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Agenda 2/12/04

 

Agenda for Itchen Valley Parish Council meeting held on Thursday  2nd December 2004 in Easton Village Hall. 

Mr Geoffrey Williams, the applicant for the hotel site at Morn Hill, will attend to describe his proposals and answer questions. This item will be dealt with first.

                                                        AGENDA

1. Apologies 

2. Approval and Signing of the Minutes of the November 2004 Meeting 

3. Matters Arising 

a)      Couch Green

Drain Cover

Football Nets

b)  Low Cost Housing

c) Finger Posts and Sign in Church Lane, Easton

 d) Footpaths

            Ownership of Railway Line Footpath

            Hampshire Community Access Forum Seminar

            Trail Riders Fellowship

e) Traffic Calming

 f)        Easton Cricket Club

             g)      Standing Orders/Secret Ballot (see note at end)

             h)      Freedom of Information Act 2000-Workshop 8/12/2004

             i)        Banner signs at Percy Hobbs

 4. Councillors’ Reports and Questions

 5. Finance 

Draft Budget 

Audit Commission 

Cheque signed prior to meeting:

101344 HAPTC-Planning Seminar                                                                          £40.00

 Cheques to be approved and signed:

101345 Avington PCC                                                                                             £300.00

101346 Easton PCC                                                                                                £300.00

101347 Martyr Worthy PCC                                                                                    £300.00

101348 Itchen Abbas PCC                                                                                      £300.00

101349 Easton Village Hall                                                                                     £650.00

101350 Itchen Abbas and Avington Village Hall                                                    £650.00

101351 Martyr Worthy Parish Hall                                                                           £650.00

101352 Easton and Martyr Worthy News                                                               £130.00

101353 Joyce Edgell (Salary and Expenses November)                                     £258.14

101354 Southern Electric (KGV)                                                                               £18.67

101355 Southern Water (KGV)                                                                                   £6.75

101356 HCC (Street Lighting)                                                                                £226.22

6. Planning Applications 

W01706/12 Morn Hill Ltd. NTL, Telegraph Way, Winchester, Hampshire. Erection of 120 bedroom hotel with car parking (135 spaces) and landscaping. 

W06599/09 Mr Jellett, The Worthys, Abbots Worthy. Erection of entrance gates and piers. 

W19103/01 The Director of Health and Housing, New Farm, Northington Road, Itchen Abbas. Construction of a new sewage treatment works. 

W17745/02TPOCA Mr Judson, Pipits Hill, Avington. Removal of low limbs on 2 Sycamores and crown thin by no more than 15%. 

W17745/03 Mr Judson, Pipits Hill, Avington. Arbour in rear garden (Part Retrospective) 

W17539/01TPOCA St. Swithun’s Church, Church Lane, Martyr Worthy. Fell 1 Horse Chestnut and reduce on 1 Horse Chestnut by 20%. 

W15352/05 Adas, Bridgets Lane, Martyr Worthy. Change of use from part offices to use as neurological physiotherapy treatment unit.  

7. Planning Decisions

   W19202 Dr and Mrs Lewis, Rustenburg, Old Station Road, Itchen Abbas. Conservatory to rear. APPLICATION     PERMITTED

 W09686/04TPOCA Mrs Ellis, Bevisbury House, Church Lane, Easton. Prune and thin hedge of trees as per previous application. Conservation Area: Easton APPLICATION PERMITTED

 W02013/06 Whitbread Restaurants Plc. The Percy Hobbs, Alresford Road, Winchester. 2 lettering fascia signs, 1 welcome sign,1 internally illuminated menu sign and 2 non-illuminated wall signs. (Amended description) APPLICATION PERMITTED

W17745/01TPOCA Mr Judson, Pipits Hill, Avington. Conservation Area: Avington Top various trees due to vulnerability in high winds; fell 1 or 2 if deemed necessary. APPLICATION WITHDRAWN

8. Planning Matters

             Application of PPG3 copy report received from the Portfolio Holder for planning

9. Correspondence

            1. DEFRA Rural Services Review

            2. Local Council Review-Circulating

            3. WCC Creative Winchester: A Tourism Strategy 04/08

            4. South Downs Newsletter

            5. WCC Forward Plan of Key Decisions

            6. SE A Picture of Change-Competition

            7. Standards Board Publication-Individual Copy

            8. South Downs Campaign Newsletter

            9. Letter re Parking at The Pinder Centre, Avington

            10. WCC Grants and Funding Services leaflet

10. Date of Next Meeting 

Thursday  January 6th 2005  at 7pm in Easton Village Hall.  

Note from AM re voting in cases where a new Parish Councillor is to be co-opted 

HAPTC have now told me that their comment to the Clerk that voting on these occasions must be by show of hands was advice only. There is absolutely no legal requirement that voting must be done in this way. 

They did, however, suggest that if we wished to have a secret ballot with the votes counted by Joyce we should amend our Standing Orders to provide for this. 

HAPTC did agree, on reflection, that in a village community voting by show of hands could be difficult for all concerned. 

At the next meeting I therefore suggest that a resolution should be proposed as follows:

“That the following clause be added to the Standing Orders:

When a vacancy occurs on the Parish Council and is to be filled by co-option (no valid request for an election having been made) if there is more than one candidate those parish Councillors present at the relevant meeting of the Parish Council shall vote by written secret ballot. The votes shall be counted by the Clerk who shall then declare the result”.