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PC Agenda 14th December 2010

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 14th December 2010.

Note from the Chairman:

You will note that the agenda looks a little different this time.  Nicky, Sue and I decided to try this expanded format believing that it will help people realise what is expected of them at the meeting and give them a chance to ask questions and round up documents and details before the meeting so that they can come well prepared.  We hope that this will support briefer better-informed discussion.  The format also indicates what decisions need to be made since we are once again hearing rumblings that we too often defer decisions until the following meeting.

Your feedback about the new format is actively solicited as are any further ideas you may have to improve the way our business is conducted.

Apologies for absence:

Minutes of the last meeting

Borough Councillor:

Public – Have Your Say

Declarations of Interest

Items for Discussion

1.   Requested move of bus stop at Malting Road, Peldon

  • ­Report of Clerk’s consultations with ECC and First
  • ­Discussion of practicalities and cost
  • ­Decision required: Do we agree to action the move?

2.   RCCE course – Influencing Decisions in Your Local Area

  • ­Report from Nicky who attended
  • ­Decision required: do we need to take further action?

3.   2011 Emergency Planning event

  • ­Decisions required: Do we want a meeting in the usual form or a simulated training event and on which of the offered dates?

4.   Minerals Development Document Preferred Approach – Public Consultation

  • ­Notice of the consultation will be displayed in the usual places
  • ­Decisions required: Does a member of the Parish Council need to attend and if so who?

5.   Sustainable Communities Act

  • ­Decision required: What action does the Parish Council need to take?

6.   Precept/Grant

  • ­Discussion of strategy in response to the 50% cut in Revenue Grant
  • ­Discussion about possible reduction of costs in 2011, informed by the financial reports distributed
  • ­Decision required: Preliminary decision about 2011 precept request (to be finally agreed in the January meeting)

7.   Water for Peldon Church

  • ­we have been asked to agree to the Peldon PCC fencing in a piece of land looked after by them for many years and also laying a water pipe beneath it
  • ­discussion as to whether the Parish Council has any involvement with this issue
  • ­Decision required: What response do we make to the PCC?

8.   Parish Online and Planning on the Map

  • ­Reports from those who tried it
  • ­Decision required: Do we wish to sign up for this service in future?

9.   Essex Police – the future of NAPs meetings

  • ­Decision required: Should a member of the PC attend the meetings and if so who?

10.  Reservoir Community Fund Application

  • ­the application has been accepted for consideration by the Liaison Committee.
  • ­Latest update if available

11.  Refuse collections, gritting, salt boxes

  • ­general update

12.  Parish Council Chairmanship

  • ­Continuation of a discussion as to whether we should hold to our usual rota for changing the Chairmanship in May 2011 given the reluctance of the Salcott cum Virley Councillors to take their due turn at this time
  • ­Decision required: Who should be Chairman and who should be Vice Chairman from May 2011 and for how long should they hold tenure?

13.  Playgrounds

  • ­The Clerk to report on completion of monthly reports, insurance guidelines and progress on outstanding works

14.  Painting of Salcott play equipment

  • ­Consideration of quotations received from two suppliers, the second being more expensive but specific about the use of special paint and the first cheaper but with no statement as to paint to be used.
  • ­Decision required: Which quotation is to be accepted?

15.  Rolling Actions and Reminders List

  • ­Review and update

Correspondence:

1.  ECC Making the Links December 2010 www.essexcc.gov.uk

2.  EALC County Update November 2010

3.  CBC Forward Plan of Key Decisions – 1 December 2010 to 31 March 2010

4.  ECC Bus Passenger News Nov/Dec 2010

5.  Autism Anglia Autumn Newsletter

6   RCCE ‘Oyster’ Autumn 2010

7.  St Helena Hospice ‘Time’ Winter 2010

8.  ECC Data Transparency (which we already do)

Planning:

102273 Proposal: Retrospective application for the change of use from agricultural use to B8 storage, comprising of; (a) the continued use for storage of ten former shipping containers that are physically attached to the land; (b) the siting and use for storage of a further four former shipping containers that are free-standing; and (c) the continued use of one part of the application site as an outside storage area used in connection with a business that deals with reclaimed building materials at Pantile Farm, Peldon Road, Abberton

102282 Proposal: Internal and external alterations to roof, forming new bedroom (no.5) and new games room at John Jones House, Autism Anglia, Church Road, Peldon

102366 Proposal: Double storey side extension and front porch (resubmission of application 091543) at 2 Fourreleet Cottages, Whitehouse Hill, Salcott

Finance:

101579  Suffolk Acre Services – Parish Council annual insurance                         £1468.92

101580  J & N Bradshaw & Son – repairs to Moss Hay goal posts                         £293.75

101581  R S Pullen  –  clerk’s fee for December                                                £353.53

101582  SLCC  –  annual subscription                                                                £95.00

 

*******   There will be Christmas drinks and nibbles at the Peldon Plough immediately after the meeting.  *******
******* We hope to see you there.   *******

The next meeting will be at Peldon Village Hall (Committee Room) on Tuesday 11th January 2011 7.30pm.

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Refuse, gritting & other snowy updates

Waste & recycling collections

snow-ballThe Parish Council have received the following update from Matthew Young, Head of Street Services at Colchester Borough Council:

We are carrying out refuse and recycling collections today and Paul English, the Street Care and Recycling Operations Manager, will inform you of our success rate at the end of the working day and we will ensure that the website and media are updated. Staff worked very hard yesterday and most collections were able to be made.

The weather forecast for the next few days shows little sign of improvement and therefore the same arrangements will apply where we will try to collect as much as we can using a variety of vehicles. We constantly review the situation and ensure as many collections as possible and Paul and his team will carry out a final review of the situation in the morning before crews are deployed. It is worth noting that collections are taking longer than normal in most areas but collection times may also be earlier as drivers choose the most suitable routes. It is therefore imperative that residents have their waste available for collection by 0700 and remain patient until 1600. We will not collect in the dark where conditions are much more hazardous.

I would also ask that any communication residents may wish to make is through our Customer Service Centre on 01206 282700 or [email protected] and not on direct lines. We greatly appreciate Members who do pass on emails to residents as communication is vital to service success. I would though point out that we will not be deviating from our normal schedule and therefore residents who do not receive a collection by 1600 are advised to simply retrieve and store their waste and recycling.

Gritting of roads and pavements

The gritting and salting of the highway network is the responsibility of Essex County Council. They have informed us that they will focus their gritting resources on keeping major roads clear. This includes all ‘A’ and ‘B’ roads, access routes for emergency services, rural link roads and major public transport routes. Therefore, estate or residential roads are not included whether they are on inclines or not. Colchester Borough Council will be keeping the pavements clear on the roads included in the memorandum of understanding and the list of the roads is on the CBC website linked here. If residents want to try and keep the paths clear in their roads then they need to follow the instructions we sent round yesterday to Members.

As you did earlier this year your assistance in this matter would be appreciated.

Thanks,

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PAWS – December Teaching Report

One of Brian Carline's Books
One of Brian Carline’s Books
44 members and visitors attended our November meeting when Mr. Brian Carline came along to tell us about his “School Experiences”.  Brian started teaching in Salford in 1971 and retired in 2005 after a long and seemingly happy career teaching in Secondary Schools.  Brian initially held two jobs down, teaching in the day and being part of a double act as a comedian in the evening, even reaching the gala final of New Faces in 1977.  Although this was his major claim to fame he did tell us that they came last.  His comical background came through whilst he recounted numerous funny incidents that happened throughout his career.  It was also one of our member’s 90th Birthday and she was presented with a special flower arrangement and a cake. Many happy returns to Isobel Parsley for the 1st December.

Our next meeting is on January 11th 2011 which is slightly earlier than normal, due to the pantomime, and June Crisfield Chapman will be speaking to us about “Wild Plants – Myths, Magic, Medicines”.  So Happy New Year and see you all then.    Visitors are very welcome at a cost of £3.50.   Membership renewal is £20 and we may have some spaces available.

If you would like any further information about P.A.W.S. please ring any of us on any of the following numbers. Alice 01206 735510, Jane 01206 735004, Julia 01206 735053 or Sue 01206 735212,

Alice

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PC Minutes 9th November 2010

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 9th November 2010.

Present: Les Lapwood, Jane Banks, Jinny Gale, Phil Gladwin, Nettie Knill Jones, Nicky Ellis, Charles Dymond, Lynne Simmons, John Walker and 3 members of the public

Apologies for absence: Kevin Bentley, Andrew Ellis, Terry Sutton

Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman

Borough Councillors: Some pipe work and jetting has been carried out in Salcott to help with the flooding problem which will be carefully monitored before any further meetings on this matter are organised.

Bellwood is in the process of being sold.

Police Report: There had been an attempted theft of an old tractor in Great Wigborough.  More speed checks will be carried out in Great Wigborough and Peldon.  In recent times there has been an overall reduction in crime in this area.

Public – Have Your Say: Congratulations were expressed to the successful organisation of the fireworks event and in dealing with the wind problem during the evening.

Declarations of Interest: None

  1. Door to door deliveries – a list of the furthest out houses in Peldon will be compiled so that none are omitted next time we carry out a delivery.
  2. Chairmanship – the order in which we appoint a chairman may change slightly as we have several new parish councillors who would not wish to take on this task so soon.  A decision of the order for the next few years will be made next month.
  3. The Way We Work – with regard to the matter of certain parish councillors taking on certain roles more ideas and discussions are needed and a draft will be circulated for consideration at January’s meeting.
  4. Meetings attended – Village Shop & Pub Day was interesting and informative but probably quite difficult to implement here. The Clerks’ Forum was also interesting with presentations from Census 2011, Digital Strategy for Colchester and Chief Superintendent for the Police on necessary closure of Police premises in preference to cutting down on manpower due to a reduction in funding.
  5. Parish Online pilot scheme – two parish councils out of a possible seven that have applied will be chosen for this pilot scheme and we should hear soon if we are one of them.
  6. Reservoir Community Fund website application is being completed subject to a couple of problems that need sorting out with the online application form.
  7. Revenue Grant reduction – the final decision of the cuts being made and how much we will receive will be decided in the next few weeks. A ‘to date’ finance report will be circulated for an informed discussion at the next meeting.
  8. New Executive Arrangements Consultation – we will reply that our majority vote was for Option One: Leader and Cabinet in preference to Option Two: Directly Elected Mayor and Cabinet.
  9. Flooding enquiry from Nick Humfrey – Environment, Sustainability and Highways are appointing a new employee whose job it will be to try and sort out rainfall flooding problems in the area.
  10. Parking in Salcott has been reported to the police who will investigate in due course and this will be followed up.
  11. Abandoned car in Wigborough Village Hall car park for the third time has been reported and removed.
  12. Peldon Hall Farm – crop spraying that left a deposit on the road and on cars was also detrimental to health. It would seem that a contractor had carried out this work for the farmer who was the landowner.  A resident of Lodge Lane has written to the Environment Health Agency.  Parish Councillors have and will further liaise with residents for us to follow up if required.
  13. Playgrounds – inspection and maintenance reports returned. All quotations for painting Salcott equipment have yet to be received.
  14. Bus shelter at Salcott crossroads – all quotations for alterations yet to be received.
  15. Youth sports equipment – was discussed again and as before it was agreed that this would not be used sufficiently to warrant spending funds on it.
  16. Sparklers evening report – this was a very successful event but not without problems due to the change of wind during the evening. Debris from the bonfire and fireworks blew over the crowd but was dealt with immediately by putting out part of the bonfire and delaying the display briefly whilst moving the fireworks back.  St John’s Ambulance treated several for minor eye irritations. They are always in attendance and this is the first time their services have been called upon. The safety procedures that have always been in place were tried and tested this year and proved successful.
  17. Actions and Reminders List was updated.

    Planning:

    101984 Proposal: Replacement of a derelict conservatory with a single storey extension at Haxells Farm, Peldon Road, Peldon

    101986 Proposal: Listed building application for the above

    Notice of Planning Decisions:

    091245 Proposal: Conservation woodland and meadow with support facilities at Bellwood, Colchester Road, Great Wigborough – Permission Refused

    Correspondence from CBC on Hall Barn, Peldon Road, Abberton

    Finance:

    101574 Peldon Village Hall – hire                                                                               £90.00

    101575 R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for Nov                                                                    £353.53

    101576 B Gooding – 2 x play insp + repairs                                                                £63.24

    101577 Keith Banks – Moss Hay grass cuts x 4                                                           £160.00

    101578 T Simmons – play insp                                                                                  £30.00

    The next meeting will be held at Salcott Village Hall on 14th Dec 2010 at 7.30pm.

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    Local Metal Thefts

    st-marg-woodhamA copper lightning conductor was stolen from St Margaret’s Church, Woodham Mortimer, Maldon (pictured right) between the evening of 28th October and midday on 30th. The conductor was worth some £200 but the damage caused by cutting it off is likely to cost £1000 to repair.  A similar crime was committed at St Peter’s Church, Totham between November 2nd and 3rd.

    Police are appealing for information and witnesses.

    We all need to keep an eye out for anything untoward happening near our churches.

    If you see anything suspicious ring 999 immediately.

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    PC Agenda 9th November 2010

    WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL

    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 9th November 2010.

    Apologies for absence:

    Minutes of the last meeting

    Borough Councillors:

    Public – Have Your Say

    Declarations of Interest:

    Items for Discussion

    1. Door to door deliveries – who should do what and where
    2. Chairmanship – future order – possible changes required
    3. The Way We Work- including possible allocation of jobs/subjects
    4. Meetings attended – reports – Village Shop & Pub Day, Abberton Reservoir Liaison Group, Essex Wildlife Trust and Clerks’ Forum
    5. Parish Online pilot scheme – further information
    6. Reservoir Community Fund website application
    7. Revenue Grant reduction – implications
    8. New Executive Arrangements Consultation – our response
    9. Flooding enquiry from Nick Humfrey – follow up information
    10. Parking in Salcott progress
    11. Abandoned car in Wigborough Village Hall car park
    12. Peldon Hall Farm – crop spraying and deposit on road
    13. Playgrounds – update and quotations for painting Salcott equipment if obtained
    14. Quotations for improving bus shelter at Salcott crossroads if obtained
    15. Youth sports equipment – suggested source of funding
    16. Sparklers evening – after the event report
    17. Actions and Reminders List

     

    Correspondence:

      • CBC Site Allocations and Development Policies
      • NATS no changes or further consultation for the time being
      • CBC Forward Plan of Key Decisions – 1 Nov 10 to 28 Feb 11
      • ECC Making the Links November 2010
      • English Rural Housing Association Annual Report 2010

    Planning:

    091245 Proposal: Conservation woodland and meadow with support facilities at Bellwood, Colchester Road, Great Wigborough – Permission Refused

    Correspondence from CBC on Hall Barn, Peldon Road, Abberton

    Finance:

    101574 Peldon Village Hall – hire                                                                               £90.00

    101575 R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for Nov                                                                    £353.53

    101576 B Gooding – 2 x play insp + repairs                                                                £63.24

    The next meeting will be held at Salcott Village Hall on 14th December 2010 at 7.30pm.

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    PAWS – November First Class Report

    First Class at Last by Patrick ForsytheAbout 30 members and visitors attended our October meeting when Mr. Patrick Forsythe came along to tell us about getting “Travel Books Published”. Patrick had worked in Management Training and successfully written a training book and then joined a writing group before having two travel books published.  The first  “First Class at Last” comparing budget travel with first class travel to Asia and the second “A land like none you know” all about Burma. He told us that having had the idea for the first book he sent the draft idea to several publishing companies and got rejected. He persisted and finally when following them up, one of them asked him to resubmit his ideas, he got an email saying “a contract was on its way”. He then had the problem of funding his trip so he contacted various airlines, hotels etc. who agreed to fund him in return for a write up. He read out a number of paragraphs from his books which were highly amusing and very entertaining. We also had a Silent Auction which once again proved highly successful raising £87.50 for our funds, which was a fantastic effort.

    There is no meeting in December but we are having our annual Christmas celebrations on Tuesday 14th December at the Balkerne Restaurant in the Colchester Institute. So the committee would like to wish all our Members and Visitors a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year and we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on January 11th 2011 which is slightly earlier than normal due to the pantomime.

    If you would like any further information about P.A.W.S. please ring any of us on any of the following numbers. Alice 01206 735510, Jane 01206 735004, Julia 01206 735053 or Sue 01206 735212,

    Alice

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    Road Closure – Abberton Road, Langenhoe

    abberton-road-langenhoeEssex County Council has announced the temporary closure of Abberton Road, in the Parish of Langenhoe, from its junction with B1025 Mersea Road to its junction with Fingringhoe Road.

    The closure is scheduled to commence on 9 November 2010 for 1 day and is required for the safety of the public and workforce whilst carriageway resurfacing works are undertaken.

    The alternative route will be via 81025 Mersea Road – Fingringhoe Road and vice versa.  Access for emergency service vehicles and pedestrians will be maintained at all times during the closure.

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    PC Minutes 12th October 2010

    WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL

    Peldon   Great Wigborough   Little Wigborough   Salcott   Virley

    Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at Salcott Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 12th October 2010.

    Present: Jane Banks, Charles Dymond, Les Lapwood, Jinny Gale, Phil Gladwin, Nettie, Knill Jones, John Walker, Lynne Simmons, Terry Sutton and 6 members of the public

    Apologies for absence: Nicky Ellis, Kevin Bentley, Andrew Ellis

    Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all with the correction to ‘Some positions’ instead of ‘Senior positions’ in the Borough Councillors’ section.

    Borough Councillors: a report was read out explaining that the last planning application for a ‘managed woodland’ at Bellwood has been refused by the CBC Planning Committee and they have requested that direct action is taken to turn the site back to an agricultural field. This would involve the removal of the caravan, tractor cover, cesspit, hardcore, shingle and services such as water and electricity.

    The dumped fridge/freezer along School Lane has been reported and will be removed shortly.

    Public – Have Your Say: There are still outstanding jobs that need completing in helping with the flooding problem at Salcott.  ECC Highways will be contacted again.  The proposed ‘Flood Meeting ‘with various bodies will be chased up yet again. Virley Hall drain has been dug out.

    Refurbishments to Salcott Village Hall were noticed and the details brought to our attention.  It does look and feel splendid and Salcott are to be congratulated on their fund raising that has managed to fund such wonderful improvements.

    Garden waste has been dumped in Salcott creek which is an offence and the Environment Agency will prosecute.

    Parking on the pavement in Salcott Street will be reported to the Police.

    Les Lapwood was co-opted onto the parish council and was welcomed by all.

    Declarations of Interest: Les for item 5 and Lynne for item 8.

    1. Abberton Reservoir expansion – liaison group meeting report – the reservoir is probably at its lowest ever now but will be pumped in future, concrete crushing has finished, newts had delayed certain works but have naturally moved on now.  The new inlet pipe and the higher road works will begin shortly and the new dam footprint is in place.  There is to be a new footpath in Layer from The Fox to the Church that is scheduled to cost a huge amount of money to be inspected on completion.
    2. Emergency Plan – updating our plan is required as certain contact names are no longer parish councillors.  Robert and Sam will be contacted to ask if they would still be willing to be of assistance in an emergency with regard to useful equipment like tractors and Robert for retaining an emergency phone number when all other phones would not be working.
    3. Sparklers – a very well prepared updated Health and Safety plan by Robert Kean was presented for the Sparklers to the parish council for this year’s event.
    4. 2011 Census – CBC are encouraging everyone to fill in their form and return it.   The government funding for Colchester is greatly reduced for each and every form that is not filled in and returned.  We will decide if there is anything we can do to assist this process being carried out successfully.
    5. Great Wigborough red telephone box – several people had shown an interest but only one person had put in an actual bid in the required time scale and so Jinny proposed, Lynne seconded and all agreed for the parish council to accept this offer.
    6. Goal posts – for Moss Hay are in the process of being refurbished.
    7. Playgrounds – both our maintenance men have signed our contract and will fill in the required forms monthly.  All outstanding jobs have or will be brought up to date shortly.
    8. Salcott crossroads bus shelter alterations – an estimated cost of adapting this bus shelter for rough weather was presented and further quotes will be sort.  A grant from ECC will also be looked into.
    9. Actions and Reminders List – updated as necessary
    10. Flood Partnership Manager – enquiry was answered by us in full with photographs and will be followed up for any progress that might result from this.
    11. The Water Board has given free Mercury Theatre tickets for youths which have been successfully allocated by the Peldon panto organizer.

    Notice of Planning Decisions:

    101417 Proposal: Temporary use of mobile home as monitoring accommodation for free range chicken egg unit. Also siting of 3 no. mobile hen houses, tractor building, brood and feed shed. (Resubmission of application 091245) at Bellwood, Colchester Road, Great Wigborough – Permission Refused

    101612 Proposal: Replacement house at Grove Bungalow, Maldon Road, Great Wigborough – Permission Refused

    101837 Proposal: Removal of condition 2 of planning permission 072151 at St Ives Farm, St Ives Road, Peldon – withdrawn

    Letter from CBC Enforcement to say they will be looking into complaints at Hall Barn, Peldon Road, Abberton

    Matters at Hillside Farm, Great Wigborough reported to us have been looked into by CBC Planning Enforcement and certain matters must be acted on.

    The owner of some land at Peldon has been served a notice on him concerning ‘creating a nuisance’ following the burning of large amounts of trees etc. that are too wet and green.

    Finances:

    101572 R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for October                                                                  £353.53

    101573 T Simmons – grass cut, play insp, tree cut, replace fence posts                           £260.50

    The next meeting will be held at Peldon Village Hall on Tuesday 9th Nov 10 at 7.30pm.

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    PAWS – October Hoppy Report

    Demonstrating traditional hop picking at Hop Festival. Thousands of hop pickers would come to Kent, often from London, and manually pick each hop off its bine.
    (The contributor of this photos is Oast House Archive)

    About 30 members and visitors attended our October meeting when Barbara Faulkner returned and gave us an extremely interesting talk about hop-picking after the war. It was the only way many East Enders were able to have a holiday. They had to have agreement from the farmer that he would have them back again and they met up with the same people they had been living next door to the previous summer. Strong friendships were formed between neighbouring families. Barbara explained that what she heard as “Horsemen’s Den” was actually Horsmonden. Some families did not have the train fare to get there and had to walk, sleeping in the hedgerows to get there. However, they had a wonderful time and Barbara had several photographs of her own family in the hop fields to show us.

    Our next get together is on November 23rd when Brian Carline will be talking to us about “School Experiences”. As usual we meet at 7.30pm in Peldon Village Hall, Church Road, Peldon. Membership is currently closed but visitors are very welcome at a cost of £3.50 and a waiting list is in operation.

    If you would like any further information about P.A.W.S. please ring any of us on any of the following numbers. Alice 01206 735510, Jane 01206 735004, Julia 01206 735053 or Sue 01206 735212.

    Alice

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