Shaw & Crompton Parish Council Council Offices, 1 Kershaw Street East, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8AB Tel: 01706 847590 Mob: 07926 186652 e-mail: [email protected] NOTICE OF MEETING There will be a meeting of the ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE to be held remotely via the Zoom platform on Tuesday 2 February 2021 commencing at 7:00pm when the business set out in the following agenda will be transacted. Meeting quorum is 3 Committee membership Councillors Beeston, Berry, Flores, Gloster, Marbrow (Vice Chair), Moore (Chair), Rowlinson and Sykes. Meeting quorum is 3 The meeting will be open to the public for the whole or part of the proceedings. Tony Hilton Dated: 28 January 2021 Tony Hilton Clerk to the Council Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched to silent or is switched off completely during the meeting AGENDA 1 To receive any apologies for absence. 2 To receive declarations of interest in any contract or matter to be discussed. 3 To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting on the 12 January 2021. 4 Public Participation A period not exceeding 15 minutes set aside to listen to matters raised by members of the public. 5 Developing Health and Wellbeing in Shaw and Crompton: To explore the role of the Environment and the Parish Council. To receive updates in relation to a) growing hub activity at Crompton Cemetery/Fraser Street – the Clerk b) a list of environmental projects to be included in planning application recommendations to housing developers - Councillors Gloster, Hamblett and Moore. 6 Sustainability Standards implementation To receive updates and consider actions in relation, but not limited to, the following:- a) Green Office and Sustainability toolkit – Councillor Gloster (see attached questionnaire response); Page 1 of 25 b) Single use plastic / Plastic free fast food outlets / Waste Terra Cycle : an update in relation to visiting local outlets with a questionnaire – Councillors Flores/Gloster; c) ‘Refill your bottle’ scheme for shops and others in the town centre d) Local business use of biodegradable consumables - to consider an advisory note on the matter from Councillor Moore and e) Food and Climate Change – to receive an update from Councillor Gloster on (i) leaflet hyperlinks (ii) a leaflet list and categories (iii) contact with ‘I Love Shaw’ regarding promoting this initiative. 7 Local Foodbank organisation To consider representation on/liaison with the local foodbank body - Councillor Moore. 8 Financial report for the period 1 April 2020 – 31 January 2021 To review the attached report and consider further priorities for 2020/21. 9 2021/22 Budget To review recommended priorities for the next financial year in line with the Business Plan (see attached). 10 Footpaths and footpath maintenance and the Crompton Circuit a) To receive the attached update report from Martin Riley and consider further action . b) To consider a proposal to invest in footpath improvements and update the Crompton Circuit leaflet – Adam Holt; c) To receive an update from Councillor Gloster/The Clerk on the reporting of footpath issues to OMBC/Unitypartnership. 11 Groundwork reports - Adam Holt a) To review the proposed 2021/22 maintenance contract (see separate attachment) and agree further action; b) To consider the attached update reports from Adam Holt and agree further action. 12 Commemorative bench and tree planting To consider installing a commemorative bench and planting trees in accordance with the previous agreement by full Council (see attached report) 13 Walking route around High Crompton To consider the attached report from Barbara Smith (HMR Circle) and agree further action (see separate sample leaflet attachment), 14 Sir William Hopwood commemorative plaque – High Crompton Park To consider the attached request from Barbara Smith (HMR Circle) and agree further action. 15 Dates of Future Meetings Tuesday 7:00pm: 2 March, 4 May 2021. Page 2 of 25 Item 3 SHAW & CROMPTON PARISH COUNCIL Environment Committee Minutes of a remote meeting held on Tuesday 12 January 2021 via the Zoom platform. Present: Councillors Beeston, Flores, Gloster, Marbrow and Sykes. Councillor Marbrow in the Chair. Also in attendance – the Clerk and Mr Peter Jones (member of the public) The meeting started at 7:00pm 1 Apologies for absence: Councillors Berry, Moore and Rowlinson; Mr Martin Riley and Mr Adam Holt (Groundwork). 2 Declarations of Interest: Councillor Sykes declared a personal non- prejudicial interest in matters relating to Groundwork. 3 Minutes of the previous meeting The amended minutes of the meeting held on the 1 December 2020 were confirmed as a correct record. 4 Public Participation As the member of the public present did not wish to raise any matters, the meeting continued to the next item without the need for an adjournment. 5 Clerk’s report – Developing Health and Wellbeing in Shaw and Crompton: To explore the role of the Environment and the Parish Council. 5a) Local growing hubs activity at Crompton Cemetery Committee noted the Clerk’s report which had been circulated with the meeting papers and agreed with the recommendations included in the report:- (i) Contact Beal Vale Primary School to enquire how well the allotment works and what happens to the produce they grow; (ii) Establish which local schools may operate an allotment or growing hub similar to Beal Vale. (iii) To report back on information and/or responses received for Committee to consider further action. 5b) A list of environmental projects to be included in planning application recommendations to housing developers. Page 3 of 25 It was agreed to defer this item to the next meeting. 6 Sustainability Standards implementation Committee considered the following updates:- a) Green Office and Sustainability toolkit – Lead Member : Councillor Gloster As the Clerk is currently working from home, there is no progress on this item until the Clerk returns to the workplace. In the meantime, it was agreed that Councillor Gloster liaises with the Clerk regarding a ‘Green Office’ questionnaire; b) Single use plastic / Plastic free fast food outlets / Waste T erra Cycle – Lead Member : Councillor Gloster Although there was no specific progress to report, it was agreed that Councillor Gloster liaise with Councillor Flores to develop a list of ideas to include in a questionnaire for local fast food outlets to complete. c) ‘Refill your bottle’ scheme for shops and others in the town centre – Lead Member : Councillor Gloster No progress to report although this is also a question that can appear in the questionnaire when approaching outlets (see above minute 6b para 2); d) Local business use of biodegradable consumables Lead member : Councillor Moore No progress to report in relation to an advisory note and it was agreed that the item be deferred to the next meeting. e) Food and Climate Change – Lead Member : Councillor Moore The Clerk reported that he had spoken to Saddleworth Parish Council regarding the possibility of including the ‘Take A Bite Out Of Climate Change’ information and links on their website and was awaiting a response. 7 Local Foodbank organisation - Lead member : Councillor Moore As Councillor Moore was unavailable, the item was deferred to the next meeting. 8 Financial report for the period 1 April – 31 December 2020 Committee noted the report which had been circulated with the meeting papers. 9 2021/22 budget Having considered suggestions for the following year’s budget, it was agreed to recommend a budget of £30,000 for 2021/22 to Council for approval. Page 4 of 25 10 Footpaths and footpath maintenance and the Crompton Circuit - Martin Riley In the absence of Martin Riley, the Clerk talked through Martin’s report referencing a number of issues on 5 footpaths. Having reviewed the report, Committee expressed particular concern about Footpaths 12 and 149 and agreed to bring to the attention of Jean Greer. 11 Public Path Extinguishment Order and Public Path Diversion Order – Footpath at Hey Hill Farm, Low Crompton Road Committee both noted and supported the changes to the footpaths as contained in notices which had been circulated with the meeting papers. 12 VE Day Commemorative bench Clerk’s updates The Clerk reported that the new bolts have now been fitted and the job is complete. 13 VJ Day Commemorative bench The Clerk reported that the bench has now been installed and the work is now complete. It was agreed that the Clerk would pass on Committee’s thanks to the contractor. 14 Dates of future Meetings Tuesday 7:00pm: 2 February, 2 March, 4 May 2021. The Chair thanked everybody for their attendance and contributions and closed the meeting at 8:15pm. Page 5 of 25 Item 4 Public Participation THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 6 of 25 Item 5 Developing Health and Wellbeing in Shaw and Crompton: To explore the role of the Environment and the Parish Council. To receive updates in relation to a) growing hub activity at Crompton Cemetery/Fraser Street – the Clerk and b) a list of environmental projects to be included in planning application recommendations to housing developers – Councillors Gloster, Hamblett and Moore There are no written reports associated with these items, therefore THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 7 of 25 Item 6 (a) Sustainability Standards implementation Green office questionnaire – Parish Council premises at 1 Kershaw Street East SHAW & CROMPTON Parish Council Sustainability Survey for the Parish Council Offices, 1 Kershaw Street East, Shaw OL2 8AB Completed by : Tony Hilton, Clerk to the Council Date: 26 January 2021 1. Do we use environmentally friendly website hosting ? Yes No Yes This is the response from the Parish Council’s web host:- “I wasn’t actual sure about the green credentials of the hosting, so I had to ask the datacentre… their reply is below. Basically their offices are eco-friendly and the datacentres they partner with worldwide are committed to energy saving – so I’m not 100% sure if this ticks the “eco-friendly hosting” box but it sounds like it?” Reply from the Data Centre:- We currently use offices that run using 100% renewal solar energy generated by an on-site solar farm.