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FLYFORD FLAVELL, GRAFTON FLYFORD & NORTH PIDDLE PARISH COUNCIL Minutes of the Meeting held by ZOOM, on Tuesday 17th November 2020 Present P Wakeman S Densham C Bennett D Waide(Chairman) J East R Davey Cllr L Robinson Cllr R Adams Mark Broughton-Taylor attended as clerk 2. Declaration of Interest: None 3. Public Participation: Members oF the public attended the meeting to outline concerns about the revised planning application For Hill Top Farm, Old Hill, Flyford Flavell. The clerk explained that this application had been received just aFter the agenda had been sent out For this meeting and so was not included in the itinerary. After listening to the concerns oF the neighbours and brieFly reviewing the proposals it did not seem that the concerns previously raised by the council about this application had been adequately addressed. It was resolved to call an extraordinary meeting For Tuesday 24th November at 7.30pm by Zoom to discuss this matter more Fully. Concern was raised about a noisy motorbike which comes through the village on a daily basis early in the morning and late aFternoon. It was agreed that this would be reported to the local police to see iF it could be intercepted. 4. Minutes of the 15th September and 14th October 2020 Minutes oF the ZOOM meetings held on 15th September and 14th October were accepted as a true record oF the meeting with the correction oF the numbering to the last paragraph oF the October minutes. Proposed: Sadie Densham Seconded: Pauline Wakeman All in Favour 5. Matters Arising from the Minutes: No matters arising 6. Resignation from the Parish Council: 2 Simon Kennedy had Formally resigned From the parish council within the past Few weeks due to relocation. His resignation was Formally accepted and the chairman asked For his thanks to be publicly recorded. The clerk was also asked to write on behalF oF the parish council and thank Simon For his considerable input over the past Few years. 7. Correspondence: None. 8. Local Police Officer and Community Support Officer: No report had been provided. 9. Neighbourhood Watch & Smart Water The Flyford Neighbourhood Watch scheme now has 192 Followers. It had previously been proposed that the parish council would provide some Neighbourhood Watch stickers. Ceri agreed to liaise with Jane Hand and come back to the meeting next Tuesday with the requirement. It was agreed not to proceed with the SmartWater initiative at the moment as it did not appear that there was suFFicient support For the idea. It was agreed to bring this matter back to council in six months’ time. 9. District and County Councillors As we entered into a second lockdown Wychavon announced that they will re- introduce free parking in all their Council owned car parks until the 3rd January to help support local businesses over Christmas. A walk in test centre for Coronavirus is to be set up imminently in the middle car park at the Wychavon Civic Centre site. Appointments will be required through the Gov.uk website under Testing for coronavirus. This facility is expected to stay in place for six months and will then be converted into a vaccine centre. Please see the attached link at the end of this report for more Covid information Impact on services Our websites have been updated to reflect the impact of the pandemic on services offered by us and Worcestershire County Council. A brief summary is below. • Public toilets will stay open • Playgrounds we are responsible for will stay open • Household Recycling Centres will stay open • Libraries will close to the public but can stay open for people to collect books they have reserved online, pre-bookable public computer sessions for essential purposes and book returns. • Remembrance events can take place in-line with official guidance. An update has been issued to local organisers • Our leisure centres will be closed 3 • Our Customer Contact Centres are still closed but we will continue to offer urgent appointments face to face for those who really need them from the Civic Centre. • As with the last lockdown, we will aim to maintain waste and recycling collections and other essential functions • Car parking has been made free until 3 January 2021. On-street waiting times and other restrictions still apply and will be enforced, with the existing exemption for NHS, and adult social care staff and official community volunteers displaying the right evidence. Supporting the extremely clinically vulnerable People who are clinically extremely vulnerable – and would have shielded during the first lockdown – are being asked to take extra precautions from 5 November. This includes staying at home unless shopping for food or exercising and not meeting up with people outside of their household. The Government is providing over £32 million to upper tier councils in England (Worcestershire County Council in our area) to support the clinically extremely vulnerable over the next month. The funding will be used to provide support, such as access to food deliveries and signposting to local support services, to the most at risk and enable them to stay at home as much as possible over this short period. We are working with Worcestershire County Council, and our voluntary and community sector, to support this effort. If you know of someone who is vulnerable, whether clinically or for another reason, and needs help then please direct them to the Worcestershire Here 2 Help site. Anyone who wishes to help volunteer or support should also get in touch with Worcestershire Here 2 Help. Guidance for the clinically extremely vulnerable www.worcestershire.gov.uk/here2help Supporting rough sleepers The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick MP has announced a further £15million has been allocated to support the ongoing efforts to provide accommodation for rough sleepers. The scheme – called the ‘Protect Programme’ – will help areas that need additional support most during the restrictions and throughout winter. The Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing, Kelly Tolhurst MP, has also contacted trade bodies representing caravan and park home site owners to confirm that they should remain open for those using them as their primary residence, for those with nowhere else to live, vulnerable groups or where it is essential for work purposes. We are waiting for more information. Read the full announcement: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jenrick-launches-protect- programme-the-next-step-in-winter-rough-sleeping-plan Impact of Covid-19 on social mobility/holiday hunger Over the past year Wychavon District Council has been working with school and early years settings to support free school meals children and their families across the district. COVID 19 has seen a significant increase in numbers of free school meals eligible children and families in need Wychavon is helping to ensure that children, families and schools are supported. Due to the constantly changing situation we are 4 keeping the social mobility work under review and adapting to the change in demands. Current focus areas include speech and language provision across the district and helping to tackle child criminal exploitation. We are also helping schools in the district to provide breakfast clubs and snacks for children to help ensure that children do not go hungry. For further information about social mobility please contact Leonie Silk on 01386 565569 or email [email protected] Wychavon Customer Service Excellence Wychavon has once again been awarded Corporate Customer Service Excellence, following a virtual inspection. Despite the challenging situation we are delivering services in, we were found to have improved in some areas. The assessor highlighted the following: 1. The council has pursued a strong agenda with regard to fairness with its approach to proactively seeking out small businesses so that they can receive Covid payments. In addition, discretionary Isolation payments are being made to reflect personal circumstances. The way in which the council has managed the Covid-19 situation is to be commended. 2. A comprehensive strategy for consultation and engagement is now more clearly promoted to residents. New and innovative ways for engaging with schools and children have also been created. 3. Customer insight (from residents) continues to strongly influence strategic priorities such as Intelligently Green. 4. Empowerment of staff to deliver excellent service has increased as a result of remote working. 5. The use of staff insight has been maintained and enhanced through the use of regular video meetings at all levels. Please stay safe all of you and abide by the latest restrictions to keep others safe as well. The message 'Here to Help' still applies to your County & District Councils and do feel free to contact me directly should the need arise in these unprecedented times. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKWYCHAVON/bulletins/2aa7dad https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKWYCHAVON/bulletins/2ab0ddb Update on Auntea Rita’s Tea Room Dear Cllr Robinson – I just thought I would update you on the investigation regarding Auntea Rita’s Tea Rooms in Flyford Flavell with respect to the complaints of odour and intrusive lighting received from the residents. 5 Regarding the reported odour, officers have visited a number of times and gained diary sheets from two of the affected the residents. Since the modifications to the flue in August officers have witnessed an odour characteristic of frying on one out of three visits. The odour is intermittent and experienced in short periods. The assessment is that under the correct conditions the odour could be a statutory nuisance however the experience of the odour is heavily affected by the wind direction, operating hours and volume of business at the premises and these factors need to be considered as part of a statutory nuisance assessment.