Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the on-line meeting and introduced the councillors and officers present.

Ros Griffiths – Community Engagement Manager.

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 14 October 2021.

Decision

·         The minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 14 October 2021

 were approved as the correct record

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

There were none.

To receive the following chairman’s announcements:

·         Ask Angela Campaign relaunch – December 2021

·         Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations 2-5 June 2022

·         Reminder of changes to the Highway Code from 29 January 2022

The following Chairman’s Announcements contained in the agenda pack were noted:

Ask Angela Campaign relaunch – December 2021

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations 2-5 June 2022

           Reminder of changes to the Highway Code from 29 January 2022

Cllr Ruth Hopkinson

Cllr Ruth Hopkinson

Points made included:

She had engaged in a series of meetings with Gigaclear.

That not all problems could be attributed to Gigaclear.

That Gigaclear needed to be more proactive, but that interactions with them had definately improved over the last few months.

That residents were frustrated that they could not join the Gigaclear network, due to Gigaclear issues with land owned by private individuals.

That some remedial work carried out by Gigaclear had been of a poor quality – Wiltshire Council had now given permission for Gigaclear to organise extra teams to carry out this work.

That a newly appointed Gigaclear Community Engagement Manager had now been appointed to cover corsham area – so things were improving.

The Chairman thanked Cllr Hopkinson for her update.

To receive any updates from the following partners:

Wiltshire Police

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Corsham Climate Action

Town & Parish Councils

·         Corsham Town Council

·         Box Parish Council

·         Colerne Parish Council

·         Lacock Parish Council

CCG/Healthwatch

Written updates contained in the agenda pack were noted:

Wiltshire Police – Inspector James Brain

Local Priorities

·         Corsham Rural
Speed checks Gastard and Box
Woodland damage Quarry hill (Box & Box Hill)
Anti-hare coursing patrols

·         Corsham Town
Speed checks, Corsham Newlands road, Valley Road,.
Park Lane, Pickwick & Pickwick Road.
Londis shop patrols underage alcohol and tobacco sales.
ASB service delivery yard and alleyway rear of Londis.

Points made by the Area Board members included:

Good ongoing work on local drug dealing.

Concerns re speeding along Valley Road.

That good work was being carried out by PC Kev Golledge.

That Speedwatch volunteers needed to be supported more by Wiltshire Police.

Looking forward to seeing how Auto Speedwatch worked in the community area.

Corsham Climate Action – Adam Walton

It was agreed that Cllr Ruth Hopkinson would circulate Corsham street lighting protocols to all.

Corsham Town Council

Box Parish Council

Colerne Parish Council

Lacock Parish Council

CCG/Healthwatch

The Chairman thanked all partners for their updates.

Community Area Grants

·         Dave Wright requesting £2,000 for Box Hill Community orchard and Rudloe Firs Limestone Wildflower meadow

·         Neston Over 60s group requesting £200 for Microphone and screen to support group activities

·         Sea Squad Explorer Scout Unit requesting £3,456.25 for Stand Up Paddle boarding equipment

·         Pound Arts Community Garden requesting £2,500 for Development of a community garden at Pound Arts, Corsham

·         Katherine Pugh requesting £1,377 for Colerne Defibrillator Project

·         Colin WellenKamp requesting £2,450 for Families Out Loud counselling project

Youth Grants

·         Corsham Windband Association requesting £1,000 for 40^th Anniversary

·         Rewired Counselling / Pound Arts requesting £2,000 for Spark 2022 Young People Wellbeing Event for all Yr 9 students at Corsham School

Dave Wright awarded £2,000 for Box Hill Community orchard and Rudloe Firs Limestone Wildflower meadow

Dave Wright outlined a future £3,000 application for kissing gates from the Area Board funding. The Chairman advised that an application should be sent to Ros Griffiths – Community Engagement Manager asap.

Sea Squad Explorer Scout Unit awarded £3,456.25 for Stand Up Paddle boarding equipment

Pound Arts Community Garden awarded £2,500 for Development of a community garden at Pound Arts, Corsham

Katherine Pugh awarded £1,377 for Colerne Defibrillator Project

On the condition that Colerne PC funded 25% of the application

           Colin WellenKamp requesting £2,450 for Families Out Loud counselling project. 

This application was deferred for the applicant to further discuss the application details with Ros Griffiths – Community Engagement Manager.

That the Area Board noted the Neston Over 60s group requesting £200 for Microphone and screen to support group activities.

Funding for this application had been approved between meetings as it was time sensitive.

Youth Grants

Corsham Windband Association awarded £1,000 for 40^th Anniversary

Rewired Counselling / Pound Arts awarded £2,000 for Spark 2022 Young People Wellbeing Event for all Yr 9 students at Corsham School

·         Health and Wellbeing – Cllr Brian Mathew

·         Local Youth Network – Cllr Helen Belcher

·         Community Area Transport Group – Cllr Ruth Hopkinson

·         Climate Group – Cllr Derek Walters

Health and Wellbeing – Cllr Brian Mathew

·         That group would be meeting in the near future – to date be confirmed

·         The minutes of the 16 November 2021 meeting were noted

Local Youth Network – Cllr Helen Belcher

·         The group had last met during December 2021 with various town representatives in attendance –  a good meeting, with lots of work to do

Community Area Transport Group – Cllr Ruth Hopkinson

·         The minutes of the 12 January 2022 meeting were noted

Climate Group – Cllr Derek Walter

·         The group had met during December 2021 and January 2022 with good support

·         That the group was a good platform to press Wiltshire Council on climate issues

There was none.