Agenda and minutes

The Chairman, Councillor George Jeans welcomed everyone to the meeting of the South West Wiltshire Area Board.

Apologies for absence were received from:

·       Mere Parish Council – Roy Sims

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

There were none.

Each of the five Parish Councils that have made a request for a 20mph restriction will be given a three-minute slot to make their pitch. Local residents will have an opportunity to vote for which two locations they think should be chosen for 20mph restriction investigations.

The five Parish Councils that had made a request for a 20mph restriction were given a three-minute slot to make their pitch; they were Bishopstone, Fovant, Hindon, Quidhampton and Zeals. Local residents then had the opportunity to vote for which two locations they think should be chosen for 20mph restriction investigations.  These votes were turned into Parish votes, taking the overall two most popular results from all of the people present from the same Parish.

Results of the voting:

46 individual votes cast

Representation from 11 parishes

4 spoilt ballots (1 no vote at all, 3 votes for only 1 location)

11 parishes represented with 2 votes for each = 22 votes in total

Bishopstone = 3.5 parish votes

Fovant = 5.5

Hindon = 2

Quidhampton = 7.5

Zeals = 3.5

Therefore, the two most popular locations chosen through the vote are for Quidhampton and Fovant.

Cllr Deane informed people that Wiltshire Council had been looking at the best practice for speed limits outside of schools. A report would be produced detailing the findings. Further information would be available in due course.

SID Project - Funding Proposal

The Board considered the proposal put forward by the Chairman; to allocate some funding to cover the insurance required to enable Cllr Jeans and Cllr Edge to erect and take down the Area Board owned SID device in designated areas.

Decision

The SWWAB agreed to fund the insurance of approximately £250, for installation and removal of the SID device at designated sites around the three community areas.

Following the meeting this exact amount was confirmed as £265.00.

To confirm as a correct record and sign the minutes of the previous meeting held on Wednesday 4 February 2015.

The minutes of the previous meeting held on Wednesday 4 February 2015, were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The Chairman made the following announcements:

·       The Car Parking Review Consultation had come to a close; the Board looked forward to hearing the outcome.

·       There had been several complaints relating to an increase of litter along the Highway. Cllr Jeans had asked for a community litter picking day to be arranged. Equipment was available to parishes that wished to arrange their own event.

To receive a presentation on upcoming activities and events in 2015 including:

·         Magna Carta celebrations

·         Cycle Wiltshire

The Board will consider the Cllr Led Initiative – Magna Carta Celebrations, put forward by Cllr Peter Edge, to allocate £1,000 (Report to follow).

The Board received information on upcoming activities and events in 2015 from the Community Area Manager, Steve Harris. Events included the Magna Carta celebrations on 15 June, and the Cycle Wiltshire event on 9^th and 10^th May. Councillor Peter Edge would be leading on the Magna Carta event for the Area Board.

Funding Request

The Board Considered the Cllr Led Initiative – Magna Carta Celebrations, put forward by Cllr Peter Edge, to allocate £1,000, as detailed in the report which was circulated at the meeting and attached to these minutes.

Project details: The project would support the community area to participate in the Magna Carta anniversary parade to be held in Salisbury on 15th June 2015. Issued by King John of England, the Magna Carta established the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law and that people could have their say on justice and decisions that would affect them. It is recognised as perhaps the first building block to the democratic structures we have in today’s world. 800 years on and in Wiltshire at a local community level this can be best demonstrated with the area board structures that we have in place. In recognition of this important occasion each community area is invited to attend with a representation of what Magna Carta means for them and their community. This might be in the form of a banner, float or display, which would require resources to deliver.

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board allocated £1,000 of funding to the Councillor Led Initaiative – Magna Carta Celebrations.

To receive any verbal updates from Partners and Community Groups present, including:

·         Local Youth Network (LYN)

·         Police – Neighbourhood Teams

·         Fire & Rescue

To note the following written updates attached to the agenda:

a)    Police

b)    Fire

c)    Wilton Town Team minutes

d)    WC Info Item – Universal Credit

Note: Speakers are reminded that they each have a 3 minutes slot, unless they have previously discussed alternative arrangements with the Community Area Manager.

The Board noted the written updates attached to the agenda.

The following verbal updates were received from partners present at the meeting:

Police – Neighbourhood Teams

Inspector David Minty explained that although the figures showed a 100% increase in domestic burglary in Wilton, that only equated to 5 individual burglaries. It was felt that the person responsible for these crimes was known to the police and an arrest would be made shortly.

Overall domestic violence was down. Some arrests had been made recently on The Drove, in connection to poaching. Section 35 notices had been issued and those people had been sent out of Wiltshire.

Another operation would be running shortly, working alongside farmers and local people in rural areas, to target poachers and other rural crime.

Question: We have been trying to spread the word about the importance of locking up buildings.  Bishopstone would be holding a village lunch the following week for older people, a representative from the Police would be welcome to attend to show support and spread the word. Answer: Community Messaging was another way to share local information quickly.

Fire & Rescue

The Combined Fire Service for Wiltshire and Dorset had been approved by Central Government. Darren Gunter had been appointed as Chief Fire Officer for the new Combined Service, which would commence from April 2016.

To receive an update from the Chairman of the Tisbury Campus Shadow Community Operations Board (SCOB); Councillor Tony Deane and to note the minutes of the last meeting as attached to the agenda.

Councillor Tony Deane showed the new logo for the Nadder Community Campus which had been produced.

The project managers estimated that the Campus was two weeks behind programme, due to the discovery of more asbestos on site than had been originally thought.

It was hoped that there would be an allocated space for the Youth on the first floor. There were plans to reinstate the workshop for the old moped project, with tools and space to continue a similar scheme. There had been an offer of some tools from a widow of an engineer who wished to donate her late husbands tools to the young people for this project.

The aim would be to hold an opening ceremony in April 2016.

Questions:

·         Had a planning application for a skate park been submitted yet? Answer: In Tisbury, the young people wanted one skate park, and two dedicated youth spaces. Three locations had been looked at, but new rules say that the preferred site was too close to houses, so new sites were now being sought. Funds are in place to spend, we just need to find a suitable location.

To receive an update from the Chairman of the group; Councillor Tony Deane and to consider recommendations for funding as detailed in the attached papers.

The Board considered the recommendation to allocate funding to pay for meeting venues for 2015/16 for CATG meetings, as detailed in the attached report.

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board agreed to allocate £275.00 to cover venue costs for CATG meetings in 2015/16.

Councillor Tony Deane, Chairman of CATG noted that there was still funding available for minor schemes. He also pointed out that mobility scooters needed to have the wider style wheels to be able to use the drop kerbs used in Wiltshire, so anyone purchasing a scooter should consider this.

The Board considered the funding recommendation of the CATG, as detailed in the report.

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board approved the recommendation to fund the following CATG projects for 2014/15:

Question: Would Broadchalke still be considered for the 20mph scheme? Answer: It was looked at, at the last CATG meeting, details are in the minutes. Cllr Green to let Cllr Deane know exactly what was required.

Community Area Grants

The Board members will consider 3 applications for funding from the Community Area Grants Scheme:

·         Ebbesbourne Wake Village Hall Management Committee – Requesting £3,164 towards Wifi and technical installation.

·         Kilmington and Stourton Cricket Club – Requesting £1,500 towards a new digital score board.

·         Compton Chamberlayne Cricket Club – Requesting £850 towards an outfield mower.

The Board considered three applications for funding from the Community Area Grant Scheme, as detailed in the report. Applicants present were invited to speak in support of their projects.

Following discussion the Board voted on each application in turn.

Decision

Ebbesbourne Wake Village Hall Management Committee was awarded £2,864 towards the installation of IT, sound and lighting improvements.

Reason

The application met the criteria of the Community Area Grant Scheme for 2014/15.

Decision

Kilmington & Stourton Cricket Club was awarded £1,450 towards the purchase of an electronic scoreboard (The Parish Council would also give £50).

Reason

The application met the criteria of the Community Area Grant Scheme for 2014/15.

Decision

Compton Chamberlayne Cricket Club was awarded £800 towards the purchase of a new mower (The Parish Council would also give £50).

Reason

The application met the criteria of the Community Area Grant Scheme for 2014/15.

To note the Area Board Priorities and Projects update and the Rights of Way Improvement Update as attached to the agenda.

The Board noted the Area Board Priorities and Projects update and the Rights of Way Improvement Update as attached to the agenda.

There had been a really positive response to the First Aid Sessions project which Cllr Green was leading on. The sessions would be taking place shortly, any other parishes wishing to be involved should contact Steve Harris, Community Area Manager.

To note the table of current Issues on the system, as detailed in the attached report, and to consider the recommendation to close the issues as marked in green on the report.

The Board noted the Issues update attached to the agenda, and considered the request to close those issues as marked in green. However there had been a request made by Wilton Town Council not to close issues 3688 and 3722.

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board agreed to close issues 2554, 2664, 3368, 3424, 3689 & 3780.

Comments

·         Mike Ash, Bishopstone Parish Council – An appeal to the Police and the Council relating to Issue 3720 (speeding in Bishopstone) had now been successful.

The next meeting of the Board will be on Wednesday 3 June 2015. The venue and start time of that meeting is to be confirmed as the Board is hoping to schedule a special themed meeting on Health and Social Care. Details to follow.

The Chairman thanked everyone for coming and closed the meeting.

The next meeting of the South West Wiltshire Area Board will be held on Wednesday 3 June 2015, at the earlier time of 2.30pm. This will start with  a themed event focusing on services for older people, followed by the usual Area Board items starting at approximately 3.45pm at Dinton Village Hall.