Agenda item

To consider progress and developments related to the Central CEF Community Development Plan.

The Board discussed the CDP with the following points being made in relation to specific projects:

·                     1.1 – Team Up to Clean Up: Councillor S Shaw-Wright confirmed that further updates on the project would be followed up with Peter Murphy from Groundwork. The Board noted that some of the work undertaken at Marsh Lane in Barlow had not been done to an acceptable standard, and asked the Development Officer (Groundwork) to follow this up.

In M Dyson’s absence the Development Officer gave an update on his behalf and informed the Board that the Civic Society had arranged a series of volunteer days at the Riverside Gardens project in September and October, with volunteer help from Sainburys.

·                     1.4 - Selby TARA (Flaxley Road) – Fly-tipping: Councillor C Lunn reported that instances of fly-tipping had reduced but smaller, household waste fly-tips were still an issue; any fly-tipping should be reported to the Council.

The Board noted that the Council had recently signed up to a new Keep Britain Tidy campaign.

Some concern was raised around the effect of Wednesday closures of household waste sites on levels of fly-tipping. Councillor Lunn explained that the Wednesday closures had been implemented as a cost-cutting exercise, but that they had not affected recycling rates.

Board Members discussed the production and sale of compost at amenity and household waste sites and agreed that this should be more widely advertised. The Board were informed that in other authorities the compost was made available at other sites, i.e. in parks at certain times of the year. It was suggested that the compost could also be sold at the Selby Town market on Mondays.

Fly-posting on lampposts was still a problem in the town; enforcement was improving but it was hard to keep on top of the problem.

·                     1.5 – Window on the Past Heritage Project: Councillor S Shaw-Wright explained that designs and infrastructure requirements had been looked at, and that the funding element was now being explored. It was estimated that the project would cost approximately £70k.

·                     3.2 – Reinvigorating Selby Park: The brass band picnic concert series had begun and had been a success so far, with over 100 people each event attending despite poor weather on occasion.

·                     3.3 – Veteran Wood Working Project: The Board agreed that there had been no interest in taking this project forward and as such it should be removed from the CDP.

·                     3.5 – Barlow Football Field: T Wray informed the Board that the local resident who had been identified to assist with the drainage issues on the field was now unfortunately unable to help due to a busy schedule; Groundwork were therefore asked to look into the project and see if they could offer any advice/assistance.

·                     4.1 – Community Speed Watch: The speed watch team had been out in Barlow on various days since April. The group had noticed a reduction in motorists’ speeds since they had begun monitoring in the village, and would be including an update in the next Barlow Parish newsletter.

·                     4.2 – Passing Places at East Common Lane, Barlow: Proposed sites for the passing places had been submitted to North Yorkshire Highways who were pricing up the costings for the works. It was noted that each passing place could cost approximately £6k due to certain standards needing to be met by the County Council, and that there were some unofficial passing places already in existence. Councillor C Lunn stated that he would be willing to put some of his County Councillor community fund towards the cost of a passing place. CIL and developer contributions towards the scheme were also being considered.

The Board felt that for the cost of some of the roadworks undertaken in the town for the Tour de Yorkshire, other works such as the passing places at Barlow could have been funded instead.

The Development Officer explained to the Board that it was felt that the CDP required a refresh and that the next forum meeting on 18 September 2019 could be an opportunity to undertake the work to look at community priorities and issues. Similar CDP workshops had been used by the other CEFs and had proved to be useful in informing the content of the refreshed CDP.

The Board agreed that the forum would be a good opportunity to discuss the CDP in a wider context with the community, and explain to them what the CEF could realistically achieve, the funds it had available to it and any constraints. As many members of the community should be encouraged to attend as possible; it was also suggested that the meeting take place in a central Selby location.

Lastly, it was acknowledged that the collation of ideas and suggestions collected at the CDP workshop on 18 September 2019 may not be possible in time for the Partnership Board on 2 October 2019, and as such, the results of the workshop could be presented at the meeting of the Board in January.

RESOLVED:

i.       To note the action and updates to the CDP as given at the meeting.

ii.     That the theme of the next forum on 18 September 2019 be a workshop on the refresh of the Central CEF CDP.

iii.    To ask the Development Officer and Democratic Services Officer to book a suitable venue in Selby at which to host the forum, and to undertake the associated preparatory and promotional work for the meeting.

iv.    To ask that CEF Leads for CDP projects ensure they submit an update to the Development Officer to be reported at the meeting if they give their apologies.