Here are a few jottings and thoughts from the last SPC meeting:
1. The date of the advertised SPC meeting in June (June 11th) has been changed but we were not told when or where it is to be held. Cross out that date in your diaries now! If the Clerk emails me, I will email all on my email list. If you are not receiving emails and wish to, let me know and I'll add you; if you are, and you want to be removed, the easiest way is to reply to any of my emails and ask me to remove you.
2. Most of the discussions were, as usual, completely unintelligible to residents because, unlike main IWC meetings, residents are not given copies of the matters either on paper or on the Parish website. We are still living in the age of opacity. So I move swiftly on past the agenda to....
3. Spectrum Property Development Limited have formally pulled-out of their planning application for building an estate on the grounds of The Ashlar, Ningwood. The landowners have put it on the market with a firm of local estate agents; the only residential planning consent is for the existing house on the land.
4. Ward Councillor, Stuart Hutchinson, referred to the fiasco of the parking order by IOW Council, which is now formally in a Consultation phase until 6th June. All interested parties -INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC - must get their views into the IW Council by 6th June. Every voice DOES matter so if you don't want these ridiculous and inconsistent price hikes, please get your comments in. Stuart said that the Conservative group is aiming for a thorough review of parking on the Island, not just scrutiny of the proposed changes. I reported that the Moa Place petition is fit to hand-in, pending Stuart's advice that the time is right. At this stage we need the resistance to be coordinated albeit given that the main petitions on the Island were started by individual residents acting on their own initiative.
5. Stuart also reported that there are concerns about progress on the BT Broadband scheme paid for by the Island Council (£6m of our money!). This needs to go to the Scrutiny Committee. BT has just announced that plans are in place for some new fast broadband and this included "parts of Shalfleet". Note subsequent to meeting, I have not found any mention on the BT website and the service availability search on their website is still shown as 'no plans' for us, in Wellow. If you let me know what the situation is with you, I will condense the information and let Stuart have it, in support of the case for Shalfleet.
6. The Warlands Estate I have already reported on this below at http://tinyurl.com/l3amh7z There is to be a public meeting followed by a Shalfleet Parish Council meeting on Friday 23rd May 1830 at the Shalfleet Hall (that's the one just outside Shalfleet Village, with the car park). All are welcome, of course. The Chair, Cllr Pam Broadhead, has refused to add an agenda item allowing for a public discussion on withdrawing Parish support for the "Sustainable Housing Survey", which is a highly flawed-document that's already been used four times to attempt to justify building major housing developments in the Parish, on green-belt land. If you come to the Public Meeting on 23rd May you WILL have the chance get it withdrawn though I can say no more at this time.
7. The High Sheriff, Mrs Claire Locke, lives locally and can be contacted on 07881 924487, by email to highsheriff.iow@gmail.com website www.highsheriff-iow.org.uk The High Sheriff office has funds available to support youth-related activities. In particular you might look at http://www.highsheriff-iow.org.uk/awards.htm and http://www.highsheriff-iow.org.uk/trust.htm The youngest person 'on' the Shalfleet Parish Council is the Clerk, Susannah Jennings. I'm sure she won't mind if you call her in the office to discuss youth related projects or write to her at clerk@shalfleetiow.org.uk
8. Two Councillors and a local resident said that they have concerns about the validity of crime reports and motoring offence details from Hampshire Constabulary. It was suggested that the new Police Commissioner should be contacted. My own private view is that it would be better to tell the local police about these concerns and ask them to justify their reports, before the time and expense of involving an outside agency.
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