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Annual Parish Meeting Item 9 ITEM 5B – FOOTPATH C50A – SCHOOL LANE ITEM 8 – ANNUAL PARISH MEETING ITEM 9 – TRANSPORT AND PARKING – VASL REVIEW ITEM 12 – ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS – CHAPEL CLOSE ITEM 13 – WAR MEMORIAL ITEM 15B – HOUGHTON FIELD ASSOCIATION GRANT ITEM 15C – HOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH GRANT ITEM 19/1 - THURNBY AND BUSHBY NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN STAKEHOLDER MEETING ITEM 19/2 - LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN ITEM 19/4 – NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING EVENT ITEM 19/5 – SILENT SOLDIERS ITEM 19/6 – DOG FOULING Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 1 ITEM 5B – FOOTPATH C50A – SCHOOL LANE Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 2 Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 3 Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 4 Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 5 ITEM 8 – ANNUAL PARISH MEETING Speaker Topic 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Mike Hearn/John Broadband ✓ ✓ ✓ Siddons Huw Francis Queen’s Diamond Jubilee ✓ Hazel McSweeney Houghton ‘Olympic’ Games ✓ Rob Miles St. Catharine’s Church ✓ ✓ • Core Strategy/Local Plan/Neighbourhood ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Plan/Planning issues • Street lighting including LED lights ✓ ✓ ✓ • Public Expenditure ✓ ✓ ✓ • Schools (including funding) and school Simon Galton ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ transport • Waste/recycling/green garden bins ✓ ✓ ✓ • Grass cutting ✓ • Bus service ✓ PC Steve Winn and Safer Neighbourhood Teams ✓ Sergeant Dave Thorley Inspector Phil Durrant, LPU Commander, Basic Command Units ✓ Leicestershire Police • Village Hall ✓ Ian Hill • Neighbourhood Planning ✓ Trudi Noble LOROS winter walk ✓ Siân Ponting Rural Youth Voice ✓ Steve Goodman Houghton Field Association ✓ ✓ Helen Chadwick Neighbourhood Planning ✓ Tess Nelson, HDC Strategic Planning ✓ John Preston, RCC Neighbourhood Planning ✓ John Siddons Neighbourhood Planning ✓ Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 6 ITEM 9 – TRANSPORT AND PARKING – VASL REVIEW Dear Stephen, · Do some residents of your parish struggle to get to local shops and services? · Would those residents like to get out and about more? · Would they be willing to share their experiences with us? If the answer to these questions is YES, then read on … Voluntary Action South Leicestershire (VASL) is reviewing transport provision and demand in the eastern part of Harborough district. VASL operates a social car scheme for residents of east Harborough who struggle to use conventional public transport or who are geographically or socially isolated. VASL also provides bookable trips to shopping and other social and leisure activities using its wheelchair-accessible Multi-Purpose Vehicle. The review aims to identify any unmet need for VASL’s transport services and recommend a way forward to meet those needs. We are asking parishes with residents who struggle to access the facilities and services they need, to put themselves forward to discuss those issues in detail. We will select parishes which have specific travel needs and whose affected residents would be willing to discuss the issues with us at a local meeting. Travel assistance will be arranged if required, to ensure that affected residents are able to attend. The project is due to report at the end of March 2018, so we would like to hold meetings between late-February and mid-March 2018 with the selected parishes. If your parish would like to be considered for inclusion in the study, please respond by return email by Thursday 1st February, with the name of the parish, together with brief details of the particular challenges experienced, e.g. residents affected, destinations they struggle to access, times of day / week when access is difficult, etc. Please also indicate a local venue where a meeting could take place at little or no cost to the project. We will consider all responses and contact those parishes which have been selected by Thursday 8th February to make the meeting arrangements. Please feel free to contact me for further information, or contact Maureen O’Malley, VASL Charity Manager, on 01858 439267. I look forward to hearing from you Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 7 Kind regards Clare Waldron Director STAR Independent Consultants Ltd 07867 871405 On behalf of VASL Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 8 ITEM 12 – ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS – CHAPEL CLOSE Quotation Reference: M9148 Stephen Derry [Redacted] 16/01/2018 Dear Stephen Re: Jitty off Chapel Close Further to me meeting with Ann and Ian today and taking the time to show me the jitty in question. I am pleased to supply the following proposals. Our aim is to work closely with our clients to form a close working relationship. By doing this we can fully understand your requirements, creating a bespoke solution for exterior Ground Care. To supply Experienced Operatives and equipment to carry out the following. • To remove all existing shrubs and weeds to. • Laying of new turf to the area as discussed. • Removing all arising from site. The Cost of the above will be £370.00+vat I hope the above meets with your approval. Please do not hesitate to give myself a call if you would like to discuss the above proposals in more depth Assuring you of our best attention at all times. Yours Sincerely Adam Bateman Contract Manager Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 9 ITEM 13 – WAR MEMORIAL Report from War Memorials Trust Our ref: WM10634 Dear Stephen, Thank you for getting in touch with my colleague Brogan regarding Houghton on the Hill war memorial. I am grateful for the further photographs and information. There are a couple of issues on the war memorial which could benefit from attention. Pointing It is difficult to tell for certain whether the memorial could benefit from repointing because of the biological growth which seems to have grown in the joints. While most biological growth is not harmful, removing this moss should help identify whether repointing is necessary. These can be removed with a spatula or a soft bristle brush. After carrying out this maintenance it should be possible to tell whether any elements of the war memorial need to be repointed. Inscriptions Based on the photographs you have supplied, I can see the incised inscriptions on the main face recording the names appear to be in good condition. However, the main challenge is with the raised inscriptions. Unlike incised inscriptions which can be deepened and sharpened, raised inscriptions are challenging to repair and conserve and it is important that a record is made of these. Unfortunately, in this case they are carved a limestone block which would be challenging to replace or replicate and the most that could be attempted would be to consolidate what remains. As a result, I think it is unlikely that much can be done to improve their legibility and I have updated our War Memorials Online record to reflect this. However, I have also attached our Conservation Contractors should you wish to see if any professionals in the local area will be able to improve this. I would not recommend adding panels to this as it will alter the appearance of the memorial. I hope the above advice is useful. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Mr Chris Reynolds Conservation Officer Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 10 ITEM 15B – HOUGHTON FIELD ASSOCIATION GRANT Steve, Thank you for the information on the PC grant. I attach an invoice for the hedge cutting and trimming from the contractor Brian Goodacre. This is somewhat less than originally estimated as we were lucky enough to have a volunteer who did some of the hand cutting around the pavilion and garages. If you would confirm to me when the PC has approved transfer from the remaining grant amount to cover this invoice I will let the new committee know. Thanks Steve Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 11 Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 12 ITEM 15C – HOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH GRANT Hello Steve, Please will you present the attached account for payment of the 2017 parish precept grant for the Methodist Church to the Parish Council for authorisation of payment. We are extremely pleased with the work done on the gate. In In the end we got more work done for our money than we expected. It was worth while searching for a really good contractor with a proper forge and appropriate skills. Not only has the gate been stripped and coated, it was fully galvanised before the coating was applied. Various items of ornamentation have been produced and replaced, as have the lock plates. A new latch has been made and fitted as well. I was not able to do as much to the lamp as I would have liked. The pyro cable termination in the lantern was rusted and could not be released. There was not sufficient slack to cut and re-terminate the cable so a new section would have had to be spliced in. These are things beyond my skills. However, the bulb holder has been removed, dismantled and restored, the main glass (actually Perspex) ‘windows’ have been removed, cleaned and refitted. A brighter more energy efficient bulb installed. In the long term we would hope to deal with the cable and remove the lantern for a complete overhaul, but As the lantern is made of copper we have no concerns about it resting etc. In the mean time. Kind regards, Mike Hearn Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 13 Agenda 8_2_18 Supporting information 14 From: Stephen Derry Sent: 29 January 2018 10:11 To: 'Mike Hearn' Subject: RE: 2017 Grant. Mike Thanks for the information. Your application for release of the grant will be considered at the Parish Council meeting on 8 February. As you know the grant awarded for work on the gate was £460 whereas the invoice is for £720. No doubt you realise that only £460 can be paid. I know that the grant awarded for the automatic light was £200 although the actual cost was £160. You can request the Parish Council to consider paying the £40 towards the gate cost if you want. Please let me know if you want to do this.
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