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MINUTES OF THE HILTON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 06-07 HELD ON MONDAY
9 JULY 2007 IN THE VILLAGE HALL
Present: Cllrs Wright (Chairman), Barradell, Robinson, Shardlow,
In Attendance: Mr Thomas, Clerk to the Parish Council, District Councillor Bates and two parishioners.
1. To note Apologies for Absence. Cllrs Adams, Fleming, Randall, Stott and Ward.
2. To Approve the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 4 June 2007
Approved unanimously
3. Parishioners Open Session (10 minutes). None
4. Declarations of Interest.
The Council agreed that para 12(2) of the new model code gave advantages to both Cllrs and the public and agreed unanimously to adopt this option. The Clerk was to advise CALC of this decision and was authorized to provide them with a cheque for £24 to meet the costs of the statutory public notice. The Council anticipated introducing the new Model Code from 1 October 2007. The Clerk was to draft an appropriate amendment to Council Standing Orders for discussion in the next F&GPWG and ratification at the September Council meeting. The Clerk was also to place an appropriate announcement of the Council’s intent and an explanation of the Model Code in Spectrum. The Clerk should attend the training course on the new Model Code.
5. To Authorise the Payment of Accounts.
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a. £594.00 JCS Services Grass & Repairs to Play park
b. £100.00 Cricket Pitch Grass Cutting
c. £33.14 D Hedge Handyman’s Wages
d. £25.00 B E Ashby play park safety work
e. £1479.00 J A Thomas Salary
f. £126.42 J A Thomas Reimbursement of Expenses and Costs
g £105.00 JCS Repairs to Cricket Pitch
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Payment of the above accounts was proposed by Cllr ,Robinson, seconded by Cllr Barradell and approved
unanimously. In addition, the Council authorized the Clerk to make a payment of £50 to Mr Williams for repair of the Play Park gate, and up to £150 to the Cricket Club for grass cutting. These sums were to be formally approved at the September meeting.6. Review of A14 Consultation Process.
The Chairman advised that the A14 Action Group was still awaiting the outcome of the Consultation exercise and as a result, there had been little to report on since the last meeting. The Council noted that the Highways Agency had responded in somewhat neutral terms to their letter calling for a noise attenuating wall to be constructed along the route of the new road.
The Chairman and a representative of the A14 Action Group also planned to meet with a consultant acoustic specialist over the coming week to establish the scope for specialist advice on possible sound issues and attenuation coming out of the A14 proposals. The Council also noted that Fenstanton had expressed an interest in seeking advice from an acoustic specialist and that there may be scope for some degree of joint action in this area.
The meeting was also briefed on a consultation exercise issued by the Highways Agency which proposed closing a number of lay-bys along the current A14 to all but emergency traffic and to upgrade other lay-bys. The Council agreed to support these proposals provided adequate arrangements were made elsewhere for the displaced HGVs and the Clerk was to respond accordingly.
7. Draft Core Planning Document. The Council had agreed to support the proposal in the HDC Draft Core Planning Document regarding the replacement of a village boundary with the build-framework concept and the designation of Hilton as a sna=maller settlement within the settlement hierarchy.
8. Play Park The damaged area within the play park had been fenced off and the surface had been replaced and seeded. One “whizzer” had been removed as a safety precaution and the damaged gate had been repaired. It was hoped that the park would be fully open by the end of July. The Clerk was to ensure that the F&GPWG were given the opportunity to consider the long-term maintenance requirements of the play park.
9. Review of Conservation Area. In response to the Council’s letter, HDC had advised that Hilton’s Conservation Area was to be reviewed in 2009 as part of their ongoing programme. The Clerk was to ask HDC if this date could be brought forward. The Council also noted the benefits of updating the Village Design Statement once the Conservation Area had been reviewed.
10. Revised Mobile Library Timetable. The Council noted that the County Council had recently proposed reducing the stop times of the mobile library in Hilton by a further five minutes. The Council accepted that they had little information on which to challenge these proposals and the Clerk therefore was to advise Cambridgeshire County Council accordingly but to stress that a 15 minute session every second week was the minimum acceptable to enable residents to use the service.
11. PARC In his absence, Cllr Shardlow informed the meeting that Cllr Stott was currently finalizing proposals of how young people in the village might better interact with the Parish Council and that he hoped to present these for discussion at the next meeting. Cllr Shardlow also advised that a number of residents had agreed to help run the PARC project and also hoped to have more details available for the next meeting.
12. Clerk’s Report on Parish Matters.
a. Fishing Reeve Ditch The meeting agreed that it was undesirable to allow fishing in Reeve Ditch and the Clerk was to establish what action was required to prohibit the practice.
b. “Smokefree England” The Council noted that from 1 July 2007, the Cricket Pavillion fell under the new smokefree legislation and that action had been put in hand to meet the requirements of the Act. It was agreed that the next F&GPWG should satisfy itself that all appropriate action had been taken.
c. .Emergency Planning Awareness Session. The Clerk and one Councillor should aim to attend the briefing on 26 September 2007.
d. Planning Amendment to Application 0201471, Garage 14 Tithe Close. The Council noted the reduced timeframe to examine this amendment and asked the Clerk to seek an extension. The Clerk was also to highlight to the District Council that the application was now five years old.
13. Councillors’ Items
a. Monach Farm Open Day. Cllr Shardlow wished to record that, in her opinion, the recent Monach Farm Open Day had been informative and well organized.
b. Rubbish Bin at Post Office. Cllr Ward had asked that the Council note that the District Council-provided rubbish bin at the Post Office was inadequate to meet its task. The Clark had reported the problems to the District Council and had asked for a solution to be found.
c. Footpath Along B1040. The Council noted that Cllr Fleming had had a successful initial meeting with representatives from Cambridgeshire County Council regarding the construction of a footpath alongside the B1040 from the village to Five Arch Bridge. He hoped to provide further details at the next meeting.
d. B1040 Group. Cllr Shardlow advised that the Group was expected to meet in the coming weeks and hoped to mount a second vehicle count in the near future to complement the one carried out in 2006.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 November 2007 )
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