31 July 2018 – Agenda
SUMMONS TO ATTEND A
MEETING OF THAME TOWN COUNCIL
TO: All Members of Thame Town Council
VENUE: Upper Chamber, Thame Town Hall
DATE: Tuesday 31 July 2018
TIME: 6.30 pm (maximum two hours)
Cllrs B Austin, D Bretherton, D Butler, N Champken-Woods, P Cowell,
M Deacock, N Dixon, D Dodds, M Dyer, L Emery, H Fickling, C Jones,
P Lambert, A Midwinter, M Stiles and T Wyse
Graham Hunt
Clerk of the Council
Date: 25 July 2018
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations of Interest and Dispensations
To notify of any items that appear in the agenda in which there may be an interest that has not been recorded in the Member’s Register of Interest; and confirmation of any relevant dispensations.
3. Civic Announcements
To receive the report of the Mayor and any such communications as the Mayor may wish to lay before the Council.
4. Public Participation and Public Questions
To consider applications from members of the public to address the Committee (5 minutes maximum), in respect of any item of business included in the agenda. Applications to speak must have been received by the Town Clerk no later than 5pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
To consider questions from members of the public (who live, work or run a business in the Parish). Written questions must have been received by the Town Clerk no later than 4pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
5. P18/S2260/FUL – LAND TO THE NORTH OF MORETON ROAD, MORETON
Erection of seven dwellings together with associated works.
To consider the planning application and agree a recommendation.
5. Land to the north of Moreton Road Moreton P18S2260FUL
6. P18/S2069/FUL – LAND OFF THAME PARK ROAD
Construction of 25 residential dwellings and associated private open space.
To consider the planning application and agree a recommendation.
6. Land off Thame Park Road Thame P18S2069FUL
7. P18/S1243/FUL – DAF TRUCKS LTD, EASTERN BYPASS
Erection of a 68 bed care home and associated vehicular parking, landscaping, ancillary infrastructure and other works
Amendment No. 2 – Amended Plans and Additional Information received 3 July 2018
Amendment No. 3 – Employment Issues document received 14 June 2018
To consider the amendments and agree a recommendation.
7. DAF Trucks Ltd, Eastern Bypass P18S1243FUL
8. Report from County Councillor N Carter
To receive the report of County Councillor N Carter (10 minutes maximum).
9. Reports from South Oxfordshire District Councillors
To receive reports from Cllrs N Champken-Woods, D Dodds, J Matelot Green (Maximum of 5 minutes each).
9. SODC Report for Parish Councils
10. Members Questions (under Standing Order 11)
A Member may ask the Mayor any questions concerning the business of the Council.
11. Minutes
To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on 19 June 2018.
12. Policy & Resources Committee
To note the minutes and consider any recommendations arising from the meetings on 8 May 2018 and 17 July 2018.
13. Community, Leisure & Recreation Committee
To note the minutes and consider any recommendations arising from the meetings on 8 May 2018 and 10 July 2018.
14. Planning & Environment Committee
To note the minutes and consider any recommendations arising from the meetings held on 3 July 2018 and 24 July 2018.
15. Neighbourhood Plan Continuity Committee
To note the minutes and consider any recommendations arising from the meeting held on 3 July 2018.
16. Midsomer Plaques
Further to the email to all Councillors on 8 January 2018 and the subsequent reporting at the Planning & Environment Committee on 30 January 2018 that planning application P17/S1978/LB – “Various Listed Buildings, Thame Town Centre – Production and installation of commemorative plaques denoting the use of 12 listed buildings in Thame as filming locations for the Midsomer Murders ITV series” had been withdrawn, to note that a new planning application has now been submitted for 6 plaques, in the name of Thame Town Council, by Helen Johns, acting as our agent.
17. Thame Barns Centre
To receive the Annual Report and Accounts as presented to and approved at the Barns Centre AGM on 19 July 2018. [Normally received by the Policy & Resources Committee, but timings precluded that this year].
18. Thame Town Music Festival
To record formal thanks to Johnnie Littler and his team for another superb (and expanded) Thame Town Music Festival, held in the sunshine on Friday 13 & Saturday 14 July 2018.
19. Christmas Lights Competition
To note that the Town Council reached the final 12 of the national Blachere / Revive & Thrive Christmas Lights competition, selected along with Farnborough, Halifax, Kidsgrove, Lancaster, Ormskirk, Pontardawe, Portishead, St Helens, Sunderland, Salisbury and Putney. Following subsequent submission of a video featuring Councillors, Officers and images of previous events to additionally note that Thame eventually came 3rd in the deciding competition, only just behind Ormskirk and Farnborough, which focussed on the attractiveness of the Christmas Lights event to the community. The video responded to the fundamental question “A family is faced with three places all with clashing switch-on events. Your place is one of them. What’s so good about your place and why should they choose you?”