Southwick Neighbourhood Plan - Steering Committee Meeting 10th Oct. Minutes & Actions.

Venue: 19 Blind Lane. 7:30pm

Present:  Sonia Sansom, Alison Jackson, Jan Player, Barbara Johnson, Cllr Len Weeks, Cllr John Eaton (Chair).

Apologies: Cllr Joan Jones, Peter White.

1) Thanks: 

John thanked Sonia for hosting the meeting.

2) Steering Committee Membership:

John asked all those present if they were happy to be members of the Steering Committee. All members affirmed and we now currently have a Steering Committee comprising 3 Parish Council Members and four members from the broader community. This number may increase as we progress with some of the major tasks during the coming months.

3) Scoping Research:

The thirteen categories of Scoping Research provided by David King were located as follows:

• Biodiversity - Barbara Johnson
• Land and soil resources - Alison Jackson
• Water resource and flood risk - Barbara Johnson
• Air quality and environmental - Joan Jones
• Climate change*
• Historic environment - Jan Player
• Landscapes*
• Population and housing - Sonia Sansom
• Community wellbeing and health - Sonia Sansom
• Education - Len Weeks
• Service Centre provision*
• Transport - Alison Jackson
• Economy and enterprise- John Eaton

John stated that we are effectively ‘time-boxed' to get the Scoping Research completed and asked everyone to have there respective reports completed before Christmas if possible. Emphasis on 'working smart'.

Actions:

• John to contact David King with regards to all items denoted *, with a view of David covering these categories.
• John to distribute to all members, templates provided by David King

4) Housing Needs Survey:

John produced a draft copy of the Survey document that Wiltshire Council will be providing at the end Oct. All agreed that the survey is likely to require a hands on approach and will entail considerable work on the part of steering Committee members. All agreed that it is likely that more volunteers will be required.

Actions:

• John to speak with Wiltshire Council with regard to the best strategy to distribute and complete the survey documentation.
• John to add request for helper on agenda of next Residents Association meeting (23rd Oct).

5) Meeting closed 9:30pm

6) Date of next meeting:  Monday 16th Oct at 13 Blind Lane, 7:30pm.