Meeting in
Present: Phil Taylor, Marion Judd, Sue Totterdell
Apologies: Bernard Mead, Keith
Little
Public: Mary Wiley, Eleanor Bowey
Cllr Patrick Greene attended for part of the meeting
Open Forum
1 Mary Wiley confirmed the History Group will make a
contribution towards the new map board equivalent to the cost of the cheapest board
quoted for.
2 Eleanor Bowey was concerned that now the dogs have been
vacated from Thatch Cottage there is a nuisance of rats. She reported that dog
‘waste’ had been thrown in the ditch.
3 Keep Hagbourne Rural.
East & West Hagbourne Society agree with the sentiment of the
campaign but feel they are not the right group to lead it. Phil Taylor hoped that something could come
out of the Parish Plan. Maybe a lobby
group (4 or 5 people) could be formed to increase the voice of
4 Sue Totterdell talked about the village plan ‘drop-in’
meetings planned at Hagbourne and
5 Eleanor Bowey was concerned about condition of road through
the village, but Phil Taylor thought it was now much improved. Eleanor Bowey wants a one-way system in the
village using
6 Cllr Patrick Greene later reported that construction of the
cinema in Didcot would commence at end of year.
Plans have been approved for the arts centre. Official opening of Orchard Centre would not
take place until construction was complete.
A traffic calming assessment was carried out
outside Horse and
The County Structure Plan was about to be
adopted by the County Council.
The County Council will be carrying out a
consultation on behalf of SEERA about the proposals for additional housing in
the county after 2016.
Energy from waste. Combined heat and power (incineration) is one
of the County Council’s favoured options for refuse disposal.
The Council meeting opened at
1. Minutes of meeting on
An error in a reported item of expenditure was
corrected. The minutes were then passed
as a true and correct record.
2 Matters arising
The self watering system in the village garden had been
turned off by person unknown. It has now
been reprogrammed to operate at
3 Planning applications
a) Thatch Cottage. Planning application P04/W0418/RET has been
withdrawn.
b) Land adjacent to Ash Farm – Phil Taylor
withdrew from the discussion as he had a declared interest in the planning
application. Amended plans and
elevations were considered and neither of the two eligible members present had
any objection. Keith Little and Bernard
Mead had previously indicated that they were unlikely to have any
objection. However no formal decision
could be made as there was not a quorum. SODC would be advised accordingly.
4 Village
maintenance
Land adjacent to
Horse & Harrow
Phil Taylor has written to solicitors to
Greene King to find out if offer of sale was still open and if ‘no development’
stipulation would rule out a village hall.
They have confirmed they are prepared to convey land to Parish Council
for a ‘nominal sum’ and would have no objection to a village hall.
5 New
village notice board and map
A decision was taken to purchase a new map board in oak
from Greenbarnes with plain engraved wording
6 Green
waste collection in village
a) Chilton Waste
Phil Taylor has arranged a skip to be
provided by Chilton Waste on Saturday 10 September for two hours at a cost of
£129.25.
b) SODC
waste collection
The Clerk was asked to check with
SODC about obtaining a stock of garden waste bags for sale to the public on
behalf of SODC.
7 Parish
Plan
a) Sue Totterdell reported that village
halls in
b) It was agreed that £144 would be made
available for the Parish Plan.
8 Traffic
update
The Parish Council will need to find out more about the
traffic calming assessment carried out on 6 July (see open forum) as the
results were surprising.
9 Storage
of archives
It was decided to pay up to £10 per month to
the former Clerk, Ruth Webb, in accordance with her request starting in
October. NB It was thought Ruth Webb is
only asking for a nominal £5 per month in which case she will be paid the lower
figure and she has indicated this is a limited facility. This will be reviewed for next financial year.
10 Finance
Cheques raised:
Isis Accord June grass cut £155 56, Richard
Evans gardens by bus stop £180.00, Ruth Webb allowance £360.00, BDO Stoy
Hayward audit fee, Isis Accord July grass cut £155 56, Allowance &
stationery £16.82.
New internal auditor to be sought.
11 Communication
a) Newsletter
Next issue before Parish Plan
meetings
b) Website
Nothing discussed
c) Correspondence
SODC are arranging a public meeting
about Conservation Area Character Appraisal management plan (telephone conversation)
SODC consultation on concessionary
fares (to be circulated)
d) Parish Magazine
Nothing discussed
12 Other
business
Phil Taylor to write to Vale of White Horse Council
asking for Parish Council to be consulted on planning applications in Harwell
(especially at AERA site) and Upton that are likely to affect traffic through
West Hagbourne.
Date of next meeting
Chairman……………………………………… date…………………………………..