Winstred Hundred PC Minutes – 14th January 2025

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 14th January 2025 at 7.30pm.

Present: Cllrs Phil Gladwin, Roger Pittock, Robert Davidson, Clare Lauwerys, Catherine Sprott, Liz Davidson (chair), City Cllrs Martin Parsons, Andrew Ellis and one member of the public

Apologies for absence: Cllrs Jinny Gale, Netty Knill Jones, City Cllr Carl Powling and County Cllr Kevin Bentley

The minutes of December 2024 meeting were confirmed and agreed by all and signed by the chairman

County Cllr Report: ECC voted in favour of asking the Government to go onto the Priority List for Devolution.

8th January 20258th January 2025

Winstred Hundred Agenda – 14th January 2025

WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL

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 14th January 2025 at 7.30pm to which the Councillors are summoned to attend.

Apologies for absence
To confirm the minutes of December 2024 meeting
County and City Councillor Reports
Public-Have Your Say
Declarations of Interest

Items for Discussion

17th December 202417th December 2024

Winstred Hundred PC Minutes – 10th December 2024

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 on Tuesday 10th December 2024 at 7.30pm

Present: Cllrs Catherine Sprott, Netty Knill Jones, Phil Gladwin, Jinny Gale (chair), Clare Lauwerys, Roger Pittock, Robert Davidson

Apologies for absence: Liz Davidson, City Cllrs Andrew Ellis, Martin Parsons, Kevin Bentley (& County).

The minutes of November 2024 meeting were confirmed and agreed by all and signed by the chairman.

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.

3rd December 20243rd December 2024

Winstred Hundred Agenda – 10th December 2024

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 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

Items for Discussion

14th November 202414th November 2024

Winstred Hundred PC Minutes – 12th November 2024

WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL

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.

25th October 202424th October 2024

Vacancy for Parish Councillor October 2024

Vacancy to represent Peldon Ward

The official notice of vacancy is posted below, there will be an election if sufficient electors request one, otherwise the parish council will be allowed to co-opt a member.

Notice of casual vacancy in the office of Parish Councillor

Notice is hereby given under Section 87(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 that a casual vacancy exists in the office of Councillor for Peldon Ward, of Winstred Hundred Parish Council, as John Walker has resigned.

An election to fill the vacancy will be held if request in writing for such an election is made by ten electors registered within the electoral area and received by the Proper Officer of Colchester City Council, by not later than Thursday 14 November 2024. Otherwise, Winstred Hundred Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option.
Requests should be emailed to [email protected] or delivered:

By Hand to Colchester Town Hall, High Street, Colchester CO1 1PJ
By Post to Rowan House 33 Sheepen Road, Colchester CO3 3WG

Clerk to the Parish Council Dated 25 October 2024

11th September 202011th September 2020

PC Minutes 8th September 2020

WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL

Peldon Great Wigborough Little Wigborough Salcott Virley

Draft minutes of the meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council held via Zoom on Tuesday 8th September 2020 at 7.30pm. The Zoom meeting details were available from the clerk.

Present: John Walker, Clare Lauwerys (chair), Liz Davidson, Phil Gladwin, Netty Knill-Jones, Jinny Gale, Robert Kean, Kevin Bentley, Robert Davidson

Apologies for absence: Wendy Ritherdon

Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and will be signed by the chairman in due course.

County Councillor Report: The road surface along this stretch mainly from the Kings Head to Peldon is full of subsidence areas and is under investigation by Highways to establish the reason for this before repair work can take place. The most serious pot holes will be reported to the County Councillors before Friday for immediate attention.

Suggested 20 mph speed limit is deemed not suitable for villages and is generally only installed in urban areas and often just in cul-de-sacs, Continue reading “PC Minutes 8th September 2020”

17th July 202017th July 2020

Virley Vacancy

Virley Parish Councillor Vacancy

If you are interested or want more information please contact the Parish Clerk or any of the councillors for a chat (contacts here). Alternatively, you might want to read of another new councillor’s experiences. The closing date for applications is 31st August 2020.

Councillor Criteria

To stand for election to a local council you must: Continue reading “Virley Vacancy”

4th May 2018

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 “Vacancies for Parish Councillors, what is it like being one?”

22nd June 20167th July 2016

PC Minutes 14th June 2016

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 June 2016

Present: Netty Knill-Jones, Lynne Simmons, John Walker, Phil Gladwin (chair), Nicky Ellis, Jinny Gale, Bob Holmes, Liz Davidson, Andrew Ellis and 2 members of the public

Apologies for absence: Kevin Bentley, Jackie Maclean, Robert Davidson, Zone Warden

Minutes of the last meeting were agreed by all and signed by the chairman

Zone Warden Report: None sent but they had cleared up a fly tipping problem for us

Borough Councillor Report: Certain matters are to be chased up including requesting resurfacing of Mill Road, Virley but in particular the sunken areas either side of the bridge, Continue reading “PC Minutes 14th June 2016”