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Barrowby Parish Council 2014

Barrowby Parish Council

Open Morning

1st November 2014


Parish Council finances

•Barrowby Parish Council is committed to openness and

transparency in the conduct of its business.

•We see our role as serving the community that elected us to

the best of our ability.

•Over the last year a number of Saturday morning events

have been held to consult with parishioners about the issues

that concern them and to explain the priorities and work of

the Parish Council. These open mornings will continue.


Parish Council finances (cont)

• Ultimately, it is the Council’s aim to encourage

consultation on spending plans in advance of

the annual exercise of setting the precept for the

following year’s expenditure.

• This means that parishioners should be able to

have an influence on the decisions about how

much money the Council has to spend and the

priorities it should adopt for the following year.


Potential Projects

Project Priority Spending Year

14/15 15/16 16/17

Adam Stiles planning 1 £ 1,500.00

Pony Paddock Fencing 2 £ 2,000.00

Defibrillators x 2 3 £ 4,000.00

Burial Ground Soil Bin 4 £ 1,500.00

Reading Room Windows. 5 £ 14,000.00

Burial Ground path Surface 6 £ 1,750.00

Pavilion Road 7= £ 4,000.00

Allotments Car Park 7= £ 3,800.00

Burial Ground Monument 8 £ 5,000.00

Reading Rm Loft Insulation 9 £ 600.00

Clock Tower Illumination 10 £ 250.00

New playground equipment £ 5,000.00

Dog Fencing on Playgrounds £ 5,000.00

Burial Grnd Memorial garden £ 1,500.00

Cemetery man. software £ 1,000.00

Traffic Calming Signs £ 7,500.00

Village Green Fence £ 1,000.00

Total £ 9,000.00 £ 23,550.00 £ 26,850.00


What has been happening?

•Higher standards of maintenance

•Replacement of heaters in the toilets

•De-fibrillator now fitted

•Community hub plans postponed

The

Reading

Room


Community Hub / Library

Application – what

happened?


Community Hub / Library

•Why are Lincolnshire County Council doing

this?

•What has happened so far?

•What are the financial implications?

•Benefits to the village?

•What happens next?


Why did Lincolnshire County

Council do this?

• It’s was about money saving in the library

provision

• Aim to reduce the mobile library service and look

at a more cost effective activity

• Referred to as “Community Hubs” because it

reduces the issues regarding existing staff

redundancy

• In theory – it could enhance the supply of local

services if communities take up the idea.


• A complaint was submitted that suggested

that the Lincs County Council review

process had not been properly conducted.

• As a result of this complaint, a judicial

review took place which upheld the

complaint and so the review process has

to now recommence.

• Dates for this are still to be confirmed.

What happened ?


Things to consider

• We do not want to materially change the

Reading Room – just increase it’s role in

the village.

• No decisions on the go ahead will be

made until we understand all the details of

any grant

• LCC need to successfully navigate the

Judicial Review.


What else is planned?

•Correct the issues with the clock faces (again)

•Seeking grant funding to install a telephone line to be able to

implement broadband use to allow internet access for Reading Room

users.

•Continue with the defibrillator training rollout (2 sessions held so far).

The

Reading

Room

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What is a defibrillator or AED?

A defibrillator is a computerised

medical device delivers an

electrical current through the chest

which aims to shock the heart back

into a normal rhythm allowing it to

pump again.


Is there a need?

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest happens around 140,000

times a year in the UK, making it one of the UK’s

largest killers – equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing

every day!

• The potential for saving a life is dependent upon

time, the faster medical help can be attained, the

better the chance of survival.

• Clinical studies suggest you have less than 5

minutes from the event to save the life, this

• decreasing by up to 23% per minute.

• In rural areas it takes time to get medical help, so

Community Public Access Defibrillators (cPAD) have

a very important part to play in helping save lives in

rural communities.


De-fibrillator roll out • Four have been bought will the help of grant aid.

• Plan is to place them in the areas that best reflect

the density of population.

• They need to be highly visible.

• Likely sites – Reading Room, Westry Corner,

Hedgefield Road and the bus shelter on High

Road.

• Two training courses have been held for residents

- more will be organised.



•Review of play equipment to meet village needs

•Decision to not proceed with fencing options at this time

• Now registered as a “ Village Green” , based on the fact that If you can prove

that local people have used the land without secrecy, force or permission for at

least 20 years for lawful sports and pastimes, you can apply to register the land

as new green. This will protect it from development for ever and preserve it for

use by local people.

Steven’s

Gutter



• Two consultation meetings held.

•Outline planning permission granted earlier this year for 3

bungalows in keeping with the existing properties.

Adamstiles


Adamstiles (continued)

Proposed new

residences


Adamstiles – the early years!

• 1972 David Charles Homes Ltd purchase the land to build houses in Hurst Crescent and Adamstiles.

• 1975 As the build was nearing completion the company went into liquidation.

• 1978 An overgrown and untidy area was reported.

• 1979 Land purchased in conjunction with SKDC


Adamstiles - the early years

• 1983 Site was levelled and seeded.

• 1993 Letter of complaints to PC noting

football being played, “making life hell” and

“gangs of youths”!

• 1994 PC wrote to SKDC – SKDC would

resist the “loss of the land” and would not

put play equipment on the Willows.

• Ongoing issues with anti-social behaviour


Next steps

• The sale of the land was tendered to 3

estate agents – Escritt, Barrell & Golding

looked the best offer so selected.

• Sales particulars included caveats

regarding site security etc.

• Offers closed on October 18th 2014.

• Offer received which will be considered by

the PC on Monday November 3rd.


Looking forward

• The Parish Council recognises this need

and is keen to pursue a strategy whereby

match funding is secured to allow

investment over a 2-3 year period to

ensure that the provision of play

equipment is improved not only the

Adamstiles but also on Steven’s Gutter

(the village green).


Type of equipment?


What’s been happening?

Burial Ground

•Developing plans to create a rose garden to manage additional

demand for burial space.

•Soil bin constructed to help with onsite soil storage to support the

aesthetics and practical management of the grassed area.

•Significant site management including tree and shrub maintenance.

•Implementation of ICCM standards


BIG feedback relating to the Parish

Council • The vast majority of the respondents (349) do

not look at the Parish Council website for information and a significant number were unaware that the Parish Council even has a website (246).

• Whilst only 52 respondents said that they looked at the Parish Council website for information, 325 respondents (60%) said that they looked at the parish notice boards for information.

• There is clearly a strong demand for information - 94% of people who responded want to know what is happening in


BIG report

• In terms of Parish Council activities, we sought to find out about the level of knowledge and trust in spending.

• It is clear that the vast majority of respondents do not understand how the Parish Council spends the Council Tax precept and a similar proportion do not know the Parish Council's spending priorities.

• Despite this self-confessed lack of knowledge, a large number said that they did not agree with spending priorities


Other activities

Royal British Legion

• A number of meetings have been held to see if there is

interest in a collaboration between the Barrowby

Memorial Hall and the RBL.

• Agreement in principle to pursue further.

• The plan would be to build community building that

would meet the needs of both organisations as well as

the wider community.

• Parish Council helping to facilitate these discussions.

• Further meeting to be held later this month.


Other activities

Road Maintenance / Speeding

• Still a major issue in the village.

• Church Street is due to have new kerbing installed and

to be resurfaced week commencing 10th November

2014. (has been delayed before).

• Meeting with Mark Heaton of Highways planned for

November 19th to review car parking issues related to

the school opening and closing times.

• Discussions being held with Lincoln Road Safety

Partnership regarding illuminated signs etc to reduce

speeding issues in the village.


Other activities

Planning applications

• Plans recently received for the Greenacres development

of nine houses.

• Application from Belectric to build a Solar Farm at

Pasture Farm, Gonerby Lane, Allington. Information

meeting held at the Reading Room on 7th October.

• AD plant application in Sedgebrook recently approved.

A photovoltaic module


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Future events

30

Village Christmas Event

Sunday 7th December 3pm to

6pm

Featuring food, a magician,

some singing, a glass of

mulled wine and of course

Father Christmas!

Documents

Barrowby Parish Council Open Morning - WhatDoTheyKnow€¦ · •1972 David Charles Homes Ltd purchase the land to build houses in Hurst Crescent and Adamstiles. •1975 As the build