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USEFUL CONTACTS Parish Priest Rev Marion de Quidt 01256 763211 The Rotherwick News February 2018 Volume 30 Edition 2 Church Warden Richard Blackmore 01256 762571 Church Warden Sarah Moore 01256 761876 Hook Surgery 01256 762125 It’s time for the annual Village Clean Up - meet at the Hook Care Group 08450 941549 church on the morning of Saturday 17th March to do your Whitewater School Head – Lucy Edwards 01256 762637 bit to help spring clean Rotherwick. Whitewater School PTA Chairs - Rachelle Edwards & Amy Evans Group Scout Leader Richard Whistler 01256 763118 1st Rotherwick Brownies Caroline Brown 01256 760730 [email protected] Badminton Club Richard Burke 01256 761013 [email protected] Cricket Club Jonathan Wheeler, Secretary 07788 722771 Tuesday Evening Cricket James Butler [email protected] Tennis Club Quentin Sharp, Memb. Sec. 01256 762912 Hook & Odiham RFC Carl Wadmore [email protected] Village Hall Bookings Sue Whistler 08456 099877 [email protected] Parent & Toddler Group Melissa Wilson 07900 927599 Rotherwick News Editor Sarah Moore 01256 761876 R’wick News Advertising Melissa Wilson 01256 768988 R’wick News Distribution Lottie Girling 01256 760022 Parochial Ch’ch Coun. Carolyn Hazell 01252 844198 [email protected] Hampshire C Councillor Cllr Jonathan Glen 01962 847322 Hart District Councillors Cllr Robert Leeson 01256 762578 Lee Watts, aka ‘Falcon’, is now the new leader for 1st Bramshill Cllr Mike Morris 01256 763313 Rotherwick Beaver Scouts. The colony of boys and girls all Cllr Brian Burchfield 01256 767946 made the scouting salute on Thursday 18th January whilst Falcon Rotherwick Parish Council Susan Richardson [email protected] was invested into his new role by Akela Sue Whistler. Aldershot Police (non urgent) 0845 0454545 Beavers is for boys and girls aged 6-8. Thursdays 6 pm to 7pm Contact Akela at [email protected] or on 01256 763118 Page 20 Page 1 SUMMARY MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF ROTHERWICK Dates for your diary th PARISH COUNCIL HELD AT 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 17 JANU- Monday 19th February Basingstoke Horticultural Society ARY 2018 IN THE ROTHERWICK VILLAGE HALL. ‘The Dahlia year’ Apologies - Apologies were received from Cllrs Brian Burchfield, Mike Thursday 8th March Whitewater School PTA Morris, David Dibbin & Steve Burridge Race Night Public Participation - Cllr Rob Leeson, District County Councillor, Cllr Saturday 10th March Spirit of the Blitz Jonathan Glen, County Councillor and Mr and Mrs Fenton of Stroud Green Saturday 17th March Village Clean Up Lane. (Please refer to Draft Minutes for each Cllrs reports.) Monday 19th March Basingstoke Horticultural Society Mr and Mrs Fenton raised concerns relating to several fly tipping incidents, ‘The Lavender Fields’ one rendering the road impassable, together with flooding within Stroud Monday 23rd April Bags 2 School collection Green Lane. Cllr Rob Leeson will report the fly tipping issues and repre- Saturday 16th-23rd June Winchfield Music Festival sentatives from the PC will inspect the flood, ditch overflow. Cllr Radesk will also invite James Holt of Highways to comment at his next visit. ROTHERWICK CHURCH (Please refer to Draft Minutes for full report.) SERVICES Sunday 8th April Minutes of the Previous Meeting – Cllr Radesk proposed, Cllrs Bardwell 2nd Sunday of the month 08:30 Holy Communion & Craven seconded an amendment be made to the December Minutes un- (with occasional special services) 10:30 Family der Agenda Item 107/17(v), to replace the words written in the third sen- tence, with the test from the 03.11.17 email being referenced. It was RE- Praise SOLVED that the Minutes be amended accordingly. Sunday 11th March 18:30 Evensong Finance - The following payments were approved: 08:30 Holy Communion 10:30 Family Praise Name Total Details 17:00 Evensong Susan Richardson (Clerk) 90.00 HP Printer & consumables SLCC 408.00 CiLCA Training Days x 4 Premier Grounds & Garden Maintenance Enquiries and contributions to: 393.98 Grass Cutting, clear pond st Get Mapping 18.00 Annual Fee [email protected] by 1 of the month or drop Cllr S Burridge 84.24 Strainer Shields x 6 off typed, handwritten or artistic items to Church Cottage, The Quarter 3 Accounts were also presented together with a Bank Recon- The Street. ciliation up to and including 31st December. Both were adopted and signed by the Chairman. (Please refer to the Draft Minutes). Views expressed in the Rotherwick News may not reflect those of the editorial team. The team reserve the right to Planning 17/00265/OPERT3 2 Street End Close - Following concerns raised by edit material before inclusion. No anonymous material will residents to the Parish Council relating to a possible Breach of Article 4 be included. advice has been sought from HDC. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts the Enforcement Officer has decided that no further action will be taken in Event organisers should bear in mind delivery date is th relation to the lack of formal Planning Application. The RPC have contin- approximately 15 of the month. ued, throughout this process, to represent the concerns of the residents. Page 2 Page 19 17/02973/HOU Old Rectory, Frog Lane, Rotherwick – Construction of secure garden equipment store. It was RESOLVED to offer no objection. 17/02976/FUL West House, Lyde Green, Rotherwick – new vehicle en- trance to serve recently constructed dwelling. It was RESOLVED to offer no objection, in principle. However, the RPC have requested clarification on the materials, colour of the proposed gate and the external driveway ma- terials. 17/02848/FUL Bunkers Hill Farm, Rotherwick – extensions to the south west (1 bay) and north east (3 bays) of existing agricultural building. It was RESOLVED to offer no objection. 17/02845/HOU 71 Ridge Lane, Rotherwick – erection of two storey rear and single storey side extensions and replacement of pitched roof to the ex- isting conservatory following demolition of the existing single storey rear extensions. It was RESOLVED to offer no objection. 17/02936/HOU 5 Lyde Green, Rotherwick – single storey side extension and additional side windows. It was RESOLVED to offer no objection. Council Administration - Proposals & Resolutions It was unanimously RESOLVED to accept the Pavilion drain inspection quotation in the sum of £120.00. The resultant report will allow for works to be identified and quotations sought. It was AGREED to accept the quotation to repair the Playground Notice- board in the sums of £40.00 labour plus £25.00 materials. It was AGREED to accept the quotation to repair the 2-3 Upright poles within the stepping/weaving stations at the playing fields. £40.00 labour costs, plus £50.00 materials. This will then complete works identified with- in the annual inspection report. It was AGREED to allocate 4-5 hours of Lengthsman hours to clear a chan- nel of ivy from around each oak tree along Cowfold Lane. It was AGREED to allocate 4 hours of Lengthsman hours to clear the moss from the bus shelter roof and clean the structure ready for application of treatment. It was AGREED that the Clerk would speak to the Lengthsman about the tree in the ditch along Hook Road. Approaches to the owners has resulted in no action. Councillors AGREE that no more than 4 hours of time should be spent with no additional ‘take away’ charges levied. It was AGREED to forward to the residents of Oakwood Cottage, Cowfold Lane the email from Hart District Council’s Tree Warden. This email is in response to enquiries made by the RPC relating to an oak tree the residents Page 18 Page 3 feel is/could be troublesome. The Village Clean Up will be held on Saturday 17th March 2018. Cllr Bardwell will put an advert in the RN. The Clerk will contact the HDC regarding rubbish bags, collection points etc. Village Amenities At the recent inspection some condensation was noted within the defibrilla- tor cabinet, but it hasn’t affected the work as all indicators show good working order. Two village residents join the Clerk on the ‘Guardian List’ held at South Central Ambulance Service. Richard Whistler & Stella Cut- ler. Pavilion & Playing Fields It was noted that the last RPC inspection was carried out on the 2nd January 2018 with no concerns noted. Hudson Copse It was noted that the last RPC inspection was carried out on the 14th Janu- ary 2018. Nothing of concern noted apart from a vertical split within the foot of the grasshopper bench. The manufacturer will be contacted for ad- vice. Highways & Footpaths Cllr Radesk met with Andy Smith from Hampshire Highways who has agreed that, the underspend of the S106 monies from Street End Close & Community Funded Initiative, can be utilised to purchase a replacement finger post at The Street/Frog Lane junction, village name plates in match- ing style. General Discussion took place regarding the overflowing verges near Roth- erwick Lakes entrance. This has been an historic problem and an attempt to contact the land/ditch owner is in progress. Future Meeting Dates The Parish Council meet in the Conference Room of Rotherwick Village Hall at 7.30pm and all residents and press are welcome. The Agenda is published on the Noticeboards around the village and on the website (www.rotherwick.org.uk) three days prior the next meeting date. The full list of meeting dates can be found on the Parish website. A copy of the full minutes is available on the website, village noticeboards or by emailing [email protected] If you have topics of interest or concern you would like to raise with the Parish Council, please contact the Clerk, Susan Richardson, in the first in- stance, on 01252 842842 or [email protected] Page 4 Page 17 Rotherwick Church Bell Tolls in Memoriam On Wednesday 14th March at Rotherwick at noon we will be tolling the bell in the time honoured way of nine strikes to represent a man (six for a woman and three a child) and after a pause 100 strikes to commemo- rate the centenary of the First World War death of Frederick Holloway who died on 14th March 1918.