Annual Parish Meeting Monday 25 March 2019
Welcome Councillor Colleen Dulieu, chair of the parish council
Minutes of the last meeting To approve the minutes of the last Annual Parish Meeting held on 2 May 2018
Matters arising From the last Annual Parish Meeting held on 2 May 2018
Michael Gates Parish Councillor 2002 - 2014
Report of Warfield Parish Council
Whitegrove Quelm Heather Gierth Emma Barnard Mark Jones Gareth Barnard Ian Wilson Hugh Fitzwillams Lauren Gill St Michaels Grant Strudley Your Neil Harrison Martyn Towle councillors Warfield Park Colleen Dulieu Catherine Thorin Elections to the parish council will take place on Thursday 2 May 2019 For more information visit www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk
Parish Council Jason Mawer Council Staff Parish Clerk Sonal Shukla Jo Johnson Daniel Bishop Parish Parish Caretaker/Handyman Administrator Administrator
▪ Summer of Fun ▪ Binfield, Warfield & Winkfield Arts Week ▪ Warfield & Winkfield Cycle Ride ▪ Remembrance beacon lighting Events in ▪ Christmas Tree lighting 2018/19 ▪ Village Fete
Finance Councillor Ian Wilson
2018/19 2019/20 ▪ Budget - £261,060 ▪ Budget - £301,791 ▪ Precept required £179,556 ▪ Precept required £195,000 ▪ Average household* cost £37.40 ▪ Average household* cost £40.31 Budget and Precept remains lowest charged in Bracknell Forest ▪ precept Use other income from hall hire, from reserves and CIL to make ▪ up the budget In 2018/19 we received developer contributions to meet some ▪ of the costs of allotment provision and for the upkeep of car park at Frost Folly for use with the SANG parkland The parish council receives no financial support from ▪ Government or Bracknell Forest Council *based upon a band D Council Tax property
In 2018/19 we gave £20,038.98 to groups and organisations Bracknell & District Citizens Advice Youthline Bracknell North Guides South East Berkshire Gang Show Cruse Bereavement Care Warfield Environment Group Home Start Bracknell Warfield Parochial Church Council Financial Grants Pilgrim Hearts Trust St Pauls Child Contact Centre awarded 2018/19 Thames Valley Air Ambulance Friends of Jealotts Hill Landshare 1 st Warfield Scout Group Warfield Village Fete Warfield Memorial Ground South Hill Park Arts Centre Warfield Park Community Association Relate Warfield Produce Show Warfield Grow & Share For 2019/2020 we are providing £21,599.92 in support
▪ We will be launching our new website in May 2019 ▪ This will meet the new accessibility standards required to be met by all public bodies ▪ Designed to work across a range of delivery channels ▪ Better support for the council in terms of hosting, maintaining and development New website
▪ The Wren of Warfield – delivered to every household four times a year Traditional ▪ Page in The Word Magazine communication ▪ Parish Noticeboards and windows channels
Planning & Transport Councillor Mark Jones
▪ The Parish Council is a statutory consultee for all planning applications within Warfield ▪ This means we can comment and make a recommendation but Planning the final decision is taken at Borough level Committee ▪ In 2018/19 the committee has considered 144 applications ▪ Each application is considered on its own merits ▪ Three significant applications we have objected to in 2018/19 that fall outside of settlement areas
Recommended refusal 19/00006/OUT Land to the north of Warfield Street and to the east of Osborne Lane, Osborne Lane, Warfield Outline application for the erection of 41 dwellings, including 14 affordable dwellings, together with the provision of an access from Osborne Lane, an attenuation pond, woodland management, open Planning space and landscaping Committee 19/00055/OUT Land adjacent to Newell Hall Warfield Street, Warfield Outline application for the erection of a 72 bedroom care home (details of access, layout and scale submitted) 19/00075/OUT Home Farm Forest Road, Warfield Outline application for up to 197 dwellings with new roundabout and associated access road from Forest Road
▪ Warfield Neighbourhood Plan has now been submitted to Bracknell Forest Council and is currently in its Regulation 16 consultation stage ▪ Once this is complete the plan will face independent examination ahead of a local referendum later in the year Neighbourhood ▪ Submission of our plan and others was delayed as we awaited Planning guidance on a national legal position which affected a whole raft of planning matters ▪ There is still time to comment on the plan visit consultation portal at www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk for information on the plan and to make comments ▪ Closing date for comments is 16 April 2019
▪ Community SpeedWatch is an initiative run by Thames Valley Police with local community volunteers. ▪ Speeding consistently comes up as a major issue for local residents. ▪ Scheme focus is on education rather than Community enforcement. SpeedWatch ▪ Jointly supported by Binfield, Warfield and Winkfield parish councils. ▪ Purchased a video speed camera for the project. ▪ Northern Parishes Policing team are looking for volunteers to help operate the scheme.
Environment Councillor Heather Gierth
▪ New allotment site is now open with 30 plots allocated Allotments ▪ Plotholders now on site and the growing process begins Quelm Lane ▪ Additional work to do on site which when finished will see 42 plots available
▪ Take & Grow event – promoting home growing of produce ▪ Gardening competition – will be focusing on sustainability Other activity ▪ Promotion of cycling ▪ Exploring measures to tackle flytipping with the Borough enforcement team
Promote recycling through the Parish Office Recycle your ▪ Household cleaning products Other activity ▪ Biscuit and cracker wrapper ▪ Bread bags Please check before you deposit as we cannot accept all products
Facilities Councillor Gareth Barnard
Brownlow Hall Frost Folly Car Park Current Facilities Whitegrove Community Centre Memorial Ground Play Area Picture to add Whitegrove CC
▪ Wi-fi installed in Brownlow Hall & Whitegrove Community Centre ▪ New play area for pre-school users at Whitegrove ▪ New canopy making outside accessible at Whitegrove Changing to ▪ Replacing lighting to be more energy efficient meet the needs of users
New community facility is a planning requirement of the development taking place in Warfield The site is adjacent to Priory Field Parish Council are working with BFC to jointly deliver a building for Warfield’s future New Initial design and costing work has taken place Community hub Our plan is to deliver a new centre that provides access to sports, Priory Field meeting spaces, rooms for hire, café, childcare provision, library and parish council facilities Enhancements to Priory Field and be linked to the East-West Greenway Next steps are business modelling and funding Delivery by December 2024
New Community hub Priory Field
New Community hub Priory Field SPORTS HALL
New ▪ Previously gathered community views on what was required Community hub ▪ Further consultation process showing concepts of the scheme will begin in June at the Summer Fete Priory Field ▪ A leaflet with details of the scheme will be distributed to all homes in Warfield in mid-June.
Open Forum To hear comments or questions from the electors of the parish
Presentation of Awards To present the Chairman’s Award and the Warfield Award
The Chairman’s Award Awarded to an organisation, group or individuals who have made a contribution to the life or work of Warfield
The Presented to Chairman’s Roger & Maggie Britt Award 2019
The Warfield Award Awarded to an individual for their contribution to Warfield
Past recipients 1984 Daisy Humphries 1999 Myrtle Roberts 1985 Jane Kay 2005 Sheila Collings 1986 Michael Sargeant 2006 Gwen Cooper 1987 David A. Briggs 2007 Eddie Taylor The Warfield 1988 Bridget & Peter Lawson 2008 Debbie Warner Award 1989 Doreen & Edie Taylor 2009 Derek Swindells 1990 Carol & Barry Lawrence 2011 Claire Wallen 1991 Ruth Timbrell 2012 Jonathan Greenyer 1992 Babs & Peter Thompson 2013 Elaine Chalmers-Brown 1993 Dennis Golding 2014 Grace Leftley 1995 Maggie Cocks 2015 Lesley Johnson 1996 George Wise 2016 Carol Ellis 1997 Dermot Strangewayes-Booth 2017 Derek Salter 1998 Angus & Sheila Golightly 2018 Vicki Painter
The Warfield Presented to Award Neil Harrison 2019
Next Annual Parish Meeting Provisionally arranged for Wednesday 29 April 2020
Thank you for attending Please join us for refreshments
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