MINUTES

A Meeting of the Greens and Footpaths Committee was held on Tue 12 Jun 2007

at 7.30pm in the Community Room, Brampton Memorial Centre

Present:	N Maggs, Chairman, Mrs E Collier, Mrs J Homer, M Shellens, Mrs M Wigley, J Innes-Clarke, Clerk
1	To Receive Apologies
	TF, SJ, KW
2	Declarations of Interest
	None
3	To Approve the Minutes of the Meeting held 27 Mar 07
	Add MW to those present
Proposal:	Approve with the above amendment – 1^st MW, 2^nd JH	Carried
4	Matters Arising from those minutes
4.1	4.1 – pyrocanthas Thrapston Rd - mesh not available from KW, purchase new	JIC
4.2	4.3 – drainage work outside The Hurdles – CCC has raised a works order will be completed within 13 wks
5	Budgets
5.1	Benches, shelters, milestones: £8.4k accrued from 06/07 for 2 x new bus shelters £4k for 1 x new bus shelter 07/08 £450 for 2 litter bins £300 1 x new bench, High St £250 25% contribution for uplighting the Obelisk
5.2	Greens & Footpaths: £1k notional amount for Anglia in Bloom + uncommitted allowance
5.3	Street Lighting: £5.4k accrued from 06/07, Coronation Way scheme £2k accrued from 06/07, Chestnut Close & Playing Field £2k for 2 new columns, 07/08
5.4	Parish Path Partnership, P3: £150 accrued from 06/07, NMU crossing campaign
6	Street Lighting
6.1	New column to be completed, Chestnut Close, 15 Jun
6.2	Energy for new column, Playing Field, quote due next week
6.3	New column Grove Lane/High St – CCC engineer has completed survey few days ago
6.4	St lighting survey to BM – NM to liaise with EC, copy deadline 16 Jul	NM, EC
6.5	Report from Pat Doody – comprehensive 2-page report tabled: keep on record for future reference, use report when receive applications for new lights write to thank him for report circulate report to PC members carry forward to next G & F agenda	JIC JIC JIC
	CCC schedule for renewing entire lighting system – ask CCC where PC lights fall within their schedule	JIC
7	P3 – Parish Path Partnership (including BR17)
7.1	Risk Assessments on P3 network is complete, done by JH
7.2	Reprint walk leaflets – ready for summer, £213 in P3 budget for 1,000 leaflets – place order	JIC
7.3	BR 17 from TF – car boot blocking RoW – advise racecourse to instruct all hirers there is a RoW, & that users should be able to proceed without hindrance, copy correspondence to CCC. Diversion pending - chase CCC on time scale for diversion	JIC JIC
7.4	Replace burnt trees FP 15 – land needs tidying, landowner has been asked if PC can use for new play area, reply received advising owner may need to do a contamination survey first, speak to landowner	NM. MS
7.5	Grant application for 07/08 totalled £1k, grant awarded is £640 Work proposed includes: 1,000 walk leaflets Signs & waymarkers to guide people from The Green to Thrapston Rd, FP 16 Purge litter on all paths Trees to replace burnt out scrub, FP 15 Continue campaign for NMU crossing Ongoing maintenance to path network
	Also includes; requests for CCC work, create circular route FP 15 to West End, diversion FP 2, in conjunction with landowners
8	Dog fouling
	Letter from resident, River Lane, complaining of dog fouling, this is private road, HDC has no jurisdiction for dog fouling & fines. Residents have put up signs but dog owners do not take any notice.
	Ask HDC if they can offer any suggestions & if PC purchased bin River Lane/Buckden Rd junction would they add to their bin emptying schedule & also 1 more further down, make sure we state it is a private road, copy letter to resident	JIC
9	Anglia in Bloom
	EC:
9.1	EC attended BYF (Brampton Youth Forum) earlier tonight. There are 2 youth projects, 1 is primary school ages and 12 up to 18 yrs. EC is asking for their involvement in Anglia in Bloom for 2008 and what they would like to do
9.2	Has spoken to LR & BL re: improvements to Playing Field – wildlife garden (depending on funds)
9.3	Wish to involve Manor, wheelchair users lack a Sunday afternoon outing, consider hard surfacing footpath for easier access from Coronation Way to new wildlife area then back along F/p 26 to kissing gate @ Thrapston Rd. Creating footpath is very expensive, an alternative is hexapath paving, laid in ground & grass grows through, once laid will not require anything much in further maintenance. The path could be made pretty with arches & roses, all is dependent on funds & capital survey
10	Land Registration
	EC: next meeting with JIC – Thu 14 Jun – will report to PC
	EC leaves the meeting
11	NMU Crossing Campaign
	JH – planning the next strategy:
11.1	Inspire Grafham, Perry & Buckden to have Questionnaires in their parishes – ask the PCs	JIC
11.2	No letters of support from Brampton Hut yet – chase	JH
11.3	Questionnaires to Brampton Hut – JH will take some up – all managers have displayed enthusiasm for our campaign	JH
11.4	NM states road is crossed by many workers – take photos	NM
11.5	20 Questionnaires have been sent to Peter Rowell, Hunts Area Cycling group, request return by 31 Jul
11.6	Update to BM – by 16 Jul	JH
11.7	Update to Hunts Post – raise profile – also ask Cambridge Evening News, Town Crier	JH
11.8	CPRE AGM Thu 14 Jun – JH to attend & raise profile	JH
11.9	Check if letter to Gareth Ridewood, CPRE was sent Note since meeting – JH to attend CPRE AGM 14 Jun, will verbally outline letter content, letter to be sent after	JIC
11.10	Covering letter to landowners with summary report – send, say we will keep them updated	JIC
11.11	Letter of support received from Director of Access, Safety & Welfare, BHS
11.12	Authority from PC for working group to meet and continue to update strategy throughout Jul & Aug	PC
11.13	Questionnaire, both sides, to all notice boards	JIC
11.14	Website responses to KW – obtain update	KW, JIC
12	Notice Boards
	Nothing to report
13	Bus Shelters
13.1	Update from Stuart Bell – 30 on list (throughout district) but will only be doing 5 during 07/08. He has our requests for Miller Way/West End + The Green. HDC schedule not yet compiled – advise PD of situation	JIC, PD
13.2	The Green - location is in the Conservation area – HDC will require style + plan sketch of proposed location, opening to face road	NM, JIC
14	Seats/Benches
	Nothing to report
15	Litter
15.1	MS designed litter schedule – started 14 Nov 06 – from then to Mar 07, litter warden has spent 2hrs, once a week on village – from April 07 he spends 2hrs, twice a week on village – started cycle 5 Tue 12 Jun – will know more regarding frequency requirements when he completes 1^st sweep and revisits cycle again as 1^st sweep is history
15.2	Litter monitoring, cycles 1 to 4, tabled
15.3	Litter sack left opposite Water Meadows last Sat – check with GM Note since meeting: GM to advise JIC on Mondays if any sacks need collecting by grounds staff	JIC
15.4	Litter bins – complaint received, there are no bins between Laws Crescent & Memorial Centre
Proposal:	Install 1 x bin near fence adjacent pyrocanthas	Agreed
16	The Greens, including Brampton Village Fete
16.1	Thurston’s Fair: Charging rates by other councils – obtain cost comparison from Warboys - £75 per year – small fair with some side stalls in High St – Warboy’s Clerk issues road closure notifications & notices, informs police, fire service, ambulance service, bus companies & residents
16.2	Dr Berrington received request from CCC to cut back tree on small green – this is PC land. Staff have already cut back 1 x tree opposite 117 High St. Dr Berrington is to ask which tree they meant
16.3	Request from Brampton Scout Group to hold Village Fete on The Green, Sat 14 Jul	Agreed
16.4	Request from Mukesh Makwana, the Harrier, to hold Brampton Music Fest, 6 x bands, small festival, some local young people’s bands, wants it to become a Community Event – Sat 11 Aug 2pm to 11pm – temporary events licence will be required
	Bar B Q + small bar on The Green – RAF chefs to cook – will clear all litter after the event
	Suggested restrictions & conditions: Plastic only, no bottles, decibel restrictions to be same as premises licence, permission one-off for this year, closing time restricted to 10.30pm, warning notices on road, temporary events licence needs to be withHarrier owner in order he is responsible for informing police etc, obtaining insurance cover & also informing residents, he will have to supply first aid & adhere to Health & Safety for open events undertaking a Risk Assessment – agree in principle if we apply these strict conditions. Find out if any other organisations will be attending/selling on stalls & how he intends to control the event	Agreed
17	Fencing (including West End)
17.1	White fence in ditch West End, both sides adjacent culvert (Elizabethan Way) is rotten & needs repair/replace – inspect & report to CCC	JIC
17.2	NW of West End/Miller Way junction there is a triangle piece of land + 4’ concrete fence posts, which block vision for exiting drivers and land is untidy & full of litter – ask CCC to remove posts & tidy area	JIC
18	Trees
18.1	Keep up pressure with HDC for replacement trees	JIC
18.2	HDC to write to resident of the Hurdles who has lopped some of PC tree branches inside the playing field. HDC will advise that these actions amount to criminal damage without landowner’s permission & if they had contacted landowner first they may have agreed to cut branches for them. Sawn branches need tidying back to trunk – HDC will advise us
18.3	CCC report of complaint regarding overgrown hedge at 134 Miller Way along footpath adjacent to 132, also complaint of cyclists on footpath - inspect	NM
18.4	Ash tree opposite 34 Thrapston Road is only half in leaf – request HDC officer to inspect	JIC
18.5	Dead tree blocking electronic reactive 30mph sign Thrapston Rd, N side – advise CCC	JIC
18.6	Memorial Trees, Thrapston Rd – inventory to be done as some replacements required – with NM & J Hinsby	NM
19	Milestones/Signs
19.1	Milestone at tip entrance - rear of it needs attention – ask KW & SJ	JIC
19.2	The obelisk – plans to install uplighting are well under way with HDC – expect completion in 2 months
19.3	CCC have remarked we have 2 x signs at village entrances – PC installed 4 village signs some years ago, additional signs were later installed when traffic calming was completed by CCC
19.4	2 of 4 foundries contacted re: broken finger post – awaiting replies
	Note since meeting – 1 x quote received @ £295, delivery in 4/5 weeks
20	Thrapston Road roundabout – Cars for Sale
	This has been dealt with by the police – no more cars on roundabout
21	Jointly Funded Minor Improvement Schemes – 2008/09 Bidding Round
21.1	1. Submit bid for creation of footpath, N side of Thrapston Road from the Allotments to the roundabout (repeat bid from 07/08, which was unsuccessful for 07/08)
21.2	2. Submit bid for creation of a footpath/cycleway in Park Road from A1 flyover to village entrance
22	Vehicle Weight Restrictions - Survey