1. Parish Council report for the Waldringfield Annual Parish Meeting
April 2015

2. Members of the Parish Council:
Ian Kay
Chairman/Parish Liason Committee/WALGA/Village Safety Group/Notice Board - Waldringfield Heath
Alyson Videlo
Vice Chair/Website/Village Safety Group/SNT liaison
Frances Matheson
Fairway Committee/Planning/Beach
Colin Archer
Tennis Court/Playing Field rep./Notice Board - Cliff Rd
Serena Gold
Footpaths/Fairway Committee/Church Field Trust/Planning/Village Safety Group/Beach
Bridget Rayner
Village Hall rep/Police area tasking liaison/Planning
Colin Reid
Assistant Playing Field rep/Assistant Parish Plan coordinator
Janet Elliot
Parish Plan coordinator/Church Field Trust
Neil Winship
Emergency Planning Officer/Flood Warden liaison with PC
David Lines
Clerk & RFO/SALC rep
Parish Council Appointees:
Christine Fisher-Kay
Tree Warden
John Smith
Flood warden
Clive Underdown
Deputy Flood Warden
Non-Parish Council Responsibilities:
Alyson Videlo
Neighbourhood Watch

3. Parish Council Elections
Parish council elections were to be held on 7th May.
However, for Waldringfield Parish there were only 8 contenders for 9 seats, so they have all been elected unopposed:
Archer, Colin Michael
Elliot, Janet
Gold, Serena Caroline
Kay, Ian Malcolm
Matheson, Frances Rona
Reid, Colin
Videlo, Alyson Jane
Winship, Neil
Many thanks to Bridget Rayner who is retiring from the Parish Council
Many thanks also to Patricia O’Brian and Veronica Falconer who are retiring from SCDC.
The District Council (Kirton Ward) and national elections are also to be held on 7th May. The Polling Station is at Waldringfield Village Hall, and will be open from 7am to 10pm.

4. Council Meetings
Council meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. Dates for 2015 are:
13th January
10th February
10th March
14th April (Annual Parish Meeting)‏
19th May (Annual Parish Council Meeting)‏
9th June
14th July
11th August
8th September
13th October
10th November
8th December
All Parish Council meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity at these meetings for residents to put information to the Council and ask questions.

5. Council Activities
The Council dealt with 19 planning applications (last year: 14 applications)
The Council provides funds for :
The village hall (maintenance)
Parochial Church (grounds maintenance)
Church Field (grounds maintenance)
Waldringfield Wildlife Group (verges project)
Parish Councillors have represented WPC at many meetings:
Parish Plan
Environment Agency flood resilience planning
Quiet Lanes
Fairway Committee
Church Field Trust
WALGA
Etc....

6. Web Site
Meeting dates and other information* about the Council can be found by following the ‘Parish Council’ link at the Waldringfield web site at:
*Agendas, minutes, planning applications, Council policies, news, documents, village newsletter, etc.

7. Parish Newsletter
4 Parish Newsletters are produced each year and over 240 copies are delivered to every house in the Parish by 13 volunteers. The Clerk, David Lines, organises its production, printing and distribution. Local businesses can advertise in the newsletter!

8. Parish Newsletter
The on-line version (in colour) can be found on the website, in the left hand column of the web page and remains there for at least one year

9. Site Allocations and Area Specific Policies
Waldringfield PC’s consultation response:
There is no mention of the Martlesham, Newbourne and Waldringfield Area Action Plan
The document strangely contains no references to Adastral Park
There is confusion over whether Waldringfield is in the IPA, EIPA or Felixstowe Housing Area
In Waldringfield, the main need is for smaller, 1 or 2 bedroom homes
WPC is content with the minor modifications to the village envelope shown in the map
WPC agrees that the 3 sites (554, 960 and 961) are not suitable for development, for the reasons given in the table

10. Site Allocations and Area Specific Policies
The Core Strategy has a lot to say about the Martlesham, Newbourne and Waldringfield Area Action Plan.
But there is no mention of it in the Site Allocations and Area Specific Policies document (or anywhere else as far as we can tell).
Martlesham Neighbourhood Plan??
BT Planning Application??

11. Site Allocations and Area Specific Policies

12. Site Allocations and Area Specific Policies

13. Site Allocations and Area Specific Policies

14. Site Allocations and Area Specific Policies

15. Local Development Framework – Legal Issues
In 2012 Waldringfield PC applied for permission of a Judicial Review (JR) of SCDC’s LDF....
Grounds for the JR are that SCDC failed to comply with European Law in their decision making
This was ‘stood down’ so the issues could be resolved at the EiP, SCDC agreed to this
The arguments we used in the JR were shown to be mainly correct at the EiP
The JR is now redundant, and has been withdrawn at no cost to either side
All the costs have been met by NANT Ltd (not out of the Parish precept), and the legal agreement between NANT Ltd and WPC is now redundant

16. Local Development Framework – Legal Issues
In 2012 Waldringfield PC applied for permission of a Judicial Review (JR) of SCDC’s LDF....
“The making of this consent order is without prejudice to the parties’ respective contentions as to the propriety and merits of the claim being brought”

17. Village Verges Organised by the Wildlife Group,
funded by the Parish Council

18. Parish Plan
Work is currently being done on the final plan (Janet Elliot will give more information)

19. Flood Defences Stage 1 Jon Wilkins will give more information
The Parish Council did not have the resources to provide significant funds to WFDG
Instead it expressed its support for WFDG and lobbied ‘movers and shakers’ to fund WFDG:
We send letters to:
David Cameron MP
Owen Patterson MP (Secretary of State, Environment and Rural Affairs),
Dr Therese Coffey MP
Lord Smith (Chairman Environment Agency),
Dr Paul Leinster (CEO Environment Agency)
Cllr Mark Bee (Leader, Suffolk CC)
Deborah Cadman (CEO Suffolk CC)
Cllr Ray Herring (Leader SCDC),
Stephen Baker (CEO SCDC)

20. Flood Defences Stage 2 Jon Wilkin will give more information
The Parish Council is considering supporting WFDG’s efforts to restore and improve the saltmarsh

21. Emergency Plan
An Emergency Plan and an Aide Memoire has been produced and is available on the website, and from the Parish Clerk
Over time people and contact details change, so these documents will need to be updated when this happens.
Updates will be publicised on:
Waldringfielders group
in the Parish newsletter
The latest versions of the Emergency Plan and the Aide Memoire will always be available on the Waldringfield Parish website

22. Emergency Plan - AED
A Waldringfield Defibrillator (AED) is now installed and linked to the Emergency Services
May be used by anyone as it plays oral instructions once opened.
No prior knowledge is needed.
The device can be taken to the location of the casualty.
To open the cabinet you need a security code, which the 999 operator will supply, so it is essential to call 999 before attempting to use the AED
AED cabinet

23. Questions?