Launton Parish Council reporting

Launton Parish Council Meeting held on Thursday 6 June 2024 at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall

Councillors present Mr Andrew Briant, Mr Ed Sanders (Vice Chairman), Mr Simon Turner (Chairman), Mrs Jaqueline Webber

Apologies Mrs Abigail Dowman, Mrs Lesley Thompson, Mr Richard Walker

In attendance The Clerk, Mrs Jane Olds; 6 members of the public.

East/West Rail

No report had been received. If anyone has any queries, please get in contact directly at publicinformation@ewralliance.co.ukor call the 24 hour helplineon 03457 11 41 41.

Report from District and County Councillors

No report had been received from either District or County Councillors.

Finance

The Finance Report is available on the Parish Council website.

Anyone wishing to see the unaudited accounts (they are unaudited until the External Auditor - Moore- has completed their inspection) should contact the Clerk to make an appointment. More information about the rights of electors and the dates during which the electorate may see the accounts is available on the Parish Council website at https://www.launton-pc.gov.uk/financial-information/accounts2023-24/. However, much of the information is already available electronically on the website. The official ‘Electors’ Rights’ dates are from 3 June to 12 July.

Planning

All planning applications, which include the links to Cherwell’s Planning Portal, are put on the Parish Council website when they are received (www.launton-pc.gov.uk in the Agenda and Minutes section).

If a villager has concerns or comments about a planning application, they are welcome to come along to Parish Council meetings to bring them to the attention of the meeting. Villagers are also welcome to contact Councillors or the Clerk to make comments.

Guidance on how the Parish Council is able to respond to planning applications is available on the Parish Council website at https://www.launton-pc.gov.uk/planning-applications/

Village Matters

Parish Hall

The Management Committee is slowly taking shape but still needs more members! If you use the hall, have used the hall in the past or may like to use it in the future, come and join the committee to help run it.

With the redevelopment costs expanding and the funding shrinking, the Council has agreed to investigate the possibility of breaking down the project into smaller portions to make use of the currently available funding.

The Gigaclearbroadbandhad to be postponed again, but it was hoped to have a date for the installation in July.

Highway and Traffic Issues

The Speed Indicator Device on Station Road has recently been turned to face away from any traffic. OCCHighways will be rectifying the issue shortly.

We have received reports from villagers about anti-social driving which includes local businesses with sign-written vans. If you have dashcamfootage of anti-social driving or overtaking through the village you can report it to the Police at the TVPwebsite here https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/; select ‘Report’ and ‘Road Traffic Incident’; there is even the facility to uploadthe footage.

Speedwatch

There were only two sessions in May, partly due to the shortage of volunteers, but also due to the continuing wet weather.

In those two sessions a total of 575 vehicles were counted with 47 of them exceeding the limit - the maximum recorded speed was 46mph in the 20mphlimit.

It’shoped that with better weather on its way, there will be more frequent sessions. If you’dlike to help out, please contact speedwatch@launton-pc.gov.uk.

Agenda items and dates of the next meetings

The next meeting will be on Thursday 4 July in the School Hall starting at 7.30pm, as the Parish Hall will be used as the village Polling Station for the General Election. If you’d like to chat with a Councillor, do come along after 7.15pm. To get to the School Hall, enter through the double metal gates opposite the Parish Hall Car Park, and turn right to the main entrance to the new school buildings.

Suggestions for agenda items for the 1 August meeting need to be with the Clerk by 18 July and items for the 5 September meeting by 22 August.

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