Wing Parish Council Meeting Minutes
Wing Parish Council, Charlotte Cottage, 73 Leighton Road, Wing, Near Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 0NN
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MINUTES of the Meeting of WING PARISH
COUNCIL held on Tuesday 24th April,
2007 at 8.00pm in The Small Hall, Wing.
PRESENT:- Cllrs Mr P de Lusignan (Chairman), Mr N Beattie, Mrs F
Bickell, Mrs M Crutchfield, Mr A Duthie, Mr M Shrubsole, Mr E
Waller, Mr E Weight.
IN ATTENDANCE:- District Councillor Mrs N Glover.
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE:-
Cllrs Mrs D Armstrong, Mrs A Wheatley and Mr S Naghi.
2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:-
Mr Vic Syrett representing Wing Bowls Club – The Bowls Club
has recently received a rates bill of £200.00 from the District
Council. The Bowls Club disagrees with this charge and has been
in contact with the District Council to discuss non-payment of
the bill. District Councillor Mrs Netta Glover has asked for
copies of all correspondence conducted so far and will look into
the matter further. The Parish Council will act at a later date
if necessary.
Mr Mark Woolhead – Mr Woolhead has completed a sponsored
bike ride and has hopefully raised over £300.00 for the village
War Memorial Fund.
3. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES:-
The minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 24thApril, 2007 were
approved by the Council, and signed as a true record.
4. ACTIONS FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES:-
The proposed appointment of a new Parish Clerk, Louise Brooke,
was announced.
5. FEEDBACK TO PARISH COUNCIL (Meetings etc);-
Good feedback was received from Richard Clarabutt regarding the
recent Health and Safety Antidrugs Course attended.
A meeting is to be held at Stewkley Village Hall at 8:00pm on
Monday, 30th April. The meeting has been organised by Friends of
the Earth. FOE, in conjunction with Bucks County Council, have
commissioned consultants to carry out a study of possible
alternatives to a new road in solving the problems with the A418.
This meeting is to consider how far such an alternative approach
might go to meet the objectives of the current A418 modernisation
proposals.
The PC noted that a number of Cllrs intended to be at the
meeting, but in their personal capacities. After discussion, Cllr
Shrubsole was asked to attend the meeting as the PC’s
representative observer, and, if appropriate, to speak to uphold
the PC’s position as set out in the letter to Cllr Val
Letheran of September, 2006.
Cllr Shrubsole had attended the meeting of Aylesbury Vale Local
Committee on 12th April. He drew the PC’s attention to the
following items:
· A418; BCC is proposing to issue its decision on preferred
route in late summer 2007.
· Waste Management; BCC is studying options for building a plant
to convert waste to Energy, given current shortage of sites for
landfill, and prospective steep rises in landfill tax. District
Link will re-issue guidance on what can be recycled.
· Winter Maintenance Review; Reduced road salting programme had
not resulted in problems; however a decision had been taken to
put back, for winter 2007/8 £100,000 of cuts. Parish Councils to
write to BCC (by 30th June 2007) with requests for specific roads
to be restored to programme for pre-emptive salting.
· Rural Grass Cutting; Programme to be reviewed, with priority
to be given to ensuring proper vision splays at road junctions.
Representations to be made to BCC by 30/06/2007.
· BCC has an “Older Peoples Prevention Strategy”. A
totally inept presentation had failed to make clear what this
was.
6. COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT:-
Cllr Mr Ings-Chambers was not in attendance and had not submitted
a report.
7. DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT:-
Cllr Mrs Glover submitted a verbal report –
· Confirming that AVDC would not be changing to fortnightly
refuse collections as reported in The Daily Mail, but that there
would be an additional brown bin distributed in the future for
garden waste.
· Confirmation had been received that the yellow lines outside 1
Church Street would not be reduced.
· Community grants from O2 could be applied for up to the value
of £1000.00.
· On Thursday morning in Winslow there would be an important
announcement regarding the East to West Rail Link.
· There may be a possibility of a grant for the footbridge at
the Wing road end of the Western Linslade bypass that BCC was no
longer proposing to build, from the Department for Communities,
especially as the bridge could be regarded as a green issue.
Clerk to contact Malcolm Oliver to confirm options.
8. CORRESPONDENCE:-
· Letter from AVDC regarding the new ‘smoke free’
legislation coming into force on the 1st July, 2007.
· Entry form for The Buckinghamshire Best Kept Village
Competition.
· A copy of Cllr Mr Ings-Chambers letter to Mrs Barnes.
· Information for the Notice Boards re Elections
· Friends of the Earth – invitation to join the public
meeting in Stewkley.
· Information from Zurich regarding seminars on Health and
Safety.
· Hacker Young Accountants – information regarding their
change to a limited liability partnership.
· Report on shares with Computershare.
· New Moral Code of Conduct from the Local Authority.
· Letter from R Clarabutt regarding complaints about the rubbish
on private land at Pantlings.
· Bucks Playing Fields Association – request for a grant.
· Copies of Vibe for each councillor.
· Heritage Lottery Fund – declining application for a grant
for the War Memorial restoration work.
· Aylesbury Mains – Quote for repairs to the column at
Wantage Close. The PC agreed that Aylesbury Mains should be asked
to put the work in hand.
9. JUBILEE GREEN:-
An apology was received for the inadequate grass cutting and a
promise made that it would be done properly next time.
Councillor Naghi has nothing further to report on the new play
equipment but is still making progress with the matter.
10. RECREATION GROUND
The clothes recycling bin is going ahead, An information leaflet
will be sent to the Parish Council and a leaflet drop around the
village will be carried out. It has been confirmed that the bin
will be emptied once a week and that if possible will be put on
the concrete base.
11. BURIAL GROUND:-
Nothing to report.
12. PARISH PLAN:-
The Parish Council are still waiting for a reply from the
Cottesloe School.
13. LOCAL TRAFFIC MANGEMENT:-
Construction of the new roundabout starts in a fortnight. The
closing of Rothschild Road and the alterations at Park Gate will
start in June.
14. PLANNING:-
Applications:
07/00358/APP 16 Stewkley Road Erection of 3 two storey
residential units.
No Objections.
07/00761/APP 13 Hawthorne Way Erection of first floor front
extension.
No Objections.
07/00852/AOP The Paddock, Two storey detached dwelling with
integral Littleworth. garage.
No Objections.
07/00855/APP 1 Rothschild Road First floor rear dormer extension.
No Objections.
07/00979/APP 17 Ridgeway Single storey front and first floor side
extension.
No Objections.
Decisions:
APP/J0405/A/06/2028130 Land adjacent to 14 High New detached
dwelling.
Street, Burcott. Permission granted.
07/00730/ATC and Wantage House, 2 and Felling 8 trees and fell
07/00589/ATC 4 Vicarage Lane. 1 Sycamore.
Permission granted.
15. FINANCE;-
Payment of the following invoices and expenses were unanimously
approved;-
Supplier Service provided Invoice total Payment method
AVDC Rates £ 61.29 dd
Eon Street Lighting £484.16 dd
Wing Hall Trust Bus shelter licence – 5 years £50.00 Cheque
Wing Hall Trust Rent Apr – June 2007 £566.39 Cheque
Wing Hall Trust PC Meetings £26.00 Cheque
What’s on in Wing Advert £10.00 Cheque
JR Keel Grass Cutting £520.00 Cheque
JR Keel Grass Cutting £260.00 Cheque
Aylesbury Mains £101.65 Cheque
Richard Clarabutt Street cleaning £192.00 Cheque
Sheila Lambert Book keeping - March £75.00 Cheque
Antonia Blake Litter clearing £40.00 Cheque
Interest charged £0.97
Commission 04/12/06 – 04/03/07 £120.00
TOTAL £2507.46
Cllrs were concerned at the report that Barclays Bank did not
appear to be making the standing transfers between accounts, and
were therefore repeatedly charging the Council commission charges
for going overdrawn. Cllr Crutchfield was asked to follow this up
with the bank.
16. COMMUNITY GRANT APPLICATION:-
Nothing to report.
17. PARISH COUNCIL ELECTION:-
Mr John Nixon of 53 Leighton Road is a new Parish Councillor.
Seven retiring Councillors have been re-elected. There are as a
consequence three vacancies for Councillors, and interested
individuals will be invited to apply to be co-opted to these
vacancies.
18. ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-
· Cllrs noted that the street light in Littleworth between the
foot of Moorlands and Chesterfield Crescent had been completely
obscured by tree-growth from a neighbouring garden. Clerk to
consult Cllr Naghi to see whether tree could be cut back by
Arboricore.
· A request for a new rubbish cart for Richard Clarabutt was
noted. Councillor Beattie to source quotations.
· The success of the 1st Wing Scout Group St Georges Day Parade
was discussed.
· Overgrown trees in Moorlands were noted.
· The bench at the top of Littleworth has again been vandalised.
· Burcott High Street is in need of resurfacing. The possibility
of Councillor Ings-Chambers being informed was discussed.
19. DATE OF NEXT MEETING;-
Tuesday 29th May, 2007 at 7.30pm in the Small Hall, Wing Village
Hall.