Trevor Carbin

…is on Wednesday 22 September at St Laurence School at 7.00 pm.  Agenda items include an update on plans for the Barton Farm play area in Bradford.  Stuart Wheeler, cabinet member for closing swimming pools, will pay a return visit as part of the WC consultation on its leisure review. and a council officer will give an update on the results of the consultation on parking, which will involve general increases in parking charges and the possibility of residents’ parking schemes being introduced.

All welcome.

Wiltshire Police report  that two arrests have been made following a series of thefts of lead from roofs in the village, including at Firlawn House and the school.

The police ‘letter box’, which allows people to leave messages for the neighbourhood policing team, has been moved to the Post Office following its being vandalised at its previous position on the village hall.

The police have also been mounting speed checks on the main road through Holt.  Fewer motorists are now breaking the law so the campaign to slow them down seems to have been successful.

If you live in Holt and have any problems or concerns you’d like to discuss please come to my surgery on the first Thursday of the month from 6 to 7pm in the village hall surgery room. 

In Staverton the surgery coincides with the mobile library visit to The Slipway - that’s 3.25 to 3.40 on alternate Fridays - next one September 3rd.

Next surgery in Monkton Farleigh is Saturday October 30th 10-10.30am at the village hall car park, and in South Wraxall it’s Saturday October 30th 10.45-11.15am at the village hall car park.

STAVERTON  B 3105 Marsh Road. Mains leak repair:  31/08/2010 - 02/09/2010 WESSEX WATER Two-Way Signals

Parking in the villages of West Wiltshire will be reviewed in the autumn.  Council officers will be looking at the roads to see if yellow lines or other restrictions are needed.

This should have been part of a wider review of parking in the District to include the towns as well, except for Bradford which has already been done.  However as the council is also looking to increase parking charges in the towns, and as someone in County Hall has noticed that high parking charges could affect on-street and residential parking, that part of the review has been put off till next year.

Please get in touch if there are any problem areas in your village which need to be considered in the review.

Staverton Parish Council will consider the problems caused by irresponsible dog owners allowing their animals to foul the playing fields.
 
Wiltshire Council Dog Warden Simon Cleaver will be at the next meeting of the parish council on Monday 6 September at 7.30 pm and anyone in the community who is interested can come and listen to his suggestions and options.
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Recent planning applications and decisions in Monkton Farleigh

W/10/02243/FUL 21.07.10 22 Farleigh Rise - Conservatory side extension - permitted.

W/10/02028/CLP 05.07.10 Midway Place  10 Bath Road  Farleigh Wick  - Lawful development certificate for proposed development of single storey rear extension - permitted.

W/10/00915/FUL  07.04.10  Monkton Farleigh Primary School  - Single storey toilet block extension - permitted.

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W/10/02686/HRN 16.08.10 Land East Of Bradley Farm  - Removal of two sections hedgerow at eastern end of water main replacement.

W/10/02683/FUL  20.08.10  Glove Factory Studios  1 Brook Lane  - Part retrospective application for external alterations to buildings, new drainage system and landscaping

W/10/02682/FUL  23.08.10  Glove Factory Studios  1 Brook Lane  - Change of use of part of Workshop/Studio (Class B1) to a single retail unit (Class A1)

W/10/02635/LBC  16.08.10  The Courts  - Conservation roof lights to rear of the Orchard Building 

 W/10/02409/FUL  09.08.10 262 The Common  - Change of use from offices to C3 Dwelling house 

W/10/02558/FUL  11.08.10  99A The Street  - Velux roof windows on rear extension at second floor level 

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Holt Parish Council has won a slight concession from Wiltshire Council on speed limits in the parish.  The B3106 Holt to Staverton road had been recommended by WC to have a 50mph limit as a change from the 60mph national limit which covers it at the moment.  Holt PC said it should be 30mph as signing it at 50 might encourage drivers to see this as a safe speed.  A 30mph limit would also make the road less hostile for pedestrians and cyclists.  WC has replied by saying it would be prepared to go to 40mph.  This is a minor victory but doesn’t really address the concerns of the parish.

The PC had also asked for reductions in speed limits on the B3107 Bradford to Melksham road on the approaches to Holt.  Wiltshire Council says it won’t do that and is sticking with its plans to keep the 60mph national limit on the road, apart from through Holt as now and with an extension of the Bradford 30mph limit out to the cemetery.  However WC has invited the PC to make the case as to why the rest of the B3107 should have a lower limit.

Wiltshire Council has refused a request from South Wraxall Parish Council for a lower speed limit on the B3109 as it passes through the parish between Fiveways junction and Wildcross.

Their justification for this is that government guidance says that ‘high quality roads with few bends, junctions or accesses with an accident rate of less than 35 per 100 million vehicle kilometers’ should have the national limit of 60mph. 

The accident rate on the section of the B3109 between Fiveways and Wildcross is 18.1 per 100 million vehicle kilometers, whilst the section north of Fiveways towards Corsham has a figure of 19.4.

Traffic manager Dave Bullock has though invited the parish council to submit more evidence as to why the road should have a lower limit.  This would need to go in by the end of September.

Wiltshire Council has suggested that the section of the B3109 from Wildcross towards Bradford as far as the existing 50mph limit should also be reduced from 60mph to 50, and the Parish Council has supported that so the change is likely to be made later in the year.