerk Clerk Cllr. Dixson |
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043.08 |
VILLAGE LIGHT TRESPASS Following
circulation of a report by the Institution of Lighting Engineers, several
councillors had commented about specific problems in the village. Councillors
agreed that an article should be put in the Village Magazine reminding
villagers to be courteous about their use of security lighting to ensure that
it only shone over areas that needed to be lit up and not beyond their
property. |
Cllr. Dixson |
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044.08 |
PERMISSION FOR WORKS ACROSS MIDDLE COMMON BY THE UNION CHAPEL The Clerk read out an e-mail she had received from Rev. John Schofield
saying that the Union Chapel wish to carry out some remedial work on the driveway across Middle Common
leading to the Union Chapel and Councillors
were unanimous in their agreement to this work. |
Clerk |
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045.08 |
FINANCE
(a)
Cheques
issued, payments received and transfers made since 11 February 2008 meeting:
Payments Received:
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