10 July 2017
Parish Council: Attendance

Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Parish Council: Attendance
Only 6 councillors were present for the July meeting, apologies had been received by Cllrs Alford, Burchell, Graeme, Vesey. Also present was Mrs Tyrrell (deputy clerk), Cllr Brazier (KCC) and a few members of the public.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Parish Council: Councillors
They have 2 applicants for the vacancy and will decide at the September meeting.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Telephones: Cherry Trees Mast
Cllr Brazier (KCC) said he has received a lot of emails but it was a district council matter. Utilities have permitted rights so there are limited grounds for district councils to object. Cllr Abraham said they must decide within 56 days, and thought it would go to the committee rather than be decided by officers. (In the event it was decided by officers)
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Amenities: Cricket
NAG & Hartley Cricket Club are struggling for members on Sundays and will have to advertise. They also reported that a recent music festival at Manor Field had damaged the cricket square.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Amenities: Trees
2 Hawthorns and a maple tree belonging to the council are overhanging 72A Caxton Close. Tree surgeon said they are a "tolerable risk". Owner of property told they can cut the trees back to their boundary.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Amenities: Manor Field
The new lock for the entrance gate will not be ordered until council hears back from Marshalls to confirm that this is the cause of the problems in opening the gate.

Some items have been cleared from the Calor Gas compound but council agree to leave a seat, tree shelters and posts there.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Amenities: Manor Field Pavilion
Batteries to be replaced in alarm (£106). Bayly Environmental Services Ltd have written, recommending they update their legionella risk assessment which was last done in 2005. Council to write to insurers to see if that is necessary.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Amenities: Cherry Trees Shops
A letter had been received about the state of the shops, the council claimed there was little they could do, other than writing to the shop owners to tell them not to but trade waste in the litter bins there.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Amenities: Woodland Avenue
The fence around the playground has had to be repaired at a cost of £320, following vandalism
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Amenities: Allotments
Council agreed to raise prices by 5% in October 2018, having increased them by 5% in 2017. Currently rents range from £9.04 to £29.52 depending on size, total income from the 41 plots is £844.75 with 4 on the waiting list. Owners of 4 plots requiring attention to be written to asking what their intentions are.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Burial Grounds: New Burial Ground
They plan to get quotations for tarmacing the base of the fence on the path and for a new beech hedge along the path leading to the burial ground. They deferred decision on the design of the garden of remembrance until councillors could see how other places do it. They will seek advice about location of a spoil heap.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Burial Grounds: Old Garden of Remembrance
Following visual inspection the council will get the area weeded.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Burial Grounds: Memorial testing
3 graves failed tests, none so bad to require laying flat or cordoning off, but one requires a warning sign. Two of them have known owners and they will be written to by the council to ask what they intend to do about it.
Parish Council Meeting

10 July 2017
Planning:
See Planning index
Parish Council Meeting

14 July 2017
Hartley residents protest about 50ft Telefonica phone mast
Picture of protestors against proposed 15m phone mast at Cherry Trees. They claim Hartley is "a little village" which "doesn't even have streetlights". One resident called for the mast to be located on open land near the site. The comments received on this article were not sympathetic, suggesting Hartley was out of touch with the modern world.
News: Dartford Messenger

31 July 2017
Crime Report for July
West Kent Watch site recorded 3 crimes in July - burglary 1 (Wellfield), theft of car 1 (Brambledown), theft from vehicle 1 (Copse Side)
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