Monthly Meeting
Monday 5 November 2007, 8.00pm – at Tiddington Village Hall
Present: Mr
J Nowell-Smith (Chairman and District Councillor), Mr K Field, Mrs E Horne, Mrs
Z Knight, Mrs J Stoker (Clerk), Mrs J Willis, Mr D Turner (
1.
Declarations
of Interest
There
were no declarations of interest.
2.
Approval
of previously circulated minutes
The
minutes were approved and signed.
3.
Matters
arising from previous minutes
a.
OCC Highways matters. Electronic 30mph sign – Mr Turner confirmed
that the data for Tiddington showed that the criteria were not met to qualify
for sign, and that Mr Ronald has confirmed that the Parish Council may not
proceed on this basis. The criteria are
met at Milton Common. The criteria are
that 40% of vehicles must be travelling at over 35mph in a 24 hour period. The cost for a solar sign is £5000 and
non-solar is £3000. The Clerk has written to the police to ascertain the number
of speeders caught and is awaiting a reply.
M40 – Mr Nowell-Smith will
approach Rodney Mann at SODC about additional funds to support noise
abatement. The Clerk advised that a works
order has been placed by Highways for hedging obscuring traffic signs along the
A40 in Milton Common to be trimmed, but that budget constraints mean that this
will not be carried out for some time. Pelican crossing – a copy of a letter to
Boris Johnson from a junior minister from the Ministry of Transport has been
received advising that funding decisions are a local issue and are not dictated
by the Ministry or prescribed accident rates.
This would seem to be at odds with the information being received from
the OCC Highways department. A copy of
this letter is to be given to Mr Turner who will write to Mr Roberts again
before any further more radical action is taken. A329 from Milton Common to Thame – the 50mph
limit is to be extended to this stretch of road; the signs are in place but not
yet in force. Heavy goods traffic is
re-routing from the
b.
Affordable housing – Mr Nowell-Smith
has received a letter from Charles Shaw from OCHA expressing disappointment
that the Parish Council is no longer in support of the development and
confirming that further discussions have taken place with near neighbours. However, Mr Shaw wrote that they would still
be proceeding with the scheme. The Clerk
has received an email from Anna Kennedy from ORCC giving details of other Parish
Councils who would be happy to be approached for their views on recent
affordable housing projects and asking if the Parish Council would like any
further information to assist with resolving any outstanding issues. The Clerk is to request a copy of the
decontamination report requested at a previous meeting.
4.
Planning
matters
a.
P04/W1327 – Meadow View – addition of
windows to garage on previously approved plans.
Decision – approved.
b.
P07/W0958 – Lantern Service Station –
the application was refused at planning committee, however this outcome has
triggered an internal planning review, and the developers may take the
application to further appeal.
5.
Correspondence
a.
SODC review of licensing policy – this
is a statutory requirement and details were circulated in the wallet.
b.
SODC planning policy review – Mrs
Knight had attended a workshop on planning policy and the results have now been
published. Details were circulated in
the wallet.
c.
SODC community facilities and services
survey – the Clerk is to check and amend the entries for Tiddington with Albury
on the Parish Council’s behalf.
d.
SODC recycling participation monitoring
– there is a countywide review due to take place in 2009. Some addresses in the village will be
included in the audit of what is being put out for recycling for inclusion in
the preparation of the review.
e.
SODC tree warden scheme – details of
the scheme are to be published in the newsletter.
f.
g.
M40 Chilterns Environmental Group AGM – Mrs Horne will
attend.
6.
Financial
matters
a.
Payment of £240 to Pete Pridmore for
bus shelter and bench refurbishment was proposed by Mrs Knight and seconded by
Mrs Willis.
b.
A donation of £30 to South and Vale Carers
was proposed by Mrs Horne and seconded by Mrs Willis.
c.
Payment of £30 to OPFA for membership was
proposed by Mr Field and seconded by Mrs Horne.
d.
A donation of £100 to the M40CEG was
proposed by Mrs Willis and seconded by Mrs Knight.
e.
Payment of £7.50 to Mrs J Stoker for
reimbursement of payment for HSE booklet was proposed by Mrs Willis and
seconded by Mrs Knight.
7.
Open
discussion
a.
The councillors had no further
information about young carers who may be interested in being interviewed as
part of the project Mr Turner is involved with which aims to support these
young people.
b.
Mrs Knight reminded all present of the
deadline for the parish newsletter.
c.
Mrs Willis reported that the light at
the bus shelter opposite the Fox requires replacing. The Clerk to contact OCC.
d.
Mr Field asked that the Clerk check
that the Parish Council has the correct insurance to allow him to erect the dog
waste bins now that all the paperwork is in order.
e.
It was reported that there is still a
problem with some residents dumping garden waste in ditches and hedgerows. A letter is to be drafted once the clerk has
been advised of the address involved.
f.
The Clerk advised that a mobile police
station would be visiting the village on Friday 9th November and
this would be using the village hall car park.
Notices are to be put on the village notice boards and the garage.
g.
Mr Field asked if there could be a path
made to run alongside the Motorway Service Area towards Wheatley because the
number of pedestrians along this stretch of busy road is increasing. Whilst this is not in our parish, Mr Turner
will make further enquiries on our behalf.
h.
It was confirmed that an advert for a
councillor to fill the vacancy left by Mr Boughton is to be placed in the next
newsletter.
i.
It was agreed to change the seating
arrangements from the current layout to a slightly less formal boardroom table format
for the next meeting.
8. Date of next
meeting
Monday
3 December 2007 at 8.00pm
There
being no further business the meeting closed at 9.25pm.