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CHINEHAM PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Annual Parish Assembly

Date: Tuesday 24th May 2016

Time: 7.30 pm

Place: Community Rooms, Chineham Village Hall, Thornhill Way, Chineham.

Present : Cllr. Marian Adams Cllr. David Thornton (Chairman)

Cllr. Les Fryer Cllr. Ginny Wright

Cllr. Sue Fuller Sally Jackson (Clerk)

Cllr. Steve Oakley Julia Johnston (Asst. Clerk)

Cllr. Laura Romney

Those present were advised of the fire exits and procedures for evacuation.

1. Introduction.

Cllr. Thornton welcomed those present to the Annual Parish Assembly.

2. To receive a presentation by Mr John Dick from Hampshire Crimestoppers.

John Dick gave a presentation on Hampshire Crimestoppers (Appendix A). A “Question &

Answer” session took place with John Dick, Councillors and those members of the public

present. During this session, John highlighted “The Little Book of Big Scams” produced by

the Metropolitan Police which is available to download via the Basingstoke & Deane

Neighbourhood Watch website. John also informed those present that details of suspected

scams should be forwarded via www.action.fraud.police.uk.

Cllr. Thornton thanked John for his very informative and interesting presentation.

3. To receive the report of the Parish Council for the year ended 31 March 2016.

Cllr. Thornton advised those present that apologies had been received from County &

Borough Councillor Elaine Still, Borough & Parish Councillor Paul Miller and Parish Councillor

Andy Clarke. Cllr. Thornton informed those present that the most significant event during

the previous year was the 2015 Parish Council Election which had been contested. He

highlighted that the Parish Council had said goodbye to some long-standing Councillors and

had welcomed three new Councillors who had brought with them new ideas. He thanked all

of the Councillors for their hard work during the year. He also thanked the two Clerks and

the Rapid Response Warden.

Cllr. Thornton informed those present that the Parish Council had continued to be involved

with the Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council’s Local Plan, responding to all consultations

and attending the Public Examination. He noted that the Local Plan is due to be formally

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adopted on 26 May 2016. Cllr. Thornton also referred to the proposed developments at

Razor’s Farm and the Aurum site and confirmed that the Parish Council had been

energetically involved with the consultation process. He referred to the recent application

from Centrica for the construction of a 24MW gas fired energy reserve facility & associated

ancillary equipment & components and confirmed that this application had been withdrawn,

hopefully in part due to “people power.” Cllr. Thornton provided an overview of the

planning applications considered by the Planning Committee during 2015 and commented

that the Committee is pretty much in step with the general planning views at Basingstoke &

Deane Borough Council (the Planning Authority).

Cllr. Thornton outlined the organisation of the Parish Council for those present. He

confirmed that the Full Parish Council makes the decisions, having taken advice from the

Recreation, Finance and Planning Committees. He confirmed that the Planning Committee

does have delegated powers to respond to planning applications on behalf of the Parish

Council due to the time constraints imposed by the applications.

Cllr. Thornton informed those present that the Parish Council is asked to respond to various

consultations and recent examples have been Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council’s

Cycling Strategy, Hampshire County Council’s Walking Strategy and Hampshire County

Council’s consultation on the Library Service.

Cllr. Thornton thanked Bob Ricket, the Chineham Co-ordinator for the Community

Speedwatch initiative and the team.

Cllr. Thornton referred to the Chineham Allotment site on Hanmore Road which the Parish

Council manages. He commented that there is still a lengthy waiting list for a plot and whilst

it was hoped that a second allotment site might become available, this is no longer possible.

Cllr. Thornton advised those present that the Parish Council can award grants to local

organisations and that during the year grants had been awarded to Neighbourhood Watch

(cycle ride event), Chineham Village Hall Management Committee (firework display) and the

Four Lanes Community Centre (refurbishment). He commented that more local

organisations should apply to the Parish Council for grants.

Cllr. Thornton advised that the Parish Council works closely with the Tree Officers at

Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council. He commented on the tree works that have been

undertaken this year and on the meeting that the Parish Council facilitated with the Tree

Officer.

Cllr. Thornton referred to the bench survey undertaken by the Recreation Committee during

the year which resulted in a number of benches being refurbished.

Cllr. Thornton highlighted the current works taking place to install a pedestrian crossing on

Thornhill Way outside the Village Hall. He commented that this work is a result of lengthy

lobbying by the Parish Council in conjunction with County Councillor Elaine Still and the

Borough Councillors. He referred to recent feedback provided to the School Travel Plan

Advisor at Hampshire County Council and commented that this will hopefully result in a

number of other pedestrian crossings being implemented around the parish. He advised

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those present that the Parish Council has also been lobbying for the reinstatement of the

bus layby outside the Village Hall and is currently funding a feasibility study.

Cllr. Thornton concluded his presentation by thanking all of the Councillors for their hard

work.

4. To receive a statement of the Parish Council accounts for the year ended 31 March 2016.

Cllr. Fryer presented a statement of the Parish Council accounts for the year ended 31 March

2016 (Appendix B).

The meeting closed at 8.30pm

John Dick

Hampshire Crimestoppers and

Chairman, Basingstoke & Deane Neighbourhood Watch

Chineham Parish Council

May 2016

Introduction to

Crimestoppers

Our Mission…

Through our promise of anonymity, vulnerable individuals and

communities can stand up against crime without fear of

intimidation or possible retaliation.

We aim to:

detect, reduce and prevent crime through the provision of

information

give people the information and tools to act against crime.

The Crimestoppers Family

Central Office

24/7 Call

Bureau

Regional Staff

600+ Volunteers

44 Regional Committees

Unwilling to ‘get involved’

Frightened because they fear retribution

Compromised by their family (giving information about a

relative or close friend etc.)

Compromised because they are criminals themselves

Compromised by their employment

Crimestoppers is aimed at

people who are…

Crimestoppers is…

Crimestoppers Trust was set up byLord Ashcroft, KCMG, Chairman ofTrustees in 1988

Crimestoppers is an independentcharity - only charity in UK helping tosolve crimes and find criminals

Not part of the Police or aGovernment department

It takes information anonymously

For people who don't want to go toPolice to give information about crime– not a replacement but a safealternative

Crimestoppers is NOT…

a substitute for the 999 emergency

response number

a substitute for non-emergency 101

Police switchboards

a crime recording alternative

a preferred option to existing crime

prevention methods

a TV program !!

Crimestoppers is and is NOT…

We are proud to state that over 28+ years we

have never broken our promise of anonymity.

Since 1988 to March 2016 the work of

Crimestoppers has led to:

Every day around 1000 people contact

Crimestoppers

Over 137,000 arrests and charges

Over £135 Million of goods have been

recovered

Over £330 Million of drugs have been

seized

Over 3,800 Most Wanted arrests to date

Number of Volunteers is 677

Crimestoppers WORKS!!

No personal details are taken

Calls are not recorded

Calls and online forms cannot be traced

Users are not required to make a statement to the police

Users are not required to appear in court

All information reports are sanitised

Any references which may identify the

caller will be removed from the

information e.g. gender, age, ethnicity

etc.

Information is input onto a secure

database

It is then forwarded to Police

Force/Divisional Intelligence Units or

appropriate law enforcement agencies

(Customs, Immigration etc.) for

research & tasking to officers

How and why does it work?

Friday Compass emails

E-newsletter

Connect magazine

Quarterly Neighbourhood

Watch Newsletter

Keeping you informed

2012 – £34m of cocaine in pineapple boxes seized

Crimestoppers were involved in

all these

PoliceAppeals

Calls

Investigate

MediaAppeal

Promote

Success

Community

Promotion

Fundraising

Rewards

Partnership

Our community campaigns have

included…

Online gallery of the UK’s ‘most wanted’

criminals launched 2005

Public encouraged to pass on information to

Crimestoppers if they recognise anyone

To date more than 3,800 of those featured on

Most Wanted have been arrested - 28% of

appeals (and growing quickly)

Work with the National Crime Agency to locate

UK criminals hiding overseas e.g.:

Operation Captura (Spain) – 75 criminals

arrested from a total of 86.

Operation Return (Netherlands) –

10 out of 12 criminals have been located.

Most Wanted

.

Hampshire Update

13 faces were featured and within the first

3 weeks:

20+ pieces of information were

received into the police

2 people were arrested the night prior

to the campaign

5 arrests were made as a direct result

of information into Crimestoppers

The campaign also did well on

Facebook and reached a total of

120,642 people;

2,291 of whom clicked on the link to the

web page;

7,065 of whom clicked on the grid photo

of all the (original) suspects, and;

185 of whom shared the post.

Hampshire Advan Campaign

The first Advan campaign took place in

Southampton, followed up with a day in

Gosport & Havant. We had some great

results and fantastic publicity, Simon

Hayes came down to the session in

Gosport and carried out an interview with

the Portsmouth News and BBC South.

Aldershot, Farnborough, Basingstoke &

Andover will be covered in June.

Website launched nationally in April 2010

Aimed at young people 11-16 years of age

Provides information about crimes that affect young people

Provides a place for young people to pass on information about crime 100%

anonymously

Includes a downloadable section for adults working with young people

It was officially launched in Luton with the support of Bedfordshire Police and

work continues across Beds secondary schools with the help of Richard

Denton, Children and Young People Development Officer & Schools Co-

ordinator – launching in Hampshire in 2016.

Let me know if you want any details please.

Fearless.org

24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year

Phone: 0800 555 111

TWO ways to give us information

Online via www.crimestoppers-uk.org

1. Be suspicious of “too good to be true”

offers and get-rich-quick schemes.

2. NEVER sign up for deals immediately;

always get independent /legal advice.

3. Do NOT hand over money or sign

anything until you have checked the

credentials of the company/individual.

4. NEVER send money to anyone you do

not know or trust, in the UK or abroad.

Use payment methods that you trust.

5. NEVER give banking or personal details

to anyone you do not know or trust. This

information is valuable so PROTECT it.

6. Always log on to a website directly

DO NOT click on links in an email.

7. Do NOT rely solely on testimonials;

find solid independent evidence of a

company’s success.

8. Always get independent and legal

advice if an offer involves money,

time or commitment.

9. If you spot a scam or have been

scammed, REPORT it and get help.

Contact Action Fraud on 0300 123

2040 or online actionfraud.police.uk

10. Do not be embarrassed to report a

scam, they are cunning and clever

and devious. There is nothing to be

ashamed of if you are scammed.

The 10 Golden Rules about Scams

www.crimestoppers-uk.org

This is our national website with a link to a secure form to give

information online.

www.crimestoppers-uk.org/most-wanted

The link to the Most Wanted pages

www.facebook.com/crimestoppers

Twitter.com/crimestoppersuk

www.fearless.org

for our Fearless programme details

Two useful websites to do with Scams;

http://www.met.police.uk/docs/little_book_scam.pdf

https:www.cityoflondon.police.uk/advice-and-support/cybercrime/pages/default.aspx

Want more information?

Are there any questions

?

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Appendix B

Chineham Parish Council

Notes to the Parish Council Financial Statement.

24.05.16

Good Evening,

My name is Les Fryer and I am chairman of the Finance Committee. You have available the

unaudited accounts for the year to 31 March 2016. I am pleased to state that we have been able to

keep our precept (local rates) for Chineham residents to £38500. In fact there has been no increase

since 2012.

We have by good housekeeping, been able to complete a number of projects for the area as

mentioned by the Chairman. We again decided to continue to rent the Speed Limit Reminder sign,

which everyone I am sure has seen about Chineham. Our speedwatch initiative has continued but

we are suffering a volunteer shortage. The community room has continued to be a good revenue

source for the Village Hall and they have been able to absorb our running costs.

We made £1815 Section 137 grants to a number of local area clubs. The largest, £1250, was to Four

Lanes Community Centre. Others were made for the village fireworks and Neighbourhood Watch.

We would like to make further grants to local area clubs & charities.

Precept for 2016 – 2017

You will have seen from your rates that we maintained our precept to £38,500 for the current year

which meant a slight decrease to our local council tax. As mentioned last year as a result of the

Government’s new way of funding rate rebates, our precept can be almost 5% short of our total

requirements. The Borough Council made up this shortfall by a grant but the council is at the

moment discussing how and if this grant will be available for the year 16-17.

As a result of the localism bill if we have to increase our precept above 2% (figure is still being

discussed by Parliament) we will have to call a referendum of our residents which will be at the cost

of the Parish Council.

I am ably assisted on the Finance Committee by Cllr. Andy Clarke and Cllr. Steve Oakley to whom I

give my thanks.

I am happy to take any questions.