P a g e | 2653 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SOUTH WONSTON PARISH COUNCIL Held on Monday 8th July 2019 In the Pavilion, Lower Road at 7.30pm Present: Cllrs Peal, Perrins, McCurrach, Street, Dodson, Graham, Neville and Selby and Clerk Mrs R. Jones. 19/048 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies were received from Lt Col Brain, Cllr Warwick, PCSO Hagger 19/049 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS Cllr Selby declared an interest in relation to the Village Hall. The Chairman suspended Standing Orders. 19/050 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION A resident spoke about the article in the West Dever News about affordable housing. She asked why the Parish Council were supporting affordable housing when there are properties available in the village. Cllr Peal responded to explain that the affordable housing would be smaller houses and went on further to say that HASTOE do build one bed houses e.g. at Icklesham Community Land Trust and agreed to write back to the resident. A resident spoke about the new cycle scheme to Winchester and the width of the path only being 2 metres which is the same as Kings Worthy and may cause pedestrians to wander onto it. Why it is not proposed to be 3 metres? Also, it is understood that South Wonston school has no more year 5 spaces? He also went on to question the accuracy of the speed detection unit. P a g e | 2654 Cllr Dodson responded to say that the SDU has been tested and the calibration is 2 mph and to remember it is an aid to try and keep people within 30 miles ph. It has been well supported by the village and does have a good impact. It only shows a display up to 45mph. 19/051 Reports from Local Councillors, MOD and Police Cllr Warwick explained that there will be a cycle path consultation at the beginning of the autumn. Clerk will liaise with her to agree a day on which this can be held at the pavilion. There are also two consultations out for response, which are M3/A34 and Balancing the Budget. Cllr Horrill gave an update from Winchester City Council which included:- Chesil Lodge had won an award for an outstanding building; There is a current agreed budget for the park; The latest round of SHELAA shows that Planning has yet to agree the target of 1100 houses by 2036, which is why it is important to look at what land is available in our parishes. Cllr Godfrey gave a further update from Winchester City Council which included:- Ongoing problems with local bin collections. Biffa have said that it was caused by road closures and the Hat Fair. If your bin has not been collected you should email via the Winchester City Council website, phone or contact Cllr Godfrey. It should be noted that the Biffa Contract is due to come to an end; The Movement Strategy and impact on Andover Road. Cala Homes need to make decision by the end of October; Proposed widening of Alresford Drove ( the first 100 metres from West Hill Road North.) Cllr Dodson suggested any pedestrian path could be the other side of the hedge as this would stop people parking on it. PCSO Bruce Hagger was unable to attend the meeting but submitted the following report. As promised please find attached the Crime Report. Most of the Report is for May & June and the figures at the end are from April through to June. I have been as detailed as I can with the report. Due to data protection/people’s privacy I can’t put any more info in. I am sure you understand. Either way I hope the numbers offer some reassurance that South Wonston is still a very safe place to live. Interestingly I didn’t see any reports of shed breaks/ burglaries etc. If you get any questions from the meetings, feel free to run them past me and I will answer as best I can. Any concerns with the report itself, let me know and I will get back to you when I am back to work on Monday, South Wonston Crime Report (May & June) P a g e | 2655 Incidents of Note: 1) Theft from Vehicle (25/04/19) – Works van broken into and a large quantity of tools taken – Downs Road. 2) Theft from Vehicle (26/04/19) – Catalytic converter stolen from vehicle – Wrights Close 3) Drug Offences (10/05/19) – Driver stopped and further arrested for driving while under the influence of Cannabis. (West Hill Road North) 4) Shoplifting (15/06/19) – 5 unknown persons have entered store and stolen a quantity of items (Downs Road) Other Incidents: 1) In the morning of the 22/06/19 at approx. 02:40 2 suspects have made of from Police along Orchard Road. The vehicle and persons are believed to be involved in a crime out of area and are not local to South Wonston. 2) A Blue Van has been sighted a number of times in recent months around South Wonston, I have been told this has circulated on Facebook and has been reported previously to Police. If sighted, call 101/999 situation depending. Our Priorities 1) Currently we seeing a large increase in Theft from Motor Vehicle offences. There has been a large amount of Registration Plates stolen in the Micheldever area as well as vehicles being broken into and items stolen. Largely vehicles will be parked in beauty spot car parks and will have items on display. We believe there are two separate groups (not connected) that are committing these offences. Firstly an old style Silver BMW has been sighted a number of times always showing different Registration Plates (stolen vehicle and stolen plates). Secondly A Red VW Transporter Van, has been sighted around Micheldever Station to take Registration Plates from numerous vehicles. If either of these vehicles are sighted and you have reason to believe they are of Police interest then Please call 101/999. 2) Drug Offences – Over the last year we have proactively been developing a picture around drug use & drug dealing around the whole of the Winchester Rural area. Although very little has come to light in South Wonston we are still pursuing a number of different vehicles/persons that could be/are involved in dealing/using/drug driving. If people have suspicions of drug use taking place, again, can this be called in to 101/999 situation depending. Lastly, I would like to emphasise the importance of calling the Police to make a formal report. We are a team of 5 that cover the Winchester Rural Area. This stretches of Alresford, up to Micheldever & Sutton Scotney and then down to Otterbourne and Hursley. There are probably 30+ Local Facebook groups in that area that are all active and talking about the goings on in their community. We cannot and do not monitor all of them. Simply talking about something on Facebook will not reach us and therefore we will not be able to take any action. We understand that 101 can be frustrating and take a long time to get through, but it is a case of us P a g e | 2656 knowing or not knowing. There is also an online reporting system which can be used. Crime Numbers: Vehicle Crime: 2 Criminal Damage/Arson: 0 Theft: 1 Other Theft: 1 Drug Offences: 1 Anti- Social Behaviour: 3 Fraud: 1 (This is for a three month period April – end of June.) Jo Brain sent in the following update from Worthy Down which included:- That the building work has been completed slightly ahead of schedule thanks to the mild winter and the dry weather. They are expecting to take over the new buildings that form part of Tranche 2, between September and December this year. This includes accommodation, the new Messes, the gym and the medical centre. Permanent staff contingent will gradually increase from October this year and the student population will increase to our expected full capacity by April 2020. The Chairman resumed standing orders. 19/052 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 10th JUNE 2019 It was RESOLVED to approve the minutes as a true record of the meeting following minor amendments. 19/053 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 10th JUNE 2019 Cllr Selby reported that the grass verge at the end of Alresford Drove has been now cut back To be noted 19/054 FINANCE - Recent Transactions A spreadsheet of recent transactions was provided for all Members. It was RESOLVED to approve the transactions. A copy is appended to these minutes. P a g e | 2657 - Account Reconciliations The relevant figures for each account as at 30th June 2019 were: Co-op Deposit Account 7 £81,483.53 Lloyds Account 10 £71,976.62 Total = £153,460.15 June’s overall balance of £153K, is £9K less than April £162K due to normal transaction expenditure and income, plus 2 months of salaries as June was paid 2 days early due to clerk’s leave. The balances were noted and each reconciliation sheet will be signed by the Chairman once all cash books have been brought up to date, to confirm the Council’s monitoring role. To be noted - Project List 2019/20 Balance of bank accounts @ 31/3/19 =£119,000 VAT to 31/3/19 reclaim = £4,500 Net Debtors & Creditors = (£5,000) CIL Money to carry forward to 2019/20 = (£3,913) Total Reserves to be allocated against the project plan = £114,600 General Reserves for 2018/19 (6 months of expenditure) = £32,750 Pavilion Reserves =3 years @ £10,250 minus (£820) for painting = £29,930 Insurance =£2,550 Remaining Reserves to be Earmarked = £49,370 Total Reserves = £114,600 Cllr Perrins presented the updated project list and encouraged Councillors to email her before the September meeting with any suggested changes.