Local Joint Committee 19 Bishops Castle, Chirbury/ Worthen, Clun

This page provides information about Local Joint Committee 19 Bishop's Castle, Chirbury & Worthen and Clun

Our next meeting takes place on Wednesday 17 March at 7pm in Sparc, Bishop's Castle and we will be discussing Broadband provision in our area. Ian Binks, Partnership Director from British Telecom, has kindly agreed to come along to answer your questions. The decisions on the third and final round of grant applications for the 2009/10 budget will also be announced. Please come along - you are all very welcome. Your local Police Officers and Community Support Officers will be there from 6.30pm to answer any of your questions.

The third round of applications for the LJC19 grants has closed. The next deadline is 12 April and if you want to apply for a grant please get in touch with Frances Hall (see grants guidance notes at the foot of this page for contact details). Please note that, except in the case of urgency, decisions taken by Local Joint Committees will not be actioned until a period of seven working days has elapsed from the date of the meeting to allow time for publication and potential call-in by Shropshire Council of these decisions.

Meeting dates for this Local Joint Committee

Wednesday 17 March, 7pm - SpArc, Bishop's Castle

Provisional dates for 2010/11 meetings:
Thursday 20 May
Wednesday 7 July
Wednesday 13 October
Thursday 10 February

Local PACT meetings

Please note that PC Nick Williams (Bishop's Castle) and PC Barry Morgan (Craven Arms) will now be available to talk to residents for half an hour before the LJC meetings begin (i.e. from 6.30pm). If you have an issue about local policing matters that you want to raise during the public meeting, please come along from 6.30pm to let PCs Williams and Morgan know beforehand so that they are prepared to answer your question(s).

Third Meeting 20 January 2010

The third meeting of this committee took place on Wednesday 20 January in the Village Hall, Marton from 7pm to 9.30pm. There was a disappointing turnout for this session, probably due to the bad weather - there was still snow lying in some of our LJC19 area and for ice and fog were forecast for later in the night. 5 members of the public attended, and there were apologies given from 3 others. Also, apologies were received from 4 members of the Committee (one of whom was trapped by the snow). However, despite this, there was lively discussion following the presentation by Cllr Mal Price on Affordable Housing. Then Chris Edwards (Assistant Director, Environmental Maintenance) answered questions on how Shropshire Council looks after the local roads - potholes and blocked gulleys and drains are a constant problem and Chris explained that his department does its best to deal with issues as quickly as possible. Any potholes are currently being temporarily filled, with a view to each section of road affected having a more permanent repair in the next few months where a patch is cut out and replaced. There were some queries about inadequate gritting, or deployment of snow ploughs in parts of the area that needed it, and one side road that needs to be resurfaced, and Chris agreed to take all these comments away to be considered. However, thanks were also given to Chris and his team for the sterling work over the past few weeks in dealing with very difficult weather conditions.

Grants

A total of 17 applications were received for funding for the 2nd round which ended on 30 November. 14 projects were awarded grants, 1 application was rejected and two were deferred for a decision until the next round. £12,271.03 remains in the annual budget. As before, all applicants must speak to the Community Regeneration Officer, Frances Hall, before submitting an application. The next deadline is 12 February and the decision on applications for this third round will be announced at the Local Joint Committee meeting on 17 March 2010. If a community group has a project needing financial support before January, they will need to get in touch with Frances asap and she will try to help.

Parishes and their Representatives in this Local Joint Committee

Bedstone and Bucknell - Trevor Hughes
Bettws-y-Crwyn - Valerie Whateley
Bishop's Castle Town Council - Jane Carroll
Chirbury with Brompton - Andy Craig
Clun and Chapel Lawn - Colin Pendry (Vice Chair)
Clunbury - John Croxton
Clungunford - Jonathon Roberts
Llanfairwaterdine - Llewellyn Morgan
Lydbury North - Jackie Williams
Mainstone with Colebatch - Anthony Haighway
Myndtown Combined - Keith Mansell
Newcastle on Clun - Eddie Jones
Worthen with Shelve - Brian Ince

Our LJC area also includes 4 Parish Meetings which are not members of the Local Joint Committee (as they are legally not a 'Council' - Local Government Act 1972):

Edgton PM
Hopton Castle PM
Lydham and More PM
Stowe PM

Shropshire Councillors for this Local Joint Committee

Nigel Hartin (Chair)
Heather Kidd
Peter Phillips

Officers leading on this Local Joint Committee

Lead Officer - Claire Porter
Support Lead Officer - Jake Berriman
Committee Officer - Penny Chamberlain
Community Working Officer - Frances Hall

Budget for 2009/10

Annual budget £49,000
Total remaining after 2nd round of grants awarded £12,271.03

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