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August 2018 Community Calendar Aug 1 Wed Happy Hours Club: Pennys for tea 2pm Aug 7 Tue Mobile Library: BH Village Hall Car Park 3.15pm – 4.00pm Aug 26 Sun BH Tennis Tournament Sept 1 Sat Broad Hinton & Uffcott Village Fete :Noon - 4.00pm Sept 9 Sun BHADS Auditions: BH Village Hall 5pm Happy Birthday to the Broad Hinton School pupils Scarlette Magee, Noah Wysocki, Lucy Ferneley, Scarlet Bradney-Bournes, Ella Jackson-Keeping, India Roche, Harry Dean and Georgina Hughes who celebrate their birthdays in August Waste & Recycling collection days for August Tues 7 Plastic & Cardboard (blue bin) and Recycling (black box) Thur 9 Garden waste (green bin) Tues 14 Household waste (black bin) Tues 21 Plastic & Cardboard (blue bin) and Recycling (black box) Thur 23 Garden waste (green bin) Tue 28 Household waste (black bin) The copy date for September 2018 will be 20th August 2018 Please email copy to Dawn May at [email protected], phone 739130 or send to 35 Winterbourne Bassett, SN4 9QB. Items submitted to the Local News are considered for publication at the editor’s discretion and are assumed to be intended for publication unless otherwise stated. Articles will only be printed anonymously if the editor is informed of the name of the author. Great news - from 30 July you’ll be able to recycle even more! From 30 July you can recycle: • Plastic pots, tubs and trays • Drink and food cartons In addition to plastic bottles and cardboard, you will be able to put yoghurt pots, plastic trays, margarine tubs, ice cream tubs and juice cartons in your blue lidded bin. Please rinse and squash your recycling where possible. What happens to my recycling once it is collected? Materials are sent to a sorting facility where they are separated to maximise their value. If you put the wrong materials in your bin someone has to remove them by hand. The separated materials are processed and made in to new products. Christmas is Coming! Sorry to remind you all of this whilst you are sitting enjoying the wonderful summer weather. However, I need to plan ahead for our Christmas music. There may be some of you out there who like to sing and wonder about joining a choir. You may or may not be able to read music but you can learn a lot quite quickly. If you already are a singer, well and good and you will be very welcome, but we welcome anyone, men or women, who can hold a tune and enjoys learning new Christmas music as well as singing old favourite carols. We will be practising for Christmas from October 8th and if you would like to join us in our practices in Church on Mondays at 7.30pm until 8.30pm you would be very welcome. We will be practising our normal service music as well and you will be welcome to join in and learn a lot from that too. Please let me know by email: [email protected] or telephone: 01793 731629 I look forward to hearing from you, Jenni Moseling Broad Hinton Tennis Tournament 2018 Yes, it is that time of year again! This year’s Tennis Tournament will take place on Sunday, August 26th (on the Bank Holiday weekend), and it will be a slightly different format in that it will probably take place on just the one court, Marlborough Lodge. The Moakses, reasonably enough, feel that they deserve a break after 14 years, but the Tennis Tournament will definitely happen. This is possible because I’ve secured the help of the Famous Fieldsend family, renowned tennis players and well-known for their general ability to get things sorted. We haven’t yet finalised the format, but it is possible that we may need to limit the quantity of players, perhaps to 20. So if you want to play, please get back to me as soon as possible and put your name on the list. As usual, we will sort everyone into mixed pairs (where each pair is of roughly equal ability to every other pair), so it should be a good day all round. There will be the usual bar all day, plus bacon butties for breakfast, tasty lunch and cream teas in the afternoon. Doors open at 10.00am, and play will start prompt at 10.30. The finals happen when they happen, frankly. We’d be very grateful for volunteer helpers, as well, and we shall be looking for assistance on the catering and bar side in particular! So anyone who fancies serving drinks for an hour or so will be most welcome – again, please let me know as soon as possible. Anyone who wants to practice is welcome to do so on the Marlborough Lodge court; usual arrangements, £10 a year for “membership”, £15 for family “membership”, plus £2 a head each time you play. Players in the Tournament will each need to pay £10, and players between 14 and 18 £6 each. If you want to play, or very kindly to help with the day, please get in touch either by email ([email protected]) or ring on 731050. Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett Parish Council Meeting Monday 14th May 2018, Broad Hinton Village Hall, 7:30pm Draft Minutes Councillors Present: Present : Alex LaRoche (AL) (Chairman) Wendy Law (WL) (Clerk) Candace Gaisford (CG) Jim Gunter (JG) Apologies: Zoe Cooper (ZC) Howard Witt (HW Adrian Smith (AS)(Vice Chair) Action 1. Introduction, Quorum & Declaration of Interests Owner Zoe Cooper had given her Apologies pre-meeting and this was noted. AL Adrian Smith has given his apologies. The Meeting was declared quorate. No declaration of interests were declared. Alex confirmed that Gill McFarlane has resigned. 2. Minutes of the Parish Meeting held on Monday 14th May 2018. The Minutes were agreed by those Councillors present and were signed by Alex AL LaRoche. 3. Matters Arising Footpaths: Jim Gunter explained about the condition of the wooden railings on a small bridge in Winterbourne Bassett at the end of a footpath in the Village which was in need of repair. Howard Witt agreed to contact the Wiltshire Footpaths Officer HW to ask them to undertake the repairs. Jim also confirmed that where footpaths are overgrown it is the responsibility of the landowner to keep the footpaths clear. Dog fouling: Councillors discussed the problem in the Villages of residents allowing their dogs to foul the footpaths and areas of the Villages and not picking it up. The PC agreed to look at our available signage and communication about the issue and continue to encourage dog owners to “bag and bin” it, preferably taking their dog faeces home to dispose of. A request had been received about installing CCTV cameras. This may have to be considered if the problem persists. The Councillors would like to remind resident dog owners to please pick up their own dog faeces and bin them responsibly. Reports 4. Finance Update Key points that arose are covered in items that follow: Treasurer’s Account Balance as at 22nd June 2018: £1,054.96 Business Bank Balance as at 22nd June 2018 : £12,965.96 PC Accounts Balance as at 22nd June 2018 : £14,022.12 Payments over £100 paid since May 2018 meeting:- Clerk’s May Salary 2018 & Tax £250 Clerk’s June Salary 2018 & Tax £250 Payment to Steve Windell for refurbishment and repair of BH Road Sign £200 The Clerk is retaining £1,000 in the Accounts to allow for the renewal of the Defibrillator. Councillors noted the financial position of the Parish Council. They also wanted to be prepared for Precept planning by keeping a close eye on the balance on the account, at future meetings. 5. Planning Alex La Roche detailed the current and ongoing Planning applications. AL 18/03552/LBC - Marlborough House, Broad Hinton. Minor internal alteration to facilitate en-suite bathrooms. No objection. Still awaiting Wilts decision. 18/04682/LBC - Broad Hinton C of E School. Internal alteration to replace existing doors with wall. No objection. Awaiting Wilts decision.. 18/04684/FUL - Broad Hinton C of E School. External replacement of outbuildings, landscaping. No objection. Awaiting Wilts decision.. 18/04732/FUL - Thornwood, High Street, Winterbourne Bassett. Single storey extension. No objection. Awaiting Wilts decision.. 18/05300/FUL - The Schuss, 3 Fortunes Field, Broad Hinton. Single storey rear extension and side extension above garage. No objection. Awaiting Wilts decision. Lanes Cottage, Winterbourne Bassett. Concerns were raised about the height of the front wall of the property. Wilts issued a Case ref. No.18/00113/ENF and have replied stating that the wall is within planning law. 1 Rickyard Cottages. Broad Hinton. Concerns were raised with reference to the use of colours on windows and doors which are alleged to be in contravention of the original planning conditions in a Conservation area. Wilts issued a Case ref. No. 18/00371/ENF and replied that they informed the owners that planning permission had been given for replacement of the windows. PC have gone back to Wilts stating that the concerns were raised with reference to the use of colours on windows and doors which are alleged to be in contravention of contract in a Conservation area not whether they have planning permission for replacement. The colour is specified in a Conservation area, in the original planning permission granted when the housing was built. We await their reply. Councillors noted the Planning position of the Parish Council. 6. Highways & Maintenance A4361 Rumble strips: At the recent CATG meeting Wiltshire Highways suggested yellow stripes be added at a point 120m north of old rumble strips as Speed Indicator Devices are not permitted on 50mph roads.