WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL
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.
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