Feb mins 10

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       Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Hanbury Parish Council (HPC)
                  Held at 19.30 on Monday February 22 at 19.30
                              In Hanbury Village Hall

Present       Chairman       Alan Bingham (AB)

              Cllrs          Ian Few (IF), Neil Cook (NC), David Ford (DF),
                             N Nicklin (NN),Clare Stallard (CS), John Evans (JE)
                             Paul Platt (PP), Roy Raxter (RR).

              Dst Cllr       Audrey Steele (AS)
              Cty Cllr       Maurice Broomfield (MB)

1.     Apologies for absence

       There were no apologies received.

2.     Declarations of Interest

       There were declarations received from Cllrs RR, NN and DF re agenda item, 7.1
       planning application –Dee An Ar. Declarations of interest also received from Cllrs DF
       and NN re agenda item 7.1 – planning application – The Byre.

3.     Approve and sign the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting on Monday 25th
       January 2010
       The minutes were taken as read and approved.

4.     Progress Reports from the Previous minutes

       Lighting at Courts Close Bungalows. Clerk has written to the Housing Association in
       the last few days and they are looking into the matter of the ownership of the
       lighting.

4.5    The Lengthsman has litter picked along Forest Lane.
       There are no bins available for purchase at the moment, and it was felt that extra
       bins would not help the littering of Forest Lane, as it was probably mainly due to
       motorists.

4.9.3 Purchase of a new set of lights in time for Christmas 2010. Mr Roger Wright would
      purchase the extra lights and send the receipt to the Parish Council for payment.


4.12   Vehicle Activated Speed Signs. AS agreed to let the Clerk have the manufacturers
       contact information when the bill for the vehicle activated signs had been paid for.
       The Chairman – AB agreed that HPC would pay the bill for the signs when the
       ongoing matter of the speed of the sign had been settled.


5.     Correspondence received to date.

       No correspondence received this month.
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6.    County and District Councillor’s Reports

      M. Broomfield – County Cllr reported the following

            There is to be a 2.9% increase in expenditure over the next year at County
             Council.
            MB agreed to find out if the Lengthsman scheme would continue in the year
             2010/2011.

      A.Steel –District Cllr reported the following

            The Youth Bus is ready for use. Contact Rob Mace at the Wychavon hub to
             book.
            Wychavon budget 20010/11 is to rise to 1.94% above last years budget.

7.    Planning

      W/10/00044
      The Byre
      Goosehill Lane
      Broughton Green
      WR9 7EH

      Conversion and extension.

      W/10/00070
      Dee an Ar
      Hanbury Road
      Hanbury
      B60 4DA

      Proposed two storey extension.


8.    To Receive Reports from:

8.1   Hanbury 2010 activities

      “Hanbury in your Hands – the group are producing the final draft, having
      incorporated comments from Planning, Conservation, Highways and Planning
      Policy. We need to add photographs and get it ready to drop into the
      printers. Hopefully we can do this in the next week.
      Once we have the final layout, we will be able to inform the Parish Council on
      how much of the allocated £1500 we will need.

      Improving Hanbury’s Looks – as spring approaches, it will be time for a
      replanting of the three planters on the main roads into the village. We have
      three lots of volunteers who will do this.

      Woodlands and Orchards of Hanbury – the current work of this group is
      ending, with a small amount of funding still to spend.
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      REVIEW
      2010 would a good year to review our priorities which came out in the
      booklet, Hanbury 2010, in 2004 – there have been a lot of new people
      coming to live in Hanbury since it was published. Advice about a review from
      Community First suggests that we ask parishioners what they think of what
      we have achieved (maybe a two sides of A4 questionnaire in the Herald),
      then have couple of events asking parishioners what their priorities are now”
      Clare Stallard.

      CS agreed to send a copy of the final report of the amended Hanbury in your
      Hands Design Statement to the Clerk who would then forward it to JE and
      other interested Councillors before the document went to the printer.


8.2   The Village Hall extension Committee

      Plans for the proposed extension to the Village Hall were circulated at the meeting to
      all Councillors. It was agreed that NN and DF would take the plans to Wychavon for
      a pre application meeting before April 1st.

9     Finance

9.1   Monies received by the Parish Council:

      There were no monies received by the Parish Council this month.


9.2   Payments submitted and approved for payment by the Parish Council

      A. D Farnsworth – Parish Lengthsman                                     £220

      N Power – Landlords lighting for Court s Close, Hanbury.                £140.30

      BT – Clerks telephone to February                                       £76.71

      Wychavon District Council – Vehicle Activated Sign                   £3260.25
      This cheque was written and signed, ready to be sent to Wychavon Finance
      Department when the issue in 4.12 is resolved.

      Hanbury Herald – Final donation for 2009/10                             £200

      Elmcroft Tree Nursery Woodlands and Orchards budget                     £333.70

9.3   Other financial matters
      A letter was received from the Internal Auditor – Dianne Malley asking HPC if they
      would like her to carry out the internal audit for 2009/2010. HPC agreed to use D
      Malley for the forthcoming internal audit.

10.   Jobs for the Parish Lengthsman

      It was agreed to ask the PL to do the following jobs

            To tidy the playground on the Recreation Ground.
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            PL to contact Mr Hoomans re the hedge outside his property on Courts Close,
             and to report back to the Clerk with his suggestions, as Mr Hoomans has
             requested that the hedge be cut back to allow him to be able to maintain the
             hedge himself.

11.   Discussion and decision as to how Hanbury Parish Council would like its
      relationship with Hanbury 2010 to continue.

      A long discussion took place with regard to the above agenda item.

      It was reported that Hanbury in Your Hands were currently finishing the Design
      Statement – which had been submitted to the Council in October 2009. A final draft
      will be issued to Councillors before printing.

      Woodlands and Orchards Group had finished spending the last of their monies
      and the group would become dormant until a need was identified for further trees
      within the Parish.

      Improving Hanburys Looks was an ongoing group and HPC had budgeted £300
      for them in 2010/2011 for the refurbishment of the planters by the “Hanbury” signs.

      Crash is an active group within the Parish. It was agreed that Crash would be asked
      to express their view in terms of what they would like to do in the future, and what
      they would like their relationship with HPC to be.

      CS noted that the Parish Plan needed to be reviewed and a survey, or different
      activity needed to take place to get parishioners views on their priorities in the
      parish.

12.   Parish Councillors’ Reports and Items for Future Agenda

      It was reported that 8 new speed reminder signs had been installed along Forest
      Lane, although 3 had been knocked down already.

      The Clerk provided the March article for submission to the Hanbury Herald, and all
      Councillors agreed to contact the Clerk if they had any additional information to be
      included.

13.   Agenda Appendix items for information
      Members did not wish to discuss any item on the Agenda Appendix.

14.   Date of next meeting Monday 22nd March at the Village Hall at 19.30hrs

      Meeting closed at 22.15
Public Question Time

         There was concern re the removal of hedging at the Vernon Arms. Planning
          enforcement had been out and inspected the site.

Jenny Hawkins Community Support Officer (Police) – reported on the following
burglaries

         Pallisers
         Hanbury Woods – Bag theft
         Hanbury Growers
         Also suspicious activity noted and police presence sent to local residence

Actions for February

4      Purchase of a new set of lights in time for Christmas 2010. Mr Roger Wright
would purchase the extra lights and send the receipt to the Parish Council for
payment.


8.1       Hanbury 2010 activities

CS agreed to send a copy of the final report of the amended Hanbury in your Hands
Design Statement to the Clerk who would then forward it to JE and other interested
Councillors.


8.2       The Village Hall extension Committee

Plans for the proposed extension to the Village Hall were circulated at the meeting to
all Councillors. It was agreed that NN and DF would take the plans to Wychavon for
a pre application meeting before April 1st.
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