Minutes of the Committee Meeting of the
Albrighton & District
Civic Society
held
at APC Office, 82B High St, Albrighton,
on
Monday 12th December 2011 at 2pm
Present
:
Peter Woodman – Chairman
Rod Smith - Secretary
Ron Kidson
Peter Leigh
Mike Pitchford
Hugh Hughes
David Beechey – ex-officio, representing
Donington-with-Boscobel PC
David Murray – ex-officio, representing
Tong PC
Michael Ward – ex-officio, representing
Albrighton PC
1.
Apologies received from DH and JB
2.
Minutes of Meeting of 14th November 2011 were approved without any issues.
3.Main
Issues
a. Station
Centre Project
Station
Centre Task Group (SCTG) met earlier today. PW will ask HLF if in principle the Albrighton PC could be the owner of the Station
Building and if a favourable response is received PW will formally write
to Alb PC to ask if it would accept ownership should the project proceed.
DB/MW will discuss this at the Alb PC Meeting on 5 January 2012. DB said that if Alb PC was the owner it may be able to reclaim the VAT.
ACTION: PW,
DB, MW
DB to check if there is any discount
or exception of business rates payable to Shrop Council.
ACTION: DB
ACTION: RS to
ask Andrea McWilliams if she is able to help with production of a Business
Plan etc. RS to make a list of tasks with suggested volunteers to tackle them.
ACTION: RK will
seek a letter of support from the Moat Project and Donington PC.
SCTG
next meets 11am 20th Dec at PW’s house.
b. Village
Entrance Scheme
JB
had held several tidying up sessions.
ACTION: DB will
ask Shrop Council to collect the approx 15No piles of weed/debris at
Kingswood Rd Entrance by compactor vehicle. (Approx 12 noon 31 Dec – PW, DB, JB, HH).
The meeting was grateful that MW
has had the weed areas at the A41/Station Rd sprayed.
JB/HH will
meet David Austin Roses’ manager to seek update on the situation with
“The Albrighton Rose”
c. Civic
Society School Awards
ACTION: MW will
speak to Don Hickman (Governor) to see if Idsall will take part.
d. Local
Listing
PL has circulated a list of notable
buildings.
ACTION: RS will
speak to Mathew Knight (SC Conservation Officer) to establish a list of
criteria to be used in deciding if a building will be added to our Local
List.
e. Meeting
with Chris Edwards (SC Area Director) - mainly concerning planning matters
ACTION:
PW to ask CE to a next Committee Meeting.
4. Any
Other Business
a. RK
tabled a notice from the Nature Reserve asking for volunteers to help
on site on 15th Dec 11 and 19th Jan 12 between 10am and 3pm.
b. It
was reported that there was discussion by others of a potential move
of Alb PC Office from the High St to the Red House. The Meeting felt that the current location of the Office on the High St, in the
centre of the village and amongst other shops was the ideal location
and more accessible to the public than inside the Red House. To move
would also create another empty shop on the High St.
Next
meeting: 2 p.m. Monday 9th January 2012
Following
Meeting will be at 2pm on Monday 6th February 2012.
All Committee Meetings, unless otherwise
noted, are on the first Monday of each month at
Alb
PC Offices, 82B High Street, Albrighton WV7 3JA (T: 375455).
(All future AGMs are on the second
Monday of October
– NOTE
FOR YOUR DIARY: this year’s AGM is at 7pm on 8th October 2012)
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