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requested from the two housebuilders in the parish as part of a community engagement. Harbour play area MBC reported that all was low risk and satisfactory. It would be monitored. The clerk would seek three quotes. Lighting The clerk was to drive around and see what was still outstanding. The parish would be divided into areas for councillors to check and report back. Brandys Bay The name change was discussed.
Communications The parish council facebook details had been circulated in the newsleer. The clerk would invoice newsleer advertisers. Jubilee Peter Shayler’s fair would be on June 9-11. It would arrive on June 5 and leave on June 12. The WWI beacon would be on November 11, 2018 at 7pm. East Suon Parish Council, Chart Suon Parish Council and the Royal British Legion wished to be involved.A dance was proposed and approved for November 10, 2018. Police report There had been an aempted theft and two thefts of petrol at the Murco Service Station. Tools had been stolen from a vehicle in the High Street and a gate had been stolen from a field in Tumblers Hill. In Maidstone Road a gate had been damaged and a door and fencing had been damaged in a burglary, when a lawn mower and leaf blower had been stolen. Toilets Following evidence of drug-taking, the clerk had temporarily shut the toilet.
Yalding
Syngenta St Modwen had a scheme for floating homes on the design board and was hoping to meet the parish council
A SHED in Beresford Hill, Boughton Monchelsea, was broken into. Fencing was cut for access and pipes and cables were damaged. In Redwall Lane, Hunton, a Vauxhall
Astra van parked on a drivewaywas broken into.A bag containing personal items, clothing and a Toshiba laptopwas stolen. A vehicle parked in Oak Farm Gardens, Headcorn,was damaged. A mobile catering van in Maidstone
Road, Yalding,was broken into and cash was stolen. A small trailer was stolen from a farm in
Wierton Hill, Boughton Monchelsea. Fencing was damaged in Lenham Road, Headcorn. A shed at a house on The Green, Boughton Monchelsea,was broken into and a Hayter lawnmower and other items were stolen. A fencewas damaged in Symonds Lane,
Yalding. A windowwas smashed on a Citroen Berlingo parked in Ulcombe Road, Headcorn. A Vauxhall Corsa parked in Lenham
Road, Headcorn,was keyed. A six-wheel flat bed trailer was stolen
from outside a house in Yalding. A vehicle in Lile Field, Staplehurst,was broken into and partswere removed. Itemswere removed from a garden in
Heath Road, Boughton Monchelsea without consent.
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them.Meanwhile the fence had been repaired with Heras fencing, making it look even worse. The chairman would write again with photos. The Lees Work on the cale grid was complete. Then height restrictor would be reviewed.
Council-owned land The owner of 1 Wayside Coage had put in a gate leading to Jubilee Field and appeared to have moved the fence. The clerk had sourced the up-to-date drawing details and had passed them to Ken Gough. Bus route via Yalding Station The bus operator was willing to support this proposal. Councillors agreed that another request should be made to KCC. Tree The Kent Men of The Trees prize – a stag’s horn tree – had been collected and would be planted atWindmill path. The owners ofWindmill House had agreed to water. Canoe club The canoe club had complained that the Environment Agency (EA) had locked the gate at the other side of the weir. The EA had told them to leave the river at the other side of the bridge where they get in. It was agreed this was a maer for the EA and the club. YaldingWater Safety Group An initial meeting was held. Events would take place throughout the summer and leaflets produced warning people of the dangers of the weirpool. Broadband Callflow were offering high speed via the three cabinets in Yalding and the one in Laddingford. Speedwatch The training was now done online. The current 17 volunteers had been asked to register. Four had refused, five had agreed and eight were yet to reply. Fireworks Yalding Gardens had several complaints about a firework display at a recent wedding, although several other
residents reported how much they had enjoyed them. They have decided only to have fireworks on Bonfire Night and New Year’s Eve. Kenward Trust would like to hold a fireworks display on November 9. The parish council had confirmed to Kenward that it is happy with this, but asked them to ensure it is in the village diary and to advise the Gardens. Hedges Harry Harrison had wrien to remind the parish council that the Jubilee Field boundary hedge had not been cut for three years. It was agreed that the work would be done. Co-option Sue Gerrish was co-opted to the vacancy on the parish council. Grants County Cllr Paulina Stockell had given a £3,000 grant for flood resilience measures and had also paid for a 20mph speed limit in Vicarage Road. Dumped cars The chairman reported the problem of cars being dumped at The Ta. Removal signs had been placed on the cars and photographs had been taken as evidence. Flooding The chairman had sent a list to the EA of properties that could be considered for Property Level Resilience (PLR). The EA would be writing to each property inviting people to have an initial drive-by survey to ascertain whether the property is suitable for PLR, after which a more detailed survey would be done. Best village It was agreed to enter the Britain’s Best Village Competition 2017. Lost dog The lost dog posters needed to come down now. Councillors would remove them. Teapot Island The owners were parking a caravan on the car park, which was not permied. The clerk would write to request them to remove it.
NeighbourhoodWatch
Working to reduce crime. Call Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 or local police Offenders aempted to break into a
house in Charlton Lane,West Farleigh. Theywere disturbed by the householder and no entry was gained and nothing stolen. A recently delivered package was stolen
from a drive in Palmers Yard, Headcorn. The side of a moving vehiclewas damaged by a missile or pellet in Staplehurst Road, Yalding. A silver Ford Focus, registration GX03
*** was stolen from outside a house in Chantry Road, Maidstone. A shed in Heath Road, Boughton Monchelsea,was broken into. Someone broke into a shed in Headcorn
Road, Boughton Malherbe.A list of stolen property was awaited. Gates to a field in Stilebridge Lane, Linton,were damaged, apparently by a vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic in Headcorn
Road, Staplehurst, had its windscreen cracked. A tyre on a Peugeot car in Stocke Lane, Coxheath,was slashed. A secured vehiclewas taken without consent from Oliver Road, Staplehurst. A golf buggy was damaged at the golf club in Maidstone Road, East Suon.
A barnwas broken into inWagon Lane,
Yalding, and bronze and brasswere stolen. A caravanwas stolen from Lindridge
Lane, Staplehurst. A vehiclewas broken in Greenhill, Staplehurst, and partswere removed. Fencing was damaged at a house in Bolescrew Hill, Boughton Monchelsea. In Oak Lane, Headcorn, a Land Rover Freelanderwas interfered with but no entry gained. However, the catalytic converterwas stolen from the exhaust. A vehicle parked on a garage forecourt
in Cranbrook Road, Staplehurst,was damaged when itwas broken into. The intruderswere disturbed when the police arrived. A yellow Volvo digger was stolen from a field in Husheath Hill, Staplehurst.
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