Agenda item

a)     Highways programme for 2010-11

 

The annual programme of highway maintenance and improvement schemes for 2010/11 has been approved. This information is presented on an individual community area basis and is available on the Council’s website under Community Area Highway Information.

The information includes lists of proposed highway and related works for 2010/11 with facts and figures about the roads in your area.

Web link:

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/parkingtransportandstreets/roadshighwayspavements/areaboard highwayinformation.htm

 

Further enquiries should be made to Spencer Drinkwater, Principal Transport Planner, on 01225 713480.

 

 

 

b)     Local Development Framework – consultation on future employment and housing needs.

 

Planning for Wiltshire's Future 2026

 

The Wiltshire 2026 consultation formed an important step towards the development of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, the strategy will eventually replace elements of the existing local plans which planning decisions are currently set against.

 

The consultation ran from 30 October until 31 December 2009, the consultation was publicised widely throughout this period, with public exhibitions held in each community area.

 

The consultation material was available for consideration on the council’s website, within libraries and council offices.

 

Key issues raised in the Marlborough Community Area were, the importance of protecting Marlborough’s natural environment, including the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

 

Several comments highlighted an aspiration to improve and encourage more sustainable forms of transportation and the need for ‘proportionate’ growth was seen as being essential to ensure the retention of local services and employment opportunities.

 

 

To find out more and to receive notification of future consultation events please visit…….

 

wiltshire.gov.uk/planningpolicy.htm

consult.wiltshire.gov.uk

 

 

 

c)     Play Builder Funding.

 

It has been announced that Aldbourne and Baydon, have been awarded Playbuilder funding to improve the areas for the 8 to 13 age range. Playbuilder funding of £1.1 million was awarded to Wiltshire Council in 2009 and is to be spent by March 31^st 2011. The Play Development Service are working in partnership with Parish and Town Councils while others are Wiltshire Council owned sites.

 

The Play Development Service will be working with the local community, including schools and youth groups, to see what improvements the children and young people would like. Consultation may take the form of letters posted to residents, posters in local shops and libraries and discussions with Town Councils, schools and CAYPIGS.

 

 

 

d)     Performance Reward Grant - Community Payback.

 

e)     Area Board’s involvement in allocating funding for Local Transport Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wiltshire Local Development Framework Consultation Results Marlborough Community Area

 

Planning for Wiltshire's Future 2026

• The Wiltshire 2026 consultation formed an important step towards the development of the Wiltshire Core Strategy.
• The strategy will eventually replace elements of the existing local plans which planning decisions are currently set against.
• The Wiltshire 2026 consultation, launched during October 2009, outlined;

•         a vision for Wiltshire;

•         the opportunities and issues within each community area;

•         proposals for how that area will change over time, including;

•         an outline of the suggested scale and location of housing and employment development where identified.

 

Consultation process

• The consultation ran from 30 October until 31 December 2009.
• The consultation was publicised widely throughout this period.
• Public exhibitions were held in each community area.
• The consultation material was available for consideration on the council’s website, within libraries and council offices.
• Workshops were also held with community representatives and organisations.
• Over 2,000 comments from more than 600 individuals, and organisations were made.

 

Key issues raised in the Marlborough Community Area

• The importance of protecting Marlborough’s natural environment, including the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, was raised a number of times.
• Several comments highlighted an aspiration to improve and encourage more sustainable forms of transportation.
• The need for ‘proportionate’ growth was seen as being essential to ensure the retention of local services and employment opportunities.
• Mixed response with regards to the level and distribution of new housing within the community area. Several comments proposed distributing more homes to smaller villages within the community area.

 

Proposed key actions

• Consider how to evaluate and alleviate pressures upon Marlborough’s sensitive landscape including the AONB.
• Investigate how to improve Marlborough’s sustainable transport linkages and methods.
• Consider the need for ‘proportionate’ growth of employment and housing opportunities.
• Ensure that any proposed strategic sites take due consideration of environmental designations including Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Sites of Special Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI).
• Examine Marlborough’s constraints, to development, including topography and service provision.
• Consider the implications of a revised housing distribution, including increasing the number of dwellings directed to smaller settlements within the community area.

 

To find out more and to receive notification of future consultation events please visit…….

 

wiltshire.gov.uk/planningpolicy.htm

consult.wiltshire.gov.uk

 

 

 

Play Development Funding

 

Baydon and Aldbourne have been awarded Playbuilder funding to improve the areas for the 8 to 13 age range. Playbuilder funding of £1.1 million was awarded to Wiltshire Council in 2009 and is to be spent by March 31^st 2011. We are working in partnership with Parish and Town Councils while others are Wiltshire Council owned sites.

 

The Play Development Service will be working with the local community, including schools and youth groups, to see what improvements the children and young people would like. Consultation may take the form of letters posted to residents, posters in local shops and libraries and discussions with Town Councils, schools and CAYPIG.

 

If you would like any further information do contact either Niki Willows or Ella Coghlan.

 

Play Development Advisors

 

Niki Willows mobile:      07920 235 890

Ella Coghlan mobile:     07920 234 094

E-mail:                            niki.willows@wiltshire.gov.uk

                                         ella.coghlan@wiltshire.gov.uk

 

 

 

Local Transport Plan (LTP) Scheme Selection Process

 

Background

 

The establishment of Area Boards presents an opportunity for decisions on small-scale transport and highway improvement schemes to be taken locally. 

 

In response to this there are plans for the Area Boards to be allocated a discretionary budget to assess and select small-scale transport schemes to be progressed in their community areas. The amount of funding available to the Area Boards will be confirmed in due course.

 

The allocation will be for capital funding and can only be used to provide new and improved infrastructure.  It is to be used for schemes that improve safety, increase accessibility and sustainability by promoting walking, cycling and public transport, and improve traffic management.  It cannot be used to fund maintenance schemes or to pay for revenue functions such as passenger transport.

 

Due to the complexity of assessing and selecting a scheme from the many requests, and the potential time that such an agenda item would take, it is proposed that recommendations are made to the Area Board by a Community Area Transport Group (CATG).

 

Members of the CATG will be identified by the Community Area Manager in conjunction with the Chairman, and agreed at the Area Board.  It is requested that the number on each Group should not exceed ten and that the meetings take place during the day. Meetings will be attended by relevant officers from Wiltshire Council and will be chaired by the Area Board Chairman.

 

It is envisaged that the first meeting of the CATG would include a half day workshop covering the following matters:-

 

·        Background to the Council’s transport policies and transport funding.

·        Review of requests received in the community area.

·        Assessment of schemes.

·        Discussion on the need for a feasibility study

·        Discussion on future funding

·        Selection of scheme(s)

·        Recommendation to Area Board.

 

 

 

Waste Consultation

 

The Wiltshire Council waste consultation would run from 17 June to 20 August and officers would be attending area board meetings between these dates. 

 

The format would be an information stand with a couple of officers available before the meeting to answer any questions and to hand out leaflets followed by a 5 minute presentation as part of an agenda item if time allows.

 

 

 

Community Payback – Call for Grot Spots

 

Wiltshire Probation Services is launching a new scheme, ‘Community Payback, Involving Local Communities’. The scheme works with offenders to offer free labour to local communities to enhance the local environment. This includes clearing undergrowth, removal of graffiti or litter, repairing and redecorating community facilities and other environmental projects.

 

The Community Payback initiative has been supported by our Area Boards to receive Performance Reward Grant funding to provide mobile facilities which will enable the work to be carried out more efficiently and to broaden the reach of the project to include more rural parts of the county. 

 

Area Boards are asked to call for ‘Grot Spots’, local areas which need clearing or community facilities which need decorating, litter picking or graffiti removal. These can be referred to the Community Payback Scheme, either directly using the referral form on the Community Payback leaflet or via their Community Area Manager.

 

 

Highways Programme for 2010-11

 

The annual programme of highway maintenance and improvement schemes for 2010/11 has been approved. This information is presented on an individual community area basis and is available on the Council’s website under Community Area Highway Information.

The information includes lists of proposed highway and related works for 2010/11 with facts and figures about the roads in your area.

Web link: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/parkingtransportandstreets/roadshighwayspavements/areaboardhighwayinformation.htm

Further enquiries should be made to Spencer Drinkwater, Principal Transport Planner, on 01225 713480.

 

 

Reducing Unnecessary Street Lighting in Wiltshire

 

Wiltshire Council has been approached by a number of communities seeking to reduce their carbon footprint, reduce light pollution of the night sky and reduce energy costs. Street lighting and illuminated signs have been identified as a major use of energy by the Council in a recent review.

 

A start has been made with a project to replace the lighting units in the county’s 1,600 illuminated bollards with new low energy units. Dimming and turning off unnecessary lighting for part of the night have already been successfully introduced in trial sites at Urchfont and Tidworth.

 

The Council has set aside £5,000 for each Area Board to introduce schemes in their areas this year. The Area Board is asked to solicit interest from Town and Parish Councils and other interested parties to take part in the scheme. The Area Board will then decide on which submissions will go ahead in their area.

 

The Area Board is also asked to nominate an individual to act as Project Leader, to liaise with the community and resolve any issues with the public (the Project Leader should be appointed by the Board, but does not need to be a member of the Board). The Council’s staff and specialists will be available to advise on technical aspects, including the viability of the proposals, and will arrange the installation of the schemes. If successful more cash will be made available for schemes next year.

 

If you are interested in becoming involved in the scheme, please contact a member of your Area Board or the Community Area Manager.