Agenda item

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(Report attached)

Declaration of Interest: None

Officer attending: Sarah Woodworth, Partnership Committee Officer

Petition, Public Questions, Statements: None

The Chairman introduced the item explaining, this is a standing item on the agenda, decisions made by the committee are recorded, and the subsequent progress on them. Members are invited to note the progress, and agree to remove any items marked as ‘complete.

The Officer advised of two verbal corrections to the printed report:

1 – Petition for Sandy Lane – Following the meeting on the 29 November 2018, it would not be a verbal update but a new decision item, item 16 in the supplementary paper.

2- Speed limit review A25, Bletchingley wording will be changed to reflect the revised minutes.

One item is marked as closed and with the committee’s approval this can be removed as they have been completed. This relates to:

•           Lingfield Common Road – Letter sent to MP.

Members Discussion- Key Points

The following points were raised:

1)    Mrs Lesley Steeds advised that she was not happy with response from the MP to the  letter sent by the Committee with regards to Lingfield Common Road.  She asked if the Committee would agree to write a letter to the MP to request a more detailed response as to why funding for lighting not mentioned in his letter.

2)    Cllr Michael Cooper referred to the roundabout at The Square, Caterham. He  was disappointed to hear of the delay but understood the reasoning why. Cllr Cooper also asked if it would be possible to see the correspondence between SCC and the Clerk at Caterham Valley Parish Council with regards to the request for pelican crossing on Godstone Road as this has been marked as closed.  The Clerk advised that she has not received anything from SCC, Cllr Cooper is keen to know if the Parish Council will pursue a pelican crossing on Godstone Road or not?

The Chairman allowed Caterham Valley Parish Councillor Nicole Morrigan to respond to the question.  Cllr Morrigan advised that the email could not be found, and asked if she could ask her own question with regards to the  Square roundabout work, which the Chairman granted.  Cllr Morrigan advised that the Parish Council sent a cheque to SCC for the work to be completed before the start of the Christmas Market, however the work has been delayed so will the Parish Council receive the money back and if interest was earnt on the money would the Parish Council receive it?

The Area Highways Manager advised that question regarding Godstone Road crossing can be looked at outside the meeting, and email resent.

With regard to the roundabout at The Square, she acknowledged the decision was disappointing. Unfortunately due to a delay with the permit, it meant a delay which would have interfered with Christmas shopping. The decision was taken to postpone until after Christmas. In terms of the funding for a scheme, the money received is allocated to a project bank account, and cannot be used for anything other than the allocate scheme. The Area Highways Manager did not believe it was an interest paying account however if it did, it would stay in that account, and would go back to the parish if not used on the scheme.

Cllr Nicole Morrigan suggested SCC should consider getting a bank account which paid interest as Parish Councils have to pay upfront for any work.

Cllr Michael Cooper advised he was disappointed with response from Parish Councillor and why attempts to find out where the email had been sent had not been made.

The Committee agreed that the items marked as closed would be removed from the tracker as now complete.

Resolution

The Local Committee (Tandridge)

(i)            NOTED the contents of the report

(ii)           AGREED to remove the closed items from the tracker

(iii)         AGREED a letter to be sent to the MP asking for a more detailed response to his previous correspondence with regards to Lingfield Common Road.