Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Abbey House, Abingdon

Contact: Susan Harbour Democratic Services Officer, tel. 01235 540306, e-mail:  susan.harbour@southandvale.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

22.

Apologies for absence

To receive apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from councillors: Aidan Melville, Julia Bricknell, Gervase Duffield, Jason Fiddaman, Jeanette Halliday and Sandy Lovatt.

23.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 73 KB

To adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee meeting held on 25 November 2013 (attached). 

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 25 November 2013 were agreed as a correct record of the meeting and the chair signed them.

 

24.

Declarations of interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting.  

Minutes:

No councillors had any pecuniary interests to declare.

 

Some councillors had a conflict of interest, as they were part of the management committee or council of the applicant. These councillors declared their interests, as below, and did not take part in the debate or vote on these items.

 

Ref

Organisation

 

Project

 

Councillors

1234

Abingdon-on-Thames town council

Guildhall project - seed funding for refurbishment project

Julie Mayhew-Archer, Marilyn Badcock, Mike Badcock, Pat Lonergan, Helen Pighills, Angela Lawrence

1125

DraytonVillage hall

kitchen refurbishment and replacement windows and fire doors

Richard Webber, as a member of Drayton Parish Council who own the hall

 

25.

Urgent business and chair's announcements

To receive notification of any matters, which the chair determines, should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances, which have made the matters urgent, and to receive any announcements from the chair.

Minutes:

None notified.

26.

Statements, petitions and questions from the public relating to matters affecting the area committee.

Any statements, petitions and questions from the public under standing order 32 will be made or presented at the meeting.

Minutes:

Ref

Organisation

 

Project

 

Speakers

1220

Abingdon Lawn Tennis Club

Provision of court no. 7

James Eastward

1216

Abingdon Rugby Club

Re-development of training pitch

Jeremy Scott

1123

Abingdon Vale Cricket Club

Cricket pitch covers

No speaker

1234

Abingdon-on-Thames town council

Guildhall project - seed funding for refurbishment project

Lesley Legge

1200

Caudwell Day Centre, Drayton

Flat roof replacement

Barry Winter

1125

Drayton Village hall

Kitchen refurbishment and replacement windows and fire doors

Tony Holmes

1205

Music for Autism

Eight specialist music workshops in the Abingdon area.

Simon Payne

1228

The AbingdonBridge

Positive transitions

Tricia Wormald

 

27.

New Homes Bonus - community funding 2013/14 pdf icon PDF 108 KB

To consider the report of the head of corporate strategy.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The committee considered the head of corporate strategy’s report that set out details of the new homes bonus community funding scheme.  The cabinet member for grants had approved the policy and procedure and delegated authority to the four area committees to determine the grant applications.  The Council had set a budget of £100,000 for this scheme.  The apportionment between the area committees was based on the amount of housing growth in each area from April 2008 to March 2013.  In the Abingdon area of the district, 346 new homes had been built in this five-year period, equating to a budget of £19,300 for the committee to award to applications under this scheme in the current financial year. 

 

The committee noted that the council’s chief finance officer had advised that any new homes bonus community funding that was not awarded by the end of this financial year could be carried forward to the following year’s budget.  The published draft budget for 2014/15 included a proposal for a further £100,000 new homes bonus community funding, for apportionment between the four area committees. 

 

The committee carefully considered each application under this scheme.  Thirteen applications had been received.  The committee assessed these against a high, medium or low ranking for each parish, dependent on the number of new homes completed in the qualifying five-year period.  Those parishes with the most new homes were awarded a ‘high’ ranking.  The committee used this as a guide to prioritise the applications but was not bound by it. 

 

The following awards were made by the committee:

 

Ref no

Organisation

Scheme/Project

Grant Awarded

1200

Caudwell Day Centre, Drayton

Flat roof replacement

£500

1205

Music for Autism

Eight specialist music workshops in the Abingdon area

£1200

1216

Abingdon Rugby Club

Re-development of training pitch

£8000

1218

Sutton Courtenay Parish Council

Replacement of round about in play area

£0

1220

Abingdon Lawn Tennis Club

Provision of court 7

£0

1223

Abingdon Vale Cricket Club

Cricket pitch covers

£3000

1225

Drayton Village Hall

Kitchen refurbishment and replacement windows and fire doors

£1000

1228

The AbingdonBridge

Positive transitions

£5600

1234

Abingdon-on-ThamesTown Council

Guildhall project – seed funding for refurbishment project

£0

 

 

Total

£19,300

 

 

 

All money allocated to this area committee was, therefore, awarded and there would be no carry forward to the next financial year.

 

 

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