Meeting in
Present:
Cllr
Thomas Mynehan, Police Community Support Officer,
attended before the meeting started and the main issue raised by members was
speeding through the village. A mobile
speed device will be brought to the village as soon as possible and Thomas Mynehan
promised a visible Police presence occasionally to deter speeding.
There were no members of the public present. The meeting commenced at about 19.30
1. Minutes
of meeting on 12th July 2007
The Council passed the minutes as a true and correct
record.
2. Matters arising
There were no matters arising
3 Land opposite Horse and
There has been no response from Greene King to the offer to purchase
the land. The Clerk was asked to contact
Greene King to press for a response.
Rowan Napper has cut the grass at no cost to the Council.
4 Traffic issues
Marion Judd agreed to collate all the
suggestions for highways improvements that could be requested by the Council and
re-circulate for discussion and decision at the next meeting.
5 Responding to planning consultations
In November 2006 the Clerk was given
delegated power to respond to planning applications if they could not be
discussed at a Council meeting so long as the Council’s response reflected
members’ views. The Clerk has now suggested
to
The Clerk was requested to introduce a
clearer procedure when the details are circulated for members to give their
opinions on whether the Council considers the application should be approved,
refused or the Council has no strong views.
6 Additional housing at Didcot
a) Western
Villages
Sue Totterdell reported that she had
attended a meeting of the Western Villages Alliance. A report of the meeting is attached to these
minutes.
The Western Villages Alliance hopes to
explore directly with the Highways Agency options for additional access points
to the A34. The Council decided to
support this proposal in principle.
The Western Villages Alliance also wishes to
increase its membership by getting more villages involved. The Council decided to approach members of
Upton
b) Didcot
Community Forum
There had been a steering group meeting on
11th September.
7 Planning applications
a) New planning application for extensions to Little
Acorns Day Nursery
The Council decided it had no strong views. The Clerk was requested to advise SODC
accordingly.
b) Planning
application for a barn conversion at Ivy Farm
The Clerk reported that the Council’s decision was that the application
should be approved as this was the view of the majority of members. The Clerk had advised SODC accordingly giving
the same reasons that were made in response to the previous similar application.
c) Listed
building application for repairs at Wycherts
The Clerk clarified that listed buildings
consent had been granted and there had been no planning application submitted.
8 Village maintenance
a) Work to ditch in
Mr Cocozza, the riparian owner, has agreed
to contribute £400 towards the cost of clearing the ditch. The Clerk has sent an invoice but has not
received the money.
The Clerk has requested a formal quotation
from Rowan Napper for carrying out the work but this has not yet been received..
b) Work to
c) Damaged planter by the
bus shelter
Marion Judd agreed to ask Richard Evans to turn the planter to make the
damage less visible.
9 Review
of subsidised bus services
The Council decided to Accept ORCC’s offer to assist with a public
consultation to enable the Council to respond to the County Council’s proposed
review. The Clerk was requested to ask
ORCC the extent to which their model questionnaire can be modified and how it
would be done.
Sue Totterdell agreed to make/propose the necessary amendments.
10 UKAEA
Harwell funding
The Council decided to support the Chairman of the Harwell-Chilton
Campus Local Stakeholder Group to secure a robust financial package for the
clean-up programme at Harwell. The Clerk
was requested to write to the Chairman of the Group accordingly.
11 Planning
training for members
The training being offered by SODC and
Marion Judd said she would prefer to attend the
12 Grants
The Council noted that Marion Judd has circulated a list of all
possible sources of funding. Further
decisions will be made at the appropriate time.
13 Finance
The Council accepted and approved the attached monthly report on
expenditure.
The Council noted that no cheques had been raised
since the last meeting.
The cheques on the attached schedule were
duly signed.
14 Communication
15 Any
other business
The Council decided that
The meeting ended at
Date of next meeting – 8th
November 2007 at
Chairman……………………………………… date…………………………………..