Chesham Town Council Bill Richards (BR) - Town Clerk
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Chesham Town Council Bill Richards Town Clerk Tel: 01494 774842 Fax: 01494 582908 www.chesham.gov.uk Email: [email protected] 10th December 2018 Dear Councillor, Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the PLANNING COMMITTEE to be held in the Council Chamber, The Town Hall, Chesham, on MONDAY 17th DECEMBER 2018 AT 7.30 PM when the business set out below is proposed to be transacted: AGENDA 1. Apologies for absence. 2. Declarations of Interest. 3. To receive and confirm the Minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 19th November 2018. 4. To receive and consider the Minutes of the Chesham and Chiltern Villages Local Area Forum held on 20th September 2018. 5. To receive and consider planning applications received from the Chiltern District Council since the last meeting of the Committee and any planning applications and comments delegated to the Ward Members and Chairman of the Committee and to note previous planning comments submitted. Plans are available for inspection on Chiltern District Council’s website www.chiltern.gov.uk. 6. To receive and consider decision notices received from Chiltern District Council since the last meeting of the Committee. 7. Local Plan – Call for Sites. 8. Information items. 9. Exclusion of the Public and the Press. 10. Council owned Land - Nashleigh Hill Yours sincerely, Bill Richards Town Clerk Chesham Town Council, Town Hall, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1DS Twinned with Friedrichsdorf Germany; Houilles France; Archena Spain Chesham Town Council continued . Publication Date: 10th December 2018. Councillor Circulation Councillor Qaser Chaudhry Councillor Peter Hudson Councillor Tony Franks Councillor Noel Brown Councillor Roderick McCulloch Councillor Jane MacBean Councillor Diana Varley Councillor Alan Bacon Councillor Nick Southworth - 2 - Report of the Officers to a meeting of the PLANNING Committee on Monday 17th December 2018 AGENDA ITEM NO: 4 – CHESHAM AND CHILTERN VILLAGES LOCAL AREA FORUM Reporting Officer: Bill Richards (01494 583824) Summary 1. To receive the Local Area Forum Minutes of 20th September 2018. Background Information 2. It was agreed at the Development Control Committee meeting of the 13th September 2010 (Min no. 39), that Local Area Forum minutes would be brought to future Development Control (now Planning) Committee Meetings. Financial Implications 3. None pertaining to this report. Strategic Objectives 4. Accords with the Council’s strategic objective 4b – ‘Consult with and respond to District Council, County Council and other Authorities on current services and planned changes, to ensure continuing improvement in services consistent with local needs.’ Equality Act Implications 5. Non applicable. Detailed Consideration 6. Minutes of 20th September 2018 meeting are attached for Members’ consideration and observations. Recommendation That the Minutes be noted. Buckinghamshire County Council Visit democracy.buckscc.gov.uk for councillor information and email alerts for local meetings CHESHAM AND CHILTERN VILLAGES Minutes LOCAL AREA FORUM MINUTES OF THE CHESHAM AND CHILTERN VILLAGES LOCAL AREA FORUM HELD ON TUESDAY 19 JUNE 2018, IN CHARTRIDGE VILLAGE HALL, CHARTRIDGE LANE, HP5 2TW, COMMENCING AT 7.06 PM AND CONCLUDING AT 8.43 PM. MEMBERS PRESENT Chris Brown, Noel Brown (Chairman), Joan Lherbier and Colin Little 1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE / CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP The Chairman welcomed attendees to the meeting and invited members and officers to introduce themselves. It was noted that Ms Z Dixon, Lead Officer, would be leaving the Council and that Ms C Login, Head of Customer Service would be continuing as the new Lead Officer. 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Mr C Brown declared that he was a member of the Commons Preservation Society. There were no further declarations of interest. 3 MINUTES The Chairman reviewed the actions of the previous meeting: The issue involving top soil on Horseblock Lane had been resolved. The defects in Flaunden Bottom, Ashots Lane and Dells Lane had been addressed. Mr C Marshall, Local Area Technician (LAT), had inspected Mount Nugent and works had begun. Mr P Hodson, Area Manager, had circulated the details on the Virtual Forum and agreed to circulate the details of the next forum which would take place on 29 March 2018. ACTION: P Hodson The action for Ms C Colsell, had been completed. Mr Hodson confirmed that he had circulated the details for the Citizens’ Advice Bureau phone repair charter project. Ms C Gardner informed Members that Chiltern District Council would be investigating the introduction of this project in their Local Authority. RESOLVED The minutes of the meeting held on 14 March 2018 were agreed as an accurate record. 4 PETITIONS There were none. 5 QUESTION TIME There were none. 6 THAMES VALLEY POLICE UPDATE PC G McVeigh, presented a report to update LAF members on behalf of Thames Valley Police. The following points were raised during discussion and in answer to Members questions: It was noted that domestic violence and violence against a person was high and it would be a priority to reduce this. The reduction in burglaries was a result of the incarceration of two individuals who were repeat offenders. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (AMPR) cameras were being utilised to monitor cross boarder movements. These cameras were installed in officers cars so can monitor criminals who would abscond from the County where they had committed crimes in an attempt to avoid the police. Having the cameras in cars increased the effectiveness of this tool. Members discussed the Community and Police Forum, the purpose of which was to identify from residents what the key concerns were in the area in order to establish priorities. The Forum would focus on what communities can do themselves before they involve the police. Priorities identified were: Drug dealing and drug use Burglary prevention Speeding The next meeting would take place in August/ September. The Chairman thanked PC McVeigh for the update and thanked officers and PCSO’s for their hard work. 7 TRANSPORT FOR BUCKINGHAMSHIRE UPDATE Ms R Taylor, Customer and Compliance Officer, provided an update on behalf of Transport for Buckinghamshire. The following points were noted during discussion and in answer to members questions: In addition to the usual funding, the Council had received money from the Department for Transport to carry out plane and patch works. This money had been awarded to the area teams rather than the Capital Team. Work would be focussed on areas with known issues. So far work had been completed on the bell mouth entrance of Leather Lane. Works would start on Swan Lane in the Lee during the week commencing 6 August 2018. This would run from The Swan pub to St Leonards And would take an estimated two days. Chalk Lane works would be completed at the same time. Using intelligence gathered from LAT’s, TfB would continue to find new locations until the funding had run out. This project would run until August 2019. Grass cutting was running two and a half weeks behind schedule for rural and urban cuts. Mr C Brown thanked the team for their time and efforts in the Autumn. The Chairman highlighted that Chesham in Bloom would take place in July. It was confirmed that the gullies would be cleared as part of the Chesham project. Residents had been notified of this through letter drops, signage and social media. In Bellingdon Road, residents had refused to move their cars. There had been a good response in Waterside. This project would continue until September. Work on Hardings Hill would be commencing during the week commencing 25 June 201. While work would not be extended outside of Chesham, should the project be successful, a bid would be made for more funding to carry out works elsewhere. Drainage work had been completed on the Vale in readiness for the carriage resurfacing in July. Improvements had been made to Fullers Hill including three new chambers to catch water and a storm drain to prevent detritus. Noxious weed spraying started during the week commencing 11 June 2018. 26 sites had been identified in Chiltern and South Bucks. The Lee Parish Council had submitted requests for the gullies to be cleared in areas including Chesham Lane, Swan Bottom cross roads and Red Lion Hill but this work had not yet been carried out. Ms Taylor confirmed that she would investigate this matter with the Capital Drainage Team and keep Mr C Sully informed. ACTION: Ms Taylor An in depth discussion took place regarding the vehicle movements which would increase as a result of HS2. Mr Little informed the forum members that he had met with the HS2 Engagement and there was no traffic plan. The Chairman agreed that he and Mr Hodson would investigate further. ACTION: P Hodson and the Chairman Members discussed in detail the possible options to deter heavy goods vehicles from using the smaller roads. It was agreed that this subject would be discussed at the next meeting to enable officers to obtain further details and provide members with an informed response. ACTION: Mr Hodson Road markings would be reinstated once the markings were 75% worn. This work would be completed by the local authority responsible for the particular area of road. This was due to the budgetary restrictions involved with the painting and maintenance of the lines. The forum members were informed about a member of the public who was marking up potholes around the country (including Buckinghamshire). As these were not TfB markings, some of the pothholes marked may not actually meet intervention levels and therefore may not be repaired. The Capital Maintenance Team were in the process of finding a solution to the issues reported with the centre joins in the area. A TfB stakeholder conference would take place at the Aylesbury Vale District Council offices on 4 July 2018 at 8.30am.