Minutes of the Neighbourhood Plan Business Task Force 18th September 2012
Minutes of Birdham Business Task Force
18th September 2012
Present: Arnie Chamberlain, Lavinia Brooks, Carolyn Cobbold
Prepare inventory of local businesses in Birdham from CDC data (David Siggs, AC,CC,LB).
Idenitfy extent of home-working in the parish. (AC,LB,CC)
Write to all business explaining that Birdham is setting up a Business Task Force to help prepare a neighbourhood plan and that we are seeking their views. Invite business representatives to an informal gathering in a local venue. (Arnie to write draft letter, Carolyn to ask Bell if we can meet there).
Prepare questions for general questionnaire : along lines of: If you represent a business in the area: how many employees do you have? How many employees live within 3 miles of the business? Would you want to employ more local employees? What are the positive aspects of being based in Birdham? What are the negative aspects of being based in Birdham?
Prepare questions for a more specific survey directed at businesses. (LB, AC, CC).
Encourage formation of Birdham Business Forum.
Work with businesses to identify initiatives that might benefit them and parish such as posting local job vacancies on website; publishing a directory of local businesses and services, informal training opportunities etc.
Minutes of the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group 18th September 2012
Birdham Neighbourhood Plan
Minutes of the Steering Group Meeting
19.00 Tuesday 18 September 2012 Birdham Village Hall
Present:
Terry Claughton, (TC) Ken Wright (KW)
Carolyn Cobbold (CC) Marion Barker (MB)
Jane Finch (JF) Alan Drew (AD)
Arnie Chamberlain (AC)
Apologies:
Paul Simmons, Dave Williams, Hamish Gairns, Steve Crossley
Also present:
David Siggs (DS) (Birdham Parish Council Clerk), Paul Finch (PF) (FG member – Transport & Accessibility), Lavinia Brooks (FG member – Economic & Business)
- 1. Review and agreement of the Terms of Reference (ToR)
The initial draft had been amended following comments received from the members. The meeting agreed that the quorum for key decisions would set at 6 members. The ToR were agreed and will be reviewed again at the December meeting. JF/MB
- 2. Appointment of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Funding Co-ordinator
Following a discussion of the experience and commitments of the members the following appointments were agreed:
Chairman – Terry Claughton
Vice-Chairman – Ken Hughes
Secretary – Jane Finch/ Marion Baker
Funding co-ordinator – Paul Finch. (Co-opted for funding issues).
The already heavy workload of the Parish Clerk, precludes full involvement in the committee but he will provide support, as required, within existing time constraints.
The appointments agreed will be added to the addendum of the ToR. TC
- 3. Registering of the plan and designation area with CDC
The Parish Clerk confirmed that, based on the agreement at the public meeting held on 10th September, when the Steering Group (SG) was formed, together with the resolution at the council meeting on 17th September, he would register the Plan and Designation Area, with the District Council, as the whole of Birdham Parish. He would also register this with neighbouring parishes. DS
- 4. Communications strategy
a. Questionnaire
A draft covering letter and questionnaire was presented. This was broadly based on that used by W Wittering in developing their Village Design Statement. It provided some very initial thoughts for SG members to take to their Focus Groups to help determine the questions they would like to ask the residents of the parish. All
The Parish Clerk informed the meeting that AirS is contracted to provide support in producing and printing the finished questionnaire for distribution with pre-paid envelopes addressed to AirS. They will also analyse the data.
It was noted that other parishes had a return rate of c.15% but the committee’s aim is to do considerably better than this.
b. Website
The Parish Clerk confirmed a tab for Neighbourhood Planning had already been created on the Parish Council web-site. Agreed official minutes, agendas and other communications would be posted on the web-site once agreed by the SG. JF/MB
c. Public Meetings
It was agreed that members would seek opportunities to raise awareness by communicating with local groups about the Neighbourhood Plan. (e.g. Residents’ associations, church groups, etc.). The importance of presenting a consistent message was emphasised. All
The first open meeting for all Birdham residents was tentatively scheduled for Saturday 17th November. This will be a drop-in style meeting from 10am to 1pm in Birdham Village Hall. The availability of the venue will be confirmed. JF
d. Newsletters – not discussed
e. Register of consultation
TC emphasised that it is vital that we can clearly demonstrate that we have done our utmost to consult residents as widely as possible throughout the parish. The record of consultation within the W Wittering Village Design Statement is an example of this. To this end a Register of Consultation will be created and maintained. All
- 5. Reports from Focus Groups
The purpose of this item is to report the progress that each Focus Group has made to date and what it is going to do next.
- Economic/Business – meeting arranged to follow-on from the SG meeting
- Transport/Accessibility – meeting planned for 20th Sept
- Community – no meeting planned yet
- Environment – meeting planned for 20th Sept
- Heritage/Local knowledge – 2 meetings held. Wealth of information gathered and key topics identified. Next task is to identify suitable questions for the questionnaire.
- 6. Mapping of Issues to Focus Groups
The first draft of the key document, mapping key Issues to the relevant Focus Group, was presented. This will be maintained to ensure that these issues are effectively registered and it is clear which Focus groups will be dealing with them thereby reducing the risk of issues not been fully addressed. All
- 7. Funding
The Parish Council has budgeted £1000 to start the development of the Neighbourhood Plan and further funding will be available from a VAT recovery. A small expenditure on the hire of the village hall has been spent to date. The cost of the support from AirS has already been allocated, by the Parish Council, in addition to the above.
PF explained he had spoken to Anton Draper in Communities and Local Government (central government). It appears that of the £30k available to the District Council per plan, £5K will be made available to each parish on the receipt and acceptance of their Designated Plan Area.
TC suggested that to get the quality of the final plan document right, we would need a budget to engage a professional writer. This proved essential in the preparation of the W Wittering Village Design statement. CC (who is a professional writer) volunteered to help in this respect.
- 8. Expectation Management
The importance of managing expectations was discussed. It was noted that members must be realistic about our ability to do things and be very careful not to make commitments that we cannot deliver. All
The Parish Clerk said that the plan will need to be flexible and subordinate to the Local Plan, although this doesn’t yet exist. The impending consultation document from the District Council will give some guidance as to its eventual content.
- 9. AOB:
A draft list of parish assets was distributed for consideration by members. All
The next meeting was proposed for Tuesday 16th October 2012. All
Meeting was closed at 20.35.
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Minutes of the Planning Committee of Birdham Parish Council
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Birdham Parish Council 28 Langdale Avenue, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8JQ Tel : 01243 790402 Fax : 01243 784478 Email : clerk@birdhamparishcouncil.org.uk Website : www.birdham.org.uk Clerk to the Council : David J Siggs |
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MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL
I hereby give you notice that a Meeting of Birdham Parish Council is to be held on Monday 17th September 2012 in the Main Hall at Birdham Village Hall at 7pm and all members of the Council are hereby summoned to attend
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Agenda for the Planning Meeting to be held on the 7th September
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Birdham Parish Council 28 Langdale Avenue, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8JQ Tel : 01243 790402 Fax : 01243 784478 Email : clerk@birdhamparishcouncil.org.uk Website : www.birdham.org.uk
Clerk to the Council : David J Siggs
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PLANNING MEETING
I hereby give you notice that a Planning Committee Meeting of Birdham Parish Council is to be held on Friday 7th September 2012 in the Sandle Room at Birdham Village Hall at 7pm and all members of the Council are hereby requested to attend. (more…)