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* Met with EBC representatives at the Claygate Centre to review progress towards re-opening four days a week & to make suggestions for joint activities between the two memberships. | * Met with EBC representatives at the Claygate Centre to review progress towards re-opening four days a week & to make suggestions for joint activities between the two memberships. | ||
* Approved £10k grant for refurbishments to the Village Hall. | * Approved £10k grant for refurbishments to the Village Hall. | ||
* Approved £2k seed funding grant | * Approved £2k seed funding grant—50% matched by the Claygate Community Benefit Society Ltd (CCBS)—towards valuation and survey costs of ''The Winning Horse Project''. | ||
* Approved £50,000 CIL grant to ''The Winning Horse Project'', contingent on a grant of £890,000 from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. | * Approved £50,000 CIL grant to ''The Winning Horse Project'', contingent on a grant of £890,000 from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. | ||
* Onboarded & started to train the new Clerk & RFO. | * Onboarded & started to train the new Clerk & RFO. | ||
==== Planning Committee (23-MAY-24) ==== | ==== Planning Committee (23-MAY-24) ==== | ||
* Reviewed 22 planning applications in the past two months. | * Reviewed 22 planning applications in the past two months. | ||
Revision as of 20:25, 25 May 2024
Parish Council (23-MAY-24)
- Carried out a very successful May Litter Pick, well attended by The Community, Guides, Brownies & Hub.
- Onboarded four new councillors following their election.
- Met with EBC representatives at the Claygate Centre to review progress towards re-opening four days a week & to make suggestions for joint activities between the two memberships.
- Approved £10k grant for refurbishments to the Village Hall.
- Approved £2k seed funding grant—50% matched by the Claygate Community Benefit Society Ltd (CCBS)—towards valuation and survey costs of The Winning Horse Project.
- Approved £50,000 CIL grant to The Winning Horse Project, contingent on a grant of £890,000 from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
- Onboarded & started to train the new Clerk & RFO.
Planning Committee (23-MAY-24)
- Reviewed 22 planning applications in the past two months.
- Represented Claygate at the enquiry at EBC by the Planning Inspectorate into the application to build on the Green Belt: Land North of Raleigh Drive (2023/0962).
- Represented Claygate at the Local Plan review with the planning inspectorate at EBC.
- Met with EBC to discuss local planning issues and particularly to lobby for Claygate to be reclassified as a Local Centre to protect it from overdevelopment.
- Objected to the Station House HMO Development (2024/0118) at East Area planning committee, on the grounds of parking issues on The Parade. Unfortunately EBC voted for the development despite admitting at the Committee Meeting that there is a parking issue.
