Monchelsea Council New chairman


CLLR Stephen Munford was elected


as forthcoming year.


The crime figures for the last twomonthswere noted as three incidents of burglary, two thefts and one attempted theft.


chairman for year


PCSO Richard Kirby reported there had been a fuel theft from the Murco garage on Heath Road. If anyonewas seen acting suspiciously on a rural garage forecourt at night, then the po- lice should be called.


Members asked the clerk to write to the police inspector, asking when the parish would get its own PCSO.


Community warden Liz Lo- vatt expressed her appreciation for a dog walker who had noti- fied herofanareawithover 20m of


dog razor wire on the


ground. She arranged with the landowner for the wire to be re- moved before any harm was caused.


A resident said that she had been having trouble purchasing biodegradable


garden waste


sacks recently. She added that she had no space to store a gar- den waste bin. The clerk would obtain information from Maid- stone Council regarding dis- posal


of garden waste forward to resident.


A resident expressed thanks to councillors for all the hard work they do in the parish. Cllr Munford had been fol- lowing up recent complaints from


parishioners regarding


buses not turning up or arriving late.


There had been no progress as yet on the proposed new Speed- watch site on Heath Road. The five new volunteers would be trained in the coming months. The village hall committee had requested additional grant money for roofing and associ- ated works. The clerk and Cllr Munford explained the back- ground to agreed


months. this that the item. total


should be £8,115, with no fur- ther money awarded at time.


infill that


All allotment plots were now leased out. The stone infill work to the track had not yet been carried out.


There had been good progress in producing a register of busi- nesses within the parish which would be placed on the coun- cil’s website.


been South Maidstone Business


Association would be holding its October meeting in the vil- lage hall and would be inviting all businesses in the parish to attend. It was agreed a business fayre would be held in the vil- lage hall in February 2014 with 90% of


held the spaces allocated


free to parish businesses. 30 South


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the


DownsMail Boughton


In touch with your parish Cllr Gershon was thanked for


his hard work in achieving the listing of the ha-ha and folly at Boughton Mount. Cllr Munford would speak to County Cllr Eric Hotson regarding permission for members to visit the site to cel- ebrate this achievement.


of the


thanked and


Cllr


Resident Barry Boulton had kindly agreed to repair the no- tice board in The Quarries. Progress was being made with


parish


Kingswood Council Officers re-elected


Broomfield and hard


CLLR Terry Baker was re- elected as chairman and Cllr Mike O’Neill was re-elected as vice-chairman.


Cllr Baker said tenders had been received from professional planners to carry out the neigh- bourhood plan. Designscape gave a presentation to the steer- ing


mended that they be asked to carry out the work.


The chairman


Mike Evans and Peter Cor- field retired from the parish council at the end of the meet- ing.


committee, who recom- the


thanked


them for their hard work, and the clerk said they would be sorely missed.


Chart Sutton Council Theft report


PCSO Richard Kirbywas unable to be present, but reported that there had been a theft


Chart Hill Road.Healsoad- vised that the new police ser- geant,


with the effect


mid-August, would Simon Bourne. Regarding


be local from


from Sgt


plan,


members discussed various lo- cations for adding to Cllr Fran Wilson’s list for protection of valued open spaces and de- cided to meet separately to dis- cuss


in


It was grant


more detail formulate a response.


Cllr Peter Forknall said he had been thinking about the New Lower Thames Crossing con- sultation which was discussed at the June meeting. Members agreed to respond to the consul- tation stating that once the toll barriers were removed at crossing


the at Dartford, there


wouldbenoneedforanew crossing, as there would be an increase to four lanes for more vehicles.


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Cllr Forknall also said he had heard nothing more regarding the Hertsfield Bridge.Itwas agreed to try to set up ameeting between the chairman of Chart Sutton, Boughton Monchelsea and Staplehurst Councils, to- gether with County Cllr Eric Hotson.


Cllr Steven Waring said the service gate to the play area had been broken. Cllr Forknall


and


agreed to fix it and the clerk was to contact Landscape Services to see what they know about it. Cllr Waring said new covers for the sockets for the goal posts were needed, and he would let the clerk know which to order. Lisa Lee, fromHighways Serv- ices, had agreed to look again at thefungalgrowthonthe oak tree at the memorial field, but she had not got back to Cllr


about and


the parish council’s emergency Waring or the clerk with her response plan and Rural Fire- watch. Cllr Brown was thanked for his hard work on this.


findings. The clerk was to fol- low this up.


Cllr Valerie Underdown said the Speedwatch team had gone out on six occasions and had caught 181 offenders. Letters had been sent to 33 people and 20%ofthemweremorethan 50% over the speed limit.


Attendance at the fete was said to have been very disap- pointing. The profits were to fund the Senior Citzens’ Christ- mas dinner, but there might not have been a profit this year. Cllr Underdown said the fete might not go ahead next year.


Senior but there


CllrWaring had been advised by Ben Fleck that the road signs had been cleaned as per discus- sions prior to the June meeting. The clerk had had a site meet- ing with Gemma Catt and a highways engineer to discuss footpath between Ivan’s


had discus- meeting. the


Fields and the Memorial Field. The path was to be replaced, ti- died up and extended with a kerb line along the entire length of the footpath. The final ap- proval was yet to be given by Highways. It was anticipated that the work would be carried out in August and would last about two weeks.


the work


The owner of the building leased to Lilypie had died sud- denly. It was thought that the current arrangement would be continued, and it was agreed to register


two weeks. died Lilypie as a village


asset. The clerk was asked to arrange this.


Carol Filby, of Lilypie, had arranged for the village signpost to be re-painted as previously agreed.Members stated that the finish should remain the same as the current finish.


Members considered a request from Coxheath and Farleigh FC for a refund of £60, being part cover of lost footballs last sea- son, together with a request to train one weekday evening. It was decided that no refund would be given as the club had lost a set of keys and not been charged for a replacement. The training request was agreed.


Coxheath Council Housing plans


MEMBERS decided to encour- age and support the landowners at Linden Farm and Olders Field to bring forward outline


housing on the two sites in ex- on two


change


for


gifting


approxi-


mately 13.5 acres of open space into community ownership. Members were sad to hear of the death of Cllr Les Mitchell. He had been a very active mem- ber of the council. Urgent


of open of very discussions


available by the developers of the Avante site in the village.


funds


a case for examining the plan- ning and enforcement processes of Maidstone Council, through the borough’s


scrutiny procedures. data relating to


meeting were


being held with the relevant NHS Trust to ensure the protec- tion of


of section 106 funds made


The council was joining otherjoining other parish councils to put together


overview and


Road, a meeting was to be held with Kent Highways to agree the basis for public consultation on the final amendment of the Heath Road scheme.


Following the collection of to traffic in Heath


traffic calming


The council had agreed a budget for the recreation and youth group, supporting the provision of a summer youth programme in Coxheath, organ- ised by the Kent Youth Service and the community warden. A quotation for repairs to the safety flooring and fencing at the village hall play area was accepted.


Kent outh


Crime-free month NO crimes had been reported in


East Farleigh Council


East Farleigh during the last month.


The council agreed it would like to register The Old School Hall


under the Community


Right to Bid. This means that, should the hall ever come up for sale, a moratorium of up to six months would be triggered, giv- ing the community time to put in a bid.


giv-


In the light of the number of traffic issues in the village at present, the council agreed to create a traffic management sub- committee, consisting of three councillors.


sub-


The committee will research and report back on the bridge (possible barriers/CCTV/ways of preventing HGVs using it), Forge Lane and Dean Street junction and possibilities for speed restrictions in the Lower Road and village triangle area. There was no report from the village plan action group this month, but a summary of its work will be available on the parish


the and will council traffic website along


planning applications for lim- Winners were: Area 1; 9 Court ited high quality, low density


Have you got news for us? Phone our News Desk on 01622 734735


with a digest of the recent auto- matic traffic counts carried out in Dean Street andGallants Lane. The garden competition was judged by Alex Rennie, head gardener at Hadlow College.


Lodges; Runners-up – Junipers, Sebling, Glenbeigh,


Junipers, P38


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