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PARISH COUNCIL NOTES
From the meeting held 7th March 2002 in the
Village Hall
Co-option to fill one Parish Councillor vacancy
Two people had applied for the vacancy and each
made a short address to the Parish Council as to the
reasons for wishing to become a member. A secret ballot
of members was held and Mr. Gerard Downes was elected.
Election to fill second Parish Councillor vacancy
There were two candidates for the election to be
held 4th April 2002: Mr. Quentin Hedley and Mr. Ian
Scaife. During the meeting the former expressed his
intention to withdraw his candidature for the election;
this means that Mr. Ian Scaife is elected to fill the
second vacancy.
Matters Arising from last meeting
Proposed scheme for walkway in Common Road - A
letter had been received from WCC Traffic Engineer that
such a scheme is not feasible or safe without traffic
lights. He suggested that the School Travel Plan Adviser
be consulted about the possibility of creating a footpath
across the fields to the school. This will be done.
Skateboard park - quotations awaited to fill in the
sides. Missing/damaged fingerposts/road nameplates - to
be re-reported as no action has yet been taken.
Environment
A list of jobs has been passed to the Parish
Lengthsmen who will visit on 12th/13th March. This
includes cutting down the brambles on the bank below the
tennis court, cutting down a branch which hangs over
Common Road, clearing various drain gratings and filling
small potholes.
Planning
Moor Farm sandpit - two applications for
modification of conditions applied to the Planning
Permission for the site had been received from WCC. Legal
advice is awaited on these matters by the Whiteparish
Preservation Group. It was agreed to call an extra
meeting of the Parish Council in order to co-ordinate a
response by the due date. Site adjacent to the Surgery -
a decision on the Parish Council application to move the
driveway to the approved dwelling on this site a few
metres east is awaited. Old village hall site - planning
permission for four dwellings on this site has been
received by the Parish Council. Enquiries are being made
as to whether the access road into the back of this site
can be used for these dwellings; the road is owned by
Swaythling Housing Society.
Police
Crime in the Alderbury area is reduced compared
with the rest of the area (down 12%). A pilot scheme is
in progress in Wilton where police officers patrol on
mountain bikes; it is hoped to prevent vandalism. Any
requests for the mobile police station from which such
patrols on bikes could be made will be favourably
considered by the police. Speed limit enforcement and the
use of a laser gun - the police will be more able to
provide speedchecks using a laser gun in Whiteparish if a
Special Constable can be recruited from the area. The
next Police Community Consultative Group meeting is to be
held in Whiteparish on 21st May 2002; everyone is welcome
to attend. It provides a very useful face-to-face contact
with police officers during the meeting, or privately
afterwards. (Details in Steeple and Street).
Correspondence
It was agreed to continue making a grant towards
the maintenance of the churchyard to the PCC. £500 for
2002 - to be continued in future providing the excellent
work is maintained. Following a request from the
Whiteparish Jubilee Fund (organised by the Whiteparish
History Association) for a contribution towards the cost
of the Jubilee celebrations in the village, £500 was
approved. An entry in the Best Kept Village to be made. 6
oak barrels in the Rural Floral Enhancement scheme have
been requested. A letter had been sent to Alderbury
Parish Council deploring the adverse comments made in the
Salisbury Journal by an Alderbury resident that
Whiteparish had a drug problem caused by the skateboard
park; this is most definitely not the case. New Forest
National Park Designation Order 2002 - It was agreed to
object to the proposed boundary which includes quite a
large tract of land in the south of Whiteparish. Gerard
Downes agreed to appear at any public enquiry which may
take place and represent the Parish Council's views.
Possible siting of a new village hall on the
memorial ground
A report on the recent Memorial Ground Trust
meeting was received. They are quite happy to amalgamate
with the Village Hall Management Committee; however a
scheme must be agreed. The Parish Council agreed that the
next step was to suggest to MGT and VHMC another joint
session to discuss such a scheme.
Major road maintenance A27 thro' Whiteparish
Work will not now commence until early May 2002.
WCC have decided not to include a delineated parking area
in The Street or a "give/take" system.
Next Meeting
Villagers are very welcome to attend the next
Parish Council meeting on 18th April 2002 at 7.30 pm in
the Village Hall where they may speak at the discretion
of the Chairman. Please contact the Clerk or any
councillor if you can't attend and wish to raise any
village matter.
Anita Boakes, Parish Clerk, Tel. 884646
E-mail DandA.Boakes@care4free.net
CLARENCE for reporting road and lighting defects 0800 23
23 23
POLICE Alderbury station 01722 710208
Salisbury station 01722 411444
E-mail: alan.day@wiltshire.police.uk
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