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Launton Parish Council Report for April 2023
Launton Parish Council Meeting held on Thursday 6 April 2023 at 7:30pm in Launton Parish Hall
Councillors present: Mr Andrew Briant, Mrs Abigail Dowman, Mr Ed Sanders (Vice Chairman), Mrs Lesley Thompson, Mr Simon Turner (Chairman), Mrs Jaqueline Webber
Apologies: None
In attendance: The Clerk, Mrs Jane Olds; Cllr Angus Patrick(CDC); 2 members of the public (1 from 9:12pm)
East West Rail
No representative was able to attend. The Council had raised villagers’ concerns with the EWR Team about vehicles continuing to turn right into the A1 Compound rather than going round the Charbridge Lane roundabout as signposted.
If anyone has any queries, please contact East West Rail directly at publicinformation@ewralliance.co.uk or call the 24 hour helpline at 03457 11 41 41.
Reports from District and County Councillors
Councillor Patrick gave a brief report. He also informed the meeting that he would not be standing for re-election in May.
No report had been received from Councillor Corkin(OCC).
Elections
Following an uncontested election, the Council has six Councillors coming into office on 9 May. We look forward to welcoming back the following:
AndyBriant
AbigailDowman
EdSanders
LesleyThompson
SimonTurner
JackieWebber
to the Council. We have one vacancy which will be decided by cooption at a future meeting.
If you are interested in joining the Council to become one of the Parish voices of the village, please do come along to the Parish Council meeting on 11 May (note it is in a new venue - The School Hall). More information is available on the Parish Council website at https://www.launton-pc.gov.uk/becoming-a-councillor/
The elections for one of the three District Councillor seats (currently held by Angus Patrick) will still take place on 4 May in the Parish Hall.
Finance
The Finance Report is available on the Parish Council website.
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.ukin the Agenda and Minutes section).
If any villager has concerns or comments about a planning application, they are welcome to come along to Parish Council meetings to bringthem 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 is available on the Parish Council website: https://www.launton-pc.gov.uk/planningapplications
Parish Hall
Four potential contractors visited the Hall on 15 March and the architects were now awaiting the tenders. It is hoped that Gigaclear will be able to install broadband in the Hall as part of their implementation programme.OCC Highways has acknowledged that the Bicester Road was in a dreadful state and authorised a number of ‘24 hour’ repairs. Further repairs will take place to the other deteriorating holes over the next few weeks; a date for the full repair of the road is still to be confirmed.
Road Matters
You will have seen the large matrix signs around Bicester about SSE works. This is for the installation of a new 33 kVcable from the electricity sub station on Skimmingdish Lane to supply the North West Bicester development. Work will continue around the ring road with traffic lights and will finish with a temporary closure of Howes Lane from 24 July until the end of October.
Speedwatch
Our Speedwatch Co-ordinator would love to hear from you if you are able to help join the team - with the weather warming up, now is the perfect time to get out and help out.Contact speedwatch@launton-pc.gov.uk for more information.
Dog bin provision
Councillor Briant had met with the CDC Street Cleansing Supervisor to discuss the bins. The Supervisor has confirmed that all the bins are well used, but that the Council should look at the location of the bin on the Yew Tree side of the Playing Field.
Annual Parish Meeting
Thanks to those who came along to the Annual Parish Meeting on Thursday 20 April… (the minutes are still to do!)
Agenda items and dates of the next meetings
The next meeting will be on Thursday 11 May (note the new date) in the School Hall (note the new venue), starting at 7.30pm.The entrance to the School Hall is through the playground gates from the Parish Hall Car Park, then follow the building round to the right. If you’d like to chat with a Councillor, do come along after 7.15pm.
We are trying to reduce our printing and paper use, so if you would like hard copies of the agenda or any of the meeting papers, please let the Clerk know well before the meeting. The agenda and papers will be available to view via the data projector during the meeting.
Suggestions for agenda items for the 1 June meeting (back in the Parish Hall) need to be with the Clerk by 18 May, and items for the 6 July meeting by 22 June.
If you’re not signed up to our mailing list to receive news from the Parish Council, you can find a sign up form at the bottom left hand menu of the Parish Council website at www.launton-pc.gov.uk/
