CLOTTON HOOFIELD PARISH COUNCIL

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

Will be held at Duddon Village Hall, commencing at 7.00pm on Monday 8th May 2017.

AGENDA

1.

PARISH MINUTES To accept the minutes of the Parish Meeting held 9th May 2016

2.

OPEN FORUM. An opportunity for members of the public to raise any parish matters.

CLOTTON HOOFIELD PARISH COUNCIL ANNUAL PARISH COUNCIL (First) MEETING

Held immediately following the Annual Parish meeting, open to press and public.

AGENDA

1. APOLOGIES. With explanation. 2. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS. Pecuniary, Outside Bodies, family, friend, associate. 3. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. For the year 2017/8 4. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN. For the year 2017/8 5. CO-OPTION. Of a Parish Councillor. 6. MINUTES. Acceptance of the Minutes 13 March 2017 7. PLANNING. To accept the register and consider applications 17/01326 & 17/01474. 8. ACCOUNTS. To accept the 2016/7 year end Cash Book and approve payments 9. AUDIT. To accept the Annual Governance Statement.

10. AUDIT. To accept the Accounting Statement. 11. BUDGET. 12.

NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN. a)To note Minutes, pages 1 - 4 b) Designate area.

13.

HIGHWAYS a) To receive a Community Speedwatch progress report to date and consider action. b) To receive a Highways Issues report to date and consider action

14. VILLAGE WELL. Update 15. CHESHIRE ASSOCIATION LOCAL COUNCILS Affiliation fee £122.85 16. INSURANCE To renew for the Year 2017/8 17. PARISH CLERK. Future arrangements.

Signed Richard Salmon. Acting clerk 02/05/2017. richard@offroading.net

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. ANNUAL PARISH MEETING 2016 Minutes The Annual Parish Meeting held at Duddon St Peters Church of England Primary School Duddon at 7.00pm on Monday 9th May 2016. PRESENT Cllr Chris Prescott Cllr Hazel Davenport Cllr Ellie Platt Cllr Peter Manby CWaCC Cllr John Leather. PUBLIC. None. APOLOGIES Cllr Tom Briscoe Cllr G Sant

No matters were raised. The meeting was closed and immediately followed by the Annual (First) MEETING OF CLOTTON HOOFIELD PARISH COUNCIL

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. CO-OPTION. Only one name forward, Mr. Stuart Roberts. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. MINUTES

CLOTTON HOOFIELD PARISH COUNCIL. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Duddon Village Hall, Duddon commencing at 7.00pm on Monday 13th March 2017.

40.

PRESENT Cllr Jacqui Baker Cllr Hazel Davenport. Cllr Peter Manby. Cllr Tom Briscoe. Cllr George Sant CWaCC Cllr Hugo Deynem In the absence of the Chairman, Council Resolved unanimously that Cllr Tom Briscoe be Chairman for this meeting.

APOLOGIES. Cllr John Leather

ABSENT Cllr. Chris Prescott – Chairman. Cllr Ellie Platt

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS. None.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. Members of the public raised the following issues: That the 30 mph speed restriction on the A51 be relocated near Iddenshall Nursing Home. A sunken grid on the A51. That the three warning signs on the approach to the 30 mph limit had been removed and should be replaced. That there should be a 30 mph speed limit on Willington Lane. It was reported that the whole of Clotton would be covered by high speed broadband this summer and the problem of the waterlogged cabinet had been corrected. Surface water from Cinder Lane was running on to an adjacent property and causing flooding. Over grown hedge at the junction of Willington Road and Cinder Lane. Cllr Deynem reported Cheshire West Council were reassessing the speed limits on the A51

The Clerk to action as appropriate.

41. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Resolved unanimously that the meetings on 9 January and 27 February 2017 be accepted as circulated and signed by the Chairman as a true record.

PLANNING The planning register was accepted by council as circulated. Council considered an email from a resident regarding the unlawful habitation in a static caravan in the field between Brookfield House and Brook Cottage, Cork Screw Lane, and agreed to report the resident’s concerns to the Cheshire West and Chester Councils Planning Enforcement Officer.

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ACCOUNTS Resolved council accept the circulated Cash Book to date and noted the following payments:

354 Clerks Salary Nov. 2016 – March 2017 £691.97 355 Purchase of Laptop etc. £471.68 (Funded by Transparency Code Monies) 356. February Newsletter £83.00 357 Duddon & Clotton Village Hall hire x 4. 358 PAYE 172.99

43.

NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN Resolved unanimously Thomson Partnership be appointed adviser to the Neighbourhood Plan Group subject to references. Council agreed that the clerk in conjunction with Thomson Partnership, prepare a detailed agenda for general circulation before the scheduled NDP meeting on Tuesday 28th. March 2017.

44.

HIGHWAY ISSUES Resolved unanimously that the Clerk, following discussions with the Chairman and Cllr Platt, sends a letter to a senior officer in Cheshire West Highways department raising the following : 1) Can the 30 mile speed limit on the A51 from Tarporley commence on the Tarporley side of Iddenshall Hall, the care home for elderly and those with dementia? 2) Can the warning signs of the approaching 30 mph area be reinstated at both entries to the 30 mph area (as there was until recently)? 3) When will the surface to the A 51 through Clotton be either repaired or ideally renewed? Other issues that have been raised by the residents as the frustration levels increase. 1) Can the speed limit on Willington lane be reduced? 2) Can restrictions on Corkscrew Lane be introduced? 3) There is flooding off the fields at the Willington Lane end of Cinder Lane. The letter to be copied to the Ward Councillors, MP and published on the website. Community Speed Watch Ian Rutherford, Road Safety Officer Cheshire West has approved 3 sites for the ‘Speed Indicator Device’ (SID)

a) Near the School b) Outside the Bulls Head (Subject to permission from the landlord) c) West of Smithy Court, by light column 247.

The next stage will be to organize training. NEWSLETTER

Council confirmed that the newsletter be published monthly authorized a cost to the order of £100 per issue.

VILLAGE WELL Council agreed that the clerk establish if detailed plans of the well site are available and then proceed to instruct a solicitor to give council a definitive answer on the possibilities of registering the Well and the cost and process to do so.

ASSETS OF COMMUNITY VALUE

Agreed the clerk obtain detains of the Bulls Head ownership etc. and precede with the registration.

The meeting closed at 8.00pm. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. PLANNING REGISTER

Received Number Location Description Observation Result

16/01/17 16/05597/FUL Park View, Willington Rd Extension, Access & Landscaping. None Refused

02/02/17 17/00313/FUL Rose Holme, High St New driveway entrance. None Approval

14/03/17 17/00445/FUL 1 Grange Cottages. Replace fence to front of property. None

28/03/17 17/00928/FUL Hoofield Hall. Erection garage & vehicle store. None Approval

29/03.17 17/00968/FUL Laurel Bank Cottage, CSL Two storey extension. (Amendment) None

13/04/17 17/01326/FUL Hoofield Smithy Extension & modification 04/05/2017

21/04/17 17/01474/FUL Aviva Cottage. Replacement orangery. 11/05/2017

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8. ACCOUNTS 2016/17 Year End Accounts RECEIPTS Precept 4715.00 Precept grant 254.00 Transparency grant 540.17

Total £5509.17 PAYMENTS Clerks salary 1923.27 PAYE 538.06 Office 100.06 Administration 305.29 Insurance 283.86 Training 60.00 Lengthman 624.00 ND Plan 15.00 BG Grants 260.00 Transparency grants 380.57 Newsletter 210.96 Room hire 105.00 S137 1500.00 VAT 96.12

Total £6402.19 Balance year (893.02) Balance B/f 13300.01 Balance C/f £12406.99 See Cash Book on the website for detailed analysis. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. GOVERNANCE STATEMENT

10. ACCOUNTING STATEMENT Section 2 – Accounting statements 2016/17

31/3/16 31/03/17 Variance

1

Balance b/f

6859.94

13300.01

2

Precept (+)

4715.00

4715.00

3

Other receipts (+)

5817.00

794.17

Decrease 5022.83 14%

4

Staff costs (-)

1327.00

2461.33

Increase 1134.33 85%

5

Loan (-)

Nil

Nil

6

Total other costs (-)

2764.93

3940.86

Increase 1175.93

42%

7

Balances c/f =

13300.01

12406.99

8

Total cash

13300.01

12406.99

9

Total fixed assets

Nil

Nil

10

Borrowings

Nil

Nil

11

Trust funds

N/A

N/A

Bank Reconciliation at 31st. March 2017

Cash Book Balance b/fwd 13300.01 + Receipts 5509.17 - Payments 6402.19 £12406.99 NatWest Bank 13042.37 Less payments uncleared 635.38 NatWest Bank 00316083 55 61 31 £12406.99

Variances at 31st March 2017 Box 3: Variation – decrease of £5022.83 due to the following:- 2016 2017 Variation Precept grant reduced 285.00 254.00 -31.00 New Homes Bonus reduced 5532.00 0 -5532.00 Transparency Grant received 0 540.17 +540.17 Burial Grounds Grant. None this year. 0 0 0 VAT Refund. None this year. 0 0 0 Total 5817.00 794.17 5022.83 Box 4: Variation – Increase of £1134.33 due to the following:- 2016 2017 Variation Clerk’s hours increased from 2 to 3.7 per week. 1327.00 2461.33 +1134.33 Box 6: Variation – Increased £1175.93 due to the following:- 2016 2017 Variation Office costs decreased 840.33 100.06 -740.27 Administration costs increased 279.50 305.29 +28.79 Insurance cost increased 274.78 283.86 +9.08 Training costs up. 45.00 60.00 +15.00 Lengths man cost decreased (ceased) 1090.85 624.00 -466.85 ND Plan. Start 2017. 0 15.00 +15.00 Burial Ground Grants given this year, none last. 0 260.00 +260.00 Office equipment bought 0 380.57 +380.57 Newsletter produced. 0 210.96 +210.96 Room hire decreased due to accrual. 160.00 105.00 -55.00 Misc. costs decreased 74.47 0 -74.47 Vat input 0 96.12 +96.12

Totals 2764.93 3940.86 £1175.93

Supporting Notes year ending 31/03/17

Asset Register

Fixed Asset

Date Purchased

Cost

31 March 2017 Audit

Valuation

31 March 2017

Insured

Disposal date

Notice Board (A51) £0 £0

Asset Laptop 15/01/2017 215.83 Printer / Scanner / Copier 15/01/2017 29.17 Total £245.00 £0 £0

DEBTORS VAT £96.12 CWaCC / Burial Grant £130.00 CREDITORS External Audit £0.00 Internal Audit £30.00 PREPAYMENT Insurance £47.31 S137 The limit for spending under this Council in the year of

account was £1,945.49 (257 electors @ £7.57)

£1500.00

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11. BUDGET 2017/18 for Council to consider.

Year

Year

2017/8 2018/9

RECEIPTS £

Precept

4841.00

Grant 382.00

Balance c/f 12406.99

Total 17629.99

PAYMENTS

Clerks Salary 2600.00

Office Expenses 200.00

PAYE 0.00

Administration 300.00

Insurance 290.00

Grants 1000.00

Website 100.00

Room Hire 105.00

Subscriptions 200.00

Lengthman 0.00

Training 300.00

Information Commis. 35.00

Elections 200.00

Payroll 0.00

misc 100.00

Community Projects 2000.00

Neighbourhood Plan 4000.00 4000.00

Highways 2000.00

Total 13430.00 17430.00

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN Minutes of the meeting held Tuesday 28th March 2017 In Duddon Village Hall Present Parish Councillors

Ellie Platt Hazel Davenport Jacqui Baker Peter Manby Chris Prescott

Public Fran Colton Julie Griffiths Stephen Millett Richard Salmon (Acting Clerk for this meeting)

Apologies. None

Introduction - Andrew Thompson gave a brief résumé on Neighbourhood Development Planning, the background, actions and timetable* The circulated Constitution* as accepted by the Parish Council was discussed. Andrew also touched on the Evidence required, the Consultation we need and funding. It was agreed that Duddon Parish Council would be approached before the next meeting to establish if they were interested in joining us, so that the area covered by the Plan could be established. Election of Chairman Proposed by Chris Prescott, Seconded by Jacqui Baker, Peter Manby was elected Chairman. Appointment of Secretary Proposed by Ellie Platt Seconded by Peter Manby, Jacqui Baker was appointed Secretary. Members. It was agreed that all present would be members of the Group. Finance. It was agreed that all finance should be administered by the Parish Council Planning update. Details of Planning Applications over the last year were circulated, it was agreed that details should be obtained for the last five years. Website. Dedicated pages were now on the Parish Council Website Date of next meeting. Thursday 13th April 2017 in Duddon Village Hall, subject to hall availability.

*The Draft Timeline and Constitution are on the Parish Council website.

Minutes of the meeting held Thursday 13 April 2017 In Duddon Village Hall

1. Introduction

2. Attendees/apologies

Present Peter Manby (Chair) Jacqui Baker (Secretary) Chris Prescott Peter Hunt Fran Colton Julie Griffiths Stephen Millett Alison Holloway Andrew Thomson (Consultant)

Apologies Ellie Platt

Absent Hazel Davenport

3. Outline plan

Andrew outlines the steps to deliver the plan.

4. Introduction to the elements of the outline plan

Request for neighbourhood area by the Parish Council needed. JB to send toolkit link to Chris (chairman of PC) to request approval for the agreed neighbourhood area. Chris to request permission of the PC to make application to CWaC for neighbourhood area.

Clotton Hoofield sits under STRAT 9 (details to be circulated by JB). Duddon falls under STRAT 8 and is classified as a local service centre, therefore is faced with different issues and pressures.

Funding Apply for funding when neighbourhood area has been approved. £9,000 max, to be applied for in smaller chunks. Initial funding application to be completed by JB and AT when budgets have been prepared.

Publicity Flyer to be prepared and circulated to the community (including summary of results from recent A51 speed/traffic research). Public exhibition to be held in either Duddon hall or The Bulls Head to promote the Neighbourhood plan. Questionnaires to be sent to Parish to consult on the potential issues noted below.

Gathering evidence What are the potential issues in the Parish;

a. Housing b. Road/highways c. Footpaths d. Facilities in the village e. Local economy/business f. Countryside g. Tourism h. Infrastructure

5. Next steps to draft plan

6. Meeting dates

18 May 2017 22 June 2017 20 July 2017 17 Aug 2017 14 Sept 2017 12 Oct 2017 9 Nov 2017

Meetings to be held in The Bulls Head at 7:15pm

7. Allocation of tasks – who does what?

Allocation of tasks noted to date; Request for neighbourhood area – CP Budgets and funding – JB/AT Publicity – AH/JG Housing and local economy/business – CP Road/highways – A51 results to be summarised over Easter break by FC

8. Finance It was agreed that all finance should be administered by the Parish Council. As noted above, funding/budgets to be considered when Neighbourhood area has been approved.

9. Next meeting;

18th May 2017 at 7:15pm Approval of area update Funding update Feedback on evidence gathered

Road/highways: Update on A51 research to be provided at next meeting (FC and PH to meet independently) Housing and local economy/business: update from CP on initial research done.

Community communication Update on what publicity we have done

_______________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. HIGHWAYS Clotton Community Speed Watch April 2017 Motorists travelling at excessive speed through neighbourhoods is one of the most common issues raised with Local Authorities and Parish Councils, and has an impact not only on road safety but on the quality of life for those residents who endure it. Community Speed Watch through the villages of Clotton and Duddon on the busy A51, was undertaken by a group of volunteers through the month of April in order to both raise awareness of the levels of speeding and help reduce traffic speeding through the villages. Working within the community to help control the problem locally, factual data was collected for further investigation with the purpose of finding an acceptable solution to reduce the number of speeding vehicles along the stretch of road between the roundabouts at Tarvin and Tarporley. The Community Speed Watch scheme is currently operated throughout Cheshire, and is supported by Clotton Hoofield Parish Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council, and Cheshire Police. The Community Speed Watch program aims to check the speeds of vehicles within a 20/30/40 miles per hour speed limit and seeks to promote safer driving in the local community by educating rather than by prosecuting individuals. It was therefore decided not to record vehicle registration numbers but simply to collect data to inform the group and other interested parties (such as Clotton Parish Council) in making future decisions and also to The Community Speed Watchers were trained by an appropriately qualified person in the use of the speed indication equipment, and was given advice regarding conflict resolution. High Viz jackets were worn by all personnel undertaking Speedwatch duties. Identified and assessed areas were targeted only during the hours of daylight. Area 1 was centrally placed just outside the Bulls Head Pub, Area 2 at Duddon in close proximity to the primary school and Area 3 outside Tarporley Gates on the South Eastern side of the village. Sessions were organised and data gathered noting the date, time of the day and weather conditions, then types of vehicles using the road and the individual speed of each vehicle was recorded. Alternate hours and days of the week were used for the recording. This was completed over a 4 week period during the month of April.

Analysis of Data Week 1 / Area 1 outside the Bulls Head Pub At this location it was observed that vehicles were often slowed down by other vehicles turning into and out of Corkscrew Lane. Although this was also seen to cause numerous near misses as vehicles braked quickly form their excessive speed, It was suggested a mirror positioned across the road from Corkscrew lane would help those trying to turn right from that road. A very nasty accident occurred outside the pub on Day 2 of the Speedwatch when a vehicle waiting to turn into the pub carpark was hit by the vehicle waiting behind when if had been hit by a speeding vehicle coming from Tarvin towards Tarporley. The Speedwatch had to be abandoned as a result of this accident. A near miss was recorded when a Boughey lorry (travelling too fast), very nearly hit the back of a vehicle turning left onto Corkscrew Lane.

We recorded on average 488 vehicles an hour using the road with the breakdown as follows 84% cars; 4% HGV; 9% Delivery 29% 0f the vehicles were speeding over 30mph 4% of these were travelling at speeds at or over 36mph = 325 vehicles Week 2 / Area 2 At the Duddon End of the A51 close to the Primary School The area allocated was on a long stretch of road and it was noted that cars reduced their speed as soon as they could see the SID and observers. The average number of vehicles per hour was 486, 5% were HGV’s 10% delivery vehicles Vehicles travelling over 30mph accounted for 22% of the total volume of traffic. 3% of these were travelling at speeds 36 mph or over. 183 vehicles Making a comparison between the manually collected data from Speedwatch and the Council’s electronic data at the same time of the day, we can see a marked difference in those exceeding the 30mph (40-55% as opposed to 22%) This can only be down to the fact the when drivers have visible signs that their speed is being checked they slow down. Direction

Time of Record

Volume of traffic

31-40 40+ Total speeding

Total over 40

W 10:00-11:00 398 153 6 40% 3% E 10:00-11:00 493 197 5 W 16:00-17:00 559 244 10 50% 2%

E 16:00-17:00 495 280 13 W 17:00-18:00 498 248 9 55% 3% E 17:00-18:00 524 314 17 Weeks 3/4 Area 3 Outside Tarporley Gates This observation coincided with the Easter weekend, so it was decided to split the observation period over two weeks and omitting the holiday weekend. The average number of vehicles per hour was 566 78% were cars; 7% were HGV’s; 14% were delivery vehicles 47% of the vehicles were travelling over 30mph 16% of these were travelling at speeds greater than 36mph a total of 1682 vehicles recorded. The evidence from our recording of data just inside the 30mph limit shows that people were travelling at high speeds well into the 30mph limit and also picking up speed very rapidly before leaving the village (towards Tarporley) This may well be that they can see a 50mph sign and are accelerating towards it when still in the 30mph limit. One of the issues we felt was that the 30mph sign was positioned just after a bend and drivers could not easily see the 30mph sign until they were upon it. We were all in agreement that a much better positioning of the 30mph sign would be at the junction with Iddenshall Old Peoples Home and the Potato factory behind it. There is a good stretch of road before this entrance and drivers would be able to reduce their speed in sufficient time. This is being fair to both the drivers who use the road and the residents who live there. NOTE: Had we decided to take the registrations of all the cars speeding over 36mph this would have required 2190 notification letters to be sent out. 77% of these came from the South Eastern section of the road Main Points to be resolved

1. The high speed of vehicles in the South Eastern end of the village up to the 30mph limit has

major safety issues for all the residents living in that stretch and beyond, and well into the

30mph limit. Although we were unable to verify the speeds of vehicles over this stretch, and

particularly after checking vehicles in other areas, it is believed that vehicles were travelling in

excess of 50/60pmh and we have observed a number of cases where there was overtaking on

the double white lines. We have had a number of accidents in the last 12 months and very

many near misses . We have an 87 bed Old Peoples Home on a very fast stretch and a large

number of vehicles turning into and out of this. On Monday 24th April we counted 31

stationary vehicles in the car park. In addition to this directly behind the Old Peoples Home

there is a very busy potato factory. At noon on that day there were 20 vehicles in the yard and

in discussion with the owner he confirmed that in the busy season (July – October) there would

be between 200-300 slow vehicles turning into and out of the lane end.

2 The pervasive speeding in Clotton and Duddon. All of our evidence from the Speedwatch

campaign and that of the Council’s own data, shows that the speed limits are not being adhered

to. This causes many problems for the residents in the village including

A) Dangerous, close calls when leaving and entering their premises,

B) Aggressive and intimidating driving, particularly by HGV’s especially when residents are

adhering to the speed limit,

C) Difficulty in crossing the road especially for the elderly and less able bodied.

D) The fact there isn’t a footpath on one side and it is very uncomfortable using the footpath

on the other side because vehicles come so close, so fast and in wet weather soaking the

pedestrians. This leads to village severance and people not visiting neighbours, family or

friends,

E) It’s unsafe for children and animals

F) Always living with the fear that another accident will occur.

3 HGV’s There are a large number of HGV’s using the road as a shortcut between the M6 at

junction 16 and the A55 to North Wales and Holyhead and now exacerbated by the upgrading

of the M6 to a ‘smart’ motorway. Many of these HGV’s are exceeding the speed limit at all

times (as recorded), and particularly during the hours of darkness when as the (Council) data

shows there are a large number going well in excess of the speed limits, and rattling through

the village all through the night. The council data showed that the highest percentage of the

volume of vehicles speeding was 86% between 3:00 – 4:00 in the morning and 68% of the

volume of vehicles going through were HGV’s. This causes severe damage to the road and

damage to people’s houses; in fact there have been many reports of houses shaking when

vehicles go past and major noise pollution which is causing sleep deprivation for the residents

of the two villages. Although it hasn’t been measured yet it is likely that there is emission

pollution as well. Everybody spoken to on the road has been affected by these issues with

some saying that this is making their life intolerable. In a rural community this is

unacceptable.

4 Accidents and Damage to Property

There have been a large number of accidents along the road from Tarporley to Tarvin roundabouts over a very long period of time (police records). In the first week of Speedwatch there were 4 accidents (two where the police were involved) and one near miss. Week 2 started with an overturned HGV and car accident at the Tarporley roundabout. Weeks 3 and 4 were thankfully without incident. Residents daily observe drivers becoming aggressive, HGV’s intimidating drivers and vehicles speeding up behind others who are adhering to the speed limits for the road. Crossing the road is very difficult. There are no designated crossing areas along the road at all. You have to run to the other side before another vehicle comes around

the corner. Elderly people and those with any disability have serious problems crossing to the other side. It is strongly felt that if no action is taken to either reduce the number of speeding vehicles, there will be more accidents, potential fatalities, damage to vehicles from the road surface and damage to the houses from vibration.

The Speedwatch group is committed to ensuring the voice of the residents of Clotton and Duddon are heard and will be exploring all avenues to get a reduction in speed along the A51. They will be working closely with the Parish Council and information will be shared to inform the Neighbourhood Plan. This could well take the form of calming measures being introduced, but at present we are waiting for a re-assessment of the area outside Iddenshall Old Peoples Home before taking any further action. This is to take place in May/June 2017. In the meantime we will be taking opinion from more people in the community and looking into how other communities have successfully tackled similar problems of their own.

Fran Colton May 2017

Letter sent to Highways 2nd February 2017

Letter sent to Highways 29th March Copy not available Reply from Cheshire West Highways Dear Richard Thank you for the letters of 2 February and 29 March regarding issues within the Parish, my sincere apologies for the delay in you receiving a response. The A51 has regular safety inspections carried out through the year to ensure that any defects which require immediate attention are dealt with. I have also arranged for the network steward who covers the area to carry out a more specific inspection to also look at all the more wider issues which you raised such as blocked drains, vegetation on footways, signage and markings. Any issues which he finds which require immediate action will be dealt with and we will also consider whether any section of the road are appropriate to be put forward for assessment in the summer for next year’s structural maintenance programme. I understand that Dave Reeves met with you recently and discussed many of the issues you raised on the most recent letter to me particularly regarding the speed limits.

1. A speed limit assessment is being undertaken by Dave. 2. I understand that further discussions are being carried out with local Members but should you

wish to request a speed limit assessment be carried out, if the PC and/or Members are happy to part fund the implementation if the criteria is met and assessment can be carried out please confirm in writing to me.

3. I understand Dave explained that these are not authorised signs and cannot be replaced but he also discussed the possibility of 40mph buffer zones being considered

4. Covered above inspections are underway. 5. Again an assessment can be carried out if the PC are happy to part fund any reductions which

are considered to meet the criteria. 6. I understand Dave covered this issue if you need anything further please let me know. 7. I will arrange for this to be investigated.

As Dave has been out to meet you to discuss many of the issues raised I assume that you will not require anybody to attend the meeting on 8 May and would suggest that any other highway issues which residents have are logged on to our website at www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/contact-us/report-it/road-faults.aspx which ensures they are logged directly to the appropriate officer to deal with. Again I am sorry about the delay in you receiving a response to your correspondence. Regards

Kay Parry Principal Engineer - Place Operations Cheshire West and Chester Council

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. VILLAGE WELL Awaiting costings from Cllr. Platt. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. ChALC AFFILIATION For the year £122.85

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. INSURANCE AON (Present Insurers) £290.34 this is under review. Came & Company £168.00 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. PARISH CLERK At the Parish Councils meeting on 12 September 2016 I agreed to remain as clerk for a further six months, I would still like to remain as there is still a lot of work remaining to bring the council procedure up to speed. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTES

o Bulls Head ACV has been submitted as yet unacknowledged. o Cork Screw Lane Unlawful Caravan reported and acknowledged. o Agenda Item ‘Councillor Responsibilities’ should be on the May agenda but deferred to July due

to time constraints.

Richard Salmon 02/05/2017.