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MINUTES of a Meeting held at the Peace Hall, Garden Village, Woldingham on 30 November at 7.30pm. Present: Jill Meekings (Chairman); Bill Williams; Julie Moylan; Colin Packington; Jeff Jeffery; Michael Batterbury; Rodney Fuller; Karen Newman (Clerk); Bobby Johnson 1. Apologies: Cllr Sally Marks 2. Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting held on the 27 October had been circulated and were signed by the Chairman as a correct record. 3. Declarations of Interest Cllr Packington - Forest Ridge, Station Road Cllr Batterbury - Croft Road 4. Matters arising: Action list which had been circulated to all Councillors before the meeting was discussed and will be updated for the January meeting.
5. Planning Matters: a. A copy of Appendix A had been circulated to all members before the meeting and the Council voted to ratify the recommendations of the Planning Group. Cllr Johnson advised the meeting that 1 Beulah Walk had been granted. The Chairman mentioned that the Inspector’s report was a good one and gives good answers to all the objections and clear conditions were given. Cllr Johnson also advised that letters had been sent in on the 2 future appeals: Whistler’s Steep and Park Mews. b. Infringements: Cllr Packington read through the infringement report which had been circulated to all Councillors before the meeting. Cllr Packington advised that Mr Ray and Mrs Sandford had called at his house in order to view the excavations at Forest Ridge. Cllr Packington emphasised to Mr Ray that it was the Parish Council’s observations that were made and he understood that Mr Ray went into Station Road to take photographs for his records. 6. Finance: a. Payments: The payments as Appendix B were signed and approved. b. Precept: The Chairman advised that the proposed precept was £20,115 which was a decrease of 42.1%. A discussion took place on the precept proposal and Cllr Williams proposed the motion for acceptance and was seconded by Cllr Johnson. c. Accounts: The Clerk advised that the accounts for 2005/06 had been audited and returned with no matters arising. The Clerk advised that the notice and correct requisite information ie. Pages 1 - 3 of the annual return form had been displayed for the required 14 days. 7. Highways & Rights of Way: a. Highways Monitoring and Reporting: In Cllr Marks’ absence the Chairman advised the meeting that Cllr Marks had requested that all Highway Faults should go through her as they are short staff. After a discussion the Parish Council agreed that Cllr Fuller should stay as the PC’s contact but would e-mail Cllr Marks to keep her informed. b. Service Road: The Chairman advised that the 2006/07 invoices had now been issued and only one payment was outstanding. Cllr Packington had e-mailed before the meeting the draft notice and letter to be sent to all landlords and tenants re the road closure - all Councillors agreed with the content of the letter. c. Croft Road: The Parish Council discussed Mrs Batterbury’s proposal on behalf of the Croft Road Residents which was presented before the meeting. The Parish Council agreed in principle to supporting the residents in their initiative in getting Croft Road adopted and the Chairman asked the Clerk to write formally to Mrs Batterbury as the Secretary. d. Slines Oak Island: Cllrs Jeffery and Packington advised that they had had a meeting with Highways who have informed them that there is no money in the budget but would come back to the Parish Council with a budget to clean up the island. 8. Reports: APM Dial A Ride 22/11/06 - Cllr Batterbury didn’t attend 9. Miscellaneous Matters: a. Airports: nothing to report. b. Recycling: The Chairman advised that correspondence had been received from a resident re the large cardboard collection and had mentioned that there was a dispute between Biffa and TDC. The Clerk had contacted the Amenities Department and was advised that there was no dispute but any large bulky items required residents to telephone 01883 732998 / 01883 732988 to arrange collection. The Chairman mentioned that the resident had asked whether a central collection point could be arranged over the Christmas period after a lengthy discussion it was agreed that this would be too costly and a potential fire risk. c. Post Office/Village Shop: Cllr Jeffery advised that the Post Office was now open and it was agreed that this item would now be deleted from the agenda. d. Litter Pick - Cllr Packington advised that the next litter pick will be on April 28 2007. e. Road Group: This item will be removed from the agenda as the speed restrictions were approved at the Local Committee Meeting on the 29 September. Implementation will hopefully take place in the later part of 2007. f. Security: The Chairman advised that herself and Cllr Jeffery went and spoke to all the traders in the Crescent who were very positive towards the installation of CCTV. Cllr Jeffery will now obtain quotes for discussion at January’s meeting. The opinions of other residents are being sought via the recent newsletter. g. Christmas Tree/Carol Service: The Chairman advised that she had spoken to all the Traders who indicated that they would contribute to the carols evening. The Clerk will contact Simon Aggiss to ask whether people could use the Village Hall car park. Cllr Jeffery advised that he is borrowing the Woldingham Wives marquee, the electrician will be putting in the feed next week and that the Christmas lights have been ordered. Cllr Johnson confirmed that 5 members of the salvation army will be attending. h. Parking: The Chairman advised that two letters had been received saying that the parking in the Crescent is ‘horrendous’. The Chairman will draft the signs which will go next to the parking spaces opposite the shop asking for people to restrict their parking time to 20 minutes. i. Village Event: The Chairman advised that herself and Cllr Moylan had a meeting with the Village Institute to talk about ideas for the Village Event scheduled for the 14 July 2007. A group of residents is still required to drive this initiative. j. Newsletter: The Chairman advised that the newsletter had been sent out and gave thanks to Sue Edwards for all her hard work. k. Grants: The Chairman advised that she had been contacted by the Woldingham 123 Club and had e-mailed to all Councillors before the meeting their grant application. It was unanimously agreed to award a grant of £250. 10. Meetings to attend: 11/12 Police Meeting - Chairman and Clerk to attend 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 December and January. b. Cllr Johnson asked whether something could be done about the sign on the Green. Cllr Johnson also mentioned the storage problem of having to keep plans, accounts etc. for 5 years. It was agreed that the Clerk would look into the cost of storage. c. Cllr Williams advised that due to the large number of power failures lately in the village and with the festive season approaching he suggested writing to EDF Energy for an explanation on why they are occurring. It was agreed that Cllr Williams would draft the letter and the Clerk would send. d. Cllr Meekings mentioned that in the Tandridge News there was an article saying that Parish Council’s elections were being held in May 2007 but the Clerk had spoken to TDC who had confirmed that Woldingham’s next election would be in 2008. e. The Chairman advised that the Community Gang will be visiting Woldingham soon and asked for suggestions to be e-mailed to the Clerk for forwarding to Cllr Marks. Meeting ended at 9.22pm and was attended by 2 members of the public part of the time. Next meeting to be held on 25 January 2007 at Woldingham Village Hall at 7.30pm. (Police Meeting at 7pm.)
APPENDIX A Recommendations of planning group: 06/1181 Wheatlands, Marden Park - extension and alterations to existing dwelling with demolition of adjacent stables and poly tunnel - Objection 06/1501 Badgers Walk, R/O Cherrys, High Drive - excavation of land to create swimming pool and erection of replacement stables. - Objection 06/1555/TPO Highways Cottage, Butlers Dene Road - TPO 51 (T) - crown lift 5 maples to 3 metres - No objection 06/1632/TPO Heroncroft, Southdown Road - TPO 198(T) - crown lift 1 beech by 5 metres and crown reduce by 25%. Crown lift 2 black pine trees 10 metres. Remove 4 lower branches from 1 black pine. No objection 06/1686 Woodlea Primary School - removal of exisiting demountable classrooms. Construction of single storey building to provide 4 classromms. To be discussed 06/1696 Little Kemp, Upper Court Road - erection of conservatory to rear elevation. To be discussed 06/1648 Danela, Slines Oak Road - erection of 2 storey side extension incorporating integral garage. Erection and single storey rear extension. To be discussed Approve 06/1305 Rosemullion, Northdown Road - erection of dormer windows to rear roof slope and insertion of velux style windows to rear/side roof slopes in connection with loft conversion. 06/1324 Beechwood House, Nethern Court Road - erection of sun room to north elevation. O6/1389 Holmwood, Park View Road - erection of 1.5m high gates to frontage. 06/1347 Applegarth, High Drive - erection of first floor extension linking detached garage and erection of porch. 06/1388 Flemings, The Ridge - garden out building (CLUED) for an existing development. 06/1117
Land at Hillboxes Farm, Marden Park - removal of existing mast. Erection of 15m
high telecommunication pole supporting 3 top mounted antennas (total height 17.8m),
3 mast mounted antennas and 1x30mm dish 06/1324 Beechwood House, Nethern Court - erection of sun room to north elevation. 06/1370
1 Beulah Walk - demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings. Erection of
5-bed house with detached double garage. Appeals Dismissed 06/47 Hurst Place, Woldingham Road - demolition of existing building. Erection of single storey building. 05/1512 Umberleigh, Slines Oak Road - demolition of existing car port and erection of single storey side extension incorporating garage. Erection of pitched roof extension over building incorporating gable and 2 dormer windows to front roof slope and 3 dormer windows to rear roof slope to provide additional accommodation. 05/1106 Land to the rear of Roseacre, Station Road - erection of detached 4-bed dwelling with attached double garage. 05/1288 Graylings, Camp Road - Demolition of house and garage. Erection of 6-bed dwelling with attached double garage.
03/283 Land at Whistler's Steep, Chalkpit Lane - breach of planning control 06/505 Park Mews, Marden Park - original date for the hearing cancelled
- hearing now 27th February 2007
APPENDIX B Gold Account Monies
Paid In Expenses to be paid: Expenses
for the month £1,653.80 Balance £2,530.84 | ||
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