Chiddingfold Parish Council Minutes - 10 December 2015 Signed by Chairman: .............................................................................. Date: ......................................... 2015-12-10---90 CHIDDINGFOLD PARISH COUNCIL M inutes of the Parish Council meeting held on Thursday 10 December 2015 at 7.45 pm in the Charles Watts Room of the Village Hall. Present: Cllr Richard Hogsflesh, Chairman (RH) Cllr Susie Forrest (SF) Cllr Tim Forrest (TF) Cllr Roger Underwood, Vice-Chair (RU) Cllr Christine Tebbot (CT) Cllr Anthony J
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) Cllr Neil Denyer (ND) In attendance: Sue Frossard M ILCM (Clerk) Public: 5 Presentation to the Council a group of residents updated the Council in respect of areas of the parish that have no broadband - Pook Hill, Fisher Lane, Pickhurst Road and the area around ‘The M ulberry’. The Council was asked: ~ to influence the Surrey County Council (SCC) Open M arket Review (OM R) process to ensure this is a priority and to support the provision of Superfast broadband to the 400+ residential and business properties in the parish that do not have any broadband service. ~ when and how the Council will provide pressure/ influence/ input into SCC. ~ if there is any information that the groups of residents can provide to the Council to help it make a case. There was some discussion around the activity of the council over the last two or three years, in order to secure broadband for the whole parish. These questions were further discussed at Item 5.02.02 later in the meeting. Action 1.00 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. No apologies had been received. 2.00 DECLARATIONS OF NON-RECORDED PECUNIARY OR OTHER INTERESTS IN ITEM S ON THE AGENDA. There were no declarations of interest. 3.00 M INUTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL M EETING HELD ON 12 NOVEM BER 2015. The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 12 November 2015 were APPROVED and signed by the Chairman as being a true record of decisions at that meeting. 3.01 REVIEW OF OUTSTANDING ACTIONS FROM PREVIOUS M INUTES. (Not otherwise itemized on the agenda). There were no outstanding actions. 4.00 PLANNING COM M ITTEE. There were no updates. 4.01 PLANNING DECISIONS. Granted: WA/ 2015/ 2013 and WA/ 2015/ 2014 Combe Court, Combe Lane. Withdrawn: WA/ 2015/ 2001 Quest End, Woodside Road and WA/ 2015/ 2002 Chewton, Woodside Road. 4.02 PLANNING RECOM M ENDATIONS. WA/ 2015/ 2216 Application under Section 73A to vary Condition 1 of WA/ 2011/ 2044 (restricts use to a temporary period). This application had been declared invalid. Russets, Petworth Road. 4.03 The M inutes of the last Planning Committee meeting, held on 26 November 2015, were NOTED. The date of the next Planning Committee meetings, to be held on 07 and 28 January 2016, were NOTED. 5.00 WORKING AND ADVISORY GROUPS. It was AGREED that existing Working Groups continue unchanged and that no new groups are required. 5.01 ENVIRONM ENT AND AM ENITIES GROUP (EAG). 5.01.01 - Update on general EAG matters. There were no updates from this group. 5.02 BROADBAND GROUP (BBG). 5.02.01 - UPDATE ON BBG M ATTERS. There were no general updates. 5.02.02 - Response to Parishioners request for support. Having considered the facts presented by the residents in their earlier presentation: RESOLVED: to support a house to house drop of a questionnaire to ascertain the current level of coverage and speed of broadband in the parish. Data will be collected before the end of J anuary 2016. BBG