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 14th December 2010.
Present: Jane Banks, Les Lapwood, Netty Knill Jones, Jinny Gale, Phil Gladwin, Charles Dymond, Nicky Ellis and 3 members of the public
Apologies for absence: John Walker, Lynne Simmons, Kevin Bentley, Andrew Ellis
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
Borough Councillor: Salt bins are not being filled as a matter of course as this could prove very costly as people are more often using too much. A very small amount is needed to make a surface not slippery. Keeping the main highways open is ECC Highways first priority.
The lighting on a property in Peldon is being looked into as it has caused concern from other residents.
Public – Have Your Say – A booklet from the Environment Agency explains that any work on the Salcott creek banks must be approved by the Environment Agency before being carried out. Those who carry out unauthorised work will be prosecuted. This booklet will be obtained and delivered to the properties that back on to the creek for their guidance. As flooding is such an issue in Salcott this is a very important matter.
Protruding hedges onto the highway is also an issue in Salcott Street. Certain residents will be written to requesting that they trim their hedges and tree branches back from over the road.
Declarations of Interest – None
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
102322 Proposal: Application for prior notification of agricultural development for a proposed building to store crop to maintain good condition for resale at Beckton House Farm, Barnhall Road, 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
101583 Tollesbury (St. Mary’s) PCC – mag entry £55.00
101584 T Simmons – play insp £30.00
The next meeting will be at Peldon Village Hall (Committee Room) on Tuesday 11th January 2011 at 7.30pm.
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
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.
Essex 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.
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.
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.
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 14th September 2010.
Present: Nettie Knill Jones, John Walker, Lynne Simmons, Phil Gladwin, Jinny Gale, Charles Dymond, Jane Banks, Nicky Ellis, Kevin Bentley, Terry Sutton and 8 members of the public.
Apologies for absence: None
Nettie was co-opted on to the parish council and welcomed in joining us.
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all with the correction at Item 2 which should read ‘12p per household’, and signed by the chairman.
Borough Councillors: All parish councils will have their grants cut. Double taxation on maintenance work will be looked into more closely as with council tax villages pay the precept part which they do not in town. The spending review takes place next month when we will find out what grant cuts there will be. ECC’s Transformation Plan is already addressing the spending cuts issue. Senior positions are not being filled following retirement and other personnel not replaced when people leave.
Bellwood woodland application has been deferred. The proposed location and size of the building was questioned and the necessity for a toilet on the site. The chicken business plan was considered to be flawed. The caravan has been empty for some weeks now calling into question the concern of making the occupant homeless.
The next Reservoir and Water Company meeting will take place tomorrow. The construction works for the new road will probably cause problems to some but work so far has not resulted in many complaints and the small number there has been have been sorted out immediately.
The meeting with the professionals on the flooding issue, we were assured, will take place soon but it is proving hard to get the appropriate bodies co-ordinated.
The police have been out in our area with a speed gun for which we are always grateful.
Missing chevrons and sign will be chased up but because of cuts in personnel things will take longer to happen in future.
Failing to get a 40mph speed limit on our main through road a 50mph was requested and will be looked into further.
Public-Have Your Say: The owners of two properties in Church Road, Peldon came to apologize for any disturbance, particularly smoke form a fire, they may have caused during the last week or so while carrying out clearance work on the properties at the back of the gardens. They explained that no badger set had been found on the land or indeed any endangered species. They have the intention of extending the gardens to pasture land possibly for grazing horses. They expressed their desire to work with the community and the parish council and not against them. The cleared land was heavily overgrown and needed this work. They said they would be pleased to hear of any advice with regard to replanting, hedging, etc. They said that they have no intention of putting in planning permission for a number of houses. CBC had instructed them to wait until after the end of July before starting this work which they did. They had experienced a great deal of trouble with a number of services, such as the police and fire brigade being called out, but no problems had been found.
Declarations of Interest: Phil and Jinny for item 2.
Items for Discussion
Planning applications:
101417 Proposal: Temporary use of mobile home as monitoring accommodation for free range chicken egg unit at Bellwood, Colchester Road, Great Wigborough
101423 Proposal: Loft conversion, new porch and alterations to attached garage at Longacre, School Lane, Great Wigborough
101433 Proposal: Demolish existing garages, build single store granny annexe at The Bungalow, Colchester Road, Virley
101612 Proposal: Replacement house at Grove Bungalow, Maldon Road, Gt Wigborough
101837 Proposal: Removal of condition 2 of planning permission 072151 restricting the use for overhaul and repair, sale and maintenance of contractors’ plant, sale of associated spare parts and associated offices, all as stated in the application and for no other purpose at St Ives Farm, St Ives Road, Peldon
Notice of Planning Decisions:
100854 Proposal: Erection of single storey kitchen extension, insertion of new doors and internal alterations at The Old Rectory, Mill Lane, Virley – Permission Granted
101423 Proposal: Loft conversion, new porch and alterations to attached garage at Longacre, School Lane, Great Wigborough – Permission Granted
101372 Proposal: Double storey side extension and front porch at 2 Fourreleet Cottages, Whitehouse Hill, Salcott – Permission Refused
Finances:
101563 Colchester Association of Local Councils – annual subs £35.00
101564 Suffolk Acre – insurance for Wigborough Hall £60.37
101565 CBC – election costs £598.23
101566 Audit Commission – external audit £158.63
101567 R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for August and September £707.06
101568 R S Pullen – clerk’s expenses £240.22
101569 Barry Gooding – play insp x 3 months £90.00
101570 Rural Community Council of Essex – photocopying survey £54.00
101571 Terry Simmons – 4 x grass cuts, 2 x playground insp, hedge trim £240.00
The next meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Tues 12th Oct 2010 at Salcott Village Hall
31 members and 3 visitors attended our June meeting where Piers Graham from Fintry Wines provided us with a selection of 9 wines for our Wine Tasting. Piers has been in the business for 10 years originally setting up on Mersea but recently he has moved to
Next month, as it’s the peak summer month August, there is no meeting but we will be back to normal on September 28th when we will be “Hop Picking at Horseman’s Den” with Barbara Faulkner returning once again. As usual we meet at
In the meantime we have our annual croquet night on the 13th July and a visit to the Town Hall and Hollytrees on the 16th August to look forward to.
If you would like any further information about P.A.W.S. please ring any of us on any of the following numbers.
A windswept day with ‘interesting’ weather did not dampen to enthusiasm to enjoy the annual Peldon May Festival. The following pictures were taken on the day.
Peldon Councillor Nicky Ellis with the Colchester Mayor Sonia Lewis and her escort Keith Lewis |
Youngsters enjoying the new playground |
Mayoral couple with Peldon Councillors Nicky Ellis and Jane Banks and Wigboroughs Councillors Phil Gladwin and Jinny Gale at the new playground |
38 members and 2 visitors attended our May meeting where we met Mr. W. Jones from the “
Next month is our annual social night on 27th July. This years theme is South American, so join us for Salsa and fun with Mark Moore and Partner. We will also have refreshments and a light themed Supper. There will be a prize for the best dressed, so raid your wardrobes ladies and whilst there don’t forget your dancing shoes! As usual we meet at
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Report from the Peldon Village Hall Management Committee on Tuesday 4th May addressing, amongst other things, the exciting prospects for new Village hall.
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 11th May 2010.
Present: Frances Fergus, Jane Banks, Jinny Gale, Phil Gladwin, Lynne Simmons, Sam Knill Jones, Nicky Ellis, Kevin Bentley and 5 members of the public
Apologies for absence: Robert Davidson, Andrew Ellis
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed and signed by the chairman
Police Report: A report on crime and speeding figures was read out. Unfortunately, an extremely unhelpful person put out a notice warning drivers about a speed check that was being carried out in Peldon. We would be interested to know who did this.
Borough Councillors: Repair work to the many pot holes is still in progress.
The flooding issues at Salcott are receiving attention, the meeting with relevant bodies is to be arranged and hopefully a map of ownership of ditches and culverts will be produced.
Planning applications for Bellwood are still being dealt with and we are constantly monitoring this site and further developments within the planning and enforcement process.
The Abberton Reservoir fund for local projects is explained on their website www.eswater.co.uk and we will be submitting the cost of our website and possibly other projects. The huge heaps of concrete that have caused some complaints are only temporary.
Replacement missing road signage will be chased up.
Public-Have Your Say: The dangers of Salcott crossroads were expressed again. We have asked many times for some kind of traffic calming/signage for this spot but it has always been turned down.
Declarations of Interest: Phil for item 4.
The Annual Parish Assembly and the Parish Council AGM are postponed until our meeting on 8th June due to the Peldon parish election taking place on 27th May.
Planning:
091245 Proposal: Conservation woodland and meadow with support facilities (AMENDED PLANS) at Bellwood, Colchester Road, Great Wigborough
100864 Proposal: Demolish existing garages. Build single storey Granny Annex at The Bungalow, Colchester Road, Virley
Notice of Planning Decisions:
100161 Proposal: Removal of condition 2 of planning application 072151 at HOS Plant Ltd. St Ives Road, Peldon – Permission Granted
100427 Proposal: Demolition of existing single garage and extension to chalet bungalow to provide extra bedroom and living space 1 ½ storey extension at Rowans, Church Road, Peldon – Permission Granted
100458 Proposal: Two storey side and rear extension at Leeward, Church Road, Peldon – Permission Granted
Finances:
101540 Peldon PCC – churchyard upkeep £200.00
101541 Great & Little Wigborough PCC – churchyards upkeep £400.00
101542 Salcott PCC – churchyard upkeep £200.00
101543 R S Pullen – clerks fee for May £353.53
101544 Peldon Village Hall – hire £80.00
101545 T Simmons – play area insp. and fitting and removal of post £140.12
The next meeting will be the Parish Assembly and Parish Council AGM and will be held at Peldon on Tuesday 8th June 2010 at 7.30pm.