CHEDWORTH PARISH COUNCIL

MINUTES – ANNUAL PARISH MEETING – 22^nd MARCH 2010

PRESENT; Mrs S Moore (Chairman of the Parish Council in the Chair).

Parish Councillors: Mr A Bell, Mr P Sibbald and Mr T Watt.

Parish and District Councillor: Mr D Broad.

Mrs E Broad (Parish Clerk).

22 Electors.

APOLOGIES: Were received from Mr A Miles and Mr N Finch.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES: The Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 23^rd March 2009 were read by the Clerk agreed and signed by the Chairman as a true record.

MATTERS ARISING: There was none.

CHAIRMANS REPORT: The Chairman gave her report and it is attached to these Minutes.

CHARITY REPORTS:

Chedworth Allotment Charity: Mr Juggins presented the balance sheet which recorded a balance of £2498.69. Mr Juggins explained the balance sheet and gave a brief historical report on the charity. The Chairman thanked Mr Juggins.

Church and Community Lands Charity: Mr Bowley presented the balance sheet which recorded a balance of £13509.50 on the Community side. A Capital Sum of £103,719.15 was invested and shown on the balance sheet. Mr Bowley gave a brief historical report on the charity. The Chairman thanked Mr Bowley.

Chedworth Village Hall: Mr Westlake gave a brief report on the Village Hall charity.

Mr Westlake reported that he was standing down from the Village Hall Committee in May and he was thanked for all of his achievements including the kitchen and toilet refurbishments and also the new play area. It was further agreed to record a vote of thanks to Toby Abbott, in his absence, who did a lot of work in securing the Village Hall a 100% grant for the installation of a wood pellet boiler.

Chedworth Community Lands Trust: Mr Robson gave a brief report on the trust which is in the process of becoming a charity. The Chairman thanked Mr Robson and reminded the meeting that Affordable Housing was an agenda item later on.

Hugh Westwood Educational Trust: The Chairman read out the report prepared by Mrs Ann Deamer.

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Chedworth Village Trust: Mr Isaac was present and read a brief report which described in part the history of the trust. The Chairman thanked Mr Isaac.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Mr Robson explained on behalf of the CLT Board the current situation since the CLT public meeting in February were it was the majority wish of the public present to site the houses in the NW corner of the Grass Keep field adjacent to the Diggers' plot. Plans showing this proposal had been published in the March edition of the Hill and Valley and comments were invited. Mr Lewis gave a update which included percentages in favour and against of the responses received.

Mr Robson explained who the members of the CLT Board are, some of whom were present at the meeting. A lively debate ensued with parishioners speaking for and against the proposal. Mr John Robson of Elmridge, Lower Chedworth then proposed that a Parish Poll be conducted asking the following question"are you in favour of the Chedworth Community Land Trust Ltd. progressing the development of affordable housing on the site in the grass keep field north of the Community Garden as outlined below?" Mr Stuart Lewis seconded the proposal and the assenters were Mr David Broad, Mr Paul Sibbald, Mr Adrian Bell, Mr Dennis Moore, Mr Tom Watt, Mr Hugh Blackwell and Mr Roger Duggleby. 9 electors representing one third of people present at the meeting. An Extraordinary Parish Council meeting would be convened to decide how the poll would be conducted.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS;

Mr Broad thanked the Chairman for the way she handled a difficult meeting.

Mr Juggins reminded parishioner present that the Chedworth Village Trust, unlike other village charities, is able to give loans to help people experiencing hardship. He felt this was not made clear in the Chedworth Village Trust report.

The Chairman thanked everyone for attending and closed the meeting at 9.34 pm.

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