2. CHAIRPERSON of WANBOROUGH PARISH COUNCIL THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING WE CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE BUT WE DO GET A CONSENSUS OF OPINION MOST OF THE TIME – MY THANKS TO ALL This is an opportunity for the Parish Council to update the residents on the areas it has been working on during the year Residents to pose questions and concerns within the remit of the Council
PARISH COUNCILLORS RESIGNATIONS 2017-2018 GARY SUMNER PER- AXEL WARENSJO CO-OPTED – JOINED PC JIM SINCLAIR JOHN EMMINS JAMES NAYLOR PARISH COUNCILLORS’ RESIGNATIONS JIM SINCLAIR A VACANCY NOW EXISTS
FAIL TO PLAN PLAN TO FAIL
The following are some of the responsibilities that the Parish Council carries out: • Grass cutting of council owned greens and verges within the Parish • Hedge trimming in specified areas and tree maintenance with hand tools in council owned areas • Maintenance of the play areas • Improvement of parking in several areas where this is clearly becoming a problem • Litter picking on main routes and public areas within the Parish • The running of the recreation ground and fields • Providing feedback as a statutory consultee in planning applications • Maintaining public areas and working with the Borough Council on Highways issues • Representing Parishioners views to the Borough Council • Looking at ways to calm traffic through the village • Assistance to voluntary organisations
Extract from Chiseldon News letter • 2018/19 Precept • At the January 2018 Parish Council Meeting, it was agreed that the precept the Parish Council requests from Swindon Borough Council should be increased from £105,000 to £135,000. On a standard Band D property, this will represent an increase of 84.1p per week • Last year Badbury Park and Coate were removed from the Parish of Chiseldon as a result of Swindon Borough Council’s Community Governance Review. Therefore, the number of residences paying the precept has reduced from 1,144.4 Band D equivalent to 996.4
Wanborough Tax Base • The Wanborough tax base for 2018/19 has decreased to 908.20 • A 3.0% increase has been approved • Band D dwelling 70.42 • Total precept of £63,956.44
£3,140 funding from the St Katherine's development (The Marsh) used to help pay for gates at St Andrew's Church .
THE SCARECROW TRAIL IS ON THE VILLAGE MAY DAY FARE WAS CANCELLED THIS YEAR
Community Speed Watch ‘Wanborough Speed Watch team’ has now been active for over two years; during this time the team have carried out 38 speed watch sessions at a number of locations around the village.
Rodway - the ‘Beast from the East’
Church Meadow
• Defibrillators • As many residents will be aware, Wanborough Parish Council have funded three defibrillators within the village, which are located at:- Village Hall, High Street Doctors’ Surgery, Ham Road Hooper’s Field, Rotten Row • All three are registered through Community Heartbeat and the Ambulance Service. • They are checked on a regular basis (by volunteers in the village) and reported back via Community Heartbeat who keep a database of all defibrillators that are active. • When someone rings “999” and a cardiac arrest is suspected, the ambulance service will provide details of the nearest active defibrillator and the code so that the defibrillator cabinet can be opened. • It is extremely important that residents, who suspect a cardiac arrest has taken place, phone “999” first to ensure that medical help is on its way. • For this reason, it is therefore not necessary for residents to know the code in advance, since the Ambulance Service will confirm this as well as the nearest active defibrillator.
DAMAGE TO THE VERGE IN THE MARSH
FLOODING IN THE MARSH
TRAFFIC ISSUES IN THE MARSH
CHURCH MEADOW - THE GREAT OAK
ROPER’S ROOF MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE BLUE PLASTIC COVERING ENGLISH HERITAGE – NOT SUITABLE TO BE A LISTED BUILDING
DOG FOULING – ON MANY WELL USED AREAS
PLANNING APPLICATION REFUSED - 4 ADDITIONAL HOUSES (CHURCH ROAD) Policies EN10 and DE1 of the Local Plan policies require new development to conserve elements which contribute to the special character or appearance of a conservation area
PLANNING APPLICATION REFUSED Detrimental impact on the significance of an industrial building of local importance. The development will result in the loss of the building's historic fabric and will fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the conservation area.
ARCHAEOLOGOCAL SURVEY - THE MARSH?
• 3 information boards , similar to those in Warnage Wood, as follows: • One at the junction of The Hollow with Ham Road explaining what an ancient Holloway is, a map and description of the Upper Wanborough Conservation area highlighting buildings of interest and in particular the unique features of the church, which can be seen from there • One by the protected verge sign that explains why it is protected, where the area of Special Scientific Interest is and what makes it so, plus photos of the fauna and flora that can be found there • One halfway along the road, at the top, overlooking Liddington Hill showing a picture of the panoramic view, highlighting where places of interest are located and where the Ridgeway runs. I understand the fields, either side of the Hollow, were used in WW2 as airstrips for gliders crossing the channel; if this is true, then a piece explaining the historic use would be good too
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