Minutes of a meeting of the STANFORD IN THE VALE PARISH COUNCIL held on Wednesday 1 May 2002 at Stanford Village Hall.

Minutes of a meeting of the Stanford in the Vale Parish Council held on Wednesday 1 May 2002 at Stanford Village Hall.

There were no questions/comments from Parishioners

Present:           

                        Mr.P.G.McMorrow(Chair)             Mr.S.Bambury

                        Mr.B.Burls                                       Mr.G.Hughes

                        Mr.P.Gill                                          Mr.A.Bungay

                        Mr.G.Sandels

1/05/02            Apologies

                        Mr.M.Williams                                   Mrs.R.Packer(District Council meeting)

2/05/02            Election of Officers

                        a)Chairman – Mr.P.G.McMorrow

                                               Proposed Mr.Bambury seconded Mr.Hughes – carried

                        b)Vice- Chairman – Mr.S.Bambury

                                                Proposed Mr.Hughes seconded Mr.Burles – carried

                        c)Hon.Secretary – Mr.S.Bambury

                                                Proposed Mr.Bungay seconded Mr.Gill – carried

                        d)Senior Councillor – Mr.G.Hughes

                                                Proposed Mr.McMorrow seconded Mr.Gill – carried

3/05/02             Minutes of meeting 3 April 2002

                          Proposed Mr.Bambury seconded  Mr.Hughes minutes be approved – carried

4/05/02            Matters arising

                        3/04/02 Bus shelter/dog signs – difficulty in obtaining replacement glass.

                        6/04/02 Clerks report – Council wished to record their appreciation of the

                                     Clerks efforts especially in reducing the insurance quotes.

5/05/02            Report of District Councillor

                        1.My apologies  - I am at a meeting in Abingdon,but will try to be back in time

                           for part of the Parish Council Meeting.

                        2.The Parish Council will be consulted soon about some issues connected with

                           the Faringdon Healthcheck.There is a specific list of villages in the

                           “hinterland”,that are to be consulted.

                        3.At the recent LGA Tourism Executive one of the issues discussed was the

                           importance of many areas of the country,with newer airports and our ports,

                           as tourism gateways.Members were unhappy that the main “Gateway” we

                           were meant to endorse was London,but we insisted that other areas were

                           equally important and should be promoted.

                        4.Some areas of the village have not been getting their bins emptied at the

                           appropriate time.If there are problems I will contact the appropriate Vale

                           Officer.

6/05/02            Report of County Councillor – Nil

7/05/02            Report of Clerk – Nil

8/05/02            Election of Committees/Working Parties

                        a)Recreation & Leisure – Chairman Mr.P.Gill

                                                                  Proposed Mr.Bungay seconded Mr.Hughes – carried

                           Members – Messrs.McMorrow,Hughes,Williams,Bungay,Sandels,Mrs.Packer

                        b)Disputes – Chairman Mr.P.G.McMorrow

                                             Proposed Mr.Hughes seconded Mr.Bambury – carried

                           Members – as stands – carried

                        c)Village Hall – Mr.Williams,Mr.Bungay,Mrs Packer

                                                  Proposed Mr.Bambury seconded Mr.Burls – carried

                        d)Delegation – Chairman,Vice-chairman,Clerk

                                                 Proposed Mr.Hughes seconded Mr.Burls – carried

9/05/02             Correspondence

                        a)David Wilson Homes – regarding road closure(Copied to households)and S106 payment to O.C.C.Chairman was grateful to

                           Parishioners and businesses for their support.

                        b)Oxford Christian Churches – Invitation to Jubilee celebration – Mr Bungay

c)ORCC – Invitation to Oxfordshire Records Office – Noted

d)Vale WHDC – Service review – landscaping

e)Oxon CC – Structure plan – Copies to Councillors

f)J.Warren – Summer festival – Floral arrangements – Cllrs.to donate flowers

         towards a display

            g)Vale WHDC – Faringdon Market Town Healthcheck – Questionaire

h)J.Wentworth – Condition of village re BKV Competition and future mowing

i)St Johns Ambulance – request for donation – Defer to March 2003

j)Transco – Gas main – insufficient interest unable to proceed – Noted

k)Faringdon Tennis Club – Support for relocation – due to being contrary to

        local plan,unable to support.

10/05/02            Planning applications

                        STA/9003/1 Land adjacent Horse & Jockey Faringdon Road – 13 residential

                                             Units – Not supported being outside and contrary to local plan.Mr.

                        Sandels declared an interest and left the meeting during this item.

                        STA/13776/2 9 Spencers Close – Single storey side extension – supported

                        STA/17475 31 Church Green – 2 storey rear extension/garage loft conversion.

                                            Internal alts. – supported – Council found design pleasing

                        Clerk also reported a Tree Preservation Order on 1 Ash Tree at Stratford House

11/05/02             Annual accounts and approval

                        Proposed by Mr.Bungay seconded by Mr.Bambury the accounts be approved –

                        Carried.Council wished to record a vote of thanks to the Clerk for the accounts.

12/05/02            Monthly statement of accounts

                        Proposed  Mr.Bambury seconded Mr.Burls the accounts be approved – carried

At this point Mrs.Packer joined the meeting.

13/05/02            Accounts for payment

                        D.M.Dew                                Salary & Expenses                  £467.40

                        J.Northcote                              Salary                                       £103.20

                        Cornhill Insurance                      Indemnity                                 £772.34

                        Portwell Press                          Repro                                       £  27.00

Mr.Bambury declared an interest during the discussion regarding and voting on the DW Homes letter.

Mrs.Packer was concerned regarding the payment for repro for letters regarding DW Homes

and felt that they should pay the costs.Mr.Gill explained why the letters had been reproduced and chairman felt that after the money and help given by DWH it would be churlish to ask for

£27.Mrs.Packer and Mr.Sandels abstained from the vote to pay Portwell Press.Proposed Mr.

Hughes seconded Mr.Gill the accounts be paid – carried

14/05/02          Newsletter – Nil

15/05/02          Playarea

TOE have contacted a specialist organisation to decide financial arrangements.Mr.Sandels said that he had observed that the tractor was most

                        popular but appeared dangerous.Chairman said that the oil problem had been

                        overcome by filling with sand and further safety measures were being carried

                        out.

16/05/02            Venue Annual Parish Meeting

                        Clerk reported that the Village Hall was not available.It was decided that the

                        Millennium Hall Chapel Road be used..

17/05/02            Recreation & Leisure

                        Mr.Gill reported interest in the cycle area had waned.The shelter and kick wall

                        Are to be started as soon as possible.A grant application had been made to Oxon

                        Community Trust.A parishioner had enquired about skateboarding and was

                        consulting an engineer re design & costs.

                        Mr.sandels asked for views on a marked track around the field perimeter.Mr.

                        Bungay to confer and seek views of Football Club.

18/05/02            Any other Urgent business

                        Mr.Hughes detailed meeting 23/5 at URC to discuss rates etc.Councillors

                        welcome.

                        Mrs.Packer said VWHDC were unhappy with the A417 road closure and

                        expressed apologies.

                        Mr.Sandels said that Mrs.Nettleton was keeping a eye on the buses and had

                        Stated how unreliable Stagecoach was.

                        Mr.Gill – Regarding parking on greens especially Church Green,could not the

                        Village hall park be used.Car parking to next agenda.

Further comments from Parishioners

Dr.Axford thanked the Clerk for the opportunity to us the web site.Clerk said that things were a

little behind but would soon catch up.Dr.Axford also asked about the flood assessment – would

Horsecroft now flood following new drainage into the River Ock.The PC had not been consulted and therefore could not comment and could only surmise that the flood assessment was satisfactory.