Agenda and minutes

Election of the Chairman

i.To elect a Chairman for the forthcoming year.

 

ii.Election of the Vice Chairman

To elect a Vice Chairman for the forthcoming year.

 

iii.Appointments to Outside Bodies and Working Groups.

To note that appointments to outside bodies and working groups

for the forthcoming year:

 

·       Community Area Transport Group

 

·       Shadow Campus Operations Board

 

·       Tidworth Community Area Partnership

 

·       Tidworth Leisure Centre Executive Committee

 

·       Youth Advisory Group

 

·       Wellington Academy Governing Body

 

Election of the Chairman

Cllr Chris Williams was elected as Chairman for the forthcoming year.

 

Election of the Vice Chairman

Cllr Mark Connolly was elected as Vice Chairman for the forthcoming year.

 

Appointments to Outside Bodies and Working Groups.

To note that appointments to outside bodies and working groups

for the forthcoming year:

 

·       Community Area Transport Group – Cllr Mark Connolly

 

·       Shadow Campus Operations Board – Cllr Mark Connolly

 

·       Tidworth Community Area Partnership -  Cllr Chris Williams

 

·       Tidworth Leisure Centre Executive Committee – Cllr Charles Howard

 

·       Youth Advisory Group – Cllr Chris Williams

 

·       Wellington Academy Governing Body – Cllr Charles Howard

Chairman’s Announcements:

 

·       Outcomes of the Youth Activity Review.

 

·       No Cold Calling Zone Initiative.

 

·       Army Rebasing.

 

 

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the Collingbourne Ducis Village Hall for the meeting of the Tidworth Area Board. He thanked Collingbourne Ducis Parish Council for the pre-meeting refreshments of tea/coffee and homemade cakes.

 

The following Chairman’s announcement contained in the agenda pack was noted:

 

Chairman’s Announcements:

 

• Outcomes of the Youth Activity Review – the Chairman advised that the  Wiltshire Council cabinet had voted to deliver funding of Youth Services through the Area Boards using a community based model of funding. Further information would follow.

 

• No Cold Calling Zone Initiative – as covered in the agenda pack.

 

• Army Rebasing – as covered in the agenda pack.

Apologies for absence were received from Col James Denny – Tidworth Garrison Commander, Alistair Cunningham – Service Director, David Wildman – Chamber of Commerce and Julie Tremlin – Extended Services.

 

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

 

There were no declarations of interest.

·       To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on the 17 March 2014.

 

·       Matters Arising.

Decision

 

·       The minutes of the meeting held on the 17 March 2014 were signed off as a correct record.

 

·       Matters Arising - there were none.

To view an exhibition and receive a presentation from Richard Broadhead of Wiltshire Soldiers.

 

The area board were given the opportunity view an exhibition and receive a presentation from Richard Broadhead of Wiltshire Soldiers. Wiltshire Soldiers aims to try and find the names of forgotten soldiers who’s names do not appear on any of the many war memorials across the county, it also visits local schools giving children a real insight into the Great War.

 

The Chairman thanked Richard Broadhead for a very moving presentation and exhibition.

 

Towns and Parishes from across the community area will update the area board and local community on plans and ideas for commemoration of WW1.

 

The Towns and Parishes of the community area were given the opportunity to update the area board and local community on their plans and ideas for the commemoration of WW1.

 

Projects included:

 

·       Remembrance Orchards

·       Exhibitions of community life at the time of the Great War.

·       Remembrance collage.

·       Updating/renovation of war memorials.

 

The Chairman thanked everybody for their presentations.

Tony Pickernell will read a letter home from the front, from Pickernell family archive materials.

 

Tony Pickernell read extracts taken from several accounts of both soldiers and local residents based, and living in Tidworth at the beginning of World War I. The extracts were compiled from the Pickernell family archives.

Cllr Mark Connolly.

Cllr Mark Connolly and Peter Binley - Head of Highways Asset Management & Communications, Wiltshire Council.

 

Points made by Cllr Mark Connolly:

 

·       That the Community Area Transport Group still had £11,000 to fund transport related projects.

 

·       That town and parish council’s had been asked to put forward small highways related schemes for consideration.

 

 

Joint Strategic Assessment – The Transport Priorities from the JSA event were presented again to ensure the area board agreed them as priorities for the transport group. These were agreed.

 

·       Maintenance of condition of Highway infrastructure, frequency of repairs to pot holes and clearance of drainage ditches and gullies.

 

·       Better cycle connections between communities.

 

·       Issue of HGVs using the A338/A346/A342/A345 – traffic controls and improved utilisation of A34.

 

·       Speeding – particularly in villages and residential areas/schools.

 

·       Increased traffic due to Army Rebasing both within the local community and out-commuting.

 

 

Highway repairs

 

The CATG had considered the schemes identified for 2014/15. However the CATG wanted to prioritise two different areas in Enford and Ludgershall owing to recent weather damage.

 

Points made by Peter Binley:

 

·       That Wiltshire Council were actively working on the backlog of road repairs across the county.

 

·       Many roads had suffered severe water damage due to the very wet Winter period.

 

·       Wiltshire were very keen to know where its residents felt its roads should be repaired, that this could be fed back via the CAT-G meetings.

 

 

Peter Binley undertook to assess the new proposed sites and feedback to the CATG.

 

The Chairman thanked Cllr Connolly and Peter Binley for their updates.

Wiltshire Police – Insp Christian Lange

The written update tabled at the meeting was noted.

 

Points made included:

 

·       Local Police teams were expecting a busy Summer period, with lots of public events to police.

 

 

Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service – Mike Franklin

 

Points made included:

 

·       That the issues preventing the publishing of the written reports was nearly resolved.

 

·       That a statement concerning the merging of Wiltshire and Dorset Fire & Rescue Services would soon be in the public domain.

 

 

Tidworth Garrison – Dennis Bottomley

 

Points made included:

 

·       Area 19 – Service families accommodation, 320 house to be built, due to start early 2015.

 

·       Best of British polo event – Sunday 1 June.

 

·       Rundle Cup polo match – Saturday 12 July.

 

 

Ludgershall Town Council – Owen White

 

·       The new Ludgershall Town Council hub was now operational.

 

 

Tidworth Town Council – Humph Jones

Points made included:

 

·       The next Tidworth Artisan Farmer’s Market would be held on Friday 7 June at Station Road, Tidworth.

 

 

CollingbourneDucis Parish Council

 

Points made included:

 

·       That the Parish Council were looking to appoint a new Parish Clerk.

 

 

Wellington Academy – Mike Milner

 

Points made included:

 

·       That the Academy was going through a period of change with staffing, this had been highlighted on social media sites. Parents of pupils had been sent a written update highlighting the Academy’s position on the recent events raised through social media.

 

 

Tidworth Community Area Partnership – Tony Pickernell

 

Points made included:

 

·       The area awards had now been held, thanks to all concerned.

 

·       A Blue Light day was planned for Tuesday 24 June.

 

 

Youth Service – Wendy Higginson

 

Points made included:

 

·       That is was business as usual despite the planned changes to Youth Service.

 

·       That planning for this year’s Summer programme was ongoing.

 

 

A338 Action Group – Derek Booth

 

Points made included:

 

·       That the siting of a distribution centre for a major retailer at the Solstice Business Park, Amesbury would add to further traffic issues on the A338 other associated roads in the area.

 

The Chairman thanked everybody for their updates.

 

The Area Board members were asked to consider the following grant applications:

 

Community Area Grants

 

Decision

Phoenix Hall, Netheravon - upgrade of audio-visual equipment awarded £3,523.50

Reason

This application meets the 2014/15 grant criteria. This is a capital project, the organisation applying is a not for profit community organisation, match funding has been secured and the project will have community benefit.

Decision

Ludgershall Memorial Hall - CCTV equipment awarded £1094.50

Reason

The application meets the 2013/14 grant criteria. This is a capital project, the organisation applying is a not for profit community organisation and match funding is in place.

 

Decision

Castledown Bowls Club - Club shed awarded £950

Reason

The application meets the 2014/15 grant criteria. The organisation applying is a not for profit community organisation, this is a capital project, match funding is in place and the project can be seen to have community benefit.

 

 

Member led applications

 

Young people’s summer activities programme awarded £1,946

Reason

The project is to support TCAP Youth and Young People’s Group which is seeking funding of £1946 to enable the development of a summer activity programme for young people across our community area. 

 

TCAP first tranche funding awarded £3,000

Reason

The project is to provide Tidworth Community Area Partnership with 

          the first tranche of its funding from the area board for the financial year 2014/15. This will enable TCAP to continue to operate effectively and to support the work of the area board.

 

The next meeting of the Tidworth Area Board will be on 21 July 2014 at Enford Village Hall.

 

The next meeting of the Tidworth Area Board will be on 21 July 2014 at Enford Village Hall.