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meeting. Parish surgery Issues raisedwere potholes, parking on Headcorn Road, speeding on Marden Road and NatWest in Staplehurst. Rural service centre status Councillors resolved to write to Maidstone Council with a business case that Staplehurst did not meet the criteria of a rural service centre and requesting a change of designation in the Local Plan. The leer would be followed up when Maidstone Council consulted again on housing allocation. Clean-upA village clean-up day would be held on September 16. Information leaflets would be prepared for use at the event to encourage interest in bulb planting at Wimpey Field. Display Material aboutWimpey Field would be displayed in Staplehurst library. Public forum The chairman of the Neighbourhood Plan review group commented on the need to make progress with plans for the village centre and on behalf of the youth club, thanked the parish council for agreeing to fund two seats to be installed in the youth club grounds.


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War memorial play area Therewas no comment on the weekly report. According to the Maidstone Borough Council report, the contractor had repaired the wooden ladder and added a bitumen sleeve to the boom of the steps. Quoteswere considered for the play area fence and it was agreed to accept the quote from Outdoorsy Living. Since then the service gate had been damaged – the clerk would add it to the work. The clerk had had one quote for resurfacing of the old play area andwas awaiting two others. Quoteswere also awaited for the barrier. Football rental Maidstone Under 9s had asked for a fee reduction. Cllr Stancombe proposed that a 50% reductionwas offered and thiswas agreed. They would now be charged £175 per annum. Pavilion The clerk had wrien to Millbrook Designer Homes and Newcourt Residentials Ltd asking for a contribution to the pavilion. The clerkwas looking into


A ROTEX grass topper (farm machinery) was stolen from the orchard at a farm in Den Lane, Marden. In Oak Lane, Headcorn, items were re-


moved from a garden without consent. A vehicle parked in Howland Road, Mar-


den,was broken into. Someone took a trailer from a yard inNew


House Lane, Headcorn, without consent. Deliberate damage was caused to a prop-


erty in Chantry Road, Marden. A house was broken into in Thatch Barn


Road, Headcorn, and cash and jewellery were stolen. A gate into a farm field in Crumps Lane, Ulcombe, was damaged to gain entry and the crop of haywas trampled. Atrailerwas removed from a field inWater


Lane, Headcorn, without consent. Hub caps were stolen from a Ford Transit


van parked in a driveway in North Down, Staplehurst. AStihl chainsawwas stolen from a wooden


shed in a garden inHowland Road, Marden. A house in Bankfields, Headcorn, was en-


an EU pot which would run out in two years.


Harbour play area Therewas no comment on theweekly report and the MBC report declared all to be low risk or satisfactory, with the exception of the surface, which was now medium risk. Allotments Thewater supplywas no longer a monopoly and the parish council could shop around. The clerk would get quotes from other suppliers. North Street crossing The chairman and clerk met with Cllr Hotson to discuss this, aswell asWarmlake crossroads and parking at the primary school. The footpath workwas imminent and the clerk was to ask for action on the dropped kerb. Lighting The lamp in Rectory Lane had been hit by a falling tree and bent to a 45 degree angle. When the clerk checked it was upright, so KCCwas asked to check it was safe. They replied that they had made an emergency repair at the request of UK Power. Crime report PCSO John Boyd had reported a mail theft in Rectory Lane, damage to car tyres in North Street and the theft of petrol from Braemar Service Station. There had been 24 calls to the police between June 12 and July 10, and four reports of cars causing obstruction at the Poing Shed. There had been an accident on Chartway Street. Defibrillator Fundingwas approved by The Freemasons and an invoice had been received. The clerk had banked cheques to cover this but they had not yet cleared. The clerk would send off a cheque once it had cleared.


Yalding


Verge The posts to protect the verge by Oast Court/High Street had been fied. However, Brian Harvey had complained that the fish man could no longer drive up on to the grass verge during summer markets. The chairman and clerkwere under the impression that councillors did notwant any vehicle driving on to the verge as damage can be caused at any time of the year and the stalls seemed perfectly fine on the hardstanding. Itwas agreed that the two posts nearest the footpath


would be removed as a councillor suggested that they could be in theway of other village events held in the High Street. Buses The bus operatorwas willing to support a proposal to review the possibility of a bus routing via Yalding station. Councillors agreed another request for this should be made to KCC. The chairman would ask residents to write request leers. Britain’s Best Village 2017 Yalding came through with flying colours on all aspects except folklore. Teapot Island The ownerswere said to be parking a caravan on the car park, which was not permied. Itwas agreed that as thiswas a motor home, it would not be followed up at this time. Mobile blood donor Laddingford residents had asked for a mobile blood donor unit. The clerk had contacted Blood UK and had been told that they were reducing mobile units due to lack of demand. Residents could visit thewebsite, enter their postcode and they would be told the nearest place to register. The Ta One of the abandoned cars had been removed. The other car would be removed by Scrapco when its tax runs out. The Kintons The clerk had reminded the football and cricket club that the council needed to know when The Kintonswas being used and to pick up their lier. She would ask for a monthly update. Flooding Property Level Resistance (PLR) leers offering surveys to the properties most severely at risk of flooding had been sent out by the Environment Agency with help from the parish council. It had been difficult trying to explain to some residents that fundingwas only available for properties in 1 in 20 flood risk. Appointments had been made for the surveys. CobblesA leerwas received asking that the cobbles on Town Bridge be repointed and in-filled. The council would write to KCC stating that the bridge footway is in constant use with dangers from volume and size of traffic. Older people and parentswere particularly concerned about falling over/buggies bouncing into the road.


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watch, sunglasses and gold ringwere stolen. A parked car was interfered with in High


Street, Staplehurst, and an attempt was made to remove vehicle parts. In Lenham Road, Ulcombe, fencing was damaged and access gained to a field where a large quantity of strawberrieswere stolen. Eight hanging baskets were stolen from a


cricket club in Frittenden Road, Staplehurst. A Ford Transit parked in a driveway in Huntington Road, Coxheath, was broken into and a nail gunwas stolen. Fencing was damaged at a house in SpringettWay, Coxheath. In Roman Way, Boughton Monchelsea, damage was caused to the side of a vehicle and both sets of windscreen wipers were damaged. An orange Honda CBR125, index LX65T**


tered and items including a computer, gold was stolen from outside a house in Longshaw Maidstone Weald August 2017 37


Road, Park Wood. Shrubs and plants were stolen from a gar-


den in Staple Drive, Staplehurst. A horse box was set alight in Wierton


Road, Boughton Monchelsea, and the fire had to be extinguished by the fire service. All four tyres on a Jaguar XF parked in a


driveway in Heath Road, Coxheath,were let down.


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