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Amberley Parish Council
Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Annual Parish meeting 12th May 2022. Kithurst Car Park. West Sussex Councillor Paul Marshall advised that negotiations were ongoing with the South Downs Trust for them to take on responsibility of the Kithurst Car Park from WSCC. The sticking points are the removal of abandoned cars and the moving on of travellers, Springhead Estates own the car park and have stated that it has been available to the public for 34 years and they very much hope an agreement can be reached to keep it open, unfortunately the cost and liability of the car park was too much for Springhead Estates to take on. Defibrillator. A new defibrillator will be mounted on the outside wall of the Church Hall (in memory of Richard Robinson. Funding is coming from the Amberley Welfare Trust and the remaining funds of the Amberley First Responders. Drewitts Farm development entrance road is going to be smaller than that originally agreed with the developer. Parish Council awaiting response from Horsham DC. Network Rail (had) still not rectified the slippery wooden sleepers that form the footpath that crosses the railway line on the public footpath that runs behind the Castle, despite this being reported numerous times and many incidents of walkers slipping or falling over on them. A resident has now reported this to the Rail Regulator in the hope it can be finally resolved. A resident asked if the PC could adopt the telephone box in The Square as she would like to turn this into an information kiosk. GU advised that he had contacted BT last year regarding this and they advised that due to the poor mobile reception in that part of the village it was important infrastructure for visitors to have a working telephone line. www.amberley-pc.org.uk Arundel Town Council
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Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Town Council meeting 9th June 2022. Public question. I understand that Arundel Town Council (ATC) has declared a climate emergency. Can you tell me what actions are planned in response to this emergency? Mayor - these are the small steps that we are taking: • We are working with the Chamber of Commerce to reduce waste in the town and to stop disposable coffee cups going to landfill. We get over 500,000 visitors a year, so how many take-away coffee cups get sent to landfill? • We have asked Arun District Council (ADC) to supply us with green recycling bins in the Town
Centre so that visitors can recycle waste. They have agreed to do this in the next contract renegotiation with Biffa. • We are supporting the development of an Arundel repair café so that things can be repaired rather than go landfill. It was operating in the Norfolk Centre at the last Farmers Market. • We are trying to fix a date for the ADC Sustainability Officer to come to Arundel to speak to the Environment Committee about how we can begin to try to reduce our carbon footprint and we will invite other stakeholders to that meeting because what applies to the Town
Council may apply to other organisations. • The council’s environment working group is looking at running a small award scheme later this year for the best practical scheme for combatting climate change in Arundel. • And of course many of the things that we are doing in Arundel, from tree planting, to encouraging walking and cycling, the Bee Project, the greener Arundel project, encouraging people to shop locally, the safe cycle path to Ford station, are all small contributions. We aren’t going to save the world from Arundel. But we are going to do our bit. www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk
New councillor, WSCC & community sports centre
Report of Aldingbourne Parish Council (APC) Meeting 5th July 2022 at ACSC. Cllr Beaton had advised with regret he would be resigning shortly owing to moving, creating a vacancy for a new councillor. This is a friendly and pro-active Council which is keen to influence decisions about the area and has several vacancies. Please contact the clerk to find out more about what is involved. Public questions: Concern was raised about damage to trees along the Northfields Lane biodiversity corridor caused by agricultural machinery in the adjacent field. West Sussex County Councillor: Trevor Bence reported that a second Highways England consultation on the A27 Arundel by pass would be held on 19th July. Cllr Trabucco to attend for APC. Responses to 81 questions from WSCC had not yet been forthcoming and no traffic modelling scheme produced so concern about the effect on Westergate and Walberton remains. Hook Lane: Costs exceeded the budget available for speed reduction. Further work needed to achieve a cost effective solution and the decision is in the hands of WSCC Highways. Aldingbourne Community Sports Centre (ACSC): • The new accessible toilet would cost considerably more than expected. As a new, accessible
Centre is to be built in a few years, for which those funds are needed, it was decided not to proceed. • A further consultation with user groups about the site plan for the new Centre had been held in June. Changes to the initial plan are required to maintain 4 football pitches and qualify for football funding. Tree planting will be put on hold until the site plan is finalised. Suggestions for other tree planting sites in the parish were invited. • Those who kindly volunteered to help in responding to the community survey will be contacted shortly and invited to a meeting to find out more. www.aldingbourne-pc.gov.uk
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Crime report; smaller project expenditure approved
Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Parish Council meeting 7th June 2022. PCSO report. PCSO Caroline Wilson presented her report to the meeting. There have been several attempts at car break-ins, numerous reported burglaries/attempted burglaries and shed break-ins. There have also been a few arrests related to the incidents. There have been some concerning incidents involving teenagers who are using the train network to cause issues; the Police are working with the British Transport Police and ADC’s anti-social behaviour team to disrupt the behaviour and to identify those involved. Residents should report any issues via 101 email or if happening at the time then call 999 for an immediate response. Caroline had also attended both Community Hall coffee mornings to chat with residents about scams and other matters and she will continue to attend as her working pattern allows. Community Infrastructure Levy. Recommendations for smaller projects were as follows: • An additional VAS (Vehicle Activated Speed
Sign) £3,139 + £50 per month • Two new noticeboards - £1950 • New net for Eastergate playground £1,000 • Welcome pack for new residents - £800 • Gateway signs for Barnham and Eastergate – subject to permissions, siting locations and wording – approx. budget £4,000 • Village Enhancement Project for Barnham
Centre – approx. budget £4,000 • New benches subject to suitable sites and permissions sought – approx. £2,000 The Council approved all recommendations. It was also noted that the Council needed to ensure it publicised the projects through it’s many communications channels so that residents were aware that we were responding to the consultation we undertook. Editor - Sussex Local is always happy to help if you want to get in touch to discuss. barnhamandeastergate-pc.gov.uk
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Pavilion kitchen, verge planting, planning applications & meeting
Extracts from the minutes of the General Purposes (21st June) and Planning (28th June) Committee meetings. The required goods have been ordered for the Pavilion kitchen refurbishment. The kitchen will be replaced during the week of 22nd August; the changing area will be refurbished during October. Options for the replacement path around the playing field were discussed including wild planted areas. An area for petanque is being considered. The gate post and fence around the Village Green need attention; replacement fencing for the allotments was considered. An update on the verge planting for Fontwell was presented. Following discussion with National Highways, the flooding issue in the Fontwell underpass has been investigated and addressed. Proactive maintenance of the pumps and water floats has been requested. A number of planning applications were considered. The PC’s response to the appeal for the land at West Walberton Lane was noted. The date for the second part of the appeal for the land west of Tye Lane has been announced. ADC enforcement is ongoing concerning alleged unauthorised tree removal at an approved building site in West Walberton Lane; the site developer will be contacted to seek an understanding their future plans. The reply from the Planning Inspectorate was noted following WPC’s letter to Michael Gove MP. A number of points remain unanswered. A follow-up letter will be sent. The Parish Council has a meeting with National Highways on 29th June. No further information concerning the follow-up consultation has been received. A request for extra items above those suggested by NH to be included in the further consultation has been sent, there is as yet no response. There is a further meeting of the Elected Representatives’ Forum on 19th July. www.walberton-pc.gov.uk
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