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Oundle Town Meeting

Wednesday 24th April 2019

• Report From Last Town Meeting
• Police Update
• District Councillor's Report
• Oundle Town Council Updates
• Fletton Field Update
• Flood Warden Report
• Q&A

Agenda

District Councillors

Rupert Reichhold Phil Stearn Jake Vowles Annabel de Capell Brooke

County Councillor

OTC – Neighbourhood Plan

30 45 12 50 10 120 45

Neighbourhood Plan

Planned 312

Cotterstock Road St Christopher’s Dr Benefield Road Wakerley Close Stoke Doyle Rd Herne Road Miller’s Field

30 130 45 100 12 50 70 10 120 45

ENC Local Plan

Planned 322 Possible 490-560

Cotterstock Road St Christopher’s Dr Benefield Road Wakerley Close Stoke Doyle Rd Herne Road Miller’s Field

Site Selection

• We do not have the money, or time, to defend our

partially developed site strategy

• There were three partially developed sites
• Cotterstock Road
• St Christopher’s Drive
• Herne Road
• All Sites could be developed by SA Rules
• Process was to choose the best of the three.

Simplified Site Selection

• Cotterstock Road
• Poor road access past Primary School
• No contribution to Town
• St Christophers Drive
• Poor road access and tree felling
• No Contribution to Town
• Herne Road
• Poor Road Access down Herne Road
• Major green space contribution to town
• 2 Cricket Pitches, plus cycle ways and walking routes

14 50 10 130 120

New Neighbourhood Plan

Planned 324

Benefield Road Wakerley Close Stoke Doyle Rd Herne Road Miller’s Field

Pla lanned Activities From Nov

• Obtain ENC Justification for Chosen Sites
• ENC have accepted that there were serious errors in

their site selection process. Process to be repeated

• Bring Our Neighbourhood Plan into line with ENC
• expectations. We have to change ENC mind set, or

change the plan

• Partial site development strategy taken out of OTC Plan
• Resubmit Oundle’s Neighbourhood Plan for Reg 14

consultation and vote

• Repeat of Reg 14 not required. Plan now ready for

submission to ENC

What we did

• Took guidance from independent planning advisor
• Partial site development, whilst not impossible has

become risky

• Completed updates based on Reg14 feedback
• Revised site selection based on Sustainability

Assessment

OTC – North Bridge

OTC – North Bridge

We have Bollards,

• quite wide
• traffic flowing reasonably well
• much better than the original

plan

OTC – North Bridge

…… but not everyone noticed

OTC – North Bridge.

• “We are currently aiming for the 2nd week in July to

start the works.”

• “This is dependent on completing
• access licence agreements
• listed building consent
• Environment Agency permit”

“all of which are well on the way.”

• “The designers/contractor is currently working on

the preliminary design and should be with us in early May.”

Quote from NCC Highways 16th April

When will work start?

OTC – North Bridge

• “We anticipate that the works will commence in

the later part of the next financial year.” ie 2020.

Dec 2018

• “We don’t have a firm start date yet but would

like to be on site for June.”

March 2019

• “We are currently aiming for the 2nd week in

July to start the works.”

April 2019

NCC Highways Statements

OTC – Finances

• Income
• Precept

£451,545

• Other

£220,382 £671,927

• Expenditure
• Staff & Office

£264,365

• Properties

£140,771

• Other

£163,124 £568,260

OTC – Finances

• Variances
• NCC Services

£60,000

• Grants

£12,370

Queen Victoria Hall

• Outstanding loan of £427,802
• OTC makes annual repayments of £22,793
• OTC also contributed £8,000 to running costs
• Hire charge income of £13,125

Ideas for Town Plan

Our vision is that Oundle remains a stunningly beautiful, thriving market town renowned for being a fantastic place to live and to work and a joy to visit

SAVE FLETTON FIELD

FLETTON FIELD’S TIMELINE

2019 s77 consultation 2018 NCC advertise sale for development 2017 Public Inquiry for VG 2016 ENDC refuse

• utline

permission 2016 Listed as Community Asset 2015 NCC submitted planning 2015 NCC called for VG applications 1973 Allocated to primary school WW2 Community use allotments 1929 County Council

• wnership

1899 Smith Brewery sold to Poor Union

UPDATES

• “Oundle Recreation and Greenspaces Group”
• We would like to say thank you to you, the Town, for your unwavering

support

• Our Successes 2018/19

– Cotterstock Road field, has been secured under a long term lease – Our campaign continues to grow, and gain support to “Save Fletton Field.

• We made a bid to NCC to purchase the field – generously

supported by the Town Council and Oundle School

• Reaching 80% of our funding goal
• Increasing awareness and use of the field by wide range of Oundle

people.

• So what is next;

– We continue to seek NCC to accept our bid to purchase and managed by and for Oundle people.

FLOOD WARDEN REPORT

EXERCISE BREWER – OCT 2018

EXERCISE BREWER

• COUNTYWIDE EMERGENCY

EXERCISE

• FIRST USE OF FLETTON HOUSE

AS AN EMERGENCY CENTRE

• OUNDLE SCENARIO –

EMERGENCY RESPONSES TO FLOODS IN THE TOWN AND EVACUEES.

EXERCISE BREWER

• INVOLVED
• BRITISH RED CROSS
• MET OFFICE
• COUNTY EMERGENCY PLANNING TEAM
• OUNDLE SCHOOL DRAMA DEPT
• POLICE AND FIRE
• BBC RADIO NORTHAMPTON
• CASUALTIES UNION
• EMERGENCY WELFARE GROUP
• FLOOD WARDENS
• … AND PLENTY MORE

EXERCISE BREWER

• IMPACT ON OUNDLE
• LEAFLET DROPS – COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT

• RECEPTION CENTRE – FLETTON

HOUSE

• 40 ‘CASUALTIES’
• EMERGENCY WELFARE GROUP
• OTHER AREAS
• THRAPSTON, WARMINGTON,

BRIGSTOCK, CHELVESTON, DENFORD, GLAPTHORN, RAUNDS

EXERCISE BREWER

• DEEMED A SUCCESS!
• RECOMMENDATIONS
• FLETTON HOUSE SUITABLE AS A

MAIN BASE OF OPERATIONS AS WELL AS RECEPTION AREA.

• CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO TAKE

EVACUEES FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS.

• NEED TO INSTALL SHOWER

FACILITIES AND THEN WE HAVE A 24HR RECEPTION CENTRE.

• DO NOT TRUST ACTORS!!

PATHFINDER II PROJECT

• A FREE - FLOOD RISK AND MITIGATION

INVESTIGATION

• INCLUDED
• VISUAL SURVEY OF THE SURFACE WATER

CATCHMENT

• REVIEW OF EXISTING FLOOD MAPPING

AND DATASETS

• IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS FOR FURTHER

INVESTIGATION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT WORKS.

• £3,000 GRANT TO SETUP A FLOOD KIT

FOR OUNDLE

PATHFINDER II PROJECT

• FINDINGS
• RIVERS AND STREAMS – WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE RISKS FROM THESE
• SURFACE WATER – THIS WAS RELATIVELY NEW AND HIGHLIGHTED WHERE WE

ARE AT RISK FROM LARGE AMOUNTS OF SURFACE WATER MAKING ITS WAY TO DRAINAGE AREAS.

• UPDATED MAPS OF FLOOD RISK FOR THE TOWN, CAN BE VIEWED TODAY.