A meeting of Croydon Parish Council was held on Wednesday 20 December 2006 in the Reading Room at 8.00pm.
Apologies: Mr Wittey - away, Cllr Elsby - away, Cllr Kindersley - other meeting.
Present: Mr Wheeler, Mr Martin, Mrs Straw, Mrs Hurst, Mr Hancock, Mr Sole, County and the Clerk.
Minutes: of the last meeting, previously circulated, were agreed and signed.
Matters Arising:
Cemetery: The hedging pack has been received from SCDC. If the hedging is part of a planning condition requirement, the free option may not be used. The planning permission for the churchyard extension appears to state that if hedging is used, it must be approved by the planners. Clerk will ring SCDC to ascertain if the free hedging may be used in this situation. Mr Martin has received the acknowledgement of drainage plans at the site, and these were passed to the Clerk.
Minerals and Waste Plan: The Chairman updated the website with the relevant links, and drew councillors’ attention to various points via e-mail.
CALC Meeting: Clerk attended on behalf of Croydon. The meeting was supposed to be about Parish, District and County councils working together more closely, but appeared to be more of a fault-finding session for some of the councils who were represented there. Towards the end of the meeting a Liaison Committee meeting was arranged, and following some resignations, volunteers from the meeting filled the vacancies.
Village Matters:
Bins: It was agreed that although the problem of fortnightly collections is worse in the summer, the District Council cannot do any better because of their financial constraints.
Round Your Way: Letter from Easton and Associates read to meeting. It did not answer Council’s original enquiry about planning consent. Clerk to make further enquiries.
Collapsing Road: It was agreed that Clerk should contact CCC Highways to report the subsidence, with a view to getting it reinstated.
Correspondence:
Electoral Register: Circulated for councillors’ attention and returned to Clerk.
S106 and Housing: Council agreed with the ideas set out in the letter (try for up to three months to find an exchange with local connections), so did not need to comment.
CALC: Details of Quality Council Status, Food Hygiene courses and Audit dates brought to council’s attention.
CCC: Notice received of the adoption of the Statement of Community Involvement.
Temporary Signs: Letter regarding the new policy for temporary signage of community or charity events received. Copies of the letter will be available for organisers of village events so that they can comply with the new policy.
Victim Support: Letter asking for funding donations - declined.
ACRE: Information regarding fundraising passed to Village Hall Trustees.
Planning:
Croydon Farm: An application to provide a covered swimming pool at the proposed holiday complex was received. It was proposed by Mrs Straw and seconded by Mr Martin that there should be not objections, but to comment that no disabled access could be seen on the plans. All in favour.
Crail: Apparently the materials were approved in line with the planning conditions. Council still has concerns about parking on the bridleway. It was agreed to monitor the situation closely, with a view to possible signage being erected.
Finance:
Precept: Council will need to prepare its precept requirements for the next meeting. Clerk will e-mail the relevant figures to enable deliberation before the January meeting.
SLCC: Clerk asked if Council would consider funding her SLCC subs for 2007. It was proposed by Mrs Straw and seconded by Mrs Hurst that a cheque for the sum of £55-00 should be raised. All in favour.
ACRE: The request for annual membership subscription of £25-00 was received. It was proposed by Mrs Hurst and seconded by Mr Sole that a cheque for the sum of £25-00 should be raised. All in favour.
Items for next agenda:
Croydon Website
Date of next meeting - Wednesday 17 January 2007 in the Reading Room at 8.00pm.
As there was no further business the meeting closed at 9.08pm.
Signed Date