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Summer 2019 © 2019 Cover Photograph by Ken Rhodes Ken by Photograph Cover © 2019 News from Marden Parish Council Summer 2019 © 2019 Cover Photograph by Ken Rhodes Ken by Photograph Cover © 2019 www.mardenkent-pc.gov.uk when there are increasing pressures on the Letter from the Chairman Parish office. of the Parish Council I suppose the conversation surrounding Maidstone Borough Council’s Local Plan Review has been in the forefront recently, and many of you will have attended recent meetings on planning, as well as the Marden Planning Opposition Group’s march on 18th May. It will be very much a case of “Watch This Space”! but you can rest assured that the Parish Council, through its various communication avenues, will endeavour to keep everyone posted on any future planning developments. We were hoping for lots of visitors at the Marden Parish Council stall at the Marden BIG Musical Picnic. Unfortunately, the bad weather caused the organisers, Friends of Marden’s Heritage, to cancel the event. We hope to find a way to share this information with you in some form or another. Welcome to our Summer Newsletter, my first as the newly elected Parish Council This year, the first time for several years, the Chairman. This issue is packed full of lots Parish will be having a by-election to fill the of interesting items and information for the vacancy left by Sean Harvey who resigned whole community. earlier in the year. Normally the Parish Council would call for co-options from the Firstly, we say a huge “Thank You” to Kate Parish when a vacancy arises between Tippen for so ably handling Parish matters normal elections however there have been over the last three years. A difficult act to the required number of electors requesting follow! However, we were very happy when a by-election and this will be held on 27th she was recently elected to the position of June. As there isn’t another local election Vice-Chairman, so we continue to benefit on which this can be piggy-backed the cost from her extensive knowledge and of the by-election will have to be met from expertise. Parish funds. See the item below for more We also welcome to the information. Parish Office our newly- I look forward to representing the interests appointed Deputy Clerk, of your Parish for the next year – hopefully Rachel Gillis-Coates, who with success. many of you in the village will know from her PTA, Warm regards Theatre Group and Village Voices connections. Rachel is full of enthusiasm Lesley Mannington for her new role and we hope she will enjoy Lesley Mannington working for the Parish Council at a time 2 l Simon Jones, Director of Kent Highways, Parish Council By-Election gave a statistical run down of what had – Thursday 27th June been achieved on our highways over the last year and is also looking to see what Following the resignation in April of Cllr communities want in the future; Sean Harvey, a By-Election has been called l Representatives from INVOLVE spoke by 10 electors of the parish and will take about a social prescribing initiative, who place on Thursday 27th June. Please note are working with Marden Medical Centre. that there will no polling cards issued and The pilot has been running for a few months in this instance you just need to attend the and patients are able to make appointments polling station, if you are eligible to vote, in to speak with Hannah Stainton to discuss the John Banks Hall, Marden Memorial Hall issues regarding social interaction such as and give your name and address. Following engaging with village organisations. the close of the vote the elected person INVOLVE is able to signpost residents to will become a Parish Councillor until all the other outside organisations and charities. Councillors step down for the May 2020 Our County Councillor Eric Hotson and parish elections. There are three candidates Borough Councillor Steve McLoughlin also for the one vacancy and these are Chris spoke as well as Sian Burr, Chairman of the Barker of Church Green, Marden; Jane A Patient Reference Group (PRG) and Kasha Cowin of Barrel Arch Close, Marden; and Deverney who manages Marden Children’s Sam Lain-Rose of Offens Drive, Staplehurst. Centre. Annual Parish Meeting You can find all the reports from the speakers and from the Parish Church, PC The Annual Parish Meeting was held on Nicola Morris, Marden Business Forum and 16th April where our now ex-Chairman, Cllr village organisations on the Parish Council Kate Tippen, presented a report on what Website: work the Parish Council has been undertaking http://www.mardenkent-pc.gov.uk/shared/ in the parish over the past year. Councillors attachments.asp?f=db46420e-9158-4a18- would like to thank Kate who has been such 9c51-c54b2778b473%2Epdf&o=APM-Re- a dedicated and hard-working Chairman ports-2019%2Epdf over the past 3 years and has pushed so many issues along. As well as the Parish Council Amenities and Planning Committee updates, Cllr Andy Turner gave an update on the Marden Neighbourhood Plan, which has been formally submitted to Maidstone Borough Council (see below), and Cllr Richard Adam who gave a rail update. We were very fortunate to have a few guest speakers this year: l Acting Chief Inspector Mark Hedges, spoke about the role of Kent Police in Marden and answered a number of questions from the public: 3 Financial Annual Report Summer Play Scheme Budget Heading Expenditure Income Staffing £75,946.29 £0.00 Monday 29th July to Administration £12,289.79 £0.00 Friday 9th August Newsletter, advertising and publicity Marden Summer Play Scheme will run again £3,579.99 £0.00 from Monday 29th July to Friday 9th August Vehicle/machinery £4,798.06 £0.00 from 9.30am to 3.30pm at Marden Scout HQ Finance £1,722.00 £128,145.50 for 5-12 year olds (please note that your S106 (developer) contributions child must have reached the age of 5 by 1st £27,408.65 £11,923.57 September 2018). This year’s theme is Miscellaneous £2,731.20 £88.24 ‘Circus Bazaar’ and Jordan Manley has Christmas £2,781.69 £768.64 kindly agreed to be the Scheme Manager again. Registration forms are now available Public Conveniences from the Parish and School Offices or from £10,149.12 £2,500.00 http://www.mardenkent-pc.gov.uk/commu- Public Works Loan £18,237.92 £0.00 nity/marden-parish-council-13394/summer- Neighbourhood Plan play-scheme-2018/. If you would like your £1,608.23 £0.00 child/children to attend, but are Open Spaces £3,988.54 £955.00 experiencing financial problems, please do Other Amenities £3,969.93 £0.00 not hesitate to speak with Alison on a Play Scheme £2,725.00 £4,514.42 confidential basis. Hall Risk Assessment grant £31,969.26 £0.00 Marden Parish Council Cemetery £1,376.29 £7,605.00 Communications MBC Parish Services Grant At the Marden BIG Musical Picnic we were £0.00 £5,513.00 hoping to share with you on our stall, a Capital £6,813.93 £0.00 variety of information such as Frequently TOTAL £212,095.89 162,013.37 Asked Questions on the Marden Neighbour- Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2019 hood Plan and Possible Future Development Proposals, Welcome Packs, Powers of the 31 Mar’18 Current Assets 31 Mar’19 Parish Council, what village events would £6,432 VAT Control A/C £2,400 residents like to see in the village, etc The £37,377 Nat West (Reserve) £13,455 majority of this information can be found on £17,966 NS&I (Capital) £0.00 our website but we will try and share some £38,456 Santander (Capital £46,725 of this through our social media. We are £33,271 Unity (Reserve) £17,013 looking at running a few polls/ £133,502 £79,593 questionnaires to get your views on events, The above statement represents fairly the how we share information and how you financial position of Marden Parish Council think we should spend the rest of the as at 31st March 2019 and reflects its Section 106 funds for the playing field. We Income and Expenditure during the year. hope to hold an Open Day in the Autumn once all information has been collated. 4 Enclosed with this newsletter is a flyer that You can view planning applications on we would appreciate you completing with Marden Parish Council’s website under your feedback. Please complete and drop ‘Planning Tracker’ or on Maidstone Borough into one of our suggestion boxes located Council’s Website under ‘Planning’ – Search in the Library, The Old Post Office Café, in and Comment on Planning Applications: the lobby at Marden Village Club or in the http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/home/ Marden Parish Council letter box. primary-services/planning-and-building/ primary-areas/search-and- Planning Update: comment-on-planning-applications If you want to discover more about planning Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) has applications in general or a particular embarked on the review of the Maidstone planning application please attend a MPC Borough Local Plan. This involves a Call for planning meeting. Planning meetings are Sites exercise where landowners are invited usually held twice a month on a Tuesday to put forward land which may be considered evening in the Parish Office. Agendas for all for potential future development. This meetings are published the week before and exercise closed on 24th May 2019. Officers placed on notice boards around the village at MBC will collate the sites and produce and on the Parish website and the Parish a Strategic Land Availability Assessment Council Facebook page.
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