12th July 2018

CASTLE COMBE PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on Thursday 12.07.18

in the Village Hall, Castle Combe

Present:

Cllr’s:  F. Winup (Chairman).

  1. Bettles.

Mrs. J. Halliday

  1. Blair
  2.   Ryall (Clerk)

5 Parishioners.

  1. Apologies for absence:

Cllrs. J. Mackelden, J. Prior, Mrs. H. Reeves and Unitary Cllr. Baroness. Jane. Scott

  1. Declarations of interest:

Cllr. Bettles – 4G. Estate yard licence.  4M. Cllr Blair -Speeding on the hill.

  1. Minutes of the meetings held on 17.05.18 & 7.06.18

These were accepted as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

  1. Matters Arising:

4A. Area Board Meeting and Parish Forum

Area Board

Cllr Winup attended the meeting on 4.06.18 to present the Market Cross grant application. Cllr Prior is to attend the meeting on 23.07.18 at Goss Croft Hall, Startley Road, Upper Seagry starting at 7.00pm

Parish Forum.  

The Chairman said the meeting in June was not attended and that he will attend the next when the date is confirmed.

4B. Parking Review.

  1. i) Car park Signage.

Cllr. Winup said discussions with Wilts Council about funding the proposed new car park signage will be deferred until the village cross costs are finalised as the Parish will have to find  25% of the cost.

  1. ii) Parking statistics

The Chairman said that 69 were booked in May and 10 in June.

4C Footpaths

The Chairman said that  Wilts Council Have delivered 30 tons to the golf course of which a significant amount has been used on the Whitegates turning circle by Cllr Prior and will be compacted by Cllr Bettles when settled. He will check how much more will be required to repair the School Lane and Roman bridge footpaths and progress Chris Clark, Paul Bollen’s successor, for further supplies if necessary.

4D. Village Flooding

The Chairman said the Environmental Agency (EA) still has not convened the meeting with affected property owners to explain the procedure for providing financial assistance to install flood prevention measures. The Clark said he had received an e mail from Flood Working Group asking for an up to date version of the village flood prevention plan and the name of the Council’s representative. The Chairman said he would reply.

4E. Defibrillators.

Cllr Winup said all three had now been paid for and the locations agreed. These being 53 Whitegates, the Village Hall and the Coppice UCC. The delivery of the equipment will take place once the electrical installer had been selected which is currently out for quotation. The cost includes training sessions for interested villagers for which dates will be arranged.

 

4F. Market Cross

The Chairman said following the extraordinary meeting of 7th June the estimated cost of the repairs was agreed as £70000 including a contingency of £5700.

Grants have been agreed by the following organisations:

Pilgrims Trust – £10000

Leche Trust    –    £3000

Area Board    –   £20000 (normal maximum £5000)

He said an application was submitted to the Heritage Lottery on 7th June for a grant of £17000 with a response expected in eight weeks.

The Parish council will contribute £20000 increasing to £25000 if necessary.

The Production Factory has donated £2500 for their one day fashion shoot.

4G.Estate yard Licence.

The Chairman confirmed that this is in abeyance pending information from the Estate.

4I. Village Welcome Pack.

Cllr Halliday said she would e mail the latest shortened version to the Council for comment

4J. White Lines – lower village issue 5660

The Chairman said that as agreed at the last meeting this was on hold and the recent revised CATG guidelines indicate that it is unlikely to receive priority and that the Council would have to provide 25% of the cost.

4M.Speeding on the hill & the School Lane junction.

The Chairman said that no response had yet been received from the Area Board for the CATG raised for the 20mph speed limit through the village. He did not think this would be affected by the new CATG guidelines.

6A GDPR

The Chairman said this was almost complete with all affected people contacted and a data base established. He thanked Cllr Blair for work done as the Council’s Data Protection Officer.

8B. Winter Salt

After discussion it was agreed that 3 tons would be adequate and Cllr Bettles agreed to collect it from the Wilts Council depot and that storage location would be determined by Cllr Prior and himself. The Clerk said that Wilts Council also wanted to know which salt bins needed filling, their locations and any redundant ones. Cllr Halliday agreed to check those in the Parish.

20.Wilts College – noise etc.

The Chairman said Cllr Mackelden would raise this at the next circuit liaison meeting.

  1. Finance-         £

Income                                                                                                     

Wilts Council – precept                                                                             5250.00

HMRC – VAT refund                                                                                  223.65

Production Factory – donation                                                                  2500.00

Wilts Council – grant defibrillators                                                           3495.00

Expenditure

The Councillors checked and reviewed and approved the following invoices:

Water 2 business – water supply etc.                                                             82.63

AED Locator – defibrillators                                                                     2334.72

Bowen accountants – payroll                                                                       132.00

SSE – quarterly invoice                                                                                 88.25

Zurich Municipal – insurance premium                                                    1068.61

Cllr Winup – newsletter printing                                                                  59.40

WALC – subscription                                                                                 138.20

Liz Taylor – plants etc                                                                                  57.80

AED Locator – defibrillators                                                                    4652.33

Cllr Winup – annual meeting expenses                                                         54.19

Bobby Van Trust – donation                                                                         20.00

Cllr Winup – newsletter printing                                                                   50.16

 

Lloyds Bank account @  29.05.18                                                          42068.75

Deposit account Shawbrook (William Prior Heritage Fund)                  20000.00

  1. Correspondence.

6A. CPRE Membership

The meeting agreed to join for a further year.

6B Seafarers appeal

The meeting agreed to donate £20

6c. Wiltshire Life

The Chairman said the Clerk had been contacted by Wiltshire Life about an article on the Market Cross. The meeting agreed that this would be appropriate after the result of the lottery grant  application was known.

  1. Planning applications

P.C. Approved:

66, Whitegates – side extension etc

Middle Cottage – new front door

Old Werretts – new out building and interior alterations.

P.C. Under Consideration:

Nil

P.C. Objected.

Nil

Unitary Council Granted:

Gardeners House – tree surgery

St Andrews Church – revised plans

66, Whitegates – side extension etc.

Unitary Council under Consideration:

Old Werretts – new outbuilding and interior alterations.

Unitary Council Rejected.

2, Fairfield UCC – flat roof extension for kitchen etc.

  1. Unitary Councillor

No comments received.

  1. Playing Field & CC Circuit

Playing Field

The Chairman said the annual CC Colts football competition took place as usual in early July.

CC Circuit.

The Chairman reminded the meeting that the village had been allocated the car boot on 14th October.

  1. Play Areas

Cllr Halliday reported that the Parish Steward had weed killed and cut back the undergrowth around the Whitegates play area.

Mr Hacker offered to strim the edges of the lower play area. The Chairman thanked him and said he would show him where the strimmer is kept.

  1. Highways

Cllr Halliday said the village steward had cleaned the signs, weed killed and cleared the drains throughout the village. The street cleaner was now coming every two months and the only major item outstanding was replacing the marker posts along the river.

  1. Village Environment.

The Chairman said the arrangement for maintenance with Mr Bruce – Scott needs reviewing and understood  that Cllr Prior had asked him to recommence as the Village Steward was unavailable at the appropriate time. Cllr Bettles agreed to water the trough in the car park and Cllr Reeves the one at the top of the hill.

The Clerk said he would check the frequency of the rubbish bin clearance as some are overflowing.

  1. Whitegates

The Chairman said Cllr Reeves has written to Green Square about tidying  the area around the bus shelter. A working party from Whitegates is proposed to replace the bus shelter roof felting.

  1. TV. Committee.

The Chairman said that the system had no problems recently.

  1. Village Hall

The Chairman said the bookings remain good and that £2703 had been transferred to the Council towards the defibrillators. The remaining assets stand at £964 to cover known commitments

  1. Date of next meeting.

This was confirmed as Thursday 27th September 2018 at 7.30 p.m. in the Village Hall.