The membership of Sproughton Parish Council as at
18th January 2010 is:
| Name |
Position |
Tel: |
| David
Cheeseman |
|
742131 |
| Simon
Curl |
Chairman |
747114 |
| Colin
Davis |
|
741018 |
| Vic
Durrant |
|
232799 |
| Michael
Everett |
|
742334 |
| Michael
Fenwick |
|
744416 |
| John
Kitson |
|
226790 |
| Rosalind
Lavington |
Vice-Chairman |
748478 |
| Simon
Lavington |
|
748478 |
| Penton
Lewis |
|
601211 |
| Richard
Searle |
241204 |
241204 |
| Sue
Frankis |
Clerk |
463852 |
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Sproughton Parish Council has a number of Advisory
Panels, each with a mixed membership of Councillors and
non-Councillors. Panels feed ideas to the Parish Council and
undertake actions as decided by the Parish Council. The Panel
mechanism allows knowledgeable residents to contribute their
expertise to specific issues. The current Panels are as follows.
After each is given its year of formation and its membership
(number of Councillors plus number of non-Councillors).
| Tithe Barn
Panel |
(2003) |
5 + 3 |
| Transport
Panel |
(2004) |
3 + 12 |
| Green
Panel |
(2007) |
4 + 8 |
| Shop
Panel |
(2007) |
2 + 8 |
| Housing
Panel |
(2007) |
5 +
0 |
If you are interested in contributing to a
Panel, please let the Parish Clerk know.
In January 2008 the Parish Council appointed Ms Jane Draper as
the Tithe Barn
Warden.
The Warden's official
mobile 'phone number is available to hirers of the barn.
News items
News items - January 2010.
1.
There is one vacancy on the Parish Council.
Please contact the Clerk if you
are
interested in being put
forward for possible co-option.
2.
Structural work has been completed on the conversion of the Tithe
Barn's former tractor garage into a community
shop. Fitting out is in
progress. The shop will open on Thursday 25th March.
The shop project, which has been entirely funded by external
grants and gifts, will be run by a Community Interest
Company. This is a not-for-profit organisation
which is a separate legal entity from the Parish Council.
The time and place of the next Parish Council meeting is
give under Events.
Recent Parish Council Minutes may be seen at
the end of this page.
Members of the public are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings
and we allocate time for the public to ask questions. The Parish
Council also organises open Public Meetings from time to time on
specific issues. For example, during 2004, three such
meetings addressed:
Approximately 60 residents attended the last Annual Parish
Meeting in the Tithe Barn, held on 6th May 2008. The Annual Report
for the year ending 31st March 2008 is given
towards the middle of this
page.
A list of Council-appointed representatives, and of the
responsibilities of individual Councillors as at 8th May 2007, is
as follows:
| Cooper Trust
(Almshouses) |
Mr D Barnes |
| Cemetery |
Mrs S Frankis |
| Suffolk ACRE |
Mrs R
Lavington |
| Suffolk Association of
Local Councils |
Mr D Cheeseman |
| Tithe
Barn Panel
Chair |
Mrs R
Lavington |
| Transport
PanelChairman |
Mr S Lavington |
| Footpath & Cycle Path
Wardens |
Mr S & Mrs R
Lavington |
| Tree Warden |
Mr S Lavington |
| Allotments |
Mr S Woolf |
| Millennium Green |
Ms D Bradbury |
| Internal Auditor |
Mr P Orriss |
| Reading Room and Caretakers House
Charity |
Mr S Lavington, Mr M
Earey |
| Handbell Ringers |
Mrs R
Lavington |
|
Green Sproughton (cutting our
carbon footprint) |
Mr Peter Lee |
| Age Concern |
Mr J Bates |
| Suffolk Preservation
Society |
Mr D Cheeseman |
| School Governors |
Mrs M Woolf |
| Local History
Recorder |
Miss D
Bradbury |
| Responsible Financial
Officer |
Mrs S Frankis |
| Babergh Crime
Reduction |
Mr M Fenwick |
| Parish
Plan co-ordinator |
Mr C Davis |
| Web-site
co-ordinator |
Mr S Lavington |
| SnOasis
Parish Group |
Mr S Curl |
| Playing Field Management Cttee
Trustees* |
Mr C Davis, Mrs J
Everett |
* The Playing Field Management Committee is
described
here.
** Green
Sproughton ('cutting our carbon footprint') was set up as a
panel
of Sproughton Parish Council in May 2007.
A full list of Sproughton village organisations will be
found here.
The most-recent Annual Report,
presented to the Annual Parish Meeting on 6th May
2008:
SPROUGHTON
PARISH COUNCIL
Annual Report of the Council for the Year Ending 31st March
2008
Council Details
The Clerk to the Council and the Responsible Financial Officer
of the Parish Council is Mrs Sue Frankis.
There are 12 'seats' on the Council.
Councillors for the year were; Simon Curl, Rosalind Lavington,
David Cheeseman, Colin Davis, Andrew Didham, Jenny Everett, Mike
Fenwick, Simon Lavington, Penton Lewis, Richard Searle, Andrea
Wedgwood and Stephen Woolf. At the Annual Parish Council meeting in
May 2007, Simon Curl was elected Chairman, and Rosalind Lavington
was elected Vice-Chair of the Council.
The Council meets in the Barley
Room, and has met as a full Council on 9 occasions during the year.
Councillors have made 79 attendances out of a possible 102. One
Councillor has attended all 9 meetings, 2 Councillors attended 8, 6
Councillors attended 7, 1 Councillor attended 6, 1 Councillor
attended 5 and 1 Councillor attended 1. Cllr Andrea Wedgwood and
Cllr Stephen Woolf resigned during the year. Grateful thanks go to
both for their work and time as Councillors. As at 31st
March there were 2 vacancies. The Council has placed public notices
in order to seek co-option of 2 Councillors.
Meetings are open to the public, and
the Council is pleased to have in regular attendance at its
meetings Sproughton’s 2 District and 1 County Councillor together
with PC Austin and the Police Community Support Officer.
The Council has 6 Panels that deal
with specific matters. These are Transport, Tithe Barn, Finance,
Tithe Barn Bookings, 'Green' Sproughton and the Shop Panel. The
Council has one committee; the Planning Committee.
Allotments
The Council administers the
arrangements for the letting and management of the allotment
gardens adjacent to the Wild man public house. The Council has a
lease with the Felix Thornley Cobbold Agricultural Trust for this
purpose. The annual rent charged to the Council by the trust is
£301.94. The Council currently charges allotment holders £1.65 per
rod per year. There are currently no vacant allotment plots and
there is a waiting list of 3 people.
Burial Ground
The Council authorises burials and
the erection of memorials. It is responsible for the management of
the burial ground and continues to maintain it to a high standard;
grass and hedge cut, paths swept and cleared.
Churchyard
The churchyard of the parish church,
All Saints, is ‘closed’. Babergh District Council is responsible
for the maintenance of the churchyard. Maintenance continues to be
carried out in accordance with an agreed management plan. The plan
seeks to conserve and enhance the valuable natural habitat of the
churchyard and at the same time keeping it tidy. This work is done
in partnership with Babergh District Council and involves local
volunteer labour to cut and rake the conservation areas. Simon
Lavington remains instrumental in this work.
Village
Caretaking
The Council employs Mike Herbett to
carryout Burial Ground and village green maintenance and grass
cutting, with caretaking and ‘odd jobs’ in the Tithe Barn. The
Council is grateful to Mike for his continued high standard of
work.
Tithe Barn
Management
The Council is responsible for the maintenance, improvement and
use of the Tithe Barn. The Barn is an important village resource,
which has significant historic and community importance. The Tithe
Barn Panel considers matters of maintenance and improvement. The
Tithe Barn Bookings Panel considers requests for bookings and use
of the Barn. This panel includes parishioners who are close
neighbors of the Barn. The Parish Council has appointed Jane Draper
as Tithe Barn warden, to assist with hiring arrangements and
management, and to ‘meet and greet’ hirers.
Planning Applications
The Council is consulted by Babergh
District Council (the Local Planning Authority) on planning
applications in the parish. The Council has been consulted on 47
planning applications during the year (a 34% increase on the
previous year, and an 88% increase over the last 2 years). To date,
27 have been approved, 4 refused, 1 refused but subsequently
approved at Appeal by the Secretary of State, 6 withdrawn and 9 are
awaiting a decision by Babergh.
The Council continued to take an
active role in the Snoasis public inquiry with the Community
Alliance. The inquiry closed in June 2007, and a decision on
whether to grant planning permission is expected to be made by the
Secretary of State by 9th May 2008. Proposals for
Broadmeadow were considered at a public inquiry in June 2007. The
Council gave evidence at the inquiry with respect to concerns over
traffic increases in the village. The Secretary of State has now
decided to refuse to grant planning permission. The Council is
currently considering pre-planning application proposals for the
SWISS Centre on the A1214 near to Tesco.
Transport Panel
Simon Lavington is
chairman of this Panel, and under his able management it remains
proactive and effective. The Panel reports to the Council, and is
made up of a mix of councillors and non-councillors.
Simon Lavington will give a
brief oral report at the annual meeting.
Tithe Barn
Panel
Proposals to convert the west store
to a community shop, replace the barn floor and insulate its walls
and replace the midstrey doors have been given planning permission.
Ros Lavington, the Panel chair, remains active in seeking grant
monies to progress the works. The Panel is working closely with the
Green Sproughton Panel in developing proposals for grant
applications.
Green Sproughton Panel
Peter Lee is the chairman of this
new Panel. ‘Green Sproughton’ is all about cutting carbon use,
environmental awareness and improvement. The initiative was
launched last year in the Tithe Barn. Sproughton is the first
village in the UK to sign up to the Nottingham agreement on carbon
reduction. The Panel is actively promoting environmental awareness,
ways of reducing carbon use, and seeking grant funding streams for
projects. The recent Spring Greens event and village litter pick
were successful in further raising awareness, providing information
on recycling, composting and energy reduction and clearing
considerable amounts of rubbish from our village spaces.
Council
Finance - See the appended account reports.
Summary
The Council remains active on local
issues and seeks to work in an effective and efficient way.
Activity of the Council is published on Council noticeboards and in
the Community News. Council and community information is also
available via its website
(www.sproughton.suffolk.gov.uk).
Sproughton benefits from having a very good Clerk, active and
resourceful Councillors and a supportive and active community.
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Recent Parish Council Minutes.
MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF SPROUGHTON PARISH COUNCIL HELD AT THE BARLEY ROOM, TITHE
BARN, LOWER STREET, SPROUGHTON ON 14TH OCTOBER 2009, AT
7.30PM
Councillors present:
Cllr S.Curl (Chairman), Cllr
D.Cheeseman, Cllr C.Davis, Cllr M.Everett, Cllr M.Fenwick, Cllr
J.Kitson, Cllr P.Lewis
Cllr R.Searle
Mrs S. Frankis, Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer
County Cllr, Kathy Pollard
District Cllr, Peter Jones
District Cllr, Nicholas Ridley
PCSO Cooper
2 members of the public.
73 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE TO BE RECEIVED
Cllr R.Lavington, Cllr
S.Lavington.
74 TO ACCEPT MEMBERS DECLARATION OF INTEREST
No declarations of interest were
received.
75 TO CONFIRM AND SIGN THE MINUTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON 9TH SEPTEMBER 2009
The minutes of the meeting held on
9th September 2009 having been circulated to all members were
confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the meeting.
76 MATTERS ARISING
Re. minute no: 09/10 64 Cllr S.Curl
advised that Mr P. Lee has expressed a wish to stand down as
Chairman of the Sproughton Green Panel for the time being. Cllr
S.Curl has suggested that Mr P. Lee refers the matter to the Green
Panel and invites a volunteer to step forward as a replacement
chair.
Re. minute no: 65 (ii) The Clerk
advised that the Parish Council had received a response from Mr A.
Johnson, at the Highways Agency. Mr A. Johnson advised that the
Highways Agency would be unable to meet the request by Sproughton
Parish Council to remove the O.N.D.R. through Sproughton. However,
he gave assurances that the route would only be used when no other
alternatives were available.
7.35pm The meeting was adjourned to receive reports from County
Cllr, Kathy Pollard, District Cllr, Nicholas Ridley and PCSO
Cooper.
PCSO Cooper advised that there had
been three reported crimes in Sproughton during September 2009. He
advised that the Community Speed Watch scheme is an opportunity for
parish councils to work together by recruiting volunteers to be
part of the initiative.
County Cllr, Kathy Pollard referred
to the report by Mr G. Barnes, published in the September issue of
the Sproughton & Burstall Community News, of the planned works
to resurface the Sproughton section of the A14 with longitudinal
grooving. She had recently had experience of travelling on this
type of road surface and had been very impressed by the noise
reduction.
County Cllr, Kathy Pollard advised
that she had been approached by Mr Hughes-Reckitt, who was
concerned about the dangers of the proposed access to Sproughton
Mill meadow. She has asked Julia Proctor, at Suffolk County
Council, about the possibility of monitoring the speed of traffic
approaching the corner of Sproughton Road, adjacent to Sproughton
Millennium Green.
County Cllr, Kathy Pollard referred
to the response by Hintlesham & Chattisham Parish Council to
the proposed National Grid overhead line options. She has asked,
through the regional Brussels Office, for details of undergrounding
work undertaken throughout Europe.
County Cllr, Kathy Pollard advised
that she has received assurances by the CEO of the Ipswich Health
Authority, that Ipswich will retain a general hospital. Mr A.
Cotterell expressed concerns that the Ipswich Hospital heart unit
would be relocated. Kathy Pollard explained that the heart unit is
to remain at Ipswich Hospital and that public confusion on the
issue had arisen following recent media reports, which had referred
to a particular trial.
Cllr S.Curl advised that Suffolk
County Council is looking at ways of delivering its services in
partnership with the private and voluntary sectors together with
District Councils. He expressed concerns that Suffolk County
Council appears to have failed to have regard to role that parish
councils would take.
District Cllr, Nicholas Ridley
advised that Burstall Parish Council has made a firm decision not
to support a plan to amend the road layout of Coronation Corner,
Burstall.
District Cllr, Nicholas Ridley
advised that Babergh District Council is required to make a
£1.4million budget saving in 2010/2011; this equates to 12 ½ %. He
advised that Babergh District Council will be investigating all
areas in which savings could be made. Cllr M.Fenwick commented that
free car parking in Hadleigh is an incentive.
8.00pm PCSO Cooper left the
meeting.
Mr A. Cotterell asked if Sproughton
Parish Council had any comment or statement to make with respect to
the draft Haven Gateway Partnership Report, September 2009. Cllr
S.Curl explained that the document is not out for consultation and
that it was prepared as an information document to be used in the
preparation of Local Development Frameworks. He advised that
Sproughton Parish Council has asked the Haven Partnership if it is
intended for the draft report to go out to consultation.
8.05pm The meeting was
reconvened
77 PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCY
The Clerk advised that due to the
non-attendance at Council meetings for more than six consecutive
months, Cllr J.Griffiths is automatically disqualified from his
position as a parish councillor. Sproughton Parish Council declared
a casual vacancy. There are now two vacancies.
Action: The Clerk is to
notify Cllr J.Griffiths.
Action: The Clerk is to
notify Babergh District Council.
78 TO RECEIVE THE REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE
A list of planning applications and
recommendations made by the Planning Committee since the last
meeting had been circulated to all Councillors and noted.
79 FINANCE
(i) To Approve Payments and
Budget Position
The statement of payments for
September 2009 was approved.
(ii) To Consider Grant
Requests
A request for a grant was received
from Sproughton Senior Citizens Club. The Council unanimously
agreed to make a grant offer of £200.00.
Action: The Clerk is to
forward a cheque for £200.00.
A request for a grant was received
from Sproughton Parochial Church Council towards the cost of
procuring a storage container. The Council unanimously agreed to
make a grant offer of £70.00, with the condition that the storage
container be sited within the Parish.
Action: The Clerk is to
forward a cheque for £70.00.
8.25pm County Cllr, Kathy Pollard
left the meeting.
(iii) To Approve Reserve Account
Transfer for Payment of the Notice Board
The Clerk advised that an insurance
claim had been settled for the cost of repairs to the vandalised
notice board and that it would now not be necessary to transfer
funds.
(iv) To Consider Renewal of the
Church Lane Dog Waste Bin
The Council unanimously agreed to
renew the vandalised dog waste litter bin with a metal replacement.
The Council unanimously agreed to transfer up to £250.00 from the
General Reserve account for the payment of the dog waste litter
bin.
Action: The Clerk is to
arrange for the renewal of the dog waste litter bin.
(v) To Consider Arrangements for
Setting the 2010/2011 Budget and Precept
Cllr D.Cheeseman asked if the Parish
Council should include payment for the cutting of the Playing Field
access road verge in the 2010/11 precept budget. Cllr S.Curl
advised that it would be a matter for the Playing Field Management
Committee to address.
The Council agreed to consider
approval of the proposed draft 2010/2011 precept at the next Parish
Council meeting.
80 TO RECEIVE THE REPORT OF THE 'GREEN' SPROUGHTON PANEL
No written report had been received
from the Green Sproughton Panel.
81 TO RECEIVE THE REPORT OF THE TRANSPORT PANEL AND RELATED
TRAFFIC ISSUES
A written report from the Transport
Panel had been circulated to the Council.
(i) Cllr S.Curl advised that
Burstall Parish Council had indicated to Suffolk County Council
that it was of the unanimous view that Coronation Corner must be
reinstated to the original radius, following recent sewer works in
the area. Sproughton Parish Council was asked to consider two
options: a) to keep the matter on the table and await the outcome
of Suffolk County Council's technical evaluation; b) inform Suffolk
County Council and County Cllr, Kathy Pollard that Sproughton
Parish Council wishes to withdraw its request of 7th August 2009.
The Council unanimously agreed to favour option b.
Action: Cllr S.Curl is to
draft a letter to Suffolk County Council and Burstall Parish
Council.
82 TITHE BARN PANEL
(i) To Receive the Report of the
Panel and Related Matters
No written report had been received
from the Tithe Barn Panel.
Cllr R.Searle advised that the Tithe
Barn electric heaters had been fully repaired and would now be
working with an increased output of 25%. He advised that the P.A.
testing was scheduled to be carried out during the first week of
November 2009. He advised that Folk in the Barn and the Carpet
Bowls Club have expressed concerns regarding the level of the Tithe
Barn floor. He advised that the floor had today been laser checked
and that the results indicated an overall difference of 35mm from
one end of the Tithe Barn to the other.
Cllr R.Searle advised that a family
disco is to be held on 18th December 2009. The charge for the disco
will be £200.00, the cost of which will be expected to be met by
the bar sales. The Council agreed to underwrite the event with a
proportion of the Chairman's Event Allowance.
(ii) To Consider Quotes and
Appointment of Contractor for the Re-Surfacing of the
Courtyard
The Council considered six quotes.
The Council unanimously agreed to accept the quote received from 'C
M Andrews' for £13,800 and to make a budgetary provision of
£16,000.00.
Action: The Clerk is to
notify 'C M Andrews'.
83 BURIAL GROUND AND RELATED MATTERS
(i) Request for Memorials
There was one request for a
memorial. The request was granted.
(ii) To Consider Quotes and
Appointment of Contractor for the Replacement of the Gates
The Council considered four quotes.
The Council unanimously agreed to accept the quote received from
'Peter Stevenson Joinery' for £1,576.80.
Action: The Clerk is to
notify 'Peter Stevenson Joinery'.
84 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UPDATE
Cllr S.Curl advised that the Housing
Panel had met with Miss I. Wright, Hastoe Association and Mr T.
Cotterill, Babergh District Council on 5th October 2009, to
consider a proposed affordable housing layout plan put forward by
Hastoe Association.
Cllr S.Curl advised that the Council
had received a further unsatisfactory response from Mr Sanders, the
solicitor for the De Zoete Will Trust. Whilst the planning
application for the development of the Church Lane site is pending,
the Trustees do not wish to enter discussions concerning the
affordable housing element of the site.
85 PARISH PLAN
Cllr C.Davis advised that it was
intended to make a presentation of the outline of the results of
the parish plan to the public in November 2009.
86 REVIEW THE LIST OF 'COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES'
A list of councillors with specific
additional responsibilities was approved.
87 To Nominate a Parish Council Trustee to the Reading Room
& Caretaker's House Charity, Sproughton
The Council unanimously agreed to
nominate Cllr S.Lavington as the nominated Parish Council
Trustee.
Action: The Clerk is to
notify Mrs G. Moore.
88 TO AGREE THE TIME, DATE AND VENUE FOR THE NEXT PARISH COUNCIL
MEETING
The next Sproughton Parish Council
meeting will be at 7.30pm, on 11th November 2009, at the Barley
Room, Tithe Barn, Lower Street, Sproughton.
89 BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCIL COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
2009
Cllr S.Curl asked the Council to
consider nominating Cllr R.Lavington and Cllr S.Lavington as
recipients of the Babergh District Council Community Achievement
Awards. The Council unanimously agreed.
90 BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCIL CORE STRATEGY
Cllr S.Curl advised that Babergh
District Council is currently working on its Local Development
Framework (LDF). Sproughton Parish Council has been invited to
submit suggestions on how Babergh District Council could work in
partnership with the Parish Council.
91 MATTERS RAISED BY MEMBERS
Cllr P.Lewis advised that a new
architectural company was to commence business, sited in Poplar
Lane, Sproughton.
Summary of Actions
77 PARISH COUNCILLOR
VACANCY
Action: The Clerk is to
notify Cllr J.Griffiths.
Action: The Clerk is to
notify Babergh District Council.
79 FINANCE
(ii) To Consider Grant
Requests
Action: The Clerk is to
forward a cheque for £200.00.
Action: The Clerk is to
forward a cheque for £70.00.
iv) To Consider Renewal of the
Church Lane Dog Waste Bin
Action: The Clerk is to
arrange for the renewal of the dog waste litter bin.
82 TITHE BARN PANEL
(ii) To Consider Quotes and
Appointment of Contractor for the Re-Surfacing of the
Courtyard
Action: The Clerk is to
contact 'C M Andrews'.
83 BURIAL GROUND AND RELATED
MATTERS
(ii) To Consider Quotes and
Appointment of Contractor for the Replacement of the Gates
Action: The Clerk is to
notify 'Peter Stevenson Joinery'.
87 To Nominate a Parish Council
Trustee to the Reading Room & Caretaker's House Charity,
Sproughton
Action: The Clerk is to
notify Mrs G. Moore.
The meeting closed at 9.35 pm
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