Nash
Parish Council
Present:
Cllr A Taylor (Chairman), Cllr G F Culverhouse, Cllr B Dewhurst, Cllr D
Gillow, Cllr Sir John Southby Bt, Cllr C G Tomkins, Cllr
Apologies:
None
Mr Llew Monger, BCA Pub Club Co-ordinator,
attended to explain the new Pub Club scheme and explore how it could be
developed in Nash, given that Nash did not have a pub. The scheme had been
conceived as a means of reducing social isolation, but was also expected to
sustain rural pubs, which were often an important social meeting point in a
village and a more attractive venue than a village hall.
The first lunch had been held in Whaddon and had filled the restaurant
part of the Lowndes Arms. The Great
Horwood Club would have its first meeting in the Swan the following week.
Mr Monger suggested that Nash residents would be welcome to join either
of these two clubs but obviously they would need transport.
NPC took the view that there was likely to be more support in Nash for
the Whaddon Club, but that could cause accommodation problems in the Lowndes
Arms if the Whaddon Pub Club continued to be as well supported by Whaddon. NPC
also took the view that Nash residents would be unlikely to support such a club
in another village without a named Nash contact.
Members of NPC said that there was already an informal group that went to
a pub most weeks, and the Church organised quarterly lunches in the Village Hall
which were well supported. The
Council agreed, in principle, to support the initiative.
For the next steps, Mrs Hedges would put a paragraph in the next edition
of the Newsletter and, in her capacity as one of the organisers of the church
lunch, invited Mr Monger to the next Weekday Lunch on Friday 13 November 2009.
Subject
to the following changes,
·
Replacing “Saldon Chase” with “Salden Chase”
in Minute 23(iii)(b)
·
Adding the words “and the response to the AVDC Local
Development Framework”
the Minutes of the meeting on 16
July 2009 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
(i)
Bollards
in
(ii)
Letter
from Mr & Mrs Harwood (Minute31):
Mrs Hedges reported that she had written to both the Harwoods and the Wykes as
agreed at the last meeting. No
formal response had been received from the Harwoods and the Council received
copies of the response from the Mr and Mrs Wyke. The Council agreed that Cllr
Watts should speak to a member of the Harwood family informally to ascertain
whether the Harwoods were intending to move the gate further from the road.
Mrs Hedges would also ask the Wykes whether they had given a copy of
their letter to the Harwoods.
(i)
Payments
authorised/approved: The
following payments were authorised/approved:
a)
Wicksteed
Leisure:
New chains and shackles for swings
£236.10
b)
EON:
New lantern for PL7 in High Street
£240.00
c)
NJ
d)
EON:
Electricity Supply July 09
£29.12
e)
Mazars:
Audit fee year ending March 09
£135.00
f)
North Bucks PPC:
Annual membership to March 2010
£20.00
g)
Acme
h)
NJ
i)
Cllr Southby: Re-imbursement
materials re pump
£4.67
j)
EON: Street
Lighting Maintenance (Qtr to 30/9/09)
£41.25
k)
EON:
Electricity Supply Aug 09
£29.12
l)
Stephen Quainton:
Painting Notice Board by Village Hall
£75.00
(ii)
Financial position:
Mrs Hedges reported that the funds
in the Parish Council accounts were:
Current
Account
£59.26
General Reserve
£1,807.97
Recreation Ground Reserve
£2,651.66
Total
£4,518.89
The
second half of the precept should be received shortly.
(iii)
Audit: Mrs
Hedges reported that the audit for the year ended 31 March 2009 had been
completed with no comments from the external auditor.
The relevant notice had been displayed and no comments received.
(iv)
Nash Newsletter (Mrs Hedges declared an interest): The
Council considered a request from the Honorary Treasurer of All Saints’ Church
for a contribution towards the cost of producing the Nash Village Newsletter
because the residents who had copied the newsletter free of charge had left the
village. The Church was now asking
for donations in respect of “commercial advertising” in the Newsletter to
defray the cost. The proposal was that the Church, the Village Hall, and the
Parish Council should each underwrite one third of the net cost of the
Newsletter on an annual basis. The Parish Council took the view that the
Newsletter should continue to be free to all residents and agree to make a
contribution of up to £100 per annum towards the cost of printing the
Newsletter.
(v)
Requests
for donations: Mrs Hedges
reported that she had received a request from Buckinghamshire Age Concern. After
noting that Age Concern was currently providing a service to some residents of
Nash, and that the Council had donated of £50 in 2007 and 2008, the Council
agreed to make a further donation of £50.
(vi)
Bank
Mandate: Cllr
(i)
New
Applications: The Council
noted the following new applications and the Council’s comments on them:
a)
09/01254/APP 7
Holywell Cottages, Stratford Road Single
storey rear extension
No
objection
b)
09/01257/ADP Yew
Tree Farm, Whaddon Road Erection of two
storey farm dwelling and access: approval of reserved matters of access,
appearance, layout and scale pursuant to outline planning permission 09/00206/AOP
No objection
c)
09/01280/APP Land
to south of 33 Holywell Cottages, Thornton Road Change
of use of land from agricultural use to residential cartilage No
objection
d)
09/01430/APP Holywell
House, Thornton Road Single storey rear
extension
No objection
e)
09/01438/APP
No objection
(ii)
Applications
approved: The
Council noted that the following applications had been approved.
a)
09/00744/APP
3 Wood End: Erection
of summerhouse
b)
09/00983/APP&
09/00985/ACD
Land at 1 Wood End : Demolition
of existing building and erection of detached two storey dwelling
c)
09/01156/ATC
Church Farm 4 Stratford Road: Works
to
maple tree
d)
09/01254/APP 7
Holywell Cottages,
e)
09/01257/ADP Yew Tree Farm, Whaddon
Road Erection of two storey farm dwelling
and access: approval of reserved matters of access, appearance, layout and scale
pursuant to outline planning permission 09/00206/AOP
(iii)
Application refused: The Council noted that the following application had been refused:
a)
09/01280/APP Land to south of 33 Holywell
Cottages,
(iv)
Other
planning matters:
a)
Elm Farm (Minute 54(iv)(a) of 16
November 2006): NPC had pointed out a breach of planning control because a
mobile home had been located on this site. A
planning application for this home had subsequently been refused and the mobile
home had been removed. Thus AVDC had closed its investigation.
b)
AVDC: Proposed Submission Core Strategy: Local Development
Framework June 2009. NPC had
submitted the following comment:
Nash Parish Council notes
from Table 2 within CS1 that Nash falls within the fifth tier 'other rural
settlements' area. In this respect
NPC looks forward to commenting in due course once the Allocated Sites DPD has
been released.
c)
Partial Review of the SE Plan: Gypsy and Traveller
Accommodation Needs: Cllr
Culverhouse reported that there had been no need for NPC to make a response.
Cllr Watts said that he believed that the character of Nash would change if any
land close to Nash became a gypsy site.
(i)
Play
Area Safety Inspection Report follow-up (Minute 26(i)): The replacement chains had been purchased and
fitted. Cllr Southby reported that the main gate into the Play Area had been
broken. He was seeking a quote for
repairing/replacing it. The Council
authorised Cllr Southby and Mrs Hedges to approve an appropriate quote.
(ii)
Ivy
on Old Schoolhouse Wall: Mrs Hedges reported that she had manually removed
the ivy from the Recreation Ground side of the Old Schoolhouse wall. While
doing this she had become concerned about the extent of the ivy on the
Schoolhouse side of the wall and the damage that it was doing to the wall, which
was listed. Cllr Southby agreed to speak informally to Mrs Chapman about the
Council’s concerns.
(iii)
Notice Board (Minute 26(iv)): The Council noted that the Notice Board had been
moved and repainted.
(iv)
(v)
Moles
(Minute 26(vi)): Mrs Hedges reported
that the Mole-man had been employed at the beginning of August and had caught
six moles.
(vi)
Pump on the Village Green: Cllr
Southby reported that there was leak in the lead below ground level. Further
investigations would be required to ascertain the problem.
The Council noted that the pumps had been repainted.
The Chairman, the Clerk and Cllr Southby had accepted a quote of £150
for this work.
(vii)
Replacement Street Light:
The Council noted that the new light had been installed on 20 July.
(i)
Buckingham Local Area Forum:
Cllr Culverhouse spoke to his written report on meeting on 17 September
which had been circulated. The
Council noted the items in Cllr Culverhouse’s report.
The
Council noted that a “parish walk” had been arranged with BCC
representatives on Wednesday 30 September. Cllr
Gillow agreed to join the Clerk.
It was
noted that a small sub-group had been set up to discuss “rat-running”
through the villages. NPC took the
view that if Graham Stewart of Whaddon was on the group there was no need for
Nash to nominate any-one.
With
regard to any possible bid under the delegated budget scheme, it was agreed to
consider bidding for two salt bins – one for the south end of the High Street,
and one for
Cllr Gillow would attend the next
meeting on 26 November 2009.
(ii)
Bus Services: The Council noted with regret the decision of BCC to withdraw the bus
service from Nash, but accepted that the usage of the bus by Nash residents was
sufficiently small as to make the decision understandable. The
Clerk agreed to find out more about the subsidised taxi scheme and to attend the
AV Transport Users Surgery on Tuesday 6 October 2009.
(iii)
Signposts (Minute 28 (ii)):
At the south end of the village the signpost for Mursley and Little
Horwood had still not been replaced despite repeated requests to BCC since the
accident in January. Councillors suggested that, if no satisfaction was achieved
on 30 September from BCC officers, then the matter should be raised with Cllr
Rowland.
(iv)
Waste disposal: NPC noted that Covanta
Energy has been chosen as the preferred contractor.
(v)
Whaddon
Chase Green Infrastructure Plan: Cllr
Dewhurst reported on the workshop she had attended in Little Horwood. The maps
discussed at the initial workshops had now been filled in with most of the
suggestions made at that meeting. However,
the importance placed by Whaddon residents on the countryside views had not so
far been incorporated, but she hoped that they would be included in the next
version. The next stage would be a
joint meeting of all the Parish Councils involved.
(i)
Visit of TUFFS (Turn up for Free
Sports) 23 July and request to use Nash as a venue for the “On the Road”
project (Minute
30(ii)). Email correspondence
seeking permission to use the Village Hall/car park and Recreation Ground on
some Monday evenings during the winter was discussed.
In the opinion of Sandra Firth, Leader of Nash Youth Club, there was
unlikely to be significant demand from Nash children on a Monday evening; and
not commensurate with the work involved in making the Hall available.
Consequently the Council agreed not to accept the invitation, but to say
that any offer for a Friday evening would be warmly welcomed by the Youth Club.
(ii)
Visit of Children’s entertainer
(Minute 30(iii)): The Council noted
that this had been a great success and the Village Hall had been full to
capacity. The good attendance was
attributed to the distribution of leaflets the week-end before the event.
A note of thanks had been sent to AVDC.
Cllr Gillow was thanked for his work.
(iii)
Gambling Act 2005: Licensing
Policy:
The Council noted that AVDC was reviewing its policy and that the Council
has been invited to comment by 16 October 2009.
The Council agreed that any response should be prepared by Cllrs Taylor
and Gillow.
(iv)
Sport, Recreation and Cultural
Facilities Assessment:
The Council noted that Cllr Southby and the Clerk completed this survey
about the facilities available in Nash.
19
November 2009; 21 January 2010; 18 March 2010; Annual Parish Meeting 13 May
2010.
Cllr Southby gave his apologies for
the meeting on 19 November.
(i)
Car parked on pavement on
(ii)
There being
no further business the meeting closed at 9.25 p.m.
MH
29.09.09