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Minutes of a Meeting of the Wickhambrook Parish Council
22nd July 2004 at 7.30 p.m. in All Saints Church Meeting Room |
| Present |
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Cllrs. J. Wilson (Chairman), S. Sumner, J. Claydon,
J. Walker, P. Bevan, K. Merritt
County Cllr. J. Midwood; Borough Cllr. D. Redhead
Clerk P. Miller
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1. Apologies for absence
Cllr. A. Harrison |
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2. Minutes of Meeting of
22nd July
The previously issued minutes were taken as read and signed. |
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3. Matters arising.
There were no matters arising that were not otherwise on the
agenda. |
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4. Declarations of interest in agenda items.
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There were no declarations of interest.
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| 5. Reports |
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5.1 County Cllr.
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| 5.1.1 Safety to school. Little use being made of the walking
route via Thorns Close and the footway. |
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| 5.1.2 Speed checks – Lidgate. Have shown that most speeding
problem is at the Newmarket end of the village. |
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| 5.1.3 Speed checks – A143. Minuteman checks being made
for comparison before and after introduction of 40 mph limit. |
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| 5.1.4 Speeding motorcycles. Concerned at speed on A143, B1073,
church road and Cemetery Road on Tuesday evenings. The Clerk
was instructed to refer to the Community Beat Officer. |
Clerk |
| 5.1.5 Police cover. Concern that both officers based at Clare
were on leave at the same time had been discussed with sector
Commander Jepson. |
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5.1.6 Other matters reported under minute 12.
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6. Clerk’s Report
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6.1 Local Transport Plan consultation. Circulated. A joint
response had been prepared from individually completed questionnaires.
A summary of the outcome of the consultation had been received
and would be circulated.
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Clerk |
6.2 Removal of BT payphones. Circulated. Information from
BT was that payphones cost, on average, £1,000 p.a. to
maintain. The payphone at Ashfield Green had 45 chargeable calls
recorded for the past quarter and that at Genesis Green no calls.
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6.3 Suffok ACRE newsletter. Circulated. Noted.
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6.4 Wildlife Trust courses. Circulated. Noted.
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6.5 Local Transport Plan 2004 progress report. Circulated.
Noted. No response to feedback form required.
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6.6 SALC newsletter. Issued. No action required.
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6.7 Periodic Electoral Review – final recommendations.
On circulation.
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6.8 Health Service PPI Forums. On circulation.
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6.9 Cleaner Neighbourhoods consultation. On circulation.
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6.10 Corporate Environmental Crime consultation. On circulation.
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6.11 Action on SALC AGM 2003 resolutions. On circulation.
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6.12 Hedgerow Survey newsletter. On circulation.
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6.13 Wildlife Training Day. On circulation.
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6.14 Common Land – right of way for vehicles. On circulation.
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| 6.15 Village Website. Costings for future maintenance circulated.
To be considered at next meeting with other 2005/6 budget items. |
Clerk |
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| 6.16 SALC Courses. Letter from Clare Parish Clerk proposing
the holding of courses locally be responded to positively. |
Clerk |
| 6.17 Notice board and bench at Clopton. These had been installed
by the developers of Clopton Park. |
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| 7. Finance |
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| 7.1 The following payments were approved: |
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| 7.1.1 |
1123 |
Wic-Kids Club |
Donation transfer |
250.00 |
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Parish Council had acted
as intermediate banker |
| 7.1.2 |
1124 |
Saxon Monumental |
Churchyard headstones maintenance |
88.12 |
| 7.1.3 |
1125 |
D.R. King & Son |
Grounds contract 1st payment |
2115.00 |
| 7.1.4 |
1126 |
D.R. King & Son |
Disabled access paths |
2373.50 |
| 7.1.5 |
1127 |
P. Miller |
Telephone rental and call costs |
89.37 |
| 7.1.6 |
1128 |
Heelis & Lodge |
Internal audit fee |
50.00 |
| 7.1.7 |
1129 |
Suffolk Wildlife Trust |
Membership subscription |
30.00 |
| 7.1.8 |
0126 |
D.R. King & Son
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Path and grassing to skatepark |
1515.75 No.2 a/c |
| 7.2 The following income was received: |
| 7.2.1 |
100356 |
H.J. Paintin Ltd |
Cemetery fee – interment |
100.00 |
| 7.2.2 |
ditto |
Martin & Sons |
Cemetery fee – interment |
100.00 |
| 7.2.3 |
ditto |
W’brook Bowls Club |
Ground rent 2003 (part) & 2004 |
15.75 |
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ditto |
Anon.
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Donation for Wic-Kids Club |
250.00 |
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| 7.3 Disputed electricity bills. The Clerk reported that this
had still not been resolved. |
Clerk |
| 8. Planning |
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| 8.1 The following applications had been considered by the
Parish Council on circulation: |
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| 8.1.1 SE/04/2692/P – Attleton Farm, Attleton Green –
change of use – no objection |
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| 8.1.2 SE/04/2810/P – land adj. Landmark, Coltsfoot Green
– outline dwelling – |
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Although there had been differences in
opinion, the application had been returned too late for
a meeting to be called to discuss it. With the Chairman’s
agreement the Clerk had therefore referred questions raised
to the Planning Officer vis. suitability of ‘infil’
description, possible impact on existing road drainage
problem, protection of right of way and need for septic
tank sewerage. |
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| 8.2 The following applications granted/refused by the Borough
Council or withdrawn were noted: |
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| 8.2.1 SE/04/1765/P – Black Horse Farm, Ashfield Green
– change of use – granted |
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| 8.2.2 SE/04/2324/P – Lady’s Green Farm –
extension – granted |
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8.2.3 SE/04/2458/P – Vi-mar, Wash Lane – extension
– granted
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| 9. Estates Committee |
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| Minutes of meeting of 3rd August had been issued. No matters
were raised. It was agreed that the date of the next meeting
be 14th September not 7th as provisionally set. |
Clerk |
| 10. MSC representative’s report |
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| 10.1 There had been no trustees meeting. |
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10.2 Use of Pavilion for meetings. Allocation of a key had
been agreed with the Booking Manager. Future bookings to be
arranged.
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Clerk |
| 11. United Charities representatives report |
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| 11.1 Decoration. Completed internally but external work delayed
by weather. |
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11.2 Tenancies. Cannot be finalised until works completion
date is confirmed.
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| 12. Hedges, Verges, Roads and Drains |
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| 12.1 Thorns Close drainage sump. Work started on drainage
piping across the corner of the six acres and adjacent to the
tennis courts. |
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| 12.2 Meeting Green hedges. County Cllr. Midwood referred to
complaints about the overgrown condition of the hedges. The
Clerk advised that some cutting had been carried out. It was
not clear whether complaints had superseded the cutting. |
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12.3 Roadworks outside school. Although it was not clear
what was being done, County Cllr. Midwood expressed concern
that any alteration to the road might result in increased parking
opposite the school and in the entry to Mole Hill.
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| 13. Rights of Way |
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| 13.1 Cutting of footpaths. Crossfield paths had been opened.
County Cllr. Midwood voiced concern at the tone of the letter
to landowners from Rights of Way Officer. |
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| 14. Neighbourhood Watch |
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| Cllr. Sumner reported that he had contacted the Neighbourhood
Watch Co-ordinator who had indicated his intention to continue
in post until some unspecified date. The Co-ordinator reported
that he was still not being kept informed of crimes and frequently
only learnt about them through hearsay. He also said that he
had approved a leaflet to increase involvement in Neighbourhood
Watch at the end of 2003 but that nothing had happened since.
The Clerk was instructed to express concern to the Sector Commander.
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Clerk |
| 15. Bowls Club |
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| 15.1 Borough Cllr. Redwood reported on an inspection carried
out by the St Edmundsbury Head Groundsman. The Green had been
assessed as in poor condition, probably due to lack of maintenance
expenditure. Remedial work – spiking and scarifying, top-soiling,
seeding and feeding – estimated to cost £2,085 in
first year. Subsequent maintenance costs estimated at £1,825
p.a. excluding routine mowing which is assumed to be done voluntarily
by club members. |
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| 15.2 Borough Cllr. Redwood had contacted Bury Bowls Club who
had offered to advise on possible approaches to increasing club
membership. |
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| 15.3 Resolved that the future of the Bowls Green be discussed
within the Estates Committee meeting on 14th September. Representatives
of the Bowls Club and MSC to be invited to attend. |
Clerk |
| 16. SALC AGM report |
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| It was agreed that as the AGM had been fully reported in the
SALC newsletter it was not necessary for Cllr. Sumner to give
a detailed report. Cllr. Sumner commented that he had found
the meeting very interesting particularly the Chief Constable’s
report showing Suffolk to be the second safest county despite
a cut in the policing budget. |
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17. Date of next meeting
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| Thursday 23rd September, 7.30 p.m. in All Saints Church Meeting
Room. |
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18. Dates of subsequent meetings
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| 28th October; 25th November |
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| 19. Any other business |
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It was questioned whether the installation of a roadside vehicle
access mirror requires planning approval.
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Clerk |
| Meeting closed at 8.55p.m. |
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