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
A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at Salcott Village Hall on Tuesday 14th May 2024 at 7.30pm to which the Councillors are summoned to attend.
The Annual Parish Assembly
Electors and Organisations are invited to contribute to this meeting.
Addresses from any of the following may take part: County Councillors, Borough Councillors, Police and any other body or organisation.
Followed by:
Annual Council Meeting (AGM)
Apologies for absence: Election of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Financial and Responsible Officer, resignations, co-options, elections of Parish Councillors, signing of all necessary forms and declarations. Parish Council’s Annual Report Financial Report Confirmation of membership to EALC, NALC, CALC, SLCC, RCCE
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 April 2024 at 7.30pm
Present: Parish Councillors: Netty Knill Jones, Catherine Sprott, Clare Lauwerys, Robert Davidson, Liz Davidson, Phil Gladwin, Jinny Gale (chair), County Councillor Kevin Bentley (who is also one of our City Councillors) and 3 members of the public (who are all City Councillor candidates for this coming election)
Apologies for absence: Roger Pittock, John Walker
The minutes of the March 2024 meeting were confirmed and agreed by all and signed by the chairman
City Councillor Report: Elections for some Colchester City Councillors and some Parish Councillors (not for us) are taking place this May.
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 April 2024 at 7.30pm to which the Councillors are summoned to attend.
Apologies for absence: To confirm minutes of the March 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 January 2024 at 7.30pm
Present: Robert Davidson, LizDavidson, Roger Pittock, Cathrine Sprott, Clare Lauwerys, Phil Gladwin, Jinny Gale (chair), Kevin Bentley
Apologies for absence: Netty Knill Jones, Andrew Ellis
The minutes of the December 2023 meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
County Councillor Report: ECC are proposing to increase the council tax by 4.99%, (2% of which is for social care). Children’s care is expensive as the price suppliers can charge is unregulated, unlike in adult social care.
The school transport provision is down to national policy and ECC is speaking with the Dept of Education so a fairer method of deciding who is eligible for free school transport can be established.
Highways budget will also be increased to help tackle the poor condition of the roads.
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 12th December 2023 at 7.30pm.
Present: Phil Gladwin, Roger Pittock, Clare Lauwerys, Jinny Gale (chair), Liz Davidson, Robert Davidson
Apologies for absence: Catherine Sprott, Netty Knill Jones, Kevin Bentley, Andrew Ellis
The minutes of the November 2023 meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
City Councillor Report: The last free collection of garden waste is next week and then will be collected in January under the new paying scheme with resident purchased bins, see Colchester City Council website for more details.
All Colchester council staff are to receive a salary rise adding further financial pressure.
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at St Stephen’s Church, Great Wigborough on Tuesday 12th December 2023 at 7.30pm to which the Councillors are summoned to attend.
Apologies for absence: To confirm minutes of the November 2023 meeting: County and City Councillor Reports: Public-Have Your Say: Declarations of Interest:
Items for Discussion
1. Playgrounds and Playing Fields
Reports on both play areas and fields and hedges
Decision required: Any matters that need attention?
2. Moss Hay Footpath
Concerns for side growth and ground surface to discuss
3. Affordable Housing Survey
To note, documentation will be distributed in January
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 November 2023 at 7.30pm
Present: Clare Lauwerys, Roger Pittock, Netty Knill Jones, Catherine Sprott, Phil Gladwin, Jinny Gale (chair), Kevin Bentley
Apologies for absence: Robert Davidson, Liz Davidson, Andrew Ellis
The minutes of the October 2023 meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
County Councillor Report: Work has been taking place on Devolution Level 2 which takes care of all adult skills training including a new aviation college, green technology and catering. A Transportation Plan for all of Essex is being delivered and ECC will be in charge of the bus companies. There is an increase in need of children’s services with individual children for immediate safe placement increasing each year.
Public-Have Your Say: Request for a hedge trim in Peldon that will be addressed soon.
Declarations of Interest: None
Playgrounds and Playing Fields are both in good order and all minor faults from the Annual Report have been addressed at both sites and thanks were expressed to Rob, also to Jack Newman for adjusting the zip wire at Peldon for us again. Funding will be requested from grants or budgets for two picnic tables for Salcott meadow. The front hedge at Salcott meadow will be addressed in due course.
Affordable Housing Survey will be delivered to all properties in the villages during the second week in January 2024 with a reply/return date later on in February to RCCE (Rural Community Council of Essex). It is hoped for as many as possible to return this so that a reasonably accurate picture of our needs for lower cost housing is shown. Following delivery by the parish council, it has no further involvement until the resulting analysis and figures have been complied by RCCE.
Insurance – all agreed to accept the quotation from Ansvar at £762.99.
Mill Lane Bus Shelter – all agreed to accept the quotation from Men’s Shed for a new shelter for the insurance company to proceed further with our claim
CCC Designated Rural Areas – consultation was discussed and it was considered that no action was required by us at this stage.
Planning Jungle – it was agreed that we should not to subscribe to this as we do not have huge numbers of complicated planning applications to consider and it should be that we can acquire all the knowledge necessary for us to comment from CCC website.
Clerk’s salary – having received Local Government Services Pay Agreement it was proposed, seconded and agreed by all to increase the clerk’s salary to £600 per month back dated to April 2023.
Actions and Reminder List – updated
Planning Applications:
232381
Proposal: Erection of one single-storey wheelchair accessible holiday barn and ancillary outbuilding on land east of Whitehouse Hill, Salcott
222407 Appeal Lodged:
Proposal: reuse of redundant barn as single dwelling house, resubmission 212513 at Lovedowns Lodge, Barnhall Road, Salcott
Planning Decisions:
231105
Proposal: Retrospective application for change of use of farm yard for sales of fencing and timber supplies at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott – Refuse
231582
Proposal: Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a rear single storey link extension and conversion of existing outbuilding to provide additional living accommodation at Glebelands, The Street, Salcott – Approve conditional
232134
Proposal: Garage conversion at Chubbins, Church Road, Peldon – Approve conditional
Finances: scheduled November payments:
R S Pullen – clerk’s salary – November
£550.00
Tree & Lawn Co. – Salcott grass cut
£126.00
Peldon & Wigs Community Hall – meeting room hire
£22.00
Anglia Inspection Services Ltd. – annual playgrounds inspections
£280.00
CAS Ltd. – Insurance
£762.99
Clerk’s expenses – Petrol, ink, paper, repair parts
£249.33
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 12th December 2023 at 7.30pm at St Stephen’s Church, Great Wigborough
