March 2024 Minutes
HACKTHORN and COLD HANWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the meeting of Hackthorn & Cold Hanworth Parish Council held on Tuesday 12th March 2024 at 8pm in Hackthorn Village Hall
1. Present: Councillors Pickering (Chair), Bright, Graves, Marsden, Finney and Albone.
In attendance: The clerk.
Apologies for Absence – Cllr Cracroft-Eley
2. To receive declarations of interest – There were no declarations at this point.
3. Minutes of meeting held on 9th January 2024- Signed as a true record.
4. Chair and councils comments- Chairman raised the recent information regarding the CIL monies from a recent development in the village which has now been confirmed by WLDC. He asked that council considers community projects the money may be used for and asked that Cllr Bright resurrects the gates project discussed at previous meetings.
5. Clerk’s report on matters outstanding:- Nothing to report.
6. Reports from outside bodies:- No one in attendance
7. Planning- None. Scampton meeting was cancelled so no update. Awaiting new date. Chairman to attend.
8. LCC Highways matters:- Potholes/subsidence on Cliff Road and between Glebe Farm and Low Farm, Cold Hanworth have been reported as has issue with verge on A15. Repairs have been made in Cold Hanworth but repair so poor that they have reopened and more have now appeared. Council discussed the terrible state of the village roads and asked that a letter be sent to County Cllr Rawlins asking her to attend a site meeting to inspect the roads with councillors. Clerk to action.
9. Financial matters: H. Pitman: £270.38; Hackthorn Village Hall: £100; LALC: £86.68. Payments approved.
10. To note general correspondence- circulated.
11. To discuss date of village litter pick- Saturday, 13th April, 9.30am start.
12. Update on war memorial:- Cllr Finney informed council that the plaque is with the engraver. And the cost to date is £150, with total cost amounting to c£200.
13. Items of information to be noted and if necessary to be dealt with at the next meeting:- Agenda item: CIL spend.
The meeting closed at 8.43pm
Next meeting date 21st May: Cold Hanworth Annual Parish meeting at 7pm, followed by Hackthorn Annual Parish meeting then parish council annual meeting