Minutes of Theale Parish Council

Minutes of Theale Parish Council January 2016

minutes OF THEALE PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of an Extraordinary Parish Council Meeting held on Wednesday 27th January 2016 at 7.30pm in the Peter Gooch Room, the Pavilion, Englefield Road, Theale.

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Present: Councillors C. Bateman, D. Wood, B. Williams, J. Richardson, A. Macro, S. Coker, A. Clark, N. Flint & Z. Fenwick

In attendance: Clerk to the Council Jo Friend

Apologies for absence: Cllrs I. Hopcroft & B. Jones.

Declarations of Interest: None

180/15/16 Open Forum for members of the public

None present.

181/15/16 Planning Applications

Cllr Macro asked for it to be noted that, as a member of the Planning Committee, should further information become available, he may amend his views at a later date.

15/03460/
FULEXT / Section 73: Removal of Condition 19 – Age restrictions, of approved application 10/03075/FULEXT (development to provide 30 apartments for persons over 55 years of age with associated access, car parking & landscaping) / Trafalgar Court, Play Platt, Theale, Reading
RG7 5HW / Sovereign Housing Association / OBJECT
Insufficient car parking, cycle spaces, refuse provision as a result of it being built as an over 55s. No S106 paid for education.
15/03248/
ADV / Navigation tower with fixed displayed Ikea logo horizontally on three faces using the recognised blue & yellow brand colours / Ikea Store, Pincents Kiln,
Calcot,Reading / Ikea Investment Properties Ltd / OBJECT
Unnecessary advert; excessively tall, dominant; detrimental impact on setting of conservation area and footpaths; distracting to motorists
15/03470/
SCOPE / Scoping Opinion under the EIA Regulations
(Proposed development of 224 houses at Burghfield park, adjacent to Theale Recreational Lake) / Burghfield Sailing Club, Hangar Road, Sulhamstead, Reading RG7 4AP / Berfield Ltd / No comment
15/03117/
FULEXT / Section 73: Removal or variation of conditions – notably Amendment to S106 agreement ‘ Remove requirement for 10 affordable housing units and replace with 10 ‘Discount Market Sale’ units / Land rear of 40-58 High Street, Theale / Beechcroft Developments Ltd / OBJECT
Re S106 agreement on affordable housing. Removing this will prevent positive impact on waiting lists. Require age restriction to remain.
15/03426/
ADV / 15 fascia signs & 3 projecting/hanging signs; 13 signs & 3 sets of flags located on the elevations of/adjacent to the main store building in the northern section of the site & the multi-storey car park in the southern section of the site / Ikea Store, Pincents Kiln, Calcot, Reading / Ikea Properties Investment Ltd / OBJECT
Excessive number of adverts; excessive size; dominant & detrimental to surroundings; 2 sets of flags distracting to motorists
15/03427/
ADV / Parapet sign at Ikea store, display Ikea logo horizontally using the recognised yellow brand colour / Ike Store, Pincents Kiln, Calcot, Reading / Ikea Properties Investment Ltd / OBJECT
Overly large & intrusive, unacceptable domination of view; detrimental impact on surroundings; light pollution to Theale properties; distracting to motorists

182/15/16 Defibrillators for Theale

Members discussed the report provided by the Clerk. Dr Ellerton’s Charity is to purchase defibrillators to be positioned at (1) Theale Green School (internal), (2) Volunteer Pub (internal), (3) Charity Shop, High Street (external) and, possibly, (4) Primary School wall in Church car park (external). Bradfield College is to purchase one defibrillator for the Pavilion, Recreation Ground (external).

Members RESOLVED:

Parish Council to grant permission for defibrillator to be installed on external wall of Pavilion and to provide a power supply. Proposed Cllr Richardson; seconded Cllr Bateman.

Parish Council to take ownership of the three external defibrillators listed above, and to insure them appropriately. Proposed Cllr Wood; seconded Cllr Clark. It was agreed that the internal machines should be in the ownership of the hosts.

Parish Council to be responsible for any replacement parts required for each of the five units listed above. Proposed Cllr Fenwick; seconded Cllr Macro.

Parish Council to purchase one further defibrillator for the village should one be required. Proposed Cllr Flint; seconded Cllr Coker.

183/15/16 Precept and Budget 2016-17

Members discussed the financial reports provided by the Clerk. They expressed concern over the possible impact on the parish council of the second round of cuts West Berkshire Council was now debating. These could result in reduced funding to the parish council and/or WBC passing the delivery of more services over to the parish council. WBC plans will not be known for some time and therefore councillors took this uncertainty into account during their deliberations.

Members RESOLVED to increase the 2016-17 precept by 3% to £87,704.50. In real terms this will result in an increase of 66 pence per year for a Band D household (or 5.5 pence per month).

Proposed Cllr Williams; seconded Cllr Bateman. Approved nem con.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.20pm.

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Chairman to the Council

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