Minutes of a meeting of Standlake Parish Council, held in the Standlake Youth Club, on 12th April 2011 at 7.00pm.
Present:
Mr. D. Bevan Clerk
1. APOLOGIES - apologies were received from Mrs. J. Clements and Cllr. (WODC) Mrs. H. Fenton,
2. PUBLIC ITEMS
There were no members of the public present.
3. MINUTES
Minutes of the meeting held on 8th March 2011, copies of which had been previously circulated to all members, were agreed as a true record and signed by the chairman.
4. MATTERS ARISING
Flooding & Emergency Planning –the work at the junction of the High Street and Abingdon road has now been completed.
Gravel – Mr. Mathew reported that he is no further forward in regards to the decision of OCC to concentrate gravel extraction in the Lower Windrush area. Mr. Good spoke in support of Mr. Mathew at the ‘calling in’ meeting and thought there maybe some concessions made in respect of routeing agreements etc..
A415, Newbridge – Mr. Good reported that work was being carried out at Newbridge to install wooden piles in the river bed; the object being to prevent large boats from colliding with and damaging the bridge. He also reported that trading Standards and the police had been in evidence with the police imposing on the spot fines to foreign lorries in particular..
Traffic/Speeding – Nothing further to report at this meeting.
Highway Maintenance – Some work has been done on The Downs but many potholes remain..
Footpaths – Nothing further to report at this meeting..
Playground/Recreation Ground & Maintenance – The bark has been laid and the repairs carried out. The No Dogs notices will be progressed by Mr. Naylor.
Neighbourhood Policing – Nothing further to report at this meeting. It was decided to remove this item from the permanent Matters Arising.
5. CORRESPONDENCE - See attached correspondence record.
An e mail has been received from Sir James Craig requesting a contribution of £250 towards the production of a record of photographs and paintings to be exhibited at St. Giles church in memory of Mr. Glyn Elms. This appears to be a retrospective request as some members have already received the flyers advertising the exhibition which is in the middle of May. The clerk made it clear that there was no excess in the budget this year and any grant the council saw fit to make would have to come either from the yearly miscellaneous grants budget (£150) or from reserves. After some discussion, Mr. Reddy proposed that a grant of £50 be offered from the grants budget; this was seconded by Mrs. Smith and carried unanimously.
6. PLANNING - See attached planning record
7. ACCOUNTS – click here for balances
The clerk said that advice from the auditors was that the asset register should reflect the original cost of fixed assets. In the past, SPC has usually shown the current insured value of these which comprise almost exclusively the recreation ground and playground equipment with some items of street furniture. With Mrs. Perry’s help the clerk is able to rationalise the items of equipment and will revalue them either at invoiced cost or an estimate where the exact value is not known.
This does not affect the current insured value, which reflects the indexing of value over some years, but the clerk will investigate with the insurers as to the best way forward with regard to large immovable items, such as the climbing boulder, which would benefit from protection against vandalism.
The following accounts were approved for payment:
ORCC membership
2011/12 30.00
OALC membership
2011/12 259.36
M J Giddins - p'ground bark 543.84
C J Smith - lay bark & repairs 260.00
8. MEMBER’S REPORT
The clerk has booked the Village Hall for Tuesday, 21st June at 7.00 pm for the Annual Parish Meeting
Mrs. Smith noted that the Mulberry Bush School are installing electric gates to their car and this will have an inact on parking by bird watchers using Shifford Lane
9. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
The clerk reminded the meeting that the May meeting will
be the Annual General Meeting of the council..
There being no further business, the meeting closed at 8.30
pm.
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CORRESPONDENCE 04/11
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WODC |
Tree condition survey |
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OALC |
Good Councillor’s Guide |
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HMRC |
Clerk PAYE |
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WODC |
Council Tax notification |
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Cottsway Housing |
Schedule of mobile office visits |
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PLANNING 04/11
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PLANNING No |
DETAILS |
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11/0086/P/FP |
Grant of permission – extensions, Chervil Cottage Brighthampton |
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11/0147/P/FP |
Grant of permission – extension, Unit 11 Standlake Business Park |
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09/1300/P/FP |
Grant of permission – erection agricultural worker’s dwelling, 3Ts Water Sports |
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11/0456/P/FP |
Erection of dwelling and vehicular access – Fletchers Farm Abingdon Rd |
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11/0353/P/FP |
Erection of single storey extension and conservatory, 17 Manor Crescent |
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11/0389/P/FP |
Extensions, window alterations, photo cells on roof – Perany, The Downs |
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11/0396/P/LB |
Alterations to doors and windows, Gaunt House |
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11/0501/P/FP |
Install heat source pump – 26 Heyford Close |
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11/0326/P/FP |
Install heat source pump – 7 The Green |