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Annual Parish Meeting

Monday 25 March 2019

Welcome

Councillor Colleen Dulieu, chair of the parish council

Minutes of the last meeting

To approve the minutes of the last Annual Parish Meeting held on 2 May 2018

Matters arising

From the last Annual Parish Meeting held on 2 May 2018

Michael Gates

Parish Councillor 2002 - 2014

Report of Warfield Parish Council

Your councillors

Quelm Heather Gierth Mark Jones Ian Wilson St Michaels Neil Harrison Whitegrove Emma Barnard Gareth Barnard Hugh Fitzwillams Lauren Gill Grant Strudley Martyn Towle Warfield Park Colleen Dulieu Catherine Thorin Elections to the parish council will take place on Thursday 2 May 2019 For more information visit www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

Council Staff

Parish Council

Jason Mawer Parish Clerk Sonal Shukla Parish Administrator Jo Johnson Parish Administrator Daniel Bishop

Caretaker/Handyman

Events in 2018/19

▪ Summer of Fun ▪ Binfield, Warfield & Winkfield Arts Week ▪ Warfield & Winkfield Cycle Ride ▪ Remembrance beacon lighting ▪ Christmas Tree lighting ▪ Village Fete

Finance

Councillor Ian Wilson

Budget and precept

2018/19

▪ Budget - £261,060 ▪ Precept required £179,556 ▪ Average household* cost £37.40 ▪ Budget - £301,791 ▪ Precept required £195,000 ▪ Average household* cost £40.31

2019/20

▪ Precept remains lowest charged in Bracknell Forest ▪ Use other income from hall hire, from reserves and CIL to make up the budget ▪ In 2018/19 we received developer contributions to meet some

• f the costs of allotment provision and for the upkeep of car

park at Frost Folly for use with the SANG parkland ▪ The parish council receives no financial support from Government or Bracknell Forest Council

*based upon a band D Council Tax property

Financial Grants awarded 2018/19

For 2019/2020 we are providing £21,599.92 in support In 2018/19 we gave £20,038.98 to groups and organisations

Bracknell & District Citizens Advice Youthline Bracknell North Guides South East Berkshire Gang Show Cruse Bereavement Care Warfield Environment Group Home Start Bracknell Warfield Parochial Church Council Pilgrim Hearts Trust St Pauls Child Contact Centre Thames Valley Air Ambulance Friends of Jealotts Hill Landshare Warfield Village Fete 1st Warfield Scout Group Warfield Memorial Ground South Hill Park Arts Centre Warfield Park Community Association Relate Warfield Produce Show Warfield Grow & Share

New website

▪ We will be launching our new website in May 2019 ▪ This will meet the new accessibility standards required to be met by all public bodies ▪ Designed to work across a range of delivery channels ▪ Better support for the council in terms of hosting, maintaining and development

Traditional communication channels

▪ The Wren of Warfield – delivered to every household four times a year ▪ Page in The Word Magazine ▪ Parish Noticeboards and windows

Planning & Transport

Councillor Mark Jones

Planning Committee

▪ The Parish Council is a statutory consultee for all planning applications within Warfield ▪ This means we can comment and make a recommendation but the final decision is taken at Borough level ▪ In 2018/19 the committee has considered 144 applications ▪ Each application is considered on its own merits ▪ Three significant applications we have objected to in 2018/19 that fall outside of settlement areas

Planning Committee

Recommended refusal 19/00006/OUT Land to the north of Warfield Street and to the east

• f Osborne Lane, Osborne Lane, Warfield

Outline application for the erection of 41 dwellings, including 14 affordable dwellings, together with the provision of an access from Osborne Lane, an attenuation pond, woodland management, open space and landscaping 19/00055/OUT Land adjacent to Newell Hall Warfield Street, Warfield Outline application for the erection of a 72 bedroom care home (details of access, layout and scale submitted) 19/00075/OUT Home Farm Forest Road, Warfield Outline application for up to 197 dwellings with new roundabout and associated access road from Forest Road

Neighbourhood Planning

▪ Warfield Neighbourhood Plan has now been submitted to Bracknell Forest Council and is currently in its Regulation 16 consultation stage ▪ Once this is complete the plan will face independent examination ahead of a local referendum later in the year ▪ Submission of our plan and others was delayed as we awaited guidance on a national legal position which affected a whole raft

• f planning matters

▪ There is still time to comment on the plan visit consultation portal at www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk for information on the plan and to make comments ▪ Closing date for comments is 16 April 2019

Community SpeedWatch

▪ Community SpeedWatch is an initiative run by Thames Valley Police with local community volunteers. ▪ Speeding consistently comes up as a major issue for local residents. ▪ Scheme focus is on education rather than enforcement. ▪ Jointly supported by Binfield, Warfield and Winkfield parish councils. ▪ Purchased a video speed camera for the project. ▪ Northern Parishes Policing team are looking for volunteers to help operate the scheme.

Environment

Councillor Heather Gierth

Allotments

▪ New allotment site is now open with 30 plots allocated ▪ Plotholders now on site and the growing process begins ▪ Additional work to do on site which when finished will see 42 plots available

Quelm Lane

Other activity

▪ Take & Grow event – promoting home growing of produce ▪ Gardening competition – will be focusing on sustainability ▪ Promotion of cycling ▪ Exploring measures to tackle flytipping with the Borough enforcement team

Other activity

Promote recycling through the Parish Office Recycle your ▪ Household cleaning products ▪ Biscuit and cracker wrapper ▪ Bread bags Please check before you deposit as we cannot accept all products

Facilities

Councillor Gareth Barnard

Current Facilities

Frost Folly Car Park Memorial Ground Play Area Brownlow Hall Whitegrove Community Centre

Picture to add Whitegrove CC

Changing to meet the needs of users

▪ Wi-fi installed in Brownlow Hall & Whitegrove Community Centre ▪ New play area for pre-school users at Whitegrove ▪ New canopy making outside accessible at Whitegrove ▪ Replacing lighting to be more energy efficient

New Community hub

 New community facility is a planning requirement of the development taking place in Warfield  The site is adjacent to Priory Field  Parish Council are working with BFC to jointly deliver a building for Warfield’s future  Initial design and costing work has taken place  Our plan is to deliver a new centre that provides access to sports, meeting spaces, rooms for hire, café, childcare provision, library and parish council facilities  Enhancements to Priory Field and be linked to the East-West Greenway  Next steps are business modelling and funding  Delivery by December 2024

Priory Field

New Community hub

Priory Field

New Community hub

Priory Field

SPORTS HALL

New Community hub

Priory Field

▪ Previously gathered community views on what was required ▪ Further consultation process showing concepts of the scheme will begin in June at the Summer Fete ▪ A leaflet with details of the scheme will be distributed to all homes in Warfield in mid-June.

Open Forum

To hear comments or questions from the electors of the parish

Presentation of Awards

To present the Chairman’s Award and the Warfield Award

The Chairman’s Award

Awarded to an organisation, group or individuals who have made a contribution to the life or work of Warfield

The Chairman’s Award 2019

Presented to

Roger & Maggie Britt

The Warfield Award

Awarded to an individual for their contribution to Warfield

The Warfield Award

Past recipients

1984 Daisy Humphries 1999 Myrtle Roberts 1985 Jane Kay 2005 Sheila Collings 1986 Michael Sargeant 2006 Gwen Cooper 1987 David A. Briggs 2007 Eddie Taylor 1988 Bridget & Peter Lawson 2008 Debbie Warner 1989 Doreen & Edie Taylor 2009 Derek Swindells 1990 Carol & Barry Lawrence 2011 Claire Wallen 1991 Ruth Timbrell 2012 Jonathan Greenyer 1992 Babs & Peter Thompson 2013 Elaine Chalmers-Brown 1993 Dennis Golding 2014 Grace Leftley 1995 Maggie Cocks 2015 Lesley Johnson 1996 George Wise 2016 Carol Ellis 1997 Dermot Strangewayes-Booth 2017 Derek Salter 1998 Angus & Sheila Golightly 2018 Vicki Painter

The Warfield Award 2019

Presented to

Neil Harrison

Next Annual Parish Meeting

Provisionally arranged for Wednesday 29 April 2020

Thank you for attending

Please join us for refreshments