Please find below notes from the Community/business meeting on
Tuesday 21 May in St Georges Church Waterlooville. Thank you to
Councillor Bains for taking the notes.
Dates for your diary:
- Developments/ideas for Jubilee Park - Meeting in Jubilee park Pavilion Tuesday 28/5/19 at 7pm
- Plans on Wellington Way - Thursday 30/5/19 from 1pm Developer will be in Waterlooville Library.
Actions
from Waterlooville Community/Business meeting
21
May 2019.
1. Local
Plan Update – the consultation has finished, The responses will be collated,
analysed and a summary prepared, which will be published in due course.
The
Local Plan will then be submitted to the Secretary of State for Housing,
Communities and Local Government, together with the comments received and the
Local Plan’s Examination will start. This is expected in the Autumn of 2019.
Further detail on the expected timescales moving forward is in the Local
Development Scheme which can be found on the HBC website.
2. Community
Infustructure Levy (CIL) – opportunity for community groups, councillors and
charities to apply for matched funding. Apply to Havant Borough Council. HCC Councillors also have £8,000 per year you
can apply for. Your County Councillors are;-
Waterlooville
and Stakes - Cllr Ann Briggs,
Cowplain
and Hart Plain - Cllr David Keast
Purbrook
– Cllr Gary Hughes
3. Was the
rumour about the tip closing correct? HCC Cllr Ann Briggs and HCC Cllr Gary Hughes
confirmed a resounding no.
4. Has
there been any progress on getting a bus service at the Lovedean Lane end of
Milton Road? Cllr Keast confirmed that
there had been no progress. He would now work with Cllr Bains and Cllr Pike and
engage with the bus company.
Councillor
Pike said there was money from government to improve bus routes between
Portsmouth, Havant, Fareham and Gosport.
To help with this he gave all those attending a questionnaire for
completion.
5.
Was there anything the council could do
with empty or vandalised shops?
All
of the shops in Waterlooville are privately owned. There are now talks with the
new owners of The Boulevard. Compulsory purchase is not an option.
6. The
walkways are in disrepair – can the council do anything about them? When work
is carried out the surfaces are left uneven which can be a H&S issue.
Issues need to be reported to HBC customer services -023 9244 6019 , or to your
ward councillor. (Councillor contacts can be found on HBC website -
http://www.havant.gov.uk)
Cllr Pike and Waterloo Ward Cllrs to engage
with shop owner and private land owners. HBC to look at areas it owns. Weeds
will be treated by Norse SE.
7. Collaborative
working between shops in town - Manager
from M&S attended to speak about theft from their store, wanting an
opportunity to work together with other outlets. Police confirmed their
diminishing resource and the fact they had to prioritise their work based on
threat harm and risk. There is an opportunity for the shop owners to set up a
community online forum and to see if Shop Watch could be reinvigorated. Crime
Prevention Officers can advise shops on designing out crime by relocating tills
to the front of the store and placing high value items at the back. Stores can
issue their own banning notices and employ security staff. Councillor
Pike will be talking further with M&S and also the Business Association.
8.
Community Partnership Intelligence forms
are available to members of the public online at https://www.safe4me.co.uk/portfolio/sharing-information/
9.
Information on how to refer to HBC’s
monthly partnership Action Group can be ascertained by contacting andrew.wheeler@havant.gov.uk
10. Clean up Town Centres fund – HBC has been
awarded £20,000 which will be used to clean town centres, replace bins, clean graffiti,
weed spray etc. Residents were encouraged to come forward with ideas. The Events team had come up with some
suggestions i.e plant tubs for town centre to brighten the precinct but this
had been turned down. Councillor Pike would find out how it would
be spent in Waterlooville
11.
Havant Borough Council can be contacted by
email customer.services@havant.gov.uk Tel
02392 446019. A link to the website is here http://www.havant.gov.uk and Councillors
can be contacted directly – a link to their contact details are here http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1
12.
It was reported that there were rubbish
build ups at back of shops. If seen,
this should be reported to the Enforcement officers at HBC who can take
appropriate action . Enforcement
function will operate outside of working hours, however resources can only be
deployed if issues are reported.
13. Cllr Sceal to investigate H&S and
accessibility issues at Wellington Pub site and neighbouring pharmacy and
report back to Cllr Pike
14.
Wellington
Way development exhibition will be at Waterlooville library on Thursday 30 May
2019 1pm-5pm – Cllr Pike to investigate hours being extended to
take account of working people. Developers are presenting the most up-to-date
proposals taking into account issues raised by residents including parking.
15. Ward Cllrs to investigate opportunities for
family facilities in town centre
16.
Any cycling enthusiasts should contact
Steve Mountain at HBC if they have ideas in promoting safe cycling in the
borough.
17.
A new pharmacy is proposed at the Premier
shop on the new development on Hambledon Road. Residents were asked to make an
informed choice and respond to their application for such a licence. It would
benefit people living on the Burge estate and the new development.
Councillor
surgeries will commence in September in Waterlooville library – more details
coming shortly. Post meeting note: this will be held in Waterlooville library from
10am till 12 the first Saturday in the month, starting from the 8th
September.
18.
Leisure provision: Still hopes for leisure complex on BAE site. There
will be a meeting in the pavilion in Jubilee park at 7pm on Tuesday 28 May to
talk about how to improve Jubilee park
19.
Blocked drains: It had been reported that street drains were
blocked. HCC had said that they were only cleared every 3 years.
Cllr Keast said he would investigate.
NEXT MEETING IN
SEPTEMBER Date to be confirmed.