Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Royal Wootton Bassett & Cricklade Area Board and introduced the councillors and officers present.

 

Apologies for absence were received from:

                                      

·       Mike Leighfield – Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council

·       Peter Colmer – Cricklade Town Council

·       Diana Kirby – Tockenham Parish Council

·       Veronica Stubbings – Broad Town Parish Council

·       Andrew Harris – Lydiard Millicent Parish Council

·       John Davis – Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival

 

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 20 July 2016.

Decision

 

·       The minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 20 July 2016 were agreed a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

 

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

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

News and information on what’s going on in your local community

and across the county:

 

·         Big Pledge – Road to Rio 2016 review.

 

·         Mental Health Awareness.

 

·         Helping Wiltshire Council meet the challenges ahead.

 

·         Licensed Trade Event.

The following Chairman’s Announcements were noted:

 

·       Big Pledge – Road to Rio 2016 review.

 

·       Mental Health Awareness.

 

·       Helping Wiltshire Council meet the challenges ahead.

 

·       Licensed Trade Event.

 

·       Network Rail.

 

Skew bridge – work commenced during October 2016, expected to finish during Spring 2017.

 

Broad Town bridge – to re-open.

 

Public engagement event to be held at the Lime Kiln, Royal Wootton Bassett on Tuesday 27 September.

 

Town and Parish Council Feedback.

 

·         South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust – defibrilator demonstration (to be confirmed).

 

·         New Community Policing Model – a short video will be shown.

 

Feedback from Ellen Blacker - Health and Wellbeing Champion to the Area Board.

 

 

Working with our Young People to Provide Positive Leisure Activities - Alexa Smith – Community Engagement Manager, Wiltshire Council

 

Youth grant funding applications:

 

·         Connecting Youth requesting funding towards a Cricklade youth project (further information to follow).  

 

Supporting Community Projects and Facilities - Alexa Smith – Community Engagement Manager, Wiltshire Council

 

Community Area Grants

 

·         REME Museum - Crowns Cafe requesting £5,000 for Crowns Cafe Charity Fitout.

 

·         Lyneham Primary School requesting £2,500 for Lyneham Primary Sensory Room.

 

·         Bushton Village Hall requesting £986 for Bushton Village Hall new cookers.

 

·         Royal Wootton Bassett & District Art Society requesting £480 for Royal Wootton Bassett District Art Society Exhibition 2017.

 

·         Bradenstoke Village Hall and Recreational Centre requesting £4,000 for Bradenstoke village halls Low energy Heating Led lighting and insulated ceiling.

 

To Note:

 

£5,000 was awarded at the ABC meeting on 25 August to Cricklade Cricket Club for wicket improvements. This decision was taken by the Area Board members in order for work on the pitch to start as soon as the cricket season ends and before the weather deteriorated.

 

 

Councillor Led Initiatives

 

·         Mens Shed requesting £2,000 for start up costs, tools and publicity materials.

 

 

Financial statement - Area Board funding as at start of meeting:

 

·         Discretionary Capital - £43,433.20

 

·         Youth Revenue - £64,253.   

 

 

Health & Wellbeing draft terms of reference.

 

Area Board delegation to Community Engagement Manager.

 

Sgt Donna West – Wiltshire Police introduced a short film which outlined Wiltshire Police’s new policing model.

 

Points made by Sgt West included:

 

·       That Wiltshire Police couldn’t continue to provide its current level of policing without doing some serious thinking on how it was able to provide good community policing during this period of austerity.

 

·       The need to put victims of crime and witnesses first.

 

·       Less handovers of ownership of a crime/incident – less officers/admin staff dealing with an incident.

 

·       Victims of crime being better informed of developments re their incident.

 

·       To change the dialogue – listen more to people.

 

·       The desire to re-design the way Wiltshire police worked – to move away from a rigid, one dimensional way of working.

 

·       Putting the right people in the right place.

 

·       That rural areas would see a better service – higher police visibility.

 

·       Officers working in the community, working from Libraries, High Street cafes using new technology to keep them out on the beat rather than shackled to a police station.

 

·       That Inspector Dave Hobman would continue to be the sector inspector for the Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade community areas.

 

·       That PCSOs would remain in their current beat areas.

 

The Chairman thanked Sgt West for her presentation.

 

 

Working with our Young People to Provide Positive Leisure Activities - Alexa Smith – Community Engagement Manager, Wiltshire Council

 

Youth grant funding applications:

Decision

Connecting Youth awarded £38.14 towards a Cricklade youth project.

 

Supporting Community Projects and Facilities - Alexa Smith – Community Engagement Manager, Wiltshire Council

 

Community Area Grants:

 

Decision

REME Museum - Crowns Cafe awarded £5,000 for Crowns Cafe Charity Fitout.

This application meets the grants criteria and has been classified as a capital project.

 

 

Decision

Lyneham Primary School awarded £2,500 for Lyneham Primary Sensory Room.

This application meets the grants criteria and has been classified as a

capital project.

 

 

Decision

Bushton Village Hall awarded £986 for two new cookers.

This application meets the grants criteria and has been classified as a

capital project.

 

 

Decision

Royal Wootton Bassett & District Art Society awarded £480 for equipment to stage the Royal Wootton Bassett District Art Society Exhibition 2017. Agreed with the condition that other groups could use the equipment if required.

This application meets the grants criteria and has been classified as a

capital project.

 

 

Decision

Bradenstoke Village Hall and Recreational Centre awarded £4,000 for Bradenstoke village hall’s Low energy Heating Led lighting and insulated ceiling.

This application meets the grants criteria and has been classified as a

capital project.

 

It was noted that £5,000 was awarded at the ABC meeting on 25 August to Cricklade Cricket Club for wicket improvements. This decision was taken by the Area Board members in order for work on the pitch to start as soon as the cricket season ended and before the weather deteriorated.

 

 

Councillor Led Initiatives:

 

Decision

Men’s Shed awarded £2,000 for start up costs, tools and publicity materials.

This application meets the grants criteria and has been classified as a

capital project.

 

Financial statement  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

To discuss responses to the parish survey circulated to town and parish councils and to raise any points requiring feedback from the Area Board.

 

Updates were received from the following Partners, Towns and Parishes:

 

·       Wiltshire Police - the written report was noted.

 

·       Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service - the written report was noted.

 

·       NHS Wiltshire - the written report was noted.

 

·       Healthwatch Wiltshire - the written report was noted.

 

·       Network Rail - the written report was noted.

 

·       Cricklade Town Council – the written report was noted.

 

·       Lydiard Millicent Parish Council – the written report was noted.

 

·       Purton Parish Council – the written report was noted.

 

·       Lyneham & Bradenstoke Parish Council – the written report was noted.

 

·       Royal Wootton Bassett Sports Association - the written report was noted.

 

The Chairman thanked all partners for their updates.

 

To consider reports from the following task groups and make any

necessary decisions:

 

·       Community Area Transport Group (CAT-G)

 

·       Neighbourhood Planning Working Group (NEW-V)

 

 

Community Area Transport Group – Cllr Bob Jones

 

The following CAT-G recommendations from the meeting held on the 1 September 2016 were agreed by the Area Board:

 

 

·   Issue 1732 Purton Manor Hill Footway – agree to a design and cost analysis in preparation for next meeting.

 

·   Issue 3986 HGV Signage Fiddle Forty Cricklade – prioritise sign review.

 

·   Issue 4604 Bath Road Cricklade 20mph limit – request Area Board approval. No cost to Area Board, agreement between GreenSquare and Cricklade Town Council.

 

 

Neighbourhood Planning Working Group (NEW-V) – Cllr Allison Bucknell

 

·   That slow progress was being made.

 

 

 

 

 

The following points were noted from the floor:

 

Concerns about the lack of schools in the Royal Wootton Bassett community area re the new housing developments. – A written response would be provided.

 

Household Recycling Centres – concerns raised re charging for the new user permits that were being introduced by Wiltshire Council. The chairman advised that there were no plans to charge for permits.