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Speeding Through our Villages
Speeding Through our Villages
The Parish Council has organised a public meeting on Monday 22nd July addressing speeding between Peldon Rose and Salcott crossroads.
Kevin Bentley, of Essex County Council, will chair the meeting. A senior and very experienced Highways Officer will accompany Kevin to explain Continue reading
Vacancies for Parish Councillors, what is it like being one?
Vacancies exist for Parish Councillors, what is it like being one?
To see the answer, Nicky Ellis describes her experiences below; first to the issue at hand. Following the May meeting, there is one Parish Councillor vacancy for Peldon and three vacancies for Salcott and Virley.
Notices will be displayed in due course, the closing date for applications is 5th June.
For more details, or to apply, please telephone our Secretary Sue Pullen on 01206 735367 or email [email protected] Continue reading
Annual PC Audit for 2016/17
Annual Audit Report for Winstred Hundred Parish Council
To view the audit report for 2016/17 please click the following link to a PDF file:
Annual PC Audit for 2015/16
Annual Audit Report for Winstred Hundred Parish Council
To view the audit report for 2015/16 please click the following link to a PDF file:
Road Surfacing Works
Road Surfacing Works
We have recently had notice that Essex Highways are about to start their 2016/17 programme for surface dressing of roads.
Works will be starting on Saturday 9 April 2016 and usually the programme runs right through to September, weather permitting. It involves spraying the existing road surface Continue reading
England Coast Path Comes to Winstred 100
England Coast Path – Salcott to Jaywick
England Coast Path Comes to Winstred Hundred
Natural England has recently started to look at how access to the Essex coast can be improved as part of the England Coast Path Project. This project will create a new long-distance trail that, once completed, will allow people to walk around the whole of the English coast. Once complete, the England Coast Path will bring significant benefits to the coastal economy, providing a vital lifeline for local businesses such as shops, hotels and pubs.
Work has recently started to extend the path along the Essex coast from Burnham-on-Crouch to Manningtree and the project team are now in the process of talking to those who may be affected by the stretch between Salcott and Jaywick which, it is hoped, could be open by the summer of 2018. There will be opportunities to attend a number of drop-in sessions and anybody interested in the project is invited to attend any of these events:
Colne Estuary near Brightlingsea
- East Mersea Village Hall, East Road, East Mersea, CO5 8TQ
Wednesday 24/02/2016
14:00 – 18:00 - Fingringhoe Village Hall, South Green Rd, Fingringhoe, CO5 7BH
Saturday 27/02/2016
9.30 – 12:30 - Peldon Village Hall, Church Road, Peldon, CO5 7PT
Thursday 03/03/2016
14:00 – 18:00 - Tollesbury Community Centre, East Street, Tollesbury, CM9 8QD
Tuesday 08/03/2016
16:30 – 20:00 - Mersea Centre, 38a High Street, West Mersea, CO5 8QA
Friday 11/03/2016
14:00 – 18:00
To find out more about the project check out the leaflet below or visit their website:
PC Minutes 8th December 2015
WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Website: www.winstred100.org
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held at Salcott Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 8th December 2015
Present: Liz Davidson, Jinny Gale, Lynne Simmons, Phil Gladwin, Netty Knill-Jones, Andrew Ellis and one member of the public
Apologies for absence: Bob Holmes, Nicky Ellis, John Walker, Robert Davidson, Kevin Bentley
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
Zone Wardens Report: None received
Borough Councillor: Both pot holes and the dipped road either side of the bridge in Mill Lane will be looked into. All missing road signs will be followed up yet again.
Public-Have Your Say: None
Declarations of Interest: None
Items for Discussion
1. Neighbourhood Watch: Having received a small interest the people concerned will be given the information from the representative who attended our meeting to follow up further if they so wish.
2. Playgrounds and Playing Fields: The Community Group has carried out some really excellent clearance work on Moss Hay and will be coming again to finish. Peldon Village Hall is needed for these workers and a charge at normal rate will follow. The footpath is looking much better as a result and refurbishment is thought not be necessary for the time being. Costing for the renewal of Salcott playground fencing is still being investigated.
3. Salcott Flooding: Following much correspondence and a meeting with the Environment Agency they have effectively said there is no problem. Clearing the creek is the responsibility of neighbouring landowners who must inform the Environment Agency before carrying out any such works. The Parish Council has written to Colchester Borough Council requesting that they take into account our thoughts and concerns on this matter when constructing the new Local Plan. Having brought this to the attention of all appropriate bodies the Parish Council has explored all avenues on this matter and feels that it is unable to do any more at this time.
4. Total Transport Project/FutureGov: The Parish Council had previously organized a shopping bus for residents who do not have their own means of transport but this was not sufficiently used. Fortunately some people are frequently helped out by kind hearted neighbours. A scheme providing tokens for taxis for people unable to get to doctors’ appointments etc. used to be available and will be looked into to see if it or something similar is still on-going.
5. Bus Timetable Changes/Transportation Meeting Representative: Although the bus timetable alterations and lack of reasonable notification were considered extremely inconvenient for some people the bus companies can and do change them periodically as they feel fit in order to make connections with other routes. Transportation Meetings will continue to be attended by our representative where concerns can be aired.
6. Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities: Requirements for the Transparency Code were discussed and some aspects of this are already in place and others will be addressed shortly including that any correspondence, planning notifications or invoices that arrive after the agenda has been published and displayed will not be included until the following month. Also we are waiting for Essex Association of Local Councils to produce their model template for Data Protection.
7. Actions and Reminders List – updated and including that the website has suffered problems that are currently being addressed.
Planning Decisions:
| 152170 | Proposal: Living room and bedroom extension at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott – Refused |
| 152121 | Proposal: Outline application for a proposed 3 bedroom dwelling at site adjacent Peartree Cottage, Rose Lane, Salcott – Approve conditional |
| 152149 | Proposal: Erection of single dwelling and garage at Green Farm, The Street, Salcott – Approve conditional |
| 152302 | Proposal: Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 150866 in order to add drawing nos. 563-4 and 563-5 and omit drawing nos. GHP/HP/15/01 and GHP/HP/15/02 at Hosplant Ltd. Unit 1 – Approve conditional |
Finances:
| 101855 | Business Services at CAS Ltd. – Insurance | £1,102.31 |
| 101856 | R S Pullen – December salary | £375.65 |
| 101857 | Society of Local Council Clerks – annual subs | £69.87 |
| 101858 | Peldon PCC – mag entries | £250.00 |
| 101859 | Tollesbury PCC – mag entries | £70.00 |
| 101860 | Mr B Gooding – play insp | £30.00 |
| 101861 | T Simmons – play insp | £30.00 |
| 101862 | R Davidson & Son – Moss Hay grass cuts x 8 | £432.00 |
The next meeting will be on Tues 12th January 2016 at 7.30pm at Abbotts Hall Farm, Great Wigborough
PC Agenda 8th December 2015
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 8th December 2015
Apologies for absence: Bob Holmes, Nicky Ellis, John Walker, Robert Davidson,
Minutes of the last meeting
Zone Wardens Report
Borough and County Councillors
Public-Have Your Say
Declarations of Interest
Items for Discussion
1. Neighbourhood Watch
- To note any interest in setting up a scheme in any of our villages following the request for coordinators?
- Decision required: Should we take this any further at this time and if so how?
2. Playgrounds and Playing Fields
- Reports on both play areas and fields
- Any work completed or ongoing including Community Group work on Moss Hay
- Decision required: Is there anything that needs immediate attention?
3. Salcott Flooding
- To note any recent correspondence on the matter
- To note our letter sent to all authoritative personnel at CBC expressing our concerns and requests to be considered in the new CBC Local Plan
- Decision required: What further action can the PC take at this time?
4. Total Transport Project/FutureGov
- Improving transport availability and communication
- Decision required: Should we engage with them and possibly invite someone to a meeting to discuss our residents travel needs?
5. Bus Timetable Changes/Transportation Meeting Representative
- Discuss lack of notification and changes to Peldon bus service
- Note our current representative for attendance to meetings
- Decision required: What action should we take other than attend meetings?
6. Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities
- Discuss the new legislation requirements and how we will address them
- Decision required: Agree on what is appropriate for us in order to comply fully.
7. Actions and Reminders List – update
Correspondence:
- Bradwell Local Community Liaison Council (LCLC) Meetings- Bob will be our representative and attend meetings next year enabling the PC to keep abreast of the situation and our residents informed.
Planning Decisions:
| 152170 | Proposal: Living room and bedroom extension at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott – Refused |
| 152121 | Proposal: Outline application for a proposed 3 bedroom dwelling at site adjacent Peartree Cottage, Rose Lane, Salcott – Approve conditional |
Finances:
| 101855 | Business Services at CAS Ltd. – Insurance | £1,102.31 |
| 101856 | R S Pullen – December salary | £375.65 |
| 101857 | Society of Local Council Clerks – annual subs | £69.87 |
The next meeting will be on Tues 12th January 2016 at 7.30pm at Abbotts Hall Farm, Great Wigborough
PC Minutes 10th November 2015
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 10th November 2015
Present: Nicky Ellis, Bob Holmes, Jinny Gale, Lynne Simmons, Phil Gladwin, John Walker, Netty Knill-Jones, Andrew Ellis, Kevin Bentley and 5 members of the public
Apologies for absence: Liz Davidson, Robert Davidson
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
Zone Wardens Report: None received
Borough Councillor: The S106 monies from new build at Salcott can be allocated for funding the new fencing required for the play area. A troublesome issue at Salcott is being dealt with appropriately.
County Councillor: Government Flood Defence Funding is being looked into with regard to the problem at Salcott and Virley (Item 3). The LHP meeting has been postponed but when resumed an application for speed assessment strips for the 3 roads in Peldon will be considered. The road over the bridge in Mill Lane will be looked into for repair. Highways are ready with salt/grit for any forthcoming bad weather. The government are looking at devolution thus enabling parish councils to authorise local jobs carried out at local level.
Public-Have Your Say: None
Declarations of Interest: Lynne with regard to any work requested from Terry
- Neighbourhood Watch: There has been no further interest but more advertising and enquiries will be made.
- Playgrounds and Playing Fields –hedge trimming on Salcott meadow is required and Terry will carry out the work for little cost. The Community Group has been successfully contacted and they will be carrying out several outstanding jobs for us at Peldon.
- Salcott Flooding – some correspondence has followed, also note County Councillor report above.
- S106 Monies and Borough Councillor Fund – ideas were considered
- Process for agreeing the Parish Council planning comments – updating our previous guidelines we will endeavor to make a more streamline approach to finalizing our responses to CBC. Planning training organized by CBC will be attended in the near future.
- Abberton Reservoir Rights of Way – meeting was attended and a summary of all the findings will follow in the magazine. The Parish Council expressed huge thanks to John for all his hard work on this matter including negotiating with various landowners and groups to obtain all possible throughways and the majority of objectives have been met.
- Bus Service Questionnaire – owing to proposed changes to the Peldon bus service the questionnaire was agreed to be filled in as follows ‘Regular bus services in the evening are key for people returning from work and leisure to rural areas, falling into Essex County Council priorities 1 & 2. Reduction of these services can only reduce safety and security for passengers as well as sustainability of our communities’.
- Winstred100 Website has been hacked and to alleviate this problem our operator has suggested changing to WordPress at an approximate cost of £250 which was agreed by all having allocated the funds for this type of event some years ago using the Abberton Reservoir Expansion Grant set aside for website updating.
- Actions and Reminders List – updated including resurfacing of Footpath 13 to be chased up.
Planning Applications:
| 152293 | Proposal: Single storey side extension at Elm Tree Cottage, Church Road, Peldon |
| 152363 | Proposal: Insertion of windows and doors into existing garage structure with alterations and ground floor extension to provide ancillary accommodation for dependent relatives (resubmission of application no. 151111) at Bucklands, Copt Hall Lane, Little Wigborough |
| 152302 | Proposal: Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 150866 in order to add drawing nos. 563-4 & 563-5 and omit drawing nos. GHP/HP/15/01 & GHP/HP/15/02 at Hosplant Ltd. Unit 1, St Ives Farm, St Ives Road, Peldon |
| 152318 | Proposal: Vehicle access to and from highway at The Bungalow, Mersea Road, Peldon |
Planning Decisions:
| 151918 | Proposal: Double garage sited in front of dwelling and rear extension orangery/garden room at Longacre, School Lane, Great Wigborough – Approve conditional |
Finances:
| 101852 | R S Pullen – November salary | £375.65 |
| 101853 | Mr B Gooding – play insp | £30.00 |
| 101854 | T Simmons – play insp | £30.00 |
The next meeting will be on Tues 8th December 2015 at 7.30pm at Salcott Village Hall
PC Minutes 13th October 2015
WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL
Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley
Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council at Abbotts Hall Farm, Great Wigborough at 7.30pm on Tuesday 13th October 2015
Present: Netty Knill-Jones, John Walker, Phil Gladwin, Lynne Simmons, Jinny Gale, Liz Davidson, Bob Holmes, Andrew Ellis, Kevin Bentley, Grahame Stehle (Neighbourhood Watch Colchester Coordinator) and 3 members of the public
Apologies for absence: Nicky Ellis, Robert Davidson, Zone Wardens
Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman
Zone Wardens Report: None sent but they will follow up anything that they can deal with for us. They have replaced a broken bin lid at Salcott for which we are very grateful.
Borough Councillor: A disturbing matter at Virley is being looked into. A planning application will be ‘called in’ to be presented before CBC Planning Committee.
County Councillor: The new ward boundaries will be published on 26th October and elections will take place next May for all Borough Councillors. An application has been submitted to the Local Highways Panel for speed rumble strips to be placed on all 3 roads in Peldon, Lower, Church and St Ives. It was suggested the parish council should reply to the consultation on new Policing expressing our dissatisfaction with certain elements of the new regime following severe cut backs.
Public-Have Your Say: None
Declarations of Interest: Liz Davidson for Item 6.
1. Neighbourhood Watch – Grahame Stehle gave a very interesting and informative presentation explaining exactly what is involved. The parish council considered such schemes to be a good idea in our villages particularly with the recent local break-ins some have experienced. The next step is to find interested coordinators.
2. Playgrounds and Playing Fields – Hedge trimming on Moss Hay has taken place and the loose rubber needs addressing when workforce is available. Quotes and funding for refurbishing the footpath are being sought. The Community Group will be contacted again for any suitable work that they can do for us.
3. Environment Agency Offices – meeting re: Salcott Flooding and following report and subsequent emailing from various sources was discussed. Both Kevin and Andrew will take on certain matters to assist in obtaining some positive action to resolve this on-going problem. All residents are reminded that clearance of boundary ditches, roadside and creek side, are their responsibility and failure to do so can result in prosecution.
4. S106 Monies and Borough Councillor Fund – new fencing for the Salcott playground will be explored, fitted or not of either wood or galvanized metal.
5. Public Welcome Sheet – explaining what is requested of the public attending a meeting was decided to be a good idea that we will adopt.
6. Abberton Reservoir Rights of Way –
Footpath from Peldon to Wigborough; all opportunities for land to be made available for this popular route have been researched (and are still being discussed) currently there is no immediate prospect for this route to go ahead but we agreed that it was still worth pursuing should an opportunity be presented.
The Parish Council are in favour of upgrading the Essex and Suffolk (ESW) permissive footpath between the top of Lodge Lane and the permissive bridleway adjacent to Pete Tye to permissive bridleway to help ensure safety of horses, riders and other road users. There will be expenditure on screening and drainage here that the Parish Council thought are very worthwhile.
The Parish Council agreed that the ESW permissive footpath (and in part cycle way) around the central section of the Reservoir should be upgraded to allow disabled access but not to a bridleway and that the Rights of Way Committee should buy a four wheel drive electric wheelchair (to be kept and administered by the Wildlife Trust) for use there.
The Parish Council agreed to support the upgrading of the short section of ESW permissive footpath from near Billets Farm to near Gt. Wigborough Church to bridleway as long as issues at the B 1026 end of this regarding site splay and parking can be resolved to the satisfaction of Essex County Council (ECC) Highways.
7. Actions and Reminders List – updated, to include a request that all residents consider the Essex Rural Strategy Consultation at http://surveys.essexinsight.org.uk?EssexRuralStrategy
Planning Applications:
| 152170 | Proposal: Living room and bedroom extension at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott |
| 152149 | Proposal: Erection of single dwelling and garage at Green Farm, The Street, Salcott |
| 152121 | Proposal: Outline application for a proposed 3 bedroom dwelling at site adjacent Peartree Cottage, Rose Lane, Salcott |
Planning Decisions:
| 151503 | Proposal: removal on condition 02 of planning permission COL/102275/FUL to allow the building to be used as a B1, B2 & B8 at Pantiles Farm, Peldon Road, Abberton – Approve conditional |
| 151650 | Proposal: New roof structure, cladding and works at Waterways, Mersea Road, Peldon – Approve conditional |
| 151607 | Proposal: Gable roof to right hand projection to create a balanced shape and form to the overall dwelling at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott – Approve conditional |
Finances:
| 101847 | R S Pullen – October salary | £375.65 |
| 101848 | Mr B Gooding – play insp | £30.00 |
| 101849 | R J Playle Services – hedge and verge cut on Moss Hay | £180.00 |
| 101850 | Peldon Village Hall – hire | £80.00 |
| 101851 | T Simmons – play insp and grass cut | £75.00 |
The next meeting will be on Tues 10th November 2015 at 7.30pm at Peldon Village Hall