CHACOMBE PARISH COUNCIL

 

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Monday, 7^th August 2006 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

 

Present: Cllrs. Harper, Ware, Coates, Jones, Wyatt, Roche and Clerk.

Apologies: Gliwitzki, Offers and White

Public Time.

 

Minutes of previous meeting on 3^rd July: adopted and signed.

 

Matters arising

1.1   Notice boards. Mr. Alcock has said that he will do the repairs at cost to the Parish Council but still awaiting an estimate.

1.2   Parking in Middleton Road. The offending car has not taken up the Parish Councilπs suggestion of parking on the verge opposite and is still causing concern. It is difficult to know what more can be done to encourage safer parking without the co-operation of the owner.

1.3   Parish Appraisal

A hard copy of the 1997 appraisal had been circulated. There is to be a new appointment at ACRE on 14^th August. If we are to be guided or seek assistance from ACRE there has to be an Open Meeting no earlier than mid September. A steering committee could then be set up but not necessarily lead by a Parish Councillor. Cllr Jones will write an article for the Chimes to promote the idea of a Community Plan. Suggested dates for an Open Meeting: 26^th and 28^th September.

Update: Meeting at 7.30pm on Thursday, 28^th September in the Village Hall.

 

Finance

Internal control needs to be completed as of the end of July.

 

Expenditure                                                                                                                            Income

101225 Chacombe PCC £500

101226 ABB £122.39

101227 Clerkπs salary £620.00

 

Authorise:

Powergen £115.59, ACRE membership £32.00 and D Cochrane £190.83

                       

Correspondence since meeting on 3^rd July

CAB Volunteer receptionists and administrators required as well as volunteers to be

trained as advisers. Information required on organisations within the village

Northamptonshire ACRE Parish Plan funding available for Rural Communities

Jones Day Proposal to revise Noise Preferential Routes/standard Departure Routes. The proposed routes will be implemented

Cherwell District Council Cherwell Local Development Framework: Banbury and

North Cherwell Site Allocations Development Plan Document: Issues and Options Paper

SNVB Jenny Osborne Pension Information Worker ≠ article for newsletter and notice

for board

CCLA Statement of Account 

Cherwell District Council Cherwell Local Development Framework: Banbury and North Cherwell Site Allocations Development Plan Document: Issues and Options Paper Consultation deadline extended from 18^th August to 25^th August

COIF Charities Deposit Fund

Charity Commission Annual Return ≠ to be completed. John Ware agreed to be trustee since the resignation of Ian Woolley                                                                                                 

NCC/Atkins Annual Parish Questionnaire Reply by 23^rd October

Central Networks Building Better and Safer Environments in Your Community. Funding up to £2500 available. Playground fencing?

NALC Annual Meeting 17th October 7.00pm

                        ≥Update≤ June/July 2006

                        Legal Topic Note (LTN48) Basic Charity Law Local Councils and Trustees

NJC car allowances 2006/7 and VAT and petrol element within the NJC car

allowances 54.4p per mile

Legal Briefing L07-06 Memorial Safety in Cemeteries

VOY Winners: Geddington

Countywide Byway Survey ≠ rights of way website within the countyπs site or irichardson@northamptonshire.gov.uk by 30^th September ≠ passed to Cllr. Coates

≥The Playing Field≤ Summer 2006

Village Viewpoint Summer 2006

New Clerkπs Surgery 10^th October

Budgets and precepting 3^rd October

The Code of Conduct 16^th November

CPRE  Northamptonshire ≥Outlook≤

                                                An Evening at Lilford Hall

BCTV  Northamptonshire Quarry Communities Project

                        Ted Garrett letter re: telephone mast

 

SNC        i) NCCπs proposals for parking charges in South Northamptonshire (Brackley and Towcester town centres). SNC is asking for Councils to object when consulted

                        ii) Electoral register ≠ monthly updates x 2

                        iii) Housing 4U magazine for prospective tenants of SNC

                        iv) SNCπs 2006/7 Performance Plan

                        v) Twin Bin Expansion 2006 after 12^th September. Invite to one representative. RSVP Gwen Blackburn 01327 322210 or gwen.blackburn@southnorthants.gov.uk Chacombe & Farthinghoe PC

                        vi) Summer programme Athletics at Middleton Cheney ≠ poster for notice board

 

NCC      i) Sustainable Transport School Workshops. Would the Parish Council be prepared to fund? 01604 654445 or bsnorton@northamptonshire.gov.uk

                       

Agenda

3.1 Audit å05 ≠ å06

A copy of the Internal Auditorπs report was circulated. The accounts were now ready to be sent for External Audit on 11^th August.

 

3.2 Planning Applications:

S/2006/0984/TC 15m high monopole mast, three antennas, two equipment cabinets, timber stock proof fencing and ancillary development at Lower Grange Farm. The Council had no objections. A better service is required by mobile phone users and other sites in the vicinity had been excluded because of their unsuitability.

S/2006/1002/P Single storey pitched roof, side and rear extensions plus rear door enclosure at 62 Thornhill Chacombe. The Council had no objections.

S/2006/1007/P Change of use from storage of ceramic tiles, classic cars, motor homes and caravans to storage of equipment by Mr & Mrs Heath t/a DH Bodycraft for use in association with their existing adjoining site, and the storage of domestic appliances. The Council had no objections.

 

3.3 Banbury Citizen Advice Bureau ≠ request for donation

Cllr. Jones proposed that the Council make a donation of £50. This was seconded by Cllr. Ware and the Clerk was asked to send the cheque.

 

3.4 Proposal to divert footpath AD18 at Chacombe Hill Farm

The Council had received a letter from John Phillips Planning Consultancy re: proposed public footpath diversion at Chacombe Hill Farm.

The Parish Council is sympathetic to the needs of the occupants, particularly with regard to the safety of their young children but it is also aware that planning permission was granted, may be not subject to the Right of Way being retained, but certainly in the knowledge that the Right of Way was there. Therefore, the Parish Council takes the view that the occupants were well aware of the existence of this public footpath prior to purchase and submitting the planning application and believes that it (AD18) should not be diverted. The existing route is a relative easy walk which requires little maintenance. Would this be the case if it was diverted around the boundary of the property?

 

3.5 Highway Matters

A local resident had raised the issue of the proposal to place a bollard outside 1 The Ring. Although the aim was to try and prevent an accident he was sure that it could be the cause of an accident. He was also very concerned about the amount of traffic through the village and in particular the problems created by the buses. In effect the buses operated a one way system. Could this be adopted for all traffic? Drivers were not always co-operative or accommodating when it came to meeting other traffic at the pinch points by Shepherdπs Cottage in Thorpe Road and at the Plantation in Banbury Road. Although the suggestion of a one way system had been considered at the time of the last Parish Appraisal it was agreed to include it again in the forthcoming appraisal.

 

AOB

1. It was brought to the Councilπs attention that although the pot-holes had been filled, spaces left by the missing granite sets had also been filled with tarmac! The Clerk had previously requested that all existing tarmac be removed and replaced with granite sets. Some of this work had been done and some was still waiting to be completed!

 

Meeting closed at 8.50 pm

 

The next meeting will be held on 4^th September 2006 at 7.15pm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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