Woldingham Parish Council

MINUTES of a Meeting held at Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham on 24 April 2008 at 7.30pm.

Present: Michael Batterbury Colin Packington
Rodney Fuller Sally Marks
Bobby Johnson - Chairman Julie Moylan
Jeff Jeffery Bill Williams

Karen Newman (Clerk)

1. Apologies: Cllr Moylan and Williams

2. Minutes.
The Minutes of the meeting held on the 27 March had been circulated and were signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

3. Declarations of Interest
Cllr Packington - Forestridge
Cllr Johnson - Company Secretary of Woldingham Magazine
Cllr Marks - member of another authority Surrey County Council
Cllr Jeffery - Member of the Village Hall Committee

4. Matters arising
The Action list was discussed and will be updated for the May meeting with the following:

Slines Oak Island: Cllr Jeffery advised the daffodil bulbs have now died so work can be carried out by the contractor. Two signs have been delivered to the neighbour opposite who is going to maintain the Island.
Improved Signage: Cllr Jeffery advised that he had obtained two quotes £1,614 and £2,173. A long discussion took place over the advantages of cast iron and resin and it was agreed that Cllr Jeffery would investigate the cost in resign.
Bus Stops: Cllr Marks advised that she had spoken to SCC but it is not moving forward. Cllr Marks will chase again.
Overgrown Hedges Woldingham Golf Course: Rodney advised that things were not moving forward. The Clerk will speak to the Manager of the golf course once again.
Dead Beech Tree: Rodney advised that he had contacted Highways and had a reference number.
Governors Meeting to discuss School Parking: The Minutes of the Governors Meeting were still not forthcoming despite the Clerk chasing the Chairman of the Governors twice. The Clerk will chase again.

5. Planning Matters:
A copy of Appendix A was circulated to all members before the meeting. Cllr Packington read through Appendix A on behalf of Cllr Moylan. The Council voted to ratify the recommendations of the Planning Group.

Cllr Batterbury attended the Planning Appeal on the land rear of Gable House on behalf of the Parish Council and issued a report to all Cllrs before the meeting. Cllr Batterbury also advised that he had attended a TPO Meeting on High Drive House which had been issued a blanket order.

b. Infringements: Cllr Packington read through the infringement report which had been circulated to all Councillors before the meeting.

6. Finance:
a. Payments: The payments as Appendix B were signed and approved.
b. Accounts 07/08 - the Council had been distributed with a draft copy of the 07/08 accounts and a vote was taken and carried to accept the draft accounts.

7. Highways & Rights of Way:
a. Highways Monitoring and Reporting:
Cllr Jeffery advised that it was 4 years to the day and the new speed limits and signs are being put up around the Village.

8. Reports:
a. LORD - attended by Cllrs Williams and Batterbury. The Chairman advised that the minutes of the meeting and a report of the meeting had been circulated before hand. The Chairman asked Cllr Marks to whom should the Parish Council write to in the future - Cllr Marks confirmed that the Parish Council should write to Ian Reeves and copied to David Munroe.
b. Land R/o Gable Cottage: covered above
c. Chesham & Farleigh APM: Cllr Packington advised that himself and Cllr Fuller attended on behalf of the Parish Council.
d. Cllr Packington advised that he had attended the funeral of George Pysden. Cllr Packington advised the meeting that Mr Pysden had made both notice boards, the coffin stools for St. Pauls and St. Agathas and also the collection dishes. Cllr Packington mentioned that he had been contacted by the Livery to write an article on Mr Pysden.

9. Miscellaneous Matters:
a. Airports: Nothing to report. The Chairman confirmed that she had written to the Surrey and Caterham Newspaper Group re Biggin Hill.
b. Station Car Parking: The Chairman advised that at the last meeting it was agreed that Cllr Williams would draft a letter to Mr Keymer which was agreed and sent. Cllr Batterbury asked for his objection to the letter be minuted.

Cllr Packington advised that the cost for providing a temporary car park would be in the region of £30k and for a tarmac car park the cost would be approximately £500,000. The Parish Council hope that the new Council will take this forward and investigate the special needs category.
c. School Parking: Covered above and it is hoped that the new Parish Council would meet with the school and Craigmyle Glebe to discuss the way forward with the piece of land.
d. Speedwatch Cllr Jeffery advised that it had been a bad month and had spoken to Clive Harris Ross and Moira Cox about the situation. Mrs Cox will go around the Village with Cllr Jeffery to pick out key areas now the new speed limits are in place.
e. Newsletter: The Chairman advised that the newsletter had been sent out and asked for a vote of thanks to be given to Sue Edwards. Cllr Jeffery advised that the Post Master had commented that a lot of people had been saying that they didn't know the Post Office offered the services listed in the newsletter.
f. Village Event: In Cllr Moylan's absence the Chairman advised that an advertisement is going in next months magazine.
g. APM: The Chairman advised that Ray Watson had agreed to come and speak on behalf of Flightpath.
h. May Elections: nothing to report.

l. WAG: Cllr Packington advised that with Keith Newell and Geoffrey King he was attending a meeting with a barrister. Cllr Jeffery asked whether WAG could look into the press release from Nick Skellett. The Chairman advised that she felt this had
already been done. The Chairman advised that there is an Extraordinary Meeting of the Tandridge Local Committee being held on the 7 May at 7.30pm and asked for as many residents as possible to attend when the petition of over 1200 signatures will be handed in.

Cllr Packington read through the schedules of the litter pick and asked all leaders to pick up their helpers from The Green and if possible to prearrange help where necessary.

10. Meetings to attend:
8 May TDC Extraordinary Meeting of Tandridge Local Committee 7.30pm

11. Correspondence:
Correspondence received during the month was circulated to all Councillors during the meeting.

12. Any Other Business:
a. Diary: All Councillors completed diary dates for May 2008.
b. Cllr Batterbury thanked The Chairman for her leadership.
c. Cllr Jeffery advised that he had been in touch with the Park's Department who will cut the hedge at the Crescent each end by 11/2 - 2 metres and grass it over. Cllr Jeffery has suggested to Parks that they continue to carry the posts round to stop vehicles driving over it.
d. Cllr Packington advised that he had washed and protected the benches and notice board.

Meeting ended at 9.37
4 members of the public present part of the time