Agenda and minutes

To welcome those present to the meeting.

The Chairman welcomed those present to the Area Board.

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from:

Cllr Sheila Parker

Dave Martin (Corsham Town Council)

Pauline Lyons (Box Parish Council)

Tom Hall (Colerne Parish Council)

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 20 November 2014.

Resolved:

To confirm and sign as a true and correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 20 November 2014.

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

There were no declarations of interests.

To receive the following Chairman’s announcements:

·         Public Consultation on the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site Management Plan 2015

·         CCG Integrated Performance Management Report

The Chairman drew attention to announcements in the agenda pack providing details of a public consultation on the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site Management Plan 2015 and an update from the Clinical Commissioning Group on performance in 2014.

Anne Lock, Suffrage Centenary Committee, presented a commemorative plaque which the Area Board had funded to commemorate two local suffragists. The Committee returned a cheque of £67.96 to the Area Board for funding it had not used.

Terry O’Neil, Lacock Parish Council requested other local town and parish councils consider that Wiltshire Council defer determination of a planning application for a large number of new homes at Rowden Park, Patterdown, pending the Chippenham Site Allocations Development Plan Document finalisation. Public consultation on the application would be running until 29 January 2015.

To receive any updates from the following partners:

(a)  Wiltshire Police

(b)  Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

(c)  Health Services

(d)  Town and Parish Council Nominated Representatives

(e)  Chamber of Commerce

(f)    Schools

Inspector Dave Hobman, Wiltshire Police, updated that Sgt Nick Cooke would retire in March 2015. A mobile CCTV unit the Area Board had part-funded would soon be in the community area and the officer advised burglaries had been increasing in the area and residents should remain vigilant.

An update from Healthwatch Wilshire was available in the agenda pack.

Box Parish Council requested an update on a query raised at the previous meeting in relation to non-domestic rates.

Colerne Parish Council, announced the success of the town’s Christmas lights switch-on and advised it had prepared a snow plan for the winter.

Lacock Parish Council, would be increasing its precept by 57% in 2015 in order to allow it to respond to local needs.

Peter Tapscott, Corsham Area Heritage, made an appeal for active volunteers to join the group, those interested were invited to attend the Annual Governors Meeting on 25 February, 2pm at Arnold House.

To receive a short presentation followed by a question and answer session on the precept from the Chief Executive of the PCC.

Kieran Kilgallen, Chief Executive (PCC) explained there was likely to be an increase to the precept from 2015 of 1.9%. It was emphasised the increase was not an increase in the Council Tax by Wiltshire Council and was needed as the Police Service would receive a 5% cash reduction in its funding from central government. The consultation on the precept increase would be running until 4 February 2015. During a question and answer session it was confirmed all ‘bands’ would pay 1.9% more and on 24 February 2015 Wiltshire Council would agree its precept.

To receive updates and consider recommendations from:

The Area Board received minutes from the last CATG meeting on 17 December and considered recommendations arising.

Resolved:

To allocate the sum of no more than £9,000 from the Area Board’s 2014/15 discretionary highways budget to the scheme in response to road safety issues on Grove Road/Station Road in Corsham.

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The Area Board received the notes from the LYN Management Group meeting and an update from Xina Hart the Community Youth Officer. Updates included that a young person, Chloe Lintern, would co-Chair the LYN Management Group alongside Cllr Alan MacRae.  KIK Radio, in partnership with the LYN, would be holding taster sessions of radio and DJ skills at the Springfield Community Campus on 18 and 19 February. The officer confirmed she would be please to attend Parish Council meetings to explain more about the LYN and funding available. The Area Board considered membership of the LYN Management Group.

Resolved:

To add Marcus Chapman, The Corsham School, to the membership of the LYN management group.

a)    To consider the following applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme:

i)                 Leafy Lane Playing Fields – £983 to provide an overspill car parking facility at Leafy Lane Playing Fields.

ii)               Corsham for Walking –£1,000 to create a new website and purchase publicity banners to promote the Corsham Walking Festival.

iii)              Golden Oldies – £360 to help establish a Goldies singing group for older people in the Corsham community area.

iv)             Wiltshire Wildlife Trust – £5,000 to create 2 community gardens for military and civilian families in Corsham and Colerne.

v)               Corsham Twirlers – £925 to help establish a new majorette troupe in the Corsham community area.

b)    To consider a funding application from the Corsham Community Area Partnership officer for £4, 314.

9a) Community Area Grants

Peter Newman, Leafy Lane Playing Fields, described how the ground was used by various sporting groups and for local competitions.

A representative from Corsham For Walking highlighted the group wanted to become more professional with its own website. The 2014 walking festival had been a great success and it would be a three-day event in 2015. Cllr Philip Whalley, declared he would be organising one of the walks in the festival but was not involved in managing the organisation and would consider the application and vote with an open mind.

A representative from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reported the success of community gardens run in the south of the County. The Area Board agreed more information on the proposed location was needed before a decision could be made.

Applications to the Community Area Grants scheme were considered:

Resolved:

To grant Leafy Lane Playing Fields £983 to provide an overspill car parking facility.

To grant Corsham for Walking £1,000 to create a new website and purchase publicity banners to promote the Corsham Walking Festival.

To grant Golden Oldies £360 to help establish a Goldies singing group for older people in the Corsham community area.

To defer consideration of an application for £5,000 from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust to the next meeting of the Area Board following greater engagement with Parish and Town Councils and more information on proposed sites for the gardens.

To grant Corsham Twirlers £925 to help establish a new majorette troupe in the Corsham community area.

9b) Community Area Partnership Funding

Kevin Gaskin, Partnership Office, gave details of work he was currently involved in and ideas for future involvement.

Resolved:

To grant Corsham Community Area Network £4,314 to fund the Partnership Officer.

To review the Corsham community area Health Fair and slipper exchange held on 20 November 2014, and to consider the next steps in line with local priorities from the Joint Strategic Assessment.

The Corsham Health Fair held on 20 November 2014 had been the best attended in the county and 86 pairs of slippers had been provided to elderly people as part of the successful slipper exchange. The Chairman encouraged the parishes to get in touch if they wanted the exchange to visit their areas.

A future Area Board project was to be established to start an older person’s forum for Corsham community area, interested parties were encouraged to get involved.

The next ordinary meeting of the Area Board will be held on 19 March 2015.

The next ordinary meeting of the Area Board would be on 19 March 2015.

The Area Board meeting will be followed by a Dementia Friends session.

We welcome and encourage you to stay for this free session, by the end of which you will become a recognised ‘Dementia Friend’.

Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society initiative which helps you to understand a little more about dementia, and some little ways you can help.

More information is available at: https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/

This session takes approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.

The Area Board meeting was followed by a ‘Dementia Friends’ session led by Sue Giles; approximately ten people attended and thanked Sue for her informative workshop.