Winstred Hundred Parish Council
Supporting the local community
Our next meeting is on 22nd May when Jane Malyon returns with “Confessions of a Mass Caterer”. Details of all our meetings and speakers can be found on the diary on the home page of the Winstred 100 website.
Membership is currently full, but visitors are very welcome at a cost of £3.50.
If you would like any further information about P.A.W.S. please ring any of us on the following numbers. Alice 01206 735510, Jane 01206 735004 or Julia 01206 735053.
Alice
Working under a Parish Council initative together with the manufacturer, Littlethorpe, who kindly provided the timber, and a grant for the labour from Essex County Council, our local handyman, Terry Simmons, was pleased to announce completion of the enhancements to the bus shelter at the Salcott crossroads.
The shelter is made from quality hardwood and since Littlethorpe bus shelters are expected to last for up to 50 years we hope it will be providing a pleasant, user-friendly and weatherproof facility for many years to come.
WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at Peldon Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 10th April 2012.
Present: Jane Banks, John Walker, Nicky Ellis, Phil Gladwin, Lynne Simmons, Netty Knill Jones and 3 members of the public
Apologies for absence: Kevin Bentley, Andrew Ellis, Charles Dymond, Jinny Gale
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and signed by the vice chairman with the alteration at 6. Broadband update to say ‘It was agreed by all to give Phil a mandate to vote for this at the meeting and John Walker to represent us’ in our bid……..
Borough Councillors: Simon High, from CBC Street and Leisure Services, is making good progress with organizing ditch clearance in Great Wigborough and hopefully will pursue residents in Salcott for similar work to be carried out in order to assist with potential flooding issues.
Public-Have Your Say: None
Declarations of Interest: None
1. Police – no reports of crimes to our knowledge.
2. Gold Edition Magazine – cost will be the same as last year, John will organize the cover as before and as usual it will be delivered to all the houses in our five villages by various willing volunteers. This edition will include the Chairman’s and the year’s financial reports.
3. Playgrounds and fields – any outstanding work in the playgrounds will be carried out shortly. Volunteers will be asked to assist in collecting the old bark from Salcott play area and take to Peldon. Following that the rubber clipping can be arranged for Salcott. Volunteers will also be sort to help clear the ditch on Moss Hay, overgrown shrubbery will be cut back in the autumn and the basket ball area assessed for safety, repairs and obtaining a grant. There has been dog fouling again on Moss Hay. This is dangerous to children’s health and very unpleasant for all so please pick up your dog’s mess. We will report to the dog warden any culprits we hear of.
4. Website update – progress is being made.
5. Abberton Reservoir Expansion, Community Funds & Rights of Way – if all goes to plan the new road will be opened on Saturday. For the time being the old road from Layer Church will be used for access to the Visitor Centre. The water level in the reservoir will take a couple of years to adjust and be established. Our well presented application for funding has been accepted and funds granted (see Broadband below). Footpaths have yet to be sorted as that cannot be done until nearing completion of the main works. John offered to be our representative on the Rights of Way Committee when formed.
6. Broadband update – we have received confirmation that funding is available from the 106 Reservoir agreement to create hi-speed internet wireless network in the Winstred 100, the network will include Layer Breton. This will give our villages internet speed equivalent to the UK’s largest cities and access to ‘urban’ style online facilities including TV, films, video links, free phone calls etc. This gift is a unique opportunity, most rural areas in the UK will not ever in the foreseeable future benefit from this kind of facility.
7. CBC Emergency Planning Meeting – was attended and their main objective is forming lists of appropriate people to be of use in an emergency. Our updated plan when finished will be sent to CBC for advice and or approval.
8. Flooding matters update – as above in Borough Councillors
9. Standing Orders – Phil proposed, Jane seconded and all agreed for the small change in the wording in our Standing Orders be adopted. This accommodates for a situation where the chair cannot be found for one reason or another from our usual order of rotation of the villages.
10. Actions and Reminders List – updated
11. Complaint to CBC about the Parish Councillors – It was noted that Mr Bevan has lodged a formal complaint with CBC about all the members of the Parish Council. The complaint is related to planning issues. The Parish Council does not believe that there is any substance in the complaint but will, of course, co-operate fully with the relevant authorities who will investigate it.
12. Salcott crossroads bus shelter – many thanks were given to Terry Simmons for doing such a splendid job of modifying this bus shelter to make it more weather-proof for users. We hope to put a photo of the finished result on the website.
Planning Applications:
120507 Proposal: Replacement front garden wall and improved vehicular access to residential area frontage only. Resubmission of 111830 at Beckton House Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott
120496 Proposal: Listed building application for extension of eaves storage floor 1.2m and restoration of original interior dividing wall to remove safety hazard. Original and reclaimed material will be used to match existing beams, floor and walls at Priests House, Church, Peldon
120533 Proposal: Demolition of existing dwelling. Proposed four bedroom dwelling and detached garage at Rolls Farm, Peldon Road, Peldon
120580 Proposal: Variation of condition 3 of planning permission 102366 to allow for amended ridge height of extension due to design fault on approved scheme at 2 Fourreleet Cottages, Whitehouse Hill, Salcott
Planning Decisions:
120170 Proposal: Installation of photovoltaic solar panels on land to rear of farm buildings at Sherwins Farm, Abbots Wick Lane, Great Wigborough – Permission Granted
120215 Proposal: Retrospective application for a change of use of land from agricultural to domestic garden. Bringing fenced border in line with other properties at land adjacent to Magpies and Hepzibah, Church Road, Peldon – Permission Granted
120242 Proposal: 1st floor extension to rear over existing g/floor flat roof. Extension to side using same ground floor area with first floor above to existing rear build line. Ground floor extension to front for new entrance hall. Resubmission of 112023 at The Briars, Peldon Road, Peldon – Permission Granted
Finances:
101653 – R S Pullen – use of office, heat, light, etc. £250.00
101654 – R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for April £353.53
101655 – EALC and NALC – annual subs £288.79
101656 – CALC – annual subs £35.00
101657 – Peldon Village Hall – hire £80.00
101658 – T Simmons – play insp, grass cut, weeding, bus shelter alterations £725.00
The next meeting will be held at Salcott Village Hall on Tues 8th May 2012 at 7.30pm and will be the Annual Parish Meeting and AGM
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at Peldon Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 10th April 2012.
Apologies for absence
Minutes of the last meeting
Borough Councillors
Public-Have Your Say
Declarations of Interest
Items for Discussion
1. Police
· Report of crimes in our villages
· Decision required: Are there any crimes we should report?
2. Gold Edition Magazine
· Consider cost, cover, sponsorship, etc.
· Decision required: Who will liaise with the editor?
3. Playgrounds
· Reports on both play areas and fields including update on delivery of rubber clippings for Salcott
4. Website update
· Decision required: Are we ready to take over the running of this?
5. Abberton Reservoir Expansion, Community Funds & Rights of Way
· Reports from meetings attended
· Decision required: Do we wish to nominate a representative for the R of W Group?
· Decision required: Is there anything else we need to act on?
6. Broadband update
· Decision required: Is there any more we can do at this stage?
7. CBC Emergency Planning Meeting
· Report from those who attended
8. Flooding matters update
· Reports of any works being carried out following CBC letters
9. Standing Orders
· Discuss changes needed to accommodate village rotation as necessary
10. Actions and Reminders List update
Correspondence:
· ECC Making the Links April 2012
· EALC County Update March 2012 and courses
· Autism Anglia Newsletter Spring 2012
Planning Applications:
120507 Proposal: Replacement front garden wall and improved vehicular access to residential area frontage only. Resubmission of 111830 at Beckton House Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott
120496 Proposal: Listed building application for extension of eaves storage floor 1.2m and restoration of original interior dividing wall to remove safety hazard. Original and reclaimed material will be used to match existing beams, floor and walls at Priests House, Church, Peldon
120533 Proposal: Demolition of existing dwelling. Proposed four bedroom dwelling and detached garage at Rolls Farm, Peldon Road, Peldon
120580 Proposal: Variation of condition 3 of planning permission 102366 to allow for amended ridge height of extension due to design fault on approved scheme at 2 Fourreleet Cottages, Whitehouse Hill, Salcott
Planning Decisions:
120170 Proposal: Installation of photovoltaic solar panels on land to rear of farm buildings at Sherwins Farm, Abbots Wick Lane, Great Wigborough – Permission Granted
120215 Proposal: Retrospective application for a change of use of land from agricultural to domestic garden. Bringing fenced border in line with other properties at land adjacent to Magpies and Hepzibah, Church Road, Peldon – Permission Granted
120242 Proposal: 1st floor extension to rear over existing g/floor flat roof. Extension to side using same ground floor area with first floor above to existing rear build line. Ground floor extension to front for new entrance hall. Resubmission of 112023 at The Briars, Peldon Road, Peldon – Permission Granted
Finances:
101653 – R S Pullen – use of office, heat, light, etc. £250.00
101654 – R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for April £353.53
101655 – EALC and NALC – annual subs £288.79
101656 – CALC – annual subs £35.00
The next meeting will be held at Salcott Village Hall on Tues 8th May 2012 at 7.30pm and will be the Annual Parish Meeting and AGM
At our recent March AGM/St. Trinians evening on the 27th March 44 members came along to select the new President- Sheila Gray. Sheila replaces Gen Fretwell as President and Pam Foakes will be her Vice-President for the forthcoming year. 9 of the existing committee were re-elected with Sue Copeland standing down having served many years on the W.I. committee before forming part of the new committee for P.A.W.S. Both were presented with flowers to thank them for all their hard work.
It was a very enjoyable evening with the majority of the members getting into the spirit of the evening by dressing up in “school attire” and we all tucked into some excellent Fish and Chips. We rounded the evening off with a quiz based on “Who Did What” which were fun questions supplied by the committee for the members to guess who did what.
Our next meeting is on 24th April and we will be having Mr. Kaufmann-Wright back to tell us all about working with Gerald Durrell. Details of all our meetings and speakers can be found on the diary on the home page of the Winstred 100 website.
Membership is currently full, but visitors are very welcome at a cost of £3.50. If you would like any further information about P.A.W.S. please ring any of us on the following numbers. Alice 01206 735510, Jane 01206 735004 or Julia 01206 735053.
Cause for rejoicing! The Village Design Statement is complete and has been approved by Colchester Borough Council. You should expect your own copy to drop through your letterbox in a month or so.
It covers the villages of Peldon, The Wigboroughs, and Salcott cum Virley. Many of you contributed to it by completing a long and detailed questionnaire back in 2009 and a small group have been working on the results ever since.
A Village Design Statement is a statement of a village’s character and qualities. It documents what residents value about their area and what they consider are the important character and features which should be retained and preserved for current and future generations when new developments are considered. Once approved by the Borough Council the VDS must be taken account of when planning applications are assessed.
In giving unanimous approval to our VDS the Borough Council were most complimentary. Comments included “wonderful”, “fabulous”, “interesting and unique”, ”very useful to other groups”, “should be issued to Estate Agents to describe the parish to buyers”. A councillor representing one group who started their VDS before we did said they would be using ours as a model.
Unusually our VDS also includes a Parish Plan which highlights those issues the community would like the Parish Council and other authorities to address. Many suggestions were made during the lengthy process of producing the VDS and Parish Plan – not all of them correctly reported in the recent edition of the County Standard! The Parish Council will be formally considering the feasibility of implementing those suggestions which were supported by a majority of residents.
You can download the newsletter or visit their website at http://garrhousefarm.co.uk to find out more.
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at Salcott Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 13th March 2012.
Present: Netty Knill Jones, Lynne Simmons, Phil Gladwin, Jinny Gale, Nicky Ellis, Jane Banks, Charles Dymond, Kevin Bentley, 1 Police Officer and 4 members of the public
Apologies for absence: John Walker, Andrew Ellis
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman with the alteration of Phil Gladwin being absent (not present) and the additional wording to Declarations of Interest: ‘and left the room when this was discussed.’
Borough Councillors: The structure of the Police force will be changing with the appointment of a Police and Crime Commissioner who will have overall responsibility for financial affairs, crime figures etc.
Essex has been picked for trials for the Community Budget in joining up of some government public bodies with ECC with the aim of reducing spending in certain areas. Civil Servants from Whitehall have come to County Hall for this purpose.
Abberton Reservoir Liaison Group meet tomorrow and our application for funds to improve our broadband will be discussed.
Lighting at the new Visitor Centre will be brought up for complaint. We’ve heard since that this was due to the time switch not working correctly and it should therefore not be a problem in future as the lights will only be used on occasions.
School Lane has had repair work carried out and all pot holes are being repaired more sensibly by repairing all in an area rather than the worst ones first and then returning for lesser ones later.
CBC have sent further letters to residents about cost of works that must be carried out in clearing drains and culverts to help in potential flooding problem areas.
Certain missing road signs will be reported for reinstating.
Public-Have Your Say – None
Declarations of Interest – None
1. Playgrounds – inspections have been routinely carried out and arising matters will be dealt with. Rubber clippings for Salcott have yet to be organized. Salcott goalposts have been repainted.
2. Village Design Statement – the completed work was presented to everyone for approval. With the alteration of a couple of minor details the parish council agreed unanimously to adopt this document. A very big thank you was given to all the team who contributed to the completion of this splendid piece of work. All households in our villages will receive a copy and it will be put on our website.
3. Police – there has been hare coursing locally, some children damaged a fence and the theft of diesel and catalytic converters still continues.
4. Website update – next month due to John’s absence.
5. CALC Meeting – was attended by two parish councillors where there was a presentation from CBC Tree Preservation Officer.
6. Broadband update – Parish Councillors have had a meeting with Lloyd Felton from County Broadband to discuss a scheme taking in some surrounding parish councils for faster broadband. It was agreed by all for Phil to represent us in our bid for a grant from the Reservoir Community Funds for this project. There was a suggestion for a display at the Peldon May Festival. A vote of thanks was given to John and Phil for their extensive work on this so far.
7. Les Lapwood – due to family commitments has resigned and therefore the correct procedure will be followed to enable us to fill the vacancy. A letter of thanks will be written to him. See below.
8. Flooding matters – as above in Borough Councillors.
9. Standing Orders – alterations to the wording to accommodate changes to our rotation of villages for chairman arrangement will be discussed next meeting.
10. Actions and Reminders List – updated.
Planning Applications:
120413 Proposal: Two storey side extension at Mill Cottage, The Strood, Peldon
Planning Decisions:
112327 Proposal: 3 vehicle detached garage at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott – Permission Granted
112422 Proposal: Demolition of existing and erection of replacement dwelling with attached garage at The Farmhouse, Abbots Wick Lane, Great Wigborough – Permission Refused
Appeal no. A1530/A/12/2171150 against the above CBC decision
Appeal no.A1530/D/12/2170062 against the refusal of proposed extension to dwelling to provide additional accommodation at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott.
Finances:
101650 – R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for March £353.53
101651 – R S Pullen – clerk’s expenses, stationary etc. £204.50
101652 – T Simmons – play insp and repainting goal posts £113.27
The next meeting will be held at Peldon Village Hall on Tues 10th April 2012 at 7.30pm
We now have a vacancy for a Salcott Parish Councillor who must live within 3 miles of the boundary of Salcott. Anyone interested please contact the clerk Sue Pullen on 01206 735367.
On Wednesday 14th March, 7.30pm in St Mary’s Peldon, the Friends of St Mary’s, Peldon present Constable and his Country: a talk by Simon Gallup.
Come and join us for a pictorial journey through the landscapes that inspired John Constable in his famous paintings.
Tickets (£8) still available (Bill Tamblyn 735770) or pay on the door. Refreshments are available.
WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at Salcott Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 13th March 2012.
Apologies for absence
Minutes of the last meeting
Borough Councillors
Public-Have Your Say
Declarations of Interest
Items for Discussion
1. Playgrounds
2. Village Design Statement
3. Police
4. Website update
5. CALC and Coffee Morning Event
6. Broadband update
7. Les Lapwood’s resignation
8. Flooding matters update
9. Standing Orders
10. Actions and Reminders List update
Correspondence:
Planning Decisions:
112327 Proposal: 3 vehicle detached garage at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott – Permission Granted
112422 Proposal: Demolition of existing and erection of replacement dwelling with attached garage at The Farmhouse, Abbots Wick Lane, Great Wigborough – Permission Refused
Appeal no. A1530/A/12/2171150 against the above CBC decision
Appeal no.A1530/D/12/2170062 against the refusal of proposed extension to dwelling to provide additional accommodation at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott.
Finances:
101650 – R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for March £353.53
101651 – R S Pullen – clerk’s expenses, stationary etc. £204.50
The next meeting will be held at Peldon Village Hall on Tues 10th April 2012 at 7.30pm
