Agenda

Warminster Area Board - Thursday 30 May 2024 7.00 pm

Venue: Warminster Library, Three Horseshoes Walk, Warminster, BA12 9BT

Contact: Ben Fielding - Senior Democratic Services Officer  01225 718656, Email: benjamin.fielding@wiltshire.gov.uk

Items
Note No. Item

7.00pm

1.

Election of the Chairman

Supporting documents:

2.

Election of the Vice-Chairman

To elect the Vice-Chairman of Warminster Area Board for the forthcoming year.

3.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

4.

Minutes

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 20 March 2024.

5.

Declarations of Interest

6.

Chairman's Announcements and Information Items

Supporting documents:

7.10pm

7.

Area Board End of Year Report and Outside Bodies

Part I – Looking Back

 

To receive the Area Board End of Year Report as well as to report on progress made in addressing the Area Board priorities selected for 2023/24:

o   Improving outcomes and positive activities for Young people – Cllr Andrew Davis

o   Health and Wellbeing – No councillor appointed

o   Environment, Biodiversity, and sustainability – Cllr Tony Jackson

o   Community Safety – Cllr Pip Ridout

o   Transport and Access – Cllr Bill Parks

Part II – Looking Forward

·       To highlight potential priorities for the Area Board to consider for 2024/25.

·       To appoint Members as Lead representatives to Outside Bodies and any new Non-Priority Working Groups as set out at Appendix A;

·       To appoint a Lead representative to the LHFIG (listed on Appendix A) and to note the Terms of Reference as set out in Appendix B.

Supporting documents:

7.30pm

8.

Area Board Funding

To note the remaining budgets and to consider any applications for funding, as detailed in the attached report and summarised below:

 

Remaining Budgets:

 

Community Area Grant

Older & Vulnerable

Young People

£21,559

£7,700

£19,457

 

Area Board Initiatives:

 

Ref/Link

Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG1752

Warminster Area Board - Maiden Bradley Parish News

£500

 

Community Area Grants:

 

 

Ref/Link

Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG1413

Selwood Housing - Westleigh Community CCTV Project

£5,000

ABG1733

Tynings Allotments and Leisure Gardeners Association - Tynings Allotment Access Improvement

£982

ABG1789

Corsley Reading Room - Corsley Reading Room Repairs

£2,500

ABG1792

Corsley War Memorial Playing Field - Equipment for volunteers to use when maintaining the playing field and orchard

£500

 

Older & Vulnerable Grants:

 

Ref/Link

Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG1750

Maiden Bradley Memorial Hall - Maiden Bradley Memorial Hall Community Coffee Mornings

£500

ABG1802

Corsley Reading Room - Community Film Club

£300

 

Young People Grants:

 

Ref/Link

Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG1785

Warminster youth club - Warminster youth club core costs

£5,000

 

Further information on the Area Board Grant system can be found here.

Supporting documents:

7.50pm

9.

Wiltshire Police Chief Constable

To receive an update from Wiltshire Police Chief Constable, Catherine Roper.

Supporting documents:

8.10pm

10.

Updates from Partners

To receive updates from the following partners:

·       Wiltshire Police

·       Warminster Garrison

·       Warminster Health and Wellbeing Forum

·       Town and Parish Councils Nominated Representatives

·       BSW Together

·       Community First

·       Healthwatch Wiltshire

 

Some written updates have been received and are included in this agenda.

Supporting documents:

8.25pm

11.

Wiltshire and Swindon Road Safety Partnership

To receive an update from Wiltshire and Swindon Road Safety Partnership Manager, Perry Payne.

8.40pm

12.

FACT Programme Update

To receive an update from FACT Lead, Simon Thomas on the FACT Programme.

8.55pm

13.

Local Highways and Footpath Improvement Group (LHFIG)

To note the minutes and consider any recommendations arising from the last LHFIG meeting held on 1 May 2024, as set out in the attached report.

 

Further information on the LHFIG process can be found here.

Supporting documents:

14.

Urgent items

Any other items of business which the Chairman agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.

9.00pm

15.

Future Meeting Dates

The next meeting of the Warminster Area Board will be on 12 September 2024.