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Defibrillators These had been fi�ed and registeredwith South East Coast Ambulance Service. Buses The X1 timetable had been changed and therewere nowmore buses tomeet trains atWestMalling train station. Newmower The senior groundsman at the sports park had provided a report regarding themower and itwas agreed to obtain a Baroness LM2400 on hire purchase at a cost of £36,450 over five years. GDPRAfter a discussion itwas agreed not to appoint an external data protection officer at this time. Itwas agreed that the clerkwould investigate appointing an external compliance officer and report back to theNovembermeeting. Phase 3 The planswere discussed and it was agreed that the parish councilwould object to themon a number of grounds, including inadequate parking; shared surface safety concerns; lack of space for future charging of electric vehicles; density; garden size and space for recycling bins; and too fewhomes for affordable ownership. Sports Park The income deficitwas discussed and itwas noted that the sports park commi�eewould be discussing the budget at its nextmeeting. Ice rink Itwas agreed to delegate to the clerk the booking of an ice rink for the Christmas holidays to a budget of £15,000.
Ryarsh
Police PCSOMcMillan delivered posters with his contact details to be displayed in the village. Trees Cllr Storeywas thanked for cu�ing back the trees so that the road signs from the village hallwere visible. Bus timetables CllrMcKinlay brought up problemswith the bus service. Buses run every two hours, the first at 9.15amwhen bus passes could not be used until 9.30am. The poor return servicemeant that residents might have just half an hour before having to get a bus back to the village. CllrHohler suggestedwriting to CllrMike Whiting at KCC to ask for an extension of the use of bus passes in areaswhere service was poor. Sandpit The postponed KCCmeetingwas discussed, and itwas thought thiswas
A Mitsubishi L200 pick-up parked in the road in Catkin Close, Aylesford had the windscreen smashed, apparently by pellets fired at it. A parked vehicle was keyed in Howick
Close,Aylesford. Ahousewas broken into inAdmiralMoore
Drive,Aylesford. AredHondamotorcyclewas stolen froma
driveway in London Road,Addington. AblackX-Type Jaguar, registration J999 ***,
was stolen from Trottiscliffe Road, Adding- ton. Fencing panelswere damaged in the front
garden of a home inWrothamWater Lane, Trottiscliffe. Abicyclewas taken froma garden inWal-
pole Close, EastMalling. Ahousewas broken into andjewellerywas
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because BGSP had not done thework that needed to be done. The parish council wouldwrite to KCC expressing concern about this. Itwas also suggested that there would be no need for that amount of extra sand, as there had been an application for an increase at an existing sand quarry. Workhouse Road Itwas agreed that the Parish Council could not afford the quote to provide boulders. CllrMcKinlaywould write toGallaghers and ask themto
reconsider.Gallaghers had initially placed the boulders to protect their land, and had subsequently removed them. The parish council believes the boulderswere useful to protect the land andwildlife. Residents Councillors considered given the advice by the TMBC regarding the increase in residents in the village, and it appeared a lot ofworkwould be needed to increase the number of parish councillors. The aimwas to get someone fromthe Brickworks Estate to join the council, but even if a councillor could be recruited, therewas no guarantee that someone fromthe estatewould stand. Itwas agreed to take no further action. Highways Itwas reported that signs installed by RedrowinOld School Lane were in thewrong place and thewording was not useful. Cllr Peddiewas to establish what signs should say andwhere they should be located. Churchyard Itwas reported the churchyard was looking untidy. The clerkwas asked to find outwhen gardeningwould take place. Overgrown vegetation FootpathMR150 was still overgrown. Itwas reported that vegetation around the Ryarsh signwas coming fromthe Birling sign. Itwas reported that trees growing around the streetlight outsideGodfreys had been cut back. Recreation ground The football teamhad asked that the pitches be re-marked.
Wateringbury
Welcome signs The chairman confirmed the newWelcome toWateringbury signs had been installed. Crossroads Cllr Balfour discussed the proposed
alterations.Members of the public were concerned that the proposalswould mean that trafficwould flowfaster.A Wateringbury TrafficGroup had been formed,with 214members communicating via Facebook. Somemembers of the public
were concernedwith the alterations to the crossroads. Speed cameras Cllr Balfour said cameras would be installed according to the accident record for the area. The chairman said the last accident recorded at the traffic lights was in 2011. Cllr Balfour also pointed out that traffic-calmingmeasures could not be used onA-roads, but Cllr Stones referred himtoHadlow,where therewas traffic calming on theA26. Speedwatch SarahHudson asked that the Speedwatch teamrecord the number of speeding vehicles over a longer period of time.DavidMerry, Speedwatch co- ordinator, said anyone other than his team who used the equipmentwould not be covered by insurance. The chairman felt the Speedwatch teamadequately covered the number of speeding vehicles the first time. Pollution Pollutionmonitoring equipment was installed. Drug problemAmember of the public called the policewhen suspected drug- takerswere on the playing field. Police said theywould send a squad car, but it did not arrive. Thiswould be reported to the PCSO. Play equipment Safeplay had estimated it would cost £485 to replace one of the cradle swings in the top play areawith a swing seat. Itwas agreed to accept this. Pavilion The insurance of the pavilionwas discussed, and itwas agreed that the council would continue to cover the insurance. It would be put to John Ibbs that the Sports and RecreationalAssociation should pay 50%of the premiumin September. Local Plan The chairman reported that TMBCwould have to revisit the plan as an extra 630 homeswere needed. The final planwas duewith the Secretary of State by the end of the year.He said that Broadwater Farmhad been sold for 1,100 homes. Bins The bins at the playing fieldwere reported to be overflowing. SpeedAmember of the publicwas concerned about the speed atwhich cars were using the track to the playing fields and felt children could be at risk. Lier The chairman thanked the Friends of Wateringbury for their efforts in clearing li�er,weeds and rubbish in the village.
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stolen in Stickens Lane, EastMalling. A rear number plate was removed from a
vehiclewhilst itwasparkedinVictoriaDrive, KingsHill. A black Range Rover, registration T10***,
was stolen from a car park in FortuneWay, KingsHill. Graffitiwasdrawnon thewall of a house in
Masefield Road, Larkfield. Awindowhadbeendamagedwhen a bur-
glary happened in a house in PriestleyDrive, Larkfield. Some jewellery and a pair of sun- glasseswentmissing. Awindowof apropertywas smashedafter
an object was thrown at it in Ingram Close, Larkfield. A Ford EcoSport was damaged whilst it
was parked in the road in Saltings Road, Snodland. A vehicle’swingmirrors and bonnetwere
damaged in Saltings Road, Snodland. Graffiti was sprayed onto a wall outside a
property in Saltings Road, Snodland. Ahousewas broken into andjewellerywas
stolen inHollowLane, Snodland. Aparcel delivered by FedExwentmissing
before the owner picked it up inWattsClose, Snodland.
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