MINUTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

held in The Library Room, Wendover on 4 October 2004

commencing at 7.50pm and ending at 9.55pm

PRESENT Cllr Gridley (Chairman)

Cllrs Mrs Ballantine, Mrs Gregory, Mrs Kearney, Mrs McKechnie, McPartland, Mrs J Myers, Peeler, Mrs Toplis, Wilkinson and Worth

8 members of public

Clerk: Ann Hooton

119/04 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Searle, due to ill health.

120/04 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

The Chairman adjourned the meeting to allow members of the public to speak.

a) Mr Wilding, Halton Lane Neighbourhood Watch, referred to the meeting with David Lidington regarding additional flying activities at RAF Halton. David Lidington had visited the RAF station and also residents in Halton Lane, although not many flights had taken place during his stay. Mr Wilding restated his view that the notes of the meeting were still not adequate in spite of being amended.

The Chairman reconvened the Parish Council meeting.

121/04 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

122/04 MINUTES OF THE MEETING held on 6 September 2004

The minutes were AGREED and signed by the Chairman as an accurate record of the meeting.

123/04 RAF HALTON

a) Consultative Meeting on 17 September 2004: The Chairman gave a verbal report of the meeting, commenting that there had been a full and frank discussion, following which the Wendover MP had taken away an agreed series of actions.

b) RAF Halton Consultative Group: Cllr Worth gave a verbal report of the meeting. He reported that the days on which over 100 flights had flown over the village had been the result of running two courses simultaneously. The Station Commander had agreed to organise courses in such a way that this would not happen again. A written report will be circulated in due course.

124/04 FINANCE

a) Finance Committee meeting held on 4 October 2004: The Chairman of the Finance Committee gave a verbal report on the meeting. She confirmed that she had verified the totals on the financial statement against the bank balance and a random proportion of cheque totals against invoices.

The RFO’s report was as follows:

i) External Audit; The annual return and accounts have been sent off to the External Auditor

ii) Healthcheck/Emerging Vision: an invoice for £2,500 has been received for BCA consultancy services for the Healthcheck. Permission has been granted to use dedicated funds from the Wendover Review fund.

iii) Bus shelter outside Ashbrook; The decision to replace toughened glass with acrylic material will be delegated to the Lighting and Highways Committee.

iv) Precept: the 2^nd part of the precept has now been received.

125/04 MINUTES of the Planning Committee meeting held on 21 September 2004

The minutes were received and the contents noted.

126/04 MINUTES of the Recreation Grounds Committee meeting held on 21 September 2004

The minutes were noted and the recommendations AGREED as follows.

a) the work on the Spiraglide will be carried out as soon as possible for Health & Safety reasons

b) the surplus balance from the skateboard head of budget will be vired to pay for this work

c) any deficit will be borrowed from the General Fund to be repaid via the precept in 2005/2006

d) the proposal to co-opt Cllr Worth onto the committee was ratified.

127/04 PLANNING APPLICATIONS

The following applications were considered and responses made as follows.

a) Bulletin 36

04/02297/APP Demolition of existing garage and erection of replacement open sided 4 bay garage

Cotsworthy, Nash Lane No objection

04/02481/APP Two storey and single storey rear extension

23 Dobbins Lane No objection

b) Bulletin 37

04/02514/ATP Fell one silver birch and light crown reduction and pruning to two silver birch; 9 The Pennings

The Parish Council would point out that the trees form an important visual amenity on this site and it would not wish to see any unnecessary work to be carried out. The Parish Council notes that several trees have been previously removed from the area but it will be guided by the District Arboriculturalist.

04/2535/APP Single storey rear extension; 137 Aylesbury Road

No objection

04/02541/ATO Pollarding and general pruning of two cherry trees.

10 The Pennings

128/04 FORWARD PLANNING

Cllr Wilkinson reported that he had been making enquiries about sponsorship for hanging baskets and that he hoped the project would be self-financing.

Cllr Mrs Toplis left at this point.

129/04 CODE OF CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES/RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

It was AGREED that members will make any comments on the consultative document to Cllr McPartland by 18 October 2004. He will draft a response.

130/04 STATEMENT OF LICENCING POLICY; AVDC

Cllrs Mrs Myers, McPartland and Worth will formulate a response on behalf of the Council.

131/04 AYLESBURY VALE LOCAL COMMITTEE

A report was received from Alan Myers and the contents were noted.

132/04 CLERK’S REPORT

The Clerk’s report was received and the contents noted.

a) Sitesafe; The sitesafe has been successfully installed

b) Office Computer; It was AGREED that the oldest computer should be replaced as it is no longer operating properly. KCS Ltd had provided an assessment of the Parish Council needs at a competitive price and the Clerk was instructed to order a replacement CPU and monitor.

c) Chairman’s Reception; This will be held on 9 December 2004 in The Bowls Club.

d) Christmas Market; It was decide not to book a Parish Council stall.

133/04 CLOSURE OF MEETING

There being no further business, the Chairman closed the meeting at 9.55pm.

Signed: __________________________________________ Date: 1 November 2004

Chairman

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