WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at Salcott Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 14th October 2008
Present: Lynne Simmons, Kevin Bradshaw, Phil Gladwin, Robert Davidson, Jinny Gale, Jane Banks, Frances Fergus, and 4 members of the public.
Apologies for absence: Kevin Bentley, Nicky Ellis, Sam Knill Jones
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed and signed by the chairman
Borough Councillors: Margaret Crowe has been sworn in as Mayor, with a friend as her escort, so that she can finish the term of office her late husband, Peter, started. The vacancy of Borough Council will be decided at election by the end of November, the first selection process is taking place next week.
Along with a number of other councils probably losing various amounts of money, CBC had £4 million pounds invested in Icelandic banks. There will be an investigation as because they had been advised that it was a bad investment had taken the money out but put it back in some months later.
Recycling using the new clear bags is going well, although there have been reports of the bin men putting all the different waste in together on a couple of occasions, this will be looked into.
Abberton Reservoir expansion planning application will be brought before CBC Planning Committee probably on Tuesday 11th November 08 at 6pm at the Town Hall. We will be in attendance with as many of us as possible. Therefore Phil proposed, Robert seconded and all agreed for our next parish council meeting to be the next day on Wednesday 12th November 08.
Public – Have Your Say: Speed gun training has been completed by several people but as yet the equipment hasn’t been available. We will contact the police to get things moving. The rubbish bin on Moss Hay near the play area used to be emptied by CBC but not recently so that will be looked into.
Declarations of Interest: None
- Request for help in funding floodlighting Peldon Church was discussed and the majority were against this. It was considered to be a vast waste of resources and as some people are not religious and this is public money for all it would seen inappropriate. We do already contribute £200 to help with the upkeep of the churchyard which has been the case for many years.
- Sparklers – update and replies to our letters – we received a letter from John Walker to say the previous Health and Safety Report was done by the H & S Executive following a complaint. They will only carry out a report following a complaint as will other bodies such as the Fire Brigade. Therefore Robert Kean, who is not on the Sparklers Committee but is fully aware of the event, has completed a very thorough Health & Safety Plan based on a HSE publication which both the parish council and Sparklers can benefit from. We thanked him for carrying this out so quickly and efficiently. More yellow vest will be obtained, better parking sort, the launch place for rockets will be moved and new adjustable launch racks used. Some hedges need to be trimmed back. There has been less advertising the event in places further afield.
- Peldon Hall frontage – work done and work to be done – the state of the path was discussed and the developer will be contacted.
- Public Meeting held on 7th Oct on CBC Local Development Plan was very well attended. A report is in this month’s magazine.
- Playgrounds – swing leg has been fitted and we thanked Archie for doing this job. Grant application forms have been filled in for new equipment at Peldon.
- Meetings and courses attended – reports – CALC meeting was attended and there was discussion of a youth bus that visits a village or in town where youths gather, see below. Essex Wildlife Trust at Abbotts Hall Farm will be converting the swimming pool into a meeting room. New Code of Conduct for parish councillors meeting was also attended.
Planning:
081654 Proposal: Extension of existing pedestrian crossover over ditch to form new vehicle crossover and hardstanding in front garden at The Bungalow, Mersea Rd, Peldon
081791 Proposal: Two storey side extension at Horn Farm, The Street, Salcott
Notice of Planning Decision:
081379 Proposal: Extension to existing bungalow at Domani, Lower Road, Peldon – Permission Granted
New Appeal from NPower Renewables about Construction of Wind Farm
Finances:
101430 CALC – annual subscription £35.00
101432 Lappset – swing leg and steel foot £144.54
101433 A Moore – play insp. and fit swing leg £200.00
101434 R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for October £340.67
101435 T Simmons – play insp. and 2 cuts of Salcott meadow £85.00
The next meeting will be at Peldon village hall on Wed 12th November 08 at 7.30pm .
ECC has a youth bus that will visit a village or area in town where youths gather. The bus has on it a few computers and games and encourages youths to spend some trouble free time together. If this interests anybody please contact the clerk or a parish councillor.
