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Branston & Mere Parish Plan
Notes of the Steering Group meeting held at the Pavilion, Moor Lane, Branston on
Monday 25th June 2007 at 7.30pm.
Present:Marjorie Duncan, Rob Ford, Hilary Hawkyard, Rob Hill, Ben Hueso, Jennifer Jackson, Peter Lundgren, Marianne Overton, Sarah Stead, George Tinsley & Mick Wood.
Item 1Apologies.
Apologies had been received from Susy Cannings, Nick Firby and Peter Morrison.
Marjorie Duncan joined the meeting at 8.10pm.
Item 2Correspondence.
Due to work commitments, Nick Firby had tendered his resignation as Treasurer. It was agreed that Sarah Stead would take on the role.
Peter Morrison had sent details of demographic surveys to highlight the profile of the villages.
Item 3Accounts.
The following payments had been made:
Branston NewsletterDistribution of Flyers50.00
AccoladePrinting of Flyers64.62
Lincolnshire Co-opWine – Prize Draw20.00
OdeonCinema Tickets – Prize Draw15.00
The account balance was £3205.38.
Item 4Responses to Preliminary Survey.
The response had been extremely disappointing with only 83 replies, including 14 from the Youth Club. The Chairman said that despite the low return, the survey had been inclusive and all households had been given the information and the opportunity to take part.
Hilary and Sarah had been filmed doing a street consultation by Electric Egg. The footage would be used to make a promotional DVD to encourage other Parishes to produce a plan.
The Prize Draw had been made at the Waggon & Horses on 15th June and the prizes distributed.
Jennifer Jackson agreed to collate the responses received to date. Hilary asked that all members of the Steering Group forward their ideas for village improvements to Jennifer at quickly as possible.
George Tinsley agreed to ask the farming fraternity for suggestions and Peter Lundgren agreed to encourage suggestions from the Booths.
Item 5Any Other Business.
Peter Morrison had asked for people to be made aware of housing quotas to be determined by the East Midlands Regional Plan. Marianne Overton advised that a discussion would take place at LincolnCollege on 3rd & 4th July. Hilary agreed to attend.
Peter had also suggested working with Washingborough and Heighington on plans for a business park and a hotel for business use.
Hilary raised the need to protect the village with a greenbelt between the proposed Eastern by-pass and Branston.
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Peter Lundgren was keen to see social issues addressed by the plan as well as planning issues.
Marianne agreed but said that the District Council would be required to comply with thehousing guidelines. Required development could take place in large swathes which would have an effect on traffic volume and the plan would not make allowances for additional infrastructure. Government money would only be sufficient to maintain existing circumstances.
George Tinsley said that section 106 monies (a developer’s tax) had previously been used to provide infrastructure but that recent changes meant that the money would not necessarily be used locally.
Marianne confirmed that 70% of the funds raised went to a central pot which could then be bid for according to need. It was recognised that villages tended to lose out to urban areas.
Ben Hueso said that if the village continued to grow security levels would need to be increased.
Item 6Date of next meeting – To agree a questionnaire.
Following the low return from the Preliminary Survey it was agreed that the method of distribution would need to be improved. Previous survey appraisals had been delivered and collected door to door and that had been successful. Banners on routes into the village were suggested to help raise the profile.
The categories for the questionnaire would need to be agreed at the next meeting and questions considered, based on the survey responses. Questions would give suggested responses and tick boxes with space for additional comments. Marianne agreed to obtain the questionnaire used by Welbourn as an example.
The next meeting was set for Monday 23rd July at 7.30pm in the Pavilion.
The meeting closed at 8.25pm.