Peasedown St John Parish Council

Minutes of a meeting of the Environment Committee held on the 24th October 2005 held at Peasedown Cricket Club.

Present: Cllr J P Rich (Chairman)

Cllrs Mrs R M Rich, M Roy, A A Spiller, R W G Butt

One Member of the Public was present

Apologies were sent from Cllr F J Day and Cllr Mrs F M Butt

Public Session

No questions were raised

  1. Minutes of the Environment Committee held on the 12th of September 2005

    2. These minutes, which had been previously circulated were taken as read, agreed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

  2. Matters arising from the minutes of the 12th of September

    3. It was noted that three large vehicles are still parking in Orchard Way. It was agreed to obtain the phone numbers of the companies owning the lorries and contact them direct.

  3. Correspondence

    4. a). Lengthsman Scheme

    The response from B&NES was noted and future correspondence will be passed to the Policy and General Purposes Committee for them to decide upon.

    b). English Woodland Grant Scheme. Application Laurel Farm

    It was decided that more information would be needed on this item as it directly affected Cllrs Rich. Cllr C Rich has volunteered to obtain the information and present it at the next Planning meeting as it was thought to be more of a Planning issue than Environment.

    c). Directorate of Airspace Policy. Airspace Change Proposal

    The proposal was noted.

  4. Christmas Trees

    5. It was decided it may be worth looking into the cost of obtaining Christmas trees of a larger size and possibly ones with roots on to help save money in future years.

  5. Annual Review of Supported Bus Services

    6. Mr Provest was thanked for his report and a response from B&NES has now been received also thanking us for such a complex report. It was noted by one Cllr that maybe we should go back to Mr D Whittington Transport advisor for Community Action and ask about pursuing a Dial A Ride scheme for Peasedown St John.

  6. Obtaining a Grant from Community Safety & Drug Partnership

    7. It was felt that this matter should be handled by the Finance Committee at their next meeting.

  7. Clerk reports on prices for works in 2006/7

    8. Clerk read out figures already obtained from two contractors but declared that there were still some quotes to be obtained.

    Councillors noted that maybe for future years we should be looking at buying our own equipment and employing someone to cut it for us and comparing the costs. It was also noted that we should look at the grass cutting on Ecewiche Green and Path and consider cutting it less thus keeping it more of nature area.

  8. Consider Capital Projects for 2006/7

    9. Three suggestions were put forward they were, to have more hanging baskets possibly in Ashgrove/ Orchard way, to concrete in the flower tubs to prevent vandalism and possibly more festive lighting throughout the village.

  9. Any other business

Cllr R W G Butt has requested that as many councillors as possible attend the Remembrance Service at the Church on the 13th November.

Progress on establishing the school playing as the village green was requested to be put on the next agenda.

 

Meeting closed at 8pm