Nash Parish Council
Present:
Cllr
C G Tomkins (Chairman), Cllr G F Culverhouse, Cllr D Gillow, Cllr T Shadbolt,
Cllr Sir John Southby Bt, Cllr A
The Minutes of the meeting
on 20 September were
approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
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Matters arising from the Minutes
(i)
Motocross activities at Barnhill
Farm (Minute 41(i)): Cllr Southby
reported that, according to his records, there had been twelve motocross and
eight 4x4 events so far this year. The
situation would continue to be monitored.
(ii)
(iii)
Emergency Plan (Minute 41(iii)): Cllr
Gillow reported that only a small number of details remained to be added to the
plan and the group would meet shortly. Cllr
Culverhouse said that Mr King has raised the question of flooding on the
(iv)
Parking at the Pond (Minute
41(iv)): The
Council noted that the occupants of Corner View Cottage appeared to have moved
out and the house was up for sale. Cllr
Culverhouse would monitor the situation and speak privately to any-one who
parked on the pavement.
(v)
Reeds at the Pond (Minute 41(v)):
The Council noted that the work
had still not been done despite several reminders to Mr Madkins and promises
that the work would be done. Cllr Watts had obtained an alternative quote.
As this quote was slightly higher than Mr Madkins and was based on a
daily charge, the Council agreed to continue to ask Mr Madkins to do the work
but if it was not done by the spring, they would pursue the alternative quote.
Some Councillors queried whether the Pond belonged to the Council or was
part of Wood End Farm. The Clerk was
asked to study the Land Registry.
(vi)
Drainage of water from the Pond (Minute 41(vi)): The
Council noted that Mr Madkins had not undertaken the work on the Waterhouse’s
land either. The Clerk was asked to
contact the Waterhouse’s land agent again.
The Committee noted the correspondence between the Clerk and BCC, which
had been circulated and agreed to continue to monitor the situation.
(i)
Payments authorised/approved:
The following payments were authorised/approved:
a)
NJ
b)
NJ
c)
Powergen Electricity Supply quarter
to 30/9/07
£86.93
d)
IT
e)
Wicksteed Leisure Ltd: New seats
for small swings
£167.09
f)
Powergen
Electricity Supply,1/10/07 to 6/11/07
£33.29
(ii)
Financial position:
Cllr
Current
Account
£143.35
General
Reserve
£5,415.58
Recreation
Ground Reserve
£97.13
Total
£5,656.06
Cllr
Taylor reported that the second half of the annual precept (£4,000) had been
received on 24 September 2007. The
application for grant-in-aid in respect of the new play equipment of £1,347
(30% of the total) had been provisionally approved by AVDC but not yet received.
The VAT reclaim would be made in February and received before the end of the
financial year.
(ii)
Requests for donations:
Cllr
(iii)
Annual Accounts of village
societies:
Cllr Taylor reported that no further accounts had been received.
Cllr Southby said that he knew that the church was taking steps to
complete the inspection of its accounts. Mrs
Hedges said that she would contact the Treasurers of the Village Hall and Youth
Club.
(i)
New Applications: The Council noted the new
applications and the comments made on them as follows.
a)
07/02372/APP
Elm Farm,
b)
07/02887/APP
3 Wood End: Erection of stables and a haybarn. Nash
Parish Council made no objection.
(ii)
Application approved: The Council noted that the
following application had been approved:
a)
07/02306/APP
Land adjoining
(iii) Causter Farm, Winslow Road: The Council was reminded that, at its July meeting, it had noted that, under planning application 04/01750/APP, approval had been given for the demolition of agriculture buildings and the erection of 3 looseboxes, store and barn but the new barns were being used to store a racing car. The Clerk reported that this breach of the planning application had been investigated by AVDC and the car had now been removed from the site. If there was a recurrence of the breach, then Nash Parish Council should contact AVDC again.
Cllr Culverhouse tabled a copy of Buckingham branch of CPRE’s comments on AVDC’s core strategy development plan document – preferred option (July 2007).
(i)
Repairs
following the Play Area Safety Inspection Report (Minute 28(i)& (iv)):
Cllr Southby reported
that the new gates to the play area would be installed when the work on the
church wall was finished. The work
on the safety surface would be done when the weather was warmer.
(ii)
Little Swings (Minute
46(iii): Cllr Southby
reported that, after consultation with Cllr Taylor, these had now been replaced (See also Minute 53(i)(e)).
(iii)
Recreation Ground Hedge:
The Council noted that this had been done. Cllr
Watts reported that Mrs Collings had asked that the top of the hedge not be cut.
The Council accepted this and agreed to consider the matter further the
next time the hedge was cut.
(iv)
Use of Recreation Ground by
(v)
Seat on path to Pond (Minute
46(vii)): The Council noted that
work was in progress to install a new base and to strengthen the sides of the
seats that had been starting to crack. The Council agreed that the height of the
seat should be at least 23 inches.
(vi) 2008 Annual Inspection: The Council agreed to ask RoSPA to carry out the 2008 inspection.
(vii) Emptying of the dustbin during 2008: Councillors completed the volunteer rota to empty the bin in the play area of the Recreation Ground during 2008.
(viii) Grass Cutting arrangements for 2008: The Council agreed that, if possible, three quotations should be obtained for cutting the grass twice a month from March to October with the debris should be removed after the first and last cuts and the cut immediately prior to the fete.
(ix) Mrs Luland’s tree: Cllr Southby reported that he had replaced the strap for the tree planted at the Green to celebrate Mrs Luland’s long life because the original strap had been chaffing.
(i)
Water Leak outside 43 High Street (Minute 47(i)):
The Council noted with pleasure that the work had been completed –
most of the work related to solving the drainage problem in the High Street that
had been a regular agenda item some years previously.
The Clerk was asked to thank BCC for there work but to point out the poor
quality of the brickwork outside
(ii) AV Local Committee: 4 October 2007: Cllr Gillow reported that the speed review for Nash would take place in 2009 with any agreed changes being implemented in 2010. He also said that, for the 2007/08 winter, the main route through Nash to Beachampton would be salted.
(iii)
Local Area Forum Meeting with
(iv) Aylesbury Vale Transportation Symposium 2008: The Council noted that the next symposium was on 18 February and that further details would be available nearer the time.
(v)
Transport Action Plans: The
Council noted that these were available at
www.buckscc.gov.uk/transportmatters
(vi) Buckinghamshire Waste and Minerals Plan: The Council noted that, in view of the number of responses (2,500) to this consultation, the timetable had been extended and the next consultation phase would be in February 2008.
(i) Freighter Service: The Council noted that the freighter service would visit Nash on 17 January 2008 from 7.30am to 11 am.
(ii) Conservation Area Management Plans: The Council noted that AVDC had established a Steering Group to prepare an over-arching Conservation Area Management Plan for all Conservation Areas in the District. A Consultation document would be produced in February 2008. The Council agreed that it would be important that the generic issues covered in the overarching plan which would become part of the AVDC’s planning policy covered all the issues likely to arise in the Nash conservation area.
(i)
The Council noted that
the remaining meetings in 2007/08 were: 17 January 2008; and 20 March 2008.
(Minute 18)
(ii) The Council agreed to meet on the following dates in 2008/2009: 15 May 2008; 17 July 2008; 18 September2008; 20 November 2008; 15 January 2009; 19 March 2009.
The
Annual Parish Meeting in 2008/09 would be on 8 May 2008.
Cllr Southby outlined the problems that residents in the high Street had been having with their broadband connections. He had made contact with an alternative supplier who was holding an open meeting in Nash Village Hall on 22 November to explain the proposal and to see if there would be enough subscribers to make it economically viable.
There
being no further business the meeting closed at 9.25 p.m.
MH 19.11.07