ITEM 17/2 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING NETWORKING EVENT

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1 ITEM 7 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING ITEM 8 TRAFFIC AND PARKING ITEM BUS SERVICE ITEM 13 VILLAGE MAINTENANCE ITEM 17/2 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING NETWORKING EVENT ITEM 17/3 LITTER BETWEEN HOUGHTON AND HUNGARTON ITEM 17/4 - LETTER FROM HOT FRIENDS

2 ITEM 7 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING Update on speaker/presenter invitations County/District Councillor Simon Galton - Accepted Ian Hill - Verbal acceptance Steve Goodman - Attendance confirmed Hazelton Homes - No substantive response Davidsons - Accepted

3 ITEM 8 TRAFFIC AND PARKING from a resident Thankyou for looking into the car parking problem on the pavement outside the pharmacy. whereas a layby would be an ideal solution combined with bollards,it all sounds expensive enough for the Leicester council to delay the proposal for a long time. however a much cheaper and easier solution surely would be the placement of just one bollard on the corner to stop cars and delivery vehicles form mounting the pavement. If and when next years budget allows for the layby and bollard plan, all that has to happen is to add it later, Please give this proposal your consideration.

4 ITEM BUS SERVICE Suggested note to go on the back of the bus timetable leaflet Bus Service-747 Use It Or Lose It Campaign This is your local bus service. Unless you use it, it will stop Current subsidies only last until early January After that date there will be NO bus service, unless you use it All bus users will help the service to survive. Even 'free' bus pass users add to the bus company's revenue Houghton-on-the-Hill Parish Council is working with other councils to promote bus use, and to assist in continuing this bus service

5 Councillor Lutman s notes I have done some work on the cost base of the 747 route. The National Bus Company developed a costing formula based upon variable, semi-variable and fixed costs using the number of operating hours, the number of miles operated and the number of peak-hour vehicles required. I estimate that the attached timetable involves 7,370 operating hours, 2 buses and 147,380 miles per year. If LCC is able to furnish the unit cost per item and the annual revenue (inclusive of cash, season tickets and all forms of concessionary passes) we can then determine the financial performance of the route. For reasons only Centrebus can explain, the 06:45 Houghton to Uppingham journey and the 19:22 Uppingham to Houghton journey (both marked cc on the timetable) only start or finish at Station Road Thurnby. There are no connections at this point at these times. However at Colchester Road (junction near Catholic Church or Scraptoft Lane) there are connections. Centrebus drivers have been observed returning to their Depot via Colchester Road. The suggested timetable offers new connections between Uppingham and all villages to Billesdon at 09:58; 11:58 and 13:54 for shopping trips to Oadby, with return trips at 10;58; 12:54 and 14:54. The interchange would be at Houghton Cooperative Store. Proposals by HDC which form part of the Houghton on the Hill Neighbourhood plan anticipate the construction of up to 170 new houses north of the A47 increasing Houghton s population to ca. 2,000. These proposals maintain the 2-hourly headway for Uppingham and all the villages to Billesdon, restore the hourly headway between Houghton and Leicester to cater for a growing population and offers a new link for the whole corridor to the four large supermarkets in Oadby. It also restores an off-peak service for Stoughton and Bushby / Thurnby to Oadby.

6 bus number LEICESTER SMBS 07:22 08:30 09:30 10:30 11:30 12:26 13:26 14:26 15:26 16:30 17:30 18:30 cc HOUGHTON R&C 06:45 07:46 08:55 09:55 11:55 13:51 16:58 17:58 18:54 Houghton Co-Op 09:58 10:58 11:58 12:54 13:54 14:54 15:53 OADBY Sainsburys 10:17 12:17 14:13 UPPINGHAM arr 07:08 08:10 09:18 A 11:21 B 13:17 C 15:17 16:19 17:20 18:20 19:18 UPPINGHAM dep 07:15 08:25 09:30 11:25 13:25 15:25 16:25 17:25 18:22 19:22 OADBY Sainsburys 10:20 12:20 14:16 HOUGHTON R&C 07:45 08:54 10:44 12:44 14:40 16:51 17:51 18:44 19:44 Houghton Co-Op 09:58 10:51 11:51 12:51 13:51 14:47 15:51 cc LEICESTER SMBS 08:15 09:19 10:27 11:20 12:20 13:20 14:20 15:16 16:15 17:15 18:13 19:05 cc Starts or continues to Catholic Church connecting to 38 and 53 buses to/from City Centre A Connection to Market Harborough 10:30. Connection arrives from Market Harborough 10:02 B " 12:30 " " " 12:02 C 14:30 14:02

7 ITEM 13 VILLAGE MAINTENANCE Dear Steve, just to report briefly on the site meeting held at 12 noon on Friday 17 th February between myself, Peter Lutman and John Kemp from HDC. As we met up at Mr Keal came out of his house to talk to us, and was present for all the meeting. After a careful inspection of the site and a discussion of the relative merits of a stile, offset barriers, kissing gate, single gate, and various other options the following points were agreed by all present: 1. Some form of barrier was necessary to prevent free access for cycles along the pathway. 2. A stile would be effective but also present some difficulties for the less mobile members of the community, and is not generally regarded as good practice from accessibility considerations. 3. A swinging gate would be potentially noisy for neighbouring properties. 4. The option of offset barriers was recommended by John Kemp and accepted as a good solution by all present. Looking at an installation in detail, there is a manhole cover immediately at the end of the pathway where it enters St Catharine s green. To avoid obstructing access to this, offset barriers should be mounted 1 to 2 metres back into the pathway. Barriers should have a good overlap to make riding a bicycle through very difficult. Although for wheelchair access a gap of 1200 mm is recommended, since the pathway terminates in a grassed area and is not suitable for wheelchairs this need not apply. Wheelchairs and child buggies have an alternative route only slightly longer following the road footway. Since the meeting a short web-search has located some formal referenced guidelines, and a supplier of appropriate barriers with prices (see attachment). Metal rail barriers can be concreted in position mounted only in the ground, not touching the single-brick garden walls which form the sides of the pathway. I offer these notes and the attachment for discussion at the next PC meeting. Ian Ian Hill

8 Information on design of footpath Barriers. nclusive-mobility.pdf 3.5 Barriers on footways Where it is necessary to provide staggered barriers across footways and footpaths in order to prevent conflict with other forms of traffic (for example at junctions with main roads) the barriers should be constructed of vertical bar sections 1200mm high and colour contrasted with their surroundings. An offset between the two barriers of 1200mm allows wheelchair users convenient passage but discourages the riding of bicycles. Requirements to give visibility through the railings, as mentioned in Section 3.3, also apply to barriers. compliance/highways_agency_dda_compliance_programme_- _Design_Compliance_Assessment_Guide_DDA_Training_Spring_2010.pdf

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10 ITEM 17/2 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING NETWORKING EVENT We are now taking bookings for the next Neighbourhood Planning Network Event which will be taking place on Tuesday 9 th May To book your place click on the link below and complete the on-line booking form. We look forward to seeing you at the event. Regards Nik Green (Mrs) Policy Officer, Communities Leicestershire County Council Room 300b County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RA

11 ITEM 17/3 LITTER BETWEEN HOUGHTON AND HUNGARTON Hi i hope you are well, my name is Charleen and i live in Hungarton village, today my partner and i was out littler picking,something we do a lot of around our village and country roads, we were driving down the long country road from Houghton on the hill that leads into Hungarton village and noticed a real mess! quite upsetting to see, normally we would clean this ourselves but this time,we need a little help. My partner Nick and i are country,forest,beach and mountain walkers and we have both decided to help make changes that will help our planet and wild animals, we opened a new Face book page called Nurture Nature _ We have both noticed the country roads overflowing with litter again and we just cannot do this all by ourselves anymore, would you be interested in publishing our article? or helping to us to organise Bag it & bin it meet ups? bringing local people together on set dates and times so we can all help? We are having our Nurture Nature logo designed and we will be wearing our t,shirts to try and inspire others, we have our article coming out in a couple of magazines soon also. i have attached our article which will explain why we are taking this further and we hope to hear from you regarding this situation, it would be great to meet new people also. Thank you and have a great day Charleen & Nick my mobile

12 ITEM 17/4 - LETTER FROM HOT FRIENDS

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17 Subject: RE: HOT FRIENDS Letter for March PC Meeting Dear Jim, Thank you for the ed documents which will be dealt with as correspondence items at next week s Parish Council meeting. So that Councillors have all necessary information available to them, perhaps you could address the points below. The Parish Council s insurers will permit the Parish Council to add items to its policy which are in its ownership. Are you offering the items at Flagpole Spinney and St. Catharine s Green to the Parish Council? If that is not the case, the Parish Council s hands will effectively be tied and it will be unable to agree to the request. Assuming an affirmative response to the first point and the agreement of the Parish Council, the insurers will need a list of insured items and their value. From your letter, I understand the following:- History Plaque for Flagpole Spinney Comprises plaque, base and post. Cost: over 500. Can an accurate figure, which the insurer will require, be provided please? Diamond Jubilee Plaque, St. Catharine s Green Comprises plaque, base and post. Cost: project and gift to the village will have cost roughly 200 not including the plaque itself or the Diamond Tree (both gifted by the Tree Council). Again, the insurer will require accurate figures. Are you requesting that the insurance needs to be in respect of the plaque (albeit gifted) base and post? I look forward to receiving your reply. Regards Steve Derry

18 Dear Steve, Thank you for your . Please note, as with the plaque in given to the village through the Parish Council - these two new plaques are again, gifts to the Village in perpetuity through the Parish Council. As the representatives of the Village the Parish Council receives/takes ownership of these plaques on behalf of the village and therefore the gifts may be added onto the Parish insurance. Will forward the specific cost amount for each plaque to you in next couple of days. Regards,

19 From: Stephen Derry Sent: 06 March :13 To: Vincent Liu Subject: Policy YLL Vincent Your records will show a previous enquiry when an historical centrepiece was added to our policy in respect of all risks and public liability insurance. We have received a similar enquiry where the enquirer wants items to be added to the Parish Council s policy although there is no suggestion that the Parish Council takes over ownership. We know that this is not possible but we want to be in a position to provide advice in case the items are offered to the Parish Council as happened before. The items are: History Plaque for Flagpole Spinney Comprises plaque, base and post. Cost: over 500. Diamond Jubilee Plaque, St. Catharine s Green Comprises plaque, base and post. Cost: project and gift to the village will have cost roughly 200. Perhaps you could advise as to any premium adjustment for the remainder of the current insurance year and also for a full year. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards Steve Derry

20 Hello Steve, Thank you for your below. On the basis that the parish council become the owners/take on the responsibility of these items, added to the all risks section of cover at the values suggested I would not make any charge up to next renewal but an additional cost of 7.13 plus tax will apply at this time. I will await your further instruction in due course. Kind regards,

21 Application to Place a Structure / Equipment within the Highway Leicestershire County Council (Owners details) I confirm that LCC (Owner) has agreed for HOT FRIENDS to place A Village History Plaque on Flagpole Spinney, LCC verge on Main Street, Houghton On The Hill Leicestershire within the highway, the location as indicated on the attached plan. I the undersigned apply for a licence and accept the following conditions :- 1. That the structure / equipment be removed at the applicant s expense if so required by the County Council as the Highway Authority. *Houghton Parish Council 2. That the structure / equipment be maintained to a safe and acceptable standard. *Houghton Parish Council 3. That the applicant indemnifies the County Council against any incident arising that would not have occurred if the structure had not been erected. (The indemnity is 5 million). *Houghton Parish Council 4. That consultation has been carried out with all residents / landowners in the locality.** H.O.T. Friends group 5. That no part of the structure / equipment shall be less than 0.5m from the kerb face or interfere with the visibility from nearby junctions or drives. **H.O.T. Friends Group Houghton Parish Council hereby agrees to add this plaque (with base) and post to the Parish Council Insurance and undertake all future responsibility for this structure i.e. points 1-3 above*. Parish Council: Signed.... Position on Council Print Name.. Dated:.. PLEASE SEE NEXT SHEET

22 H.O.T. FRIENDS Group Signed.. Print Name JN Sharman, Chair Attending to points 4-5 above** On behalf of Houghton Openspaces & Tree Friends Group, H.O.T. Friends Dated