City Councillor Report: Complaints and general incompetence about poor signage and redirecting routes for roadworks have been lodged with Highways.
Local government in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk is expected to be re-organised in 2026/27. City and Borough Councils will be abolished and a structure set up which will create three authorities – one each for the south, middle and north of the area. Each of the three will have its own Chief Executive and there will be a Mayor for Essex who will have control of the Local Plan.
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at Salcott Village Hall on Tuesday 10th December 2024 at 7.30pm to which the Councillors are summoned to attend.
Apologies for absence To confirm the minutes of November 2024 meeting County and City Councillor Reports Public-Have Your Say Declarations of Interest
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at Peldon and Wigboroughs Community Hall meeting room on Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 7.30pm
Present: Phil Gladwin, Jinny Gale (chair), Claire Lauwerys, Roger Pittock, City Cllrs Andrew Ellis, Martin Parsons and one member of the public
Apologies for absence: Robert Davidson, Liz Davidson, Netty Knill Jones, Catherine Sprott, County Cllr Kevin Bentley
The minutes of October 2024 meeting were confirmed and agreed by all and signed by the chairman
City Councillors Report: CCC are still discussing details of the new wheelie bin scheme scheduled to start in 2026; bigger bins for those that require them and bigger wheels for long gravelly drives are just two things that may affect us here.
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at Peldon and Wigboroughs Community Hall meeting room on Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 7.30pm to which the Councillors are summoned to attend.
Apologies for absence To confirm the minutes of October 2024 meeting County and City Councillor Reports Public-Have Your Say Declarations of Interest
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at St Stephen’s Church, Great Wigborough on Tuesday 8th October 2024 at 7.30pm
Present: Clare Lauwerys, Jinny Gale, Catherine Sprott, Netty Knill Jones, Phil Gladwin, Liz Davidson, Robert Davidson, Roger Pittock and City Cllr Martin Parsons
Apologies for absence: Kevin Bentley, Andrew Ellis
The minutes of September 2024 meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
City Councillor Report: Locality Budget funds are available for suitable projects and we are grateful to be allocated £1,000 for a speed sign for Peldon. There is also S106 monies for appropriate projects. The long-awaited Salcott to Peldon Traffic Management Improvements Report following the public meeting will be chased up for some positive action. The parish council has persistently requested for the work to be carried out.
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at Salcott Village Hall on Tuesday 10th September 2024 at 7.30pm to which the Councillors are summoned to attend.
Apologies for absence To confirm the minutes of July 2024 meeting County and City Councillor Reports Public-Have Your Say Declarations of Interest
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at Peldon and Wigboroughs Community Hall meeting room on Tuesday 9th July 2024 at 7.30pm
Present: Roger Pittock, Clare Lauwerys, Jinny Gale (chair), Netty Knill Jones, Liz Davidson, Rober Davidson, City Cllr Andrew Ellis
Apologies for absence: Catherine Sprott, Phil Gladwin, City Cllr Martin Parsons, County and City Cllr Kevin Bentley
The minutes of June 2024 meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
City Councillor Report: Enforcement matters are being addressed. Locality and S106 funds are available for suitable projects. Matters from the public comments below will be looked into.
Public-Have Your Say: A Salcott resident has complained about the buses that travel past Salcott crossroads and into Colchester being cancelled and with no warning as this resident does not have internet access. A parish councillor has offered to help with notification from the internet when possible.
There had also been a complaint about very smelly and smoky bonfires. Therefore, we request that residents who have bonfires show consideration to their neighbours.
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at Peldon and Wigboroughs Community Hall meeting room on Tuesday 9th July 2024 at 7.30pm to which the Councillors are summoned to attend.
Apologies for absence To confirm the minutes of June 2024 meeting County and City Councillor Reports Public-Have Your Say Declarations of Interest
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at St Stephen’s Church, Great Wigborough on Tuesday 11th June 2024 at 7.30pm
Present: Phil Gladwin, Clare Lauwerys, Liz Davidson (chair), Catherine Sprott, Netty Knill Jones, Roger Pittock, City Cllr Martin Parsons, County and City Cllr Kevin Bentley
Apologies for absence: Jinny Gale, Robert Davidson, City Cllr Andrew Ellis
The minutes of May 2024 meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
City Councillor Report: the clear refuse bags will be delivered to all households in July. Owing to the forthcoming general election other matters have taken a side step.
County Cllr Report: Pot holes and other road repairs are gradually getting done but the weather is not helping. Various funds are up for grabs for suitable projects.
Speed improvement measures are in the pipeline but take time to be implemented with certain legalities to be considered.
Public-Have Your Say: None
Declarations of Interest: None
Playgrounds and Playing Fields are in good order. The Community Group contract paperwork is being dealt with and they will resume work when they have their supervisory staffing levels back to normal.
Website – next month for an update owing to absence
Colchester City Council Local Plan – the visit from the Local Plan team, which including a drive-round our villages, was considered to be beneficial as we were able to point out various issues, on-going enforcement matters and other points of interest, such as our narrow roads, lack of facilities etc that the officers would not necessarily otherwise know about in any detail.
Communications/Facebook – next month
New Financial Regulations – were discuss and changes appropriate to our requirements were agreed. The document is now ready for the website. Thanks to Clare for her work on this.
Himalayan Balsam on Salcott Creek – thanks were expressed to the local volunteers who carried out some strimming. Clearance of this invasive weed is the responsibility of the Environmental Agency who have assured up that the contract works to pull this all up will take place shortly. Thanks were expressed to a Salcott resident for her persistence in following this up with EA. Thanks were also expressed to the good natured local who carried out strimming at the Salcott crossroads. This is the responsibility of ECC but it is growing very quickly this year owing to the weather making visibility very difficult but hopefully will be addressed in due course by ECC.
Actions and Reminder List – updated
Planning Decisions:
240843
Agricultural Determination Proposal: To determine if prior approval is required for erection of a building for agricultural or forestry use at Peldon Hall Farm, Church Road, Peldon- Prior Approval Required (Approved)
232177
Proposal: The project aims to enhance a 15-hectare area of lowland wet at Old Hall Marches – Approve conditional
232879 (& LB 232880)
Proposal: Solar panels and air source heat pump at Green Farm, Church View, The Street, Salcott – Approve conditional
Finances: Schedule for May 2024 payments:
R S Pullen – clerk’s salary – June
£600.00
Tree & Lawn Company Ltd. – Salcott grass cuts
£354.00
RCCE – Housing Survey
£461.57
The Wigborough Community Group – church hire
£35.00
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 9th July 2024 at Peldon and Wigboroughs Community Hall meeting room. There will be no meeting in August. September meeting will be at Salcott Village Hall on Tuesday 10th.
The Parish Council would like to request that property owners cut back their roadside hedges. Visibility is poor in many places at present causing road safety issues.
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at Salcott Village Hall on Tuesday 14th May 2024 at 7.30pm
Present: Roger Pittock, Liz Davidson, Clare Lauwerys, Jinny Gale (chair), Phil Gladwin, Catherine Sprott, Netty Knill Jones
Apologies for absence: Robert Davidson, Martin Parsons
The Annual Parish Assembly
Everyone was welcomed to the meeting and no-one spoke at this time
Annual Council Meeting (AGM)
Present: as above and County Cllr Kevin Bentley
Election of Officers: It was proposed, seconded and all agreed for Jinny to continue as chairman for this next year, it was proposed, seconded and all agreed for Liz to continue as vice-chairman for this next year, it was proposed, seconded and all agreed for the clerk to continue as Responsible Financial Officer for this next year. Declaration of Acceptance of Office forms were duly completed and signed.
Parish Council’s Annual Report: was circulated before the meeting and will be displayed on the usual communication platforms.
Financial Report: it was noted that we had normal spending for the year with no unexpected outgoings, any substantial projects were paid for with grant money and/or Locality Budget money leaving us with a comfortable amount in the bank.
Continued membership to EALC, NALC, CALC, SLCC, RCCE was agreed by all
Ordinary Council Meeting
The minutes of the April 2024 meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
County and Borough Councillor Report: Cllr Bentley was congratulated for winning the latest election and he expressed pleasure in dealing with us as a parish council.
Locality Budgets are open for applications again as are ECC CIF Grants.
The winter has been the wettest for years hence the very poor condition of some of the roads but gradually these are being dealt with and new teams will be designated to one area for a week to address all the defects. Reporting potholes etc. to the parish council or on the ECC Highways website is encouraged so that areas in need of urgent repairs can be identified more quickly.
Certain local problems were brought to Kevin’s attention which he will try to address.
The data gathered from the speed strips installed at Great Wigborough to identify the need for the 30mph limit to be extended qualified for this to take place and extra buffers of a 40mph limit both ends will be included in the project. The 40mph limit from The Rose to The Strood has also been applied for.
Public-Have Your Say: None
Declarations of Interest: None
Playgrounds and Playing Fields – both playgrounds and fields are in good order. The Community Group Documents were discussed and agreed by all to be standard wording for this type of contract and contact details will be confirmed with them and signed accordingly. It is hoped that the group will resume work for us when their organising staff levels permit.
Audit Return and Associated Compliances AGAR Part 2 2023/24: the finance summary and internal audit were noted and accepted, the Certificate of Exemption, Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statement were agreed by all and signed by the chairman and Clerk/RFO.
Affordable Housing Survey – no further conclusions other than that workers in the villages may be included, if possible, next time we carry out a survey.
Website – new style website is nearly finished.
Speed Assessment Strips – as above in Councillor Report, excellent result.
Communications/Facebook – further progress made.
Request from Salcott Church – donation for churchyard upkeep – after much discussion, bearing in mind thatwe have not budgeted for this and we also have to consider that there are 4 churches in our villages therefore making this very costly, it was agreed by all that, with regret, we will not donate to the upkeep of the churchyards.
Peldon & Wigboroughs Community Hall Board of Trustees – it was agreed by all that Liz and Phil remain as the parish council representatives.
Actions and Reminder List – updated, to note that the parish council is meeting with CCC Local Plan Team to discuss the particular features of our villages.
Planning Applications:
240843
Agricultural Determination Proposal: To determine if prior approval is required for erection of a building for agricultural or forestry use at Peldon Hall Farm
Finances: Schedule for May 2024 payments:
R S Pullen – clerk’s salary – May
£600.00
Tree & Lawn Company Ltd. – Salcott grass cuts
£252.00
Peldon & Wigs Community Hall – meeting room hire
£22.00
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 11th June 2024 at 7.30pm, at St Stephen’s Church, Great Wigborough
9th July 2024 meeting will be at Peldon and Wigboroughs Community Hall meeting room. There will be no meeting held in August
