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DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 5th February 2020

LAST MEETING: Wednesday 8th November 2019

 

Wednesday 8th May 2019, Hanworth Memorial Hall at 7.00pm

190206 MINUTES

Minutes of a Meeting of Hanworth Parish Council held on

Wednesday 26th February 2019 in 29 The Common Hanworth

Norfolk (by kind permission of Gill Wilton and Robert Corbishley)

Present:  Gill Wilton (Chairman), Sue Francis, Sally Martin, Charlie Penrose, Jenny Sackin, Elizabeth Thompson, Dee Holroyd (Clerk).  Cllr John Timewell, Gill Catling.

  1. The Minutes of the Meeting held on 14th November were agreed and signed by the Chairman. Proposed CP, seconded ET.
  2.  

The Meeting closed to allow Cllr JT to give his report.  JT reported that the NN budget had been set.  The management of the Council had reverted from Committee to Cabinet.  The managing director of the Council had also been changed.  The Council were facing big cuts to their budget for children`s services.  Norfolk had the highest retirement population in the country and JT was concerned that plans were not in place to deal with an increasing need of care from elderly people.

Norse, which is owned by the County, had an excellent Managing Director and were putting money back into the Council.  Two hundred and eighty-five Councils were opening up to allow the development of properties which they owned.  SM asked whether community housing was being built on any of the many new development going up in Norfolk.

GW said Highways did well in Norfolk and she encouraged members of the public to report to them. JT agreed.

JT was concerned that there was talk of merging the Fire and Police services in Norfolk.  The local fire service was excellent and he felt should remain as it is.

JT left the meeting at 7.45pm

  1. Matters Arising: Cllr Norman Smith (NNDC) had asked for the application to demolish 24 The Common be called in to Committee.  He would advise the PC of the date when known and asked for members of the PC to attend. SM would attend.
  2. Finance: The clerk circulated a report showing expenditure and income to date. The current credit balance was £3146, precept £1250 due in April.  One cheque of £230 was signed for the clerk and office expenses.
  3. Correspondence Received: had been circulated to the PC.  GW agreed to fill in a Norfolk Open Spaces (ethos)  report for NNDC.
  4. Any Other Business: (i) elections would be held on 2nd  All councillors expressed their willingness to stand again.  DH to send nomination forms to be filled in and returned by 3rd April. (ii) The Annual Parish Meeting would be on 8th May.  GW asked for suggestions as to how to encourage people to attend.  It was agreed to do a note to go through everyone`s door, this task to be shared among the members of HPC. (iii)  BR asked if the Commons Committee could be asked to repair and improve the cattle pen on the Common, which was in a sad state.

Dh to write to Simon Barclay, Chairman of the Commons Committee to  ask him to put this work in hand.

  1. Date of next Meeting:  

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 8.15pm.

MINUTES  190226

Minutes of a Meeting of Hanworth Parish Council held on

Wednesday 26th February 2019 in 29 The Common Hanworth

Norfolk (by kind permission of Gill Wilton and Robert Corbishley)

Present:  Gill Wilton (Chairman), Sue Francis, Sally Martin, Charlie Penrose, Jenny Sackin, Elizabeth Thompson, Dee Holroyd (Clerk).  Cllr John Timewell, Gill Catling.

  1. The Minutes of the Meeting held on 14th November were agreed and signed by the Chairman. Proposed CP, seconded ET.
  2.  

The Meeting closed to allow Cllr JT to give his report.  JT reported that the NN budget had been set.  The management of the Council had reverted from Committee to Cabinet.  The managing director of the Council had also been changed.  The Council were facing big cuts to their budget for children`s services.  Norfolk had the highest retirement population in the country and JT was concerned that plans were not in place to deal with an increasing need of care from elderly people.

Norse, which is owned by the County, had an excellent Managing Director and were putting money back into the Council.  Two hundred and eighty-five Councils were opening up to allow the development of properties which they owned.  SM asked whether community housing was being built on any of the many new development going up in Norfolk.

GW said Highways did well in Norfolk and she encouraged members of the public to report to them. JT agreed.

JT was concerned that there was talk of merging the Fire and Police services in Norfolk.  The local fire service was excellent and he felt should remain as it is.

JT left the meeting at 7.45pm

  1. Matters Arising: Cllr Norman Smith (NNDC) had asked for the application to demolish 24 The Common be called in to Committee.  He would advise the PC of the date when known and asked for members of the PC to attend. SM would attend.
  2. Finance: The clerk circulated a report showing expenditure and income to date. The current credit balance was £3146, precept £1250 due in April.  One cheque of £230 was signed for the clerk and office expenses.
  3. Correspondence Received: had been circulated to the PC.  GW agreed to fill in a Norfolk Open Spaces (ethos)  report for NNDC.
  4. Any Other Business: (i) elections would be held on 2nd  All councillors expressed their willingness to stand again.  DH to send nomination forms to be filled in and returned by 3rd April. (ii) The Annual Parish Meeting would be on 8th May.  GW asked for suggestions as to how to encourage people to attend.  It was agreed to do a note to go through everyone`s door, this task to be shared among the members of HPC. (iii)  BR asked if the Commons Committee could be asked to repair and improve the cattle pen on the Common, which was in a sad state.

Dh to write to Simon Barclay, Chairman of the Commons Committee to  ask him to put this work in hand.

  1. Date of next Meeting:  Wednesday 8th May

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 8.15pm.

MINUTES 180801

Minutes of a Meeting of Hanworth Parish Council held on

Wednesday 1st August 2018 at 7.30pm in Hanworth Memorial Hall

Present:  Gill Wilton (Chairman), Sally Martin, Robert Ranger,  Elizabeth Thompson, Dee Holroyd (clerk).

  1. Apologies for Absence: Sue Francis, Charlie Penrose, Jenny Sackin
  2. Minutes of the Meetings held on 2nd May 2018: were agreed and signed by the Chairman, proposed SM, seconded LT.
  3. Matters Arising: (i) Website;  GW and RR would send some pictures to Jenny Sackin and SM suggested some of Gunton be included. 
  4. Finance: the clerk reported a current credit balance of £3460 after all accounts paid. An invoice was expected for tree work of about £300.  A letter from the Hanworth PPC was received and would be dealt with at the November meeting, together with the budget for the coming year.
  5. Correspondence received: The proposed new potato store at Glebe Farm was discussed.  This would be a large building, probably used for storing potatoes from other farms.  The PC was only concerned with the extra traffic movement this might generate.  This is a conservation area and BR suggested there might be a weight limit on the small roads. (ii) Local Plan: none of the areas of grass within the parish are in need of protection as they are all registered.
  6. Any Other Business: (i)Signs:  concern was expressed about the number of signs used to advertise on the B140.  Some were left up after the event was over.  BR asked whether Highways owned a metre on either side of the road.  Mike Attew had been asked not to encourage signs on his land adjacent to the road. DH to write to Highways regarding the number of signs and to copy to Cllr John Timewall. (ii0 SM questioned the mowing of the grass to a short level in White Post Road.  This was done by Mike Attew to tidy up the approach to his camping site. (iii) Memorial Hall:  SM suggested events to fund raise. This is up to the Memorial Hall Committee.  DH to write to David Attew to ask whether some restoration work was in hand.  SM believed there was  a lot of good will towards the restoration of the hall. (iii) DH to write to David Attew to ask him to restore the bottle bank which had been situated in the Memorial Hall car part.
  7. Date of next Meeting: Wednesday 7th November 2018

MINUTES 180502

Minutes of Hanworth Annual Parish Meeting held on

Wednesday 2nd May 2018 at 7.00pm in Hanworth Memorial Hall

Present:  Gill Wilton (Chairman), Sally Martin, Charlie Penrose, Jenny Sackin, Liz Thompson, Dee Holroyd (Clerk).

  1. Apologies for Absence: none received.
  2. Graham Connolly, NNDC: Community Led Housing< Hanworth:  GC explained that the village has a growing number of commercial holiday homes as well as weekend cottages.  They would talk about what the Council is doing to help young people buy properties in their area.  A presentation was circulated.  There are approximately 50,000 second homes in the district which push up prices, forcing local buyers to borrow up to 11 times their income when purchasing a home.  A map was circulated showing the distribution of second homes, up to 50% in some areas.  Hanworth has 25 holiday or second homes, nearly 25% of housing.  Rental costs were also locally high.  There were no affordable houses in the area and 80 applicants, with a connection to Hanworth, were seeking homes.  The criteria for affordable housing is that they should not be isolated, with at least 10 adjoining homes in the immediate vicinity and good road access.  Land purchased for affordable housing would be purchased for a low price or could be leased. Houses would be built in a way which made them very cheap to run.  No suitable land in Hanworth had been identified.   Community led housing offers a way to meet the needs of the whole community.  Funding is available, income can be created.  One reason for the visit this evening was to obtain views of local residents and to learn the availability of potential land available.  GC asked for public questions.
  • Kit Martin asked whether affordable houses have to be in large groups. GC: some housing associations built as few as two affordable homes. (ii) Gerald Stamp asked whether, as a general policy, brown field sites were preferred. GC: Yes.  (iii) ?  Has the Council taken into consideration the large increase in housing at Gunton. GW reassured the village that there is currently no land identified for affordable housing, but if any was, it was better used for affordable, rather than holiday housing. There are currently two possible homes, which could be rebuilt as affordable houses.  If affordable homes were built, would there be control as to design.  Local people would be consulted to ensure such houses blend in.

The Chairman thanked GC for his presentation the meeting and explained that the idea of the presentation was to allow Hanworth residents to be well aware of any future plans for development in this area. GW reminded the meeting that there were no mains drains in the area, water pressure was low and the electricity supply weak.  GC left the meeting.

  1. Address by the Chairman of the Parish Council: GW reported (i) the PC had received a grant which enabled them to buy a laptop and to create a website, shortly to be completed. 
  2. Finance: the annual precept, raised party from local council tax was largely spent on keeping trees on the Common in a safe condition.
  3. Public Questions: David Attew told the meeting that the War Memorial Trust had agreed to pay £1500 towards the cost of a full of a full survey in May. including  up to the point of tender.  The Village Hall Committee would pay the remaining £800.  A grant of up to £30,000 could be available to repair the main/original body of the hall.  A seminar in May would explain the grant process.  Other grants for the kitchens, cloakrooms and snooker room built in 1959 (a survey had shown that about half the people asked would like to retain this room) would have to be applied for. £15,000 might be available from Big Society.  A business plan, not necessarily profitable, would have to be put together and it should be shown that the hall was regularly used.  The Village Hall Committee had a credit balance of approximately £8,000.  Quiz nights, another marathon and a promised donation from a local land owner would all help. KM asked what the likely time scale was.  DA explained that due to the varying timing criteria of the different bodies involved, about eighteen months would be needed to put the scheme together.  During this time the hall was deteriorating and some interim improvements would have to be made following the survey.
  4. Any Other Business: (i) GW told the meeting that it had been twelve years since title of the Common had been applied for and the Commons Committee would apply for full title during 2018. Everyone living round the Common is a trustee, but they had given up their Common Rights.
  • Twelve local people had worked incredibly hard to tidy up the graveyard and remove ivy from the wall and were to be congratulated on their very successful input.

GW thanked everyone from coming and hoped to see them at next year`s meeting.

The meeting closed at 7.50 pm

Minutes of an Annual Meeting of Hanworth Parish Council held  in Hanworth Memorial Hall on Wednesday 2nd May 2018 following the Annual Parish Meeting

Present:  Gill Wilton (Chairman), Sally Martin, Charlie Penrose, Jenny Sackin, Liz Thompson, Dee Holroyd (Clerk).

  1. Election of Chairman: the Chairman stood down and was immediately and unanimously re-elected.  Proposed JS, seconded SM.
  2. Apologies for Absence: as for the Parish Meeting.
  3. Minutes of the Meeting held on 7th February: were agreed and signed by the Chairman.  Proposed JS, seconded CP.
  4. Finance: The cash book and audit were agreed by all present.
  5. Matters Arising: (i) GW had attended the Local Development Plan Meeting.  Design, landscaping and building fabric used on any planned Community Housing should be such as will fit in with the local area. (ii) Under permissive Development, a prior notification of a development of a very large Potato Store (height 10 metres) at Glebe Farm, White Post Road.  It is believed that this will be for a co-operative use as the building would be too large to store the tonnage of potatoes which could be grown on Glebe Farm land.  This means lorry accessing the site, using small, local roads and which is within an area of outstanding natural beauty.  The PC agreed that before making any comment more detail was needed.
  6. Any Other Business: (i) Website:  It was agree to pay £20 extra a year to have the site SSL certified.  A good background photograph was needed.

Gill Wilton would supply as list of names such as the Church Warden, Commons Committee, Parish Council Chairman and Clerk.  (ii) Trees, some more work had been done on the fallen branch and Richard Church will do a survey of to show what else needs attention. 

  1. Date of Next Meeting: Wednesday 6th November 2019