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Minutes of a meeting of Wysall and Thorpe in the Glebe Parish Council held in the Village Hall, Wysall,

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 7.30pm

Couns. Simon Stephens (Chairman)(A)

Carolyn Birch(in the chair) Vicki Plant Mike Stanley(A)

Lindsay Redfern Peter Wyles Gareth Cook Liz Smith

Present: The clerk Mike Elliott, Notts County Council member Reg Adair and three members of the public.

1]	APOLOGIES Couns. Simon Stephens and Mike Stanley.

2]	MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING HELD ON JULY 2, 2019 were accepted as circulated and signed by the chairman after it had been pointed out the previous meeting had agreed to expenditure of £320 in respect of a bench being provided on the site opposite the village hall and that the suggestion by Coun. Smith in regard to a survey on heating for the village hall was to be carried out by a local charity.

3]	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were none

The chairman bought forward items nine and five on the agenda to take before the Clerk’s report.

9] Planning

19/01795/ful. Le Petit Champ, Widmerpool Road. Demolish bungalow and construct six dwellings. Object. The council confirmed a report from a Working Party that had met to discuss the project for the Le Petit Champ site and agreed to strongly object to it. Reasons for the objection included lack of parking provision, provision of 4/5 bedroom houses would be out of the reach of many people and suggested damage to trees. The council said there was overall concern that social mobility within the village would be devastated as there is precious little housing available for young people, young families and older people and the proposed scheme did not meet those needs.

19/01951/RELDEM Demolish existing bungalow. Object. The council felt that while they did not oppose the actual demolishing of the existing bungalow property, they would only support a like-for-like replacement and not a two storey dwelling, which should not exceed the footprint of the current building. The proposed new two storey dwelling would be in the region of 15m closer to Widmerpool Road which would also be opposed.

5] Open session

Members of the public present were strongly opposed to both the applications and were submitting comments to the planners at Rushcliffe, one reason being they would wish to see a bungalow in its place. The proposed new two storey dwelling would be in the region of 15m closer to Widmerpool Road.

4] CLERK’S REPORT

Rushcliffe Borough Council tree scheme was again operating and orders had to be in with them by the end of September. Coun. Mrs Smith said she was continuing efforts to find the owners of the trees on Main Street.

6] REPORT FROM THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER

Cllr Adair said while normal work was ongoing there was little to report affecting Wysall or its immediate area.

He told the council he would have £200 from his Community Funding to make available if the clerk made an application outlining what it was required for.

Coun. Cook reported to the County member of a deteriorating condition of the surface of Bradmore Road.

7]	CORRESPONDENCE

Nottinghamshire Police Alert crime prevention report was received. It was agreed to investigate the possibility of asking for a visit from an officer to a council meeting later in the year.

The chairman and tree warden Alison Avery had made it known to Mr Flowers of Soar Valley Builders they were willing to meet to discuss the trees on his land bordering Keyworth Road.

CPRE Best Kept Village. After being placed in the final four in their section, Normanton on Soar were the eventual winners of it.

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Rushcliffe Borough Council wrote in respect of service they could offer parish councils to obtain injunctions to prevent unauthorized access to land by travellers. Members were to make a note of the service but did not feel the council had land on which it was likely travellers would use.

Notts County Council were again making an offer of free provision of five 20kg bags of salt for each parish. It was agreed to order the supply for placing adjacent to the new shed at the side of the village hall.

Charity Scope were looking for sites for a clothes bin. The council felt it could not offer a suitable one.

CPRE wrote to advise of a structure change they were introducing for themselves, including a new logo. This was to be shown on the website.

8]	FINANCE

a] ACCOUNTS TO PAY were approved as per the circulated list

Coun. Mrs Smith raised the question of a possible application to the East Midlands Airport Grant fund to pay for either or both of a new noticeboard and new nets for the mini football goal posts at the rear of the village hall.

The meeting agreed that a request be made to Coun. Adair for a grant towards the proposed memorial bench and to Coun. John Cottee towards the provision of new goal nets at the back of the hall. There would also be a grant request for £1000 to the East Midlands Airport once the price for provision and installation of the new board at the junction of Widmerpool Road was known from Notts County Council

10]	VILLAGE HALL

The chairman was progressing the purchase of a single new heater unit to replace one that was not working. Coun. Stanley had obtained two quotes for the supply of electricity to the hall. The clerk was to ask Eon if it was prepared to match the one from BULB Electricity and if so remain with them.

Coun. Stanley had asked for help in giving the hall shed a second coat of paint. A question was asked if this should be required on a new shed. It was agreed at least three more sets of keys for the shed were required.

11]	ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

The Siting and purchase of a VE memorial bench for the grass on the opposite side of the road to the WW1 memorial was to be progressed and the clerk was asked to purchase this from David Ogilivie.

The proposed re-siting a new noticeboard on the northern corner of Main Street and Widmerpool Road was confirmed.

The question of the FP3 footpath was raised with comment on an overgrowth of hedging causing a possible obstruction. Coun. Mrs Smith said she was aware Notts County Council footpaths department were to carry out some work on the actual route of the path but the hedging may have to be carried out by the parish council if the owners did not.

12] WEBSITE

Coun. Redfern said all was well with the website and items for it were still being put on it by Steve Reeds.

13]	STANDING ORDERS AND FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

Defer to next meeting when the chairman was present.

14]	CHAIRMAN’S MATTERS

Nothing was raised.9

15]	AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING OCTOBER 01, 2019

VE74 Day. Standing Orders. Grants.