Monthly Meeting
Monday 7 January 2008, 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), Mr D Turner (
1.
Apologies
for Absence
No
apologies.
2.
Declarations
of Interest
Mr
Nowell-Smith – planning application P07/W1309/10LB - owner of adjacent
property.
3.
Approval
of previously circulated minutes
The
minutes were approved and signed.
4. Matters arising from previous minutes
a.
OCC Highways matters. Pelican crossing – Mr Turner reported ongoing
correspondence between himself and Highways regarding the misleading
information that has been supplied to the Parish Council so far. This will be held over to the next meeting by
which time Mr Turner is expecting to have received a detailed reply with input
from senior officers. Mr Turner reported that it had been agreed to make a cost
assessment to put a pavement from the M40 service station to the Wheatley
Middle Ground site and on to Wheatley. Speeding
on the A418 - the Clerk has been advised that this query has been forwarded to
Road Policing at
b.
Provision of dog bins – the Clerk has
received an estimate of £140 from Scion to erect the bins and it was agreed to
go ahead.
c.
SODC core strategy response – an
extension to the deadline for responses would be sought in order to compile the
Parish Council’s response.
d.
ROSPA report – the village hall
committee are to be asked to bring the next report to the Parish Council’s
monthly meeting for discussion before authorising any remedial work next time
this is required.
5.
Planning
matters
a.
Tree preservation order 39/2007 Station
Yard – notification of application of this order has been received and
circulated via the wallet. The Parish
Council has no comments at this stage.
b.
P07/W1309/10LB – Albury Grange, Albury – construction of single storey rear extension
to form garden room and listed building consent. Decision – approved subject to the views of
neighbours.
c.
P07/W1416 Oxford Belfry, Milton Common
– Construction of new two storey staff accommodation building and storage to
replace existing. Decision - approved
subject to the views of neighbours.
d.
SODC consultation referral of
applications to Committee – a letter has been received proposing that only
major and minor applications should be referred to Planning Committee where a
parish/town council objects and the officer’s recommendation is for
approval. The Parish Council does not
support this proposal and the Clerk is to add that this would be an erosion of
Parish Council duty on behalf of its parishioners.
e.
SODC planning applications consultation
– an email has been received and forwarded to all councillors advising that new
planning application forms for applicants are being introduced and inviting
comments by 18 February.
6.
Correspondence
a.
ORCC Changes to the Post Office Network
- advance notice has been received of a meeting to be held on Thursday 14
February at 2pm at the Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston for parishes affected by the
review. The Clerk will advise all
present once the outcome of the review is known and which is due to be
published on 5 February.
7.
Financial
matters
a.
Payment of £69.59 to SODC for fees and
charges for Parish Council elections of 3 May 2007 was proposed by Mrs Knight
and seconded by Mrs Willis.
b.
A request for a donation to the
Starlight Children’s Foundation was declined.
c.
Payment of £263.61 to Parchments of
Oxford for newsletter printing was proposed by Mr Field and seconded by Mrs
Horne.
d.
Payment of £9.00 to Mrs F A Hughes for
the Three Villages Hospital Car Service was proposed by Mrs Knight and seconded
by Mrs Willis.
8.
Open
discussion
a.
Mr Turner reported that the works on
the A329 motorway bridge have been put back to August. A presentation is to be made on 21 February at
the District Council and Mr Turner plans to raise the issue of alternative methods
to full bridge closure that have been suggested in previous discussions.
b.
Mr Turner advised that the 50mph speed
limit from Milton Common to Thame was now in place on the A329. The derestricted status of this road running
from Stadhampton to Chilselhampton is to be changed to 40mph.
c.
Mr Turner explained that the budget
process was underway at the County Council and that some very challenging
criteria had been set.
d.
Vacancies – there has been one
applicant for the role of Clerk and Mr Nowell-Smith will follow this up. The Clerk has been advised by the Returns
Officer that there have been no requests for an election in response to the
advertisement for a Parish Councillor, and that we may now co-opt someone. It was agreed to put this on next month’s
agenda.
e.
Mrs Knight reported that there had been
some vandalism to cars on New Year’s Eve.
It is believed that the perpetrators can be identified. Mrs Horne and Mr
Field will follow this up.
f.
Mrs Knight reminded all present that
the deadline for the newsletter was 20 January.
g.
Mrs Willis advised that the light in
the bus shelter opposite the Fox had not yet been fixed. The Clerk is to send a reminder.
h.
Mrs Horne reported that Thames Valley
Police are advising all residents to ensure that their properties and cars are
secure and that individuals take precautions to guard against identity theft by
shredding important documents. They are
also asking that the community keeps an eye on the elderly as bogus callers are
becoming more prevalent. Mrs Horne also
advised that no-one had come forward for Neighbourhood Watch in Tiddington, but
that she had been asked to include
i.
Mr Field reported that the inner bin on
the waste bin adjacent to Tudor Cottage and the old railway bridge requires
replacing. The Clerk will contact the District
Council accordingly.
j.
The Clerk is to report the poor road
surface on the roundabout next to the golf course at Waterstock.
9. Date of next
meeting
Monday
4 February 2008 at 8.00pm
There
being no further business the meeting closed at 9.35pm.