Meeting in
Present:
Public: June Little
Cllr Patrick Greene attended for part of the meeting
Open Forum
June Little expressed concern about the proposal to remove the white
line from the road through the village and requested further clarification.
The Council meeting opened at
1. Minutes of meeting on
The minutes were passed as a true and correct record.
2 Matters arising
None.
3 Planning applications
a) Didcot West (
The Parish Council will comment in
detail on the revised submission. It was
apparent that there were several matters in the submission that the Council
were concerned about and a further meeting would be held to finalise the detail
of the Councils response. An extension
of the response period would be requested from the District Council.
b) Conservatory at
The Council considered this
application should be approved as there would be no adverse effect on
neighbours.
c) Extension at Appletrees,
Planning permission has been granted
by the District Council.
4 Traffic
through the village
a) Experimental traffic proposals
As the road through the village is less than 5.5 metres wide and there is no statutory requirement for the white lines, there was concern that the County Council would refuse to reinstate them should the experiment not be a success and traffic speed not be reduced. It was decided by a majority vote proceed, on the basis that the Council receives an assurance from the County Council that the lines would be replaced if the Parish Council requested them.
b) Other matters
None
5 Village maintenance
a) Village pond
Sue Lay has confirmed that
the invasive water weed has been sprayed and not removed as reported to the
previous meeting. If necessary this
would be repeated.
b) Village
tidy-up
A village tidy-up would be carried
out in the spring. As well as litter
collection it would include sweeping pavements.
The District Council would be requested to sweep the kerbside gutters
and the County Council to trim back the overgrowing grass to the footpath
between
Mike Butler has offered to provide
yellow jackets.
6 New
village notice board and map
As this has now been delivered and paid for,
7 Green
waste collection in village
There was
nothing to report.
8 Parish
Plan
The Steering Group has not met since the
last Newsletter was published. They will
meet again on the return of John Baile and Sheila Taylor from
9 Land
adjacent to the Horse and
Chilton Construction has been appointed to clear the
ground during January at a cost of £575 plus VAT which includes removal of one
load to a tip. Additional loads will
cost £200 plus VAT. The landlord of the
Horse and
10 Mobile
Library Service
One request has been received for the Mobile Library to
come to the village. This has been
passed on to the County Council. There
has been no response so far.
11 Storage
of archives
There was nothing to report.
12 Finance
a) Appointment
of auditor
There has been no progress.
b) Cheques raised:
Sheila Taylor (printing for Parish Plan)
£17.63, Sue Totterdell (hire of hall and stationery for Parish Plan) £98.22,
Mary Ann Butler (stationery for Parish Plan) £17.24, Ruth Webb (salary and
storage of data) £115.00, Roger Sweet (salary and allowances) £362.50, Isis
Accord (November grass cut) £155 56.
13 Communication
a) Correspondence
Councillors would like to visit the
Police Control Centre at Abingdon
Information referred to in minutes
of Harwell Local Stakeholder Group meeting about traffic circulation in
Rowstock area in connection with Chilton Field planning application would be
requested.
Clarification would be requested
about the weight watch scheme for heavy vehicles as referred to in OALC County
Circular.
b) Other
None.
14 Other
business
None.
Date of next meeting
Chairman
date
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