Salhouse Parish Plan

RECORD OF MEETING OF SALHOUSE VILLAGE PARISH PLAN STEERING GROUP,
THURSDAY 22nd November, 2007

Record of Meeting of Salhouse Village Parish Plan Steering Group held at Jubilee Hall on Thursday 22nd November, 2007. The meeting commenced at 7.35pm.

Present: Pat Gallanders (PG) Chairwoman, Malcolm Prestwood (MP) Vice Chair, Andrew Musgrave (AM) Treasurer, Colin McCormick (CMcC), Michael Jordan (MJ) Displays, Julie Bendy (JB) Secretary, Gerry Crombie (GC), Jenny Rose (JR) Ann Prestwood (AP).

Apologies for Absence: Robert Cooper (RC), Tim Nelson (TR), Kerry Robbins (KR).

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
There were no comments or changes to the minutes of the previous meeting. MP proposed their approval, AM seconded. Minutes approved.

ACTIONS ARISING:

1. Hours. Members are reminded that a record of itemised hours for SG and WG co-opted members must be maintained and sent to AM.
2. Meetings with local landowners – ongoing. Further topics, from the Action Plan, will come out of the next meeting.
3. Mini playgroup information. Item closed.
4. Printing costs – ongoing
5. Conservation report – ongoing.
6. Highways and Footpath reports. These have been delivered to the Parish Council.

Actions:

Itemise hours for AM…………All

REMAINING PRIZES

Donors of the 3 unclaimed prizes have confirmed that they are happy for the prizes to be raffled again. It was proposed that this raffle should benefit the new youth club, with a small donation (20%) going to FOSS, if Salhouse School would agree to hold the raffle at the Christmas Performance.

Proposed: CMcC, Seconded: AP. A vote was taken and members agreed to the proposal.

Actions:
Contact Salhouse School for permission to hold raffle as above……JB

Sec’s Note: Head teacher, Salhouse School has agreed to the proposal.

FINANCE REPORT.
AM confirmed that no further expenditure has been incurred since the last meeting. A bill for £18, relating to the Freepost facility used for the Questionnaire returns, has been received.

REVIEW OF WG REPORTS.

1. LIFELONG LEARNING.
GC confirmed that the information about the Friday playgroup session for rising 5s will go into the Report, although the decision to set it up awaits OFSTED approval.

      Comments from MJ:
  • Give explanation of Workers Education Association. Action – expand information……..PG,JB,MP.
  • Query regarding villagers’ comments. Action – clarify which statements are villagers’ comments by use of quotations , italics or the like. Applicable to all Reports………………PG,JB,MP
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         Comments from CMcC:
  • School issues:
    a) Include distances to secondary schools and sixth form colleges. Action – expand information………PG,JB,MP.
    b) Emphasise that Broadland High School does not have a sixth form. Action – re-write….PG,JB,MP
    c) Refer specifically to, and expand on, transport issues and assisted travel options to secondary schools and sixth form colleges. Action – contact LEA to clarify current position and expand information...GC.
    d) Private schools. Why mention Langley but not Norwich School?     Langley provides transport from Salhouse.
    e) There is no mention of the proposed combined school and community sports hall at Salhouse School. Action –information will be included in  report…………PG,JB, MP
    f) Wording of section concerning mobiles might be misconstrued.     Action – re-write………PG, JB, MP
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         Comments from AM:
  • Query inclusion of school parking and travel comment in this report. PG reaffirmed that some issues will be repeated in other reports particularly when impacting on different areas/groups.
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    2. BUSINESS, AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM.

          Comments from MP:
  • Request for digital copies of photographs. Action – try to obtain photos of Broad from water and Salhouse Hall. ……AM
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          Comments from CMcC:
    • Re Wood Green Industrial Estate: Is this a designated industrial area or haphazard growth? Action - clarify………………PG,JB,MP
    • Query wording of business ‘outlets’. Action – remove reference to outlets………………..PG
    • Re Salhouse Service Centre. Should this be mentioned? Although outside Parish boundary, most clients are from Salhouse. Decision - omit…PG
    • Does Action Plan require expansion? Decision – not at present.

          Comments from MJ:
  • Suggested expansion of farming profile. Subjects that could be included are: abandonment of set-aside policy and bio ethanol production from beet crops. Action – discuss at meeting with landowners and include in report if appropriate…………PG, AM
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    3. TRANSPORT, HIGHWAYS AND VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.

            Comments from MJ:

  • Use of term ‘network’ of rural footpaths is inaccurate as they do not link up.
    Action – change wording to reflect…………PG,JB,MP
  • Should be more emphasis on state of footpaths as well as stressing system is incomplete and inadequate. It was noted that the report is a reflection of information obtained from the Questionnaire. An increase in traffic is causing inadequacies in the footpath system, something which better traffic management would solve.
    Action- review wording and action as appropriate    …………PG,JB,MP
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          Comments from CMcC:
  • Bus issues: Action – expand information or amend the following as necessary………...PG,JB,MP
    b) No mention of new bus linking Salhouse to N & N hospital or service to Great Yarmouth.
    c) Bus service to state destination is Stalham, not Wroxham.
  • Train service information should be expanded. Action……………PG,JB,MP
  • Not enough information regarding rural footpaths.
    Action – draw attention, in report, to Footpath 14 annex    …………PG,JB,MP
  • Pavement issues: Action – amend as necessary……………PG,JB,MP
    a) The diverse problems regarding pavements have not been described in detail.
    b)      Norwich Road – lack of footpath needs more emphasis considering its importance in the geographical divide between ends of village.
    c)  Check distance between Station Road and Hall Drive.
    d)  Railway bridge - expand on footpath underneath.
     
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  • Traffic issues: Action – amend and expand as necessary………………,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,….PG,JB,MP
    d) Poor driver visibility at ‘blind bend’ near railway bridge and Station Road/Norwich Road junction
    e)     Cheyney Avenue 20mph near school. Was this instigated by the school alone?
    f)     LL report says 60% of children come from outside area.
    g)     Traffic patterns
    h) Hills and Holes. Wording should be changed.
     
  • Cycling. There is no mention other than an appraisal. Action – expand……………PG,JB,MP
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          Comments from AM:
  • Expressed surprise that villagers complained of the lack of a footpath from Mill Hill to Salhouse Broad.
  • HGVs and coach tours using Lower Street should be referred to in the Report.
    Action-include and suggest restricted access from Lower Street    ……………PG,JB,MP
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          GC and JR to send comments to PG by Tuesday…………………GC, JR

    4. RECREATION AND LEISURE.

        Comments from MJ:
  • Rural footpaths. Mention is made in the report of network of Salhouse footpaths. Wording needs to reflect that most paths do not actually ‘go’ anywhere. Action – amend as necessary. Forward copies of footpath report to GC and MJ……………PG,JB,MP
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         Comments from CMcC:

  • Wording of ‘playing field sub-let to Salhouse Rovers’ should be altered to reflect their contract in that the playing field was open to use for the village more often than was generally thought (in Questionnaire responses).. Action - amend……………PG,JB,MP
  • Information about Jubilee Hall is repeated in other reports. PG reiterated her previous comment that, when an issue impacts on more than one element of the village, as in this case, it should be reflected in the relevant reports. This will support future applications for grants, as applicable.
  • Comments in the Youth Section are similar to extracts of the main body of the report.

    • Action – amend…………PG,JB,MP

          Comments from AM:
  • More information on origins of The Lodge. Action – amend…………PG,JB,MP
  • Re Sports Hall. Should read respondents not households.
    Action - amend and check all figures    ……………PG,JB,MP
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    5. COMMUNITY SERVICES.

          Comments from CMcC:

  • Give distances and/or driving times to all out-of-village services eg. N&N hospital 
  • Make a distinction between services which are provided either in or outside the village.
  • Repeat paragraph to be omitted
  • Wording on Page 5 "have a wider appeal" seems out of context.
  • Give distances to waste recycling facilities.
  • Include an Emergency Response Plan in the Action list.
    Action – all above    ……………PG,JB,MP
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          Comments from MJ:

  • Name dental surgeries. No action – NHS dentists are available.
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    6. COMMUNICATIONS/LOCAL GOVERNMENT

          Comments from C McC:

  • Give more information of SAGA contents. Action – include, as appropriate……….…….PG,JB,MP
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          Comments from AM:

  • SAGA has previously won an award, approx 1990. Decision – too long ago?
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    Any further comments should be forwarded to PG by Tuesday. Action ………ALL

    The amended reports together with any relevant comments will be issued to SG members by next Wednesday.

    The PCE report and the Action Plan in its agreed format will be discussed at the next meeting. Depending on progress and outcome of next meeting it is hoped to present all WG reports and Action Plan to the Parish Council before December 12th. Work will then continue on the first printer’s draft.

    Currently, the Final Report and Action Plan is on target to be sent to the printers by the end of January.

    A decision will be made, at a later date, as to whether a Parish Plan Open Meeting should be held to give villagers the opportunity to ask questions about the Parish Plan process. CMcC suggested it could be combined with the Annual Parish Meeting in May. PG stated that the timing depended on whether the Household Report went out with the Spring SAGA.

    ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
    None

    ITEMS FOR AGENDA NEXT MEETING.
    The PCE report and the Action Plan in its agreed format will be discussed at the next meeting.

    DATE OF NEXT MEETINGS.
    Thursday 6th December at 7.30 in Jubilee Hall.

    The meeting ended at 21.50.

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