From: Clerk to Standlake PC [clerk@standlakepc.org.uk]
Sent: 17 January 2008 16:41
To: 'Cllr Ian Hudspeth'
Cc: 'Cllr Charles Mathew'; 'Standlake'; 'Brown, Peter - Environment
& Economy, Bridges'; 'O'Neill, Roger - Environment & Economy, Transport
Planning'; 'Howell, Steve - Environment & Economy';
'c_r_naylor@hotmail.com'; 'Chris Naylor Home'; 'Maureen Nicholas'; 'Ted
Tolputt'; 'Terry Kirkpatrick'; 'Howard, Christine - Environment & Economy,
Transport Administration'
Subject: RE: Further to the 30 Oct meeting (Newbridge)
Dear Ian,
Thank you for your prompt reply. Naturally, this will be
discussed and we will no doubt be in contact again.
Many thanks
David
David C Bevan
Clerk to Standlake Parish Council
01865 300779
07765 113962
From: Cllr Ian Hudspeth [mailto:Ian.Hudspeth@Oxfordshire.gov.uk]
Sent: 17 January 2008 08:18
To: Clerk to Standlake PC
Cc: Cllr Charles Mathew; Standlake; Brown, Peter - Environment &
Economy, Bridges; O'Neill, Roger - Environment & Economy, Transport
Planning; Howell, Steve - Environment & Economy; c_r_naylor@hotmail.com;
Chris Naylor Home; Maureen Nicholas; Ted Tolputt; Terry Kirkpatrick; Howard,
Christine - Environment & Economy, Transport Administration
Subject: RE: Further to the 30 Oct meeting (Newbridge)
Dear
David
To
respond to your questions:
YES
as agreed you and Terry Kirkpatrick will be included on the list for minutes of
the meetings as and when they are held.
NO
they will not be ‘sanitized’ unless there is an issue that might be considered
‘exempt’ by the local Government act that covers Parish, Town, District and
County Councils.
With
regard to the comment by Steve, I believe he has always being consistent in
stating that ‘from the start about it being pre – 18 tonne and has always been
clear that we don’t want to attract additional traffic to the route.
I
can assure you that there is no hidden agenda regarding the meeting between
Cllr Mathew, Steve and myself, simply we wish to update your County Cllr with
the current situation and ensure that there is a clear line of communication
between all parties.
Thank you
Ian Hudspeth
Cabinet Member for Transport
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07747 091 602
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-----Original Message-----
From: Clerk to Standlake PC [mailto:clerk@standlakepc.org.uk]
Sent: 16 January 2008 11:47
To: Cllr Ian Hudspeth
Cc: Cllr Charles Mathew; Standlake; Brown, Peter - Environment &
Economy, Bridges; O'Neill, Roger - Environment & Economy, Transport
Planning; Howell, Steve - Environment & Economy; c_r_naylor@hotmail.com;
'Chris Naylor Home'; 'Maureen Nicholas'; 'Ted Tolputt'; 'Terry Kirkpatrick'
Subject: RE: Further to the 30 Oct meeting (Newbridge)
Dear Ian,
The reply sent via Ms. Howard is
not acceptable.
The comments and questions posed
by us in the email of 14th January were directed to you and we
believe we are entitled to a direct reply, not just the announcement of a
meeting between you and Charles Mathew at some unspecified date. We do not see
this as engagement or consultation with the Parish Council promised by you in
October 2007, and restated in your email of 19th December, but we do
see it as yet another delaying tactic designed to discourage us from
pursuing this. Let me assure you, we are not going to go away.
Disregarding, for the moment, the
ongoing mystery of what Steve Howell did or did not say regarding the level of
mitigation, we believe we are entitled to immediate answers to the following
two simple questions.
Do you intend to honour the
promise made by you and Peter Brown at the 30th October 2007 meeting
to include Terry Kirkpatrick and myself on the distribution list for the
minutes of the Newbridge Project meetings? A simple yes or no will do and if
yes, then we will be pleased to receive the minutes of those meetings held
since 30th October as soon as possible. Furthermore, if yes, will
those minutes be ‘sanitised’ before release to us?
A prompt reply from yourself will
be appreciated.
Regards
David
David C Bevan
Clerk to Standlake Parish
Council
01865 300779
07765 113962
From: Howard, Christine - Environment
& Economy, Transport Administration
[mailto:Christine.Howard@Oxfordshire.gov.uk]
Sent: 15 January 2008 09:57
To: Clerk to Standlake PC
Cc: Cllr Charles Mathew; Standlake; Brown, Peter - Environment &
Economy, Bridges; O'Neill, Roger - Environment & Economy, Transport
Planning; Howell, Steve - Environment & Economy; c_r_naylor@hotmail.com;
Chris Naylor Home; Maureen Nicholas; Ted Tolputt; Terry Kirkpatrick
Subject: RE: Further to the 30 Oct meeting (Newbridge)
Dear Mr Bevan
Thank you for
your email dated 14 January.
I am in the
process of arranging a meeting with Cllr Charles Mathew about Newbridge and
will reply to you further shortly afterwards.
Yours
sincerely
Cllr Ian
Hudspeth
Cabinet Member
for Transport
Chris Howard
Transport Administration Manager
Oxfordshire County Council
Transport
Environment & Economy
Speedwell House
Speedwell Street
Oxford OX1 1NE
telephone: 01865 810459
fax: 01865 810308
-----Original Message-----
From: Clerk to Standlake PC [mailto:clerk@standlakepc.org.uk]
Sent: 14 January 2008 16:38
To: Cllr Ian Hudspeth
Cc: Cllr Charles Mathew; Standlake; Brown, Peter - Environment &
Economy, Bridges; O'Neill, Roger - Environment & Economy, Transport
Planning; Howell, Steve - Environment & Economy; Howard, Christine -
Environment & Economy, Transport Administration; c_r_naylor@hotmail.com;
'Chris Naylor Home'; Maureen Nicholas; Ted Tolputt; Terry Kirkpatrick
Subject: RE: Further to the 30 Oct meeting (Newbridge)
Dear Ian,
I’m afraid this is pretty much the
reply that we might have expected, but nevertheless, it is disappointing and
rather confusing. Furthermore, I’m not convinced that this reply was composed
by the Ian Hudspeth who attended the 30th October meeting.
Regarding the baseline for any
mitigation measures. On quite separate occasions Chris Naylor and Charles
Mathew were clearly told by Steve Howell that any mitigation would be at post
limit levels, but it is now claimed that this is not what he said. Quite
clearly, somebody’s memory or understanding is at fault, and it is difficult to
accept that two individuals on separate occasions were mistaken in their
understanding of what was said to them.
That aside, at the meeting you
were made aware that the mitigation measures put forward by Roger O’Neill were
not acceptable as they in no way mitigated or reduced the level of pre limit
HGV traffic. You will remember that I passed to you letters, to which we have
never had the courtesy of a reply, clearly stating the Parish Council’s
position on these proposed measures; any situation that allows HGV levels to
return to pre limit levels is not acceptable. Once again, it appears that it
needs restating that the A415
in Standlake is not suitable for unrestricted HGV traffic on any number grounds
e.g. environmental, social, physical dimensions etc and the Parish Council and
residents will fight any attempt to allow HGVs unrestricted access.
As to our request for
representation at the Newbridge Project meeting, open government clearly has
its boundaries. Why does the fact that the monthly progress meeting is a
‘design’ meeting reduce its value to us as a source of valuable feedback?
Is it inconceivable that we might be able to inject some useful local knowledge
into the ‘design’ process? Worryingly, the word ‘design’ would seem to indicate
that, despite assurances from you and Peter Brown, full and proper examination
of the do little/do nothing option at Newbridge has been discarded and you are
proceeding with the new crossing option only. Again, the suspicion must be that
you intend to produce a single option without any meaningful consultation with
those affected.
The promise by you and Peter Brown
to include Terry Kirkpatrick and myself on the distribution list for the
minutes of the monthly Newbridge Project meeting has, to date, not been
fulfilled as no minutes have been forthcoming. Do you still intend to send us
the promised minutes of these meetings? If so, and because our presence
at the meetings is deemed ‘inappropriate’, then are the minutes to be sanitised
before they are released to us?
The last paragraph in the email is
perhaps the most confusing and, indeed, confused. You say you want to work with
the Parish Council but, with your refusal of our representation at the project
meetings and your failure to keep the promise of sending minutes of those
meetings, this is quite clearly not the case. As to putting in a bridge to
‘enhance and improve the Newbridge area’, nobody but a vandal would consider a
new bridge in the location your officers have decided upon would do
anything but seriously damage a beautiful and unique stretch of Thames
countryside.
I look forward to a reply in the
near future.
Regards
David
David C Bevan
Clerk to Standlake Parish
Council
01865 300779
07765 113962
From: Howard, Christine - Environment
& Economy, Transport Administration
[mailto:Christine.Howard@Oxfordshire.gov.uk]
Sent: 19 December 2007 08:11
To: clerk@standlakepc.org.uk
Cc: c_r_naylor@hotmail.com; mmnicholas@talktalk.net;
gt.tolputt@talk21.com; terrykp@kirkpatrickconsult.co.uk; O'Neill, Roger -
Environment & Economy, Transport Planning; Brown, Peter - Environment &
Economy, Bridges; Howell, Steve - Environment & Economy
Subject: Further to the 30 Oct meeting (Newbridge)
Dear
David
Thank
you for your email dated 14 November and I apologise for the delay in
replying. I have been double-checking with those concerned (Steve Howell,
Roger O'Neill and Peter Brown) that we all agree on our response.
As
far as the baseline for any mitigation measures is concerned, it will be pre
the 18 tonne limit. Steve Howell tells me this is what he said verbally
too.
As
far as attendance at the monthly Newbridge Project Meetings are concerned,
thank you for the offer of help from Terry Kirkpatrick but as these are purely
design meetings, we do not feel it is appropriate. However, we will be
talking to him again in the lead up to the consultation period.
We
certainly agree with you that the decisions made will affect many people.
We want to work with the Parish Council and other interest groups will be
looking to put in a bridge that enhances and improves the Newbridge area.
Yours
sincerely
Cllr
Ian Hudspeth
Cabinet
Member for Transport
Chris
Howard
Transport
Administration Manager
Oxfordshire
County Council
Transport
Environment
& Economy
Speedwell
House
Speedwell
Street
Oxford
OX1 1NE
telephone:
01865 810459
fax:
01865 810308
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Cllr Ian Hudspeth
Sent:
14 November 2007 13:47
To:
'clerk@standlakepc.org.uk'
Cc:
Standlake; Cllr Charles Mathew; 'chris.naylor@virgin.net';
'c_r_naylor@hotmail.com'; 'mmnicholas@talktalk.net'; 'gt.tolputt@talk21.com';
'terrykp@kirkpatrickconsult.co.uk'; Howard, Christine - Environment &
Economy, Transport Administration; Howell, Steve - Environment & Economy
Subject:
Re: Further to the 30 Oct meeting
Dear
David
It
was my pleasure to attend the meeting and I wish to make sure we keep
communicating as this is such an important issue for all concerned.
I
will chase up the issues that you have raised.
I
hope you have a good time while you are away
Thanks
Ian
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Clerk to Standlake PC <clerk@standlakepc.org.uk>
To:
Cllr Ian Hudspeth
CC:
Standlake; Cllr Charles Mathew; 'Chris Naylor Home'
<chris.naylor@virgin.net>; c_r_naylor@hotmail.com
<c_r_naylor@hotmail.com>; Maureen Nicholas
<mmnicholas@talktalk.net>; Ted Tolputt <gt.tolputt@talk21.com>;
Terry Kirkpatrick <terrykp@kirkpatrickconsult.co.uk>
Sent:
Wed Nov 14 12:55:24 2007
Subject:
Further to the 30 Oct meeting
Dear
Ian,
As
I see from your e- mail response, you have received the draft minutes (when I
finally attached them) but we, the Standlake Newbridge Committee, would like to
clarify and discuss a few other points.
First
of all let me add our thanks to those of Charles Mathew for your attendance at
the meeting; if nothing else, it cleared the air over several issues and,
hopefully, opened up other lines of thought.
One
area that was not absolutely tied down was the matter of the baseline for any
mitigation measures – Roger O’Neill seemed to agree that it would be post 18
tonne limit while Peter Brown said it was pre but with the restrictions that
are now in place on Newbridge; I understand from Charles that Steve Howell has
verbally stated that the baseline will be post limit. I think you will agree
this is a fundamental question that deserves an unqualified answer and we would
appreciate your enlightening us.
We
see any discussions with English Heritage as crucial to the outcome of the
decision making process, particularly when considering the ‘do nothing/do
little’ option; we ask to be involved in these discussions and believe that
Terry Kirkpatrick’s experience in this area, and others, would be invaluable.
In the same vein, we would ask you to consider inviting Terry to attend one of
the monthly Newbridge Project meetings.
The
decisions made will affect many people, the major effect being in Standlake,
and we do not wish to be in conflict with OCC over such an important project.
However, to get the best result for all concerned we believe that we need to
work closely with OCC while decisions are being made, rather than simply being
presented with a limited number of options at the end of the day.
I
look forward to your reply but, as I shall be away from Friday 17th November
until the end of the month, would you please use the ‘reply all’ function so
the other parties can see any reply.
Best
regards
David
David
C Bevan
Clerk
to Standlake Parish Council
01865
300779
07765
113962
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