May 2019 local election

Binsted, Bentley & Selborne
ASHCROFT David Arnold	The Conservative Party	1029 Elected
BURFOOT Barbara Anne	Labour party	192
CARTER Ken	The Conservative Party	889 Elected
PRICE Jane-Frances Margaret	Labour party	266
RAVENSCROFT Lynne	Liberal Democrat	839

Kingsley Parish Council Wed 26th 7:30pm

Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council on Wednesday, 26th September 2018 in the Kingsley Centre at 7.30pm

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
Cllr C. Rigden

3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation

5. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 25th July 2018
6. Matters Arising
7. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing
54919/005 Land at Kingsley Golf Club, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon
Detached shed for use as a wormery
51188/003 Kingsley Quarry, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon
Easterly extension of the existing sand extraction area, extend the end date for quarry operations and restoration and amend the approved restoration schemes. (Details available on the HCC website - https://planning.hants.gov.uk/ApplicationDetails.aspx?RecNo=19368)
27508/002 1 Straits View, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NA
Single storey rear extension and alteration of front porch roof.
27107/034 Sleaford Farm, Farnham Road, Bordon, GU35 9LJ
Amendments to previously approved scheme (27107/033) and filling of derelict pond
HCC/2018/0700 Grundon Sand And Gravel Ltd, Frith End Sand Quarry, Grooms Farm Lane, Frith End, Bordon GU35 0QR
Variation of conditions 5 (Phasing), 11 (Landscaping), 24 (Restoration) and 27 (Plans) of Planning Permission 30633/031 to revise
HCC/2018/0701 Grundon Sand And Gravel Ltd, Frith End Sand Quarry, Grooms Farm Lane, Frith End, Bordon GU35 0QR
The relocation of the ancillary activity of the importation, handling and re-sale of aggregates as previously permitted by pp 30633/030
HCC/2018/0702 Grundon Sand And Gravel Ltd, Frith End Sand Quarry, Grooms Farm Lane, Frith End, Bordon GU35 0QR
Sand recovery from development projects in Bordon and surrounding area
New applications:
20136/054 LMC Sleaford Garage, Farnham Road, Bordon, GU35 0QP
Extension to existing motor vehicle service area, refurbishment of the existing showroom, construction of
new additional car showroom, extension to car parking area and creation of emergency access point.
SDNP/18/02170/FUL Oaklands Farm Green Street East Worldham Bordon GU34 3AU
Change of use of Oakland Farm and associated land holdings from Agriculture and B8 (Open Storage) to
mixed use Agriculture, B8 (Open Storage) and Seasonal Event Space associated with the holding of
Religious Festivals and other activities associated with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association; including the
provision of external storage space, new landscape and revised ventilation and extraction equipment in
association with the onsite kitchen.

31121/004 The Cricketers, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9ND
Conversion and extension of existing tourist accommodation to provide 2 new dwellings, and provision of
associated parking and landscaping.

8. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
To receive an update from Cllr Fletcher

9. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
To receive an update from Cllr Clayton

10. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
Footpath 6
Consideration of report concerning encroachment of hedges onto Footpath 6
Upper Green
To receive an update from Cllr Fletcher

11. Community Resilience
12. Environment and Biodiversity
13. Kingsley Village Forum
14. Housing, Business & Commerce
15. Review of Capital Projects
16. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed & circulated to all Cllrs prior to the meeting.

17. Broadband
To receive an update from Cllr Coury & Cllr Clayton

18. District Councillor
19. Procedures, Finance and Payments
Review the format of the monthly parish meeting
To receive an update from Cllr Fletcher
To agree the automatic renewal of the licenses and fees during October and November for the online
hosting of the Parish Council website, at a cost of £242.7 per year.
To consider the use of official email accounts for Parish Councillors at an annual cost of £132 ex VAT
To consider compensation from Tsb for all the inconvenience caused due to endless online banking
issues
Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
To consider the payment of invoices on the schedule included in the agenda of the meeting
Payment
Date Payee
Payment
Mode Description Amount
16/09/2018 Host Papa CARD Inv 210500-1559000 domain name renewal and web hosting 211.96
28/09/2018 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's September 2018 expenses invoice 0006-2018/19 85.00
28/09/2018 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's September 2018 salary 296.80
28/09/2018 HMRC BACS PAYE September 2018 39.20
Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Wednesday 24th October 2018 – 7.30 pm at the Kingsley Centre

Rats

It Is a fact of life,if you keep poultry, you will have rats. In fact if you keep almost any kind of stock you will, sooner or later, attract rats. Apart from the obvious health hazards associated with rats they are a major nuisance in that they chew things and they dig holes all over the place. They nest in hay or straw stacks and generally do a lot of damage. The most effective way of dealing with a rat population is to poison it. You go to your local agricultural dealer and buy a box /bucket of rat "Bait" which you then administer and after a few days when you notice that the said bate is not being eaten the rats will be dead or dying. Of course, we old country boys who have dealing with these creatures for years also pursue them with air rifles and terriers, and some, even use ferrets for a bit of ratting. All good fun, but not really effective in getting rid of a rat infestation. 

Having had poultry of some form or another for most of my years on this earth I have used rat bait for as long as I care to remember. As with all things there are right and wrong ways of using these substances. It is, of course, important to ensure that other animals cannot,and do not, eat rat bait. It will, for example, kill a dog. It, therefore, always needs to be used with caution and by following the instructions on the container it comes in. In order to protect wild birds, and indeed poultry, the bait should be administered in covered containers into which rats can gain access but, other creatures cannot. These containers have inner compartments which help to prevent spillage if the container is knocked over or overturned. So there you have it, all fairly straight forward, you may think,and yes it should be. Well it used to be until, that is, the politicians got involved.

Let me say straight away I am not a political person and the following is not political in that sense. I have a fairly simple view of politicians, of all shades and persuasions, I don’t like them. For the most part they are dishonest chancers, most of whom have never had a proper job or done a decent days work. I would be more inclined to trust a secondhand car salesman. If you think this is all a bit extreme let me remind you of the expenses fiddles and the fact that nearly all of them got away with it claiming ignorance or misunderstanding. Excuses that would, most certainly, not be available to you and I in similar circumstances. If all that were not enough look at their lavish redecoration expense for grace and favour housing and their,even more lavish, "fact finding" trips around the world. Not to mention, the many corporate jollies and gifts they receive. All, of course, perfectly legal … nice. 

What, you may ask, has all this got to do with rats ? Well, I discovered, a few months ago that rat bait legislation was changing. I found this out when I went to buy some in the usual way, and was told, by the person serving me, soon I would need a certificate / licence to continue to purchase rat bait. That was the first bit, soon thereafter, came another announcement advising that the strength of rat bait was going to be reduced.

Having been using rat bait for over fifty years, one might consider, I knew a little bit about its use. However , I took one of the glossy brochures providing all the info a user needed to comply with the new rules. It quickly became apparent that in order to gain the, now necessary, certificate of competence an exam was required and a fee of £65 would have to be paid. So, a new bureaucratic system costing people, that neither want or need rat bait instruction, a hefty sum and, no doubt, lining the pockets of those providing the advice. I declined their kind offer refusing to be ripped off in this appalling manner. Consider if you will, some months in the winter, when rats come in from the fields and hedgerows, it can cost me in the region of thirty pounds a month to keep them down, I only have three acres. Goodness knows what the costs are to a large farm, they must be huge.

It would appear that a number of politicians, I haven’t bothered to find out who they are, succumbed to lobbying by an ornithological society claiming misuse of rat bait was killing wild birds. This might well be the case, there are, and always will be abusers and misusers of almost anything you can think of. Sadly that is a fact of life. It is also a fact of life that those same abusers will not comply with the rules and will not take, and pay for, a test. All that is achieved in such situations is, quite simply, careful users, following the rules, will be penalised and hit in the pocket. Just look at what previous political bans have achieved, pistols are banned in this country, more gun crime than ever before. Knives for young people under eighteen are banned, more knife crime than ever before. A whole list of drugs are banned, the country is awash with illegal drugs. Quite simply, banning does not, and never has worked.

The problem is, politicians always know best. I did consider writing to my local M.P. and, after due reflection, abandoned the idea. I don’t write to M.P.s often, only twice in the whole of my life. Each time it proved to be a complete waste of time and paper. You see, on both occasions I was wrong and did not fully understand the matters about which I was writing. I was told the M.P.s were right, it just so happens that both are no longer M.P.s, having lost their seats. One having been involved in a scandal over mistakenly buying and expensive carpet on taxpayer funded expenses, who then retired, and the other being kicked out by the electorate for basically being a complete waste of space. The good news is, the latter did get a Knighthood for his failure, you know it makes sense, lovely system we have! Incidentally, both of the matters I wrote about did come to pass and the fears I had expressed were realised. I fear we have two as well as four legged rats in our midst.

So it was that my rat population exploded. Not having received their normal dose of bait, they did what rats do and bred. I found myself surrounded by the nasty creatures. Off I went to the agricultural merchant only to find the bait available to me was now being sold in tiny packages of a few grams and priced at the hefty price of a pound a packet. Translate that into the weight I once was able to buy, three kilos, and the price becomes eye watering. The agri merchants  are as bad as the M.Ps, never miss a chance to fleece someone. I had considered getting my future supplies of rat bait from France, where common sense still seems to prevail but, fortunately, I have found a supplier where I can obtain the normal stuff at the usual price ! Didn’t they do well. Rat problem solved. It would appear there are, would you believe, loopholes in the legislation so, pretty much, business as usual. 

Just a final thought, I doubt very much if the people this cock-up was aimed at are doing anything differently in terms of care. It might just be they are doing nothing at all and the rat population in their areas is growing apace. When, as I suspect it will, it reaches epidemic proportions you will, no doubt, be treated to the inglorious spectacle of the Honourable M.P.s responsible diving down their own rat holes and blaming everyone else.  

Kingsley Parish Council on Thursday, 28th June

Kingsley Parish Council on Thursday, 28th June 2018 in the Kingsley Centre at 7.30pm

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation

5. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 24th May 2018
6. Matters Arising
7. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing:
49416/006 2 Churchfields, Kingsley, GU35 9PJ
Detached dwelling following demolition of existing garage
51471/006 Unit 7 Waterbrook Estate, Waterbrook Road, ALTON GU34 2UD (HCC planning web site https://planning.hants.gov.uk/ApplicationDetails.aspx?RecNo=18991 )
Variation of conditions 5, 11 and 18 of planning permission 51471/003 to allow for importation of road planning and the night-time importation and exportation of waste
49416/006 2 Churchfields, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9PJ
Detached dwelling following demolition of existing garage (AS AMENDED BY PLANS RECEIVED 14/02/2018). | 2 Churchfields, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9PJ
22495/012 Burninghams, South Hay Lane, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NW
Listed building consent - replace three windows
54919/005 Land at Kingsley Golf Club, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon
Detached shed for use as a wormery
SDNP/18/01271/FUL Land South of Green Street East Worldham Bordon GU35 9NN
New vehicular access and concrete turning area
55444/001 Land East of Karma, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon
B1(a). B1(b). B1(c). and B2 class Business Units with associated parking areas after demolition of existing motor garage and workshop buildings
27396/049 Old Park Farm, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LU
Prior notification - agricultural storage barn used for the purposes of storing hay
New applications:
20285/006 Longdene, Farnham Road, Bordon, GU35 0QP
Porch extension to front
51188/003 Kingsley Quarry, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon
Request for screening opinion - Easterly extension of the existing sand extraction area, extend the end date for quarry operations and restoration and amend the approved restoration schemes. (Details available on the HCC website - https://planning.hants.gov.uk/ApplicationDetails.aspx?RecNo=19368)
27508/002 1 Straits View, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NA
Single storey rear extension and alteration of front porch roof.

8. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
To receive an update from Cllr Fletcher

9. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
To receive an update from Cllr Fletcher

10. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
Upper Green
To receive an update from Cllr Gregory
Footpath 6
To receive an update from Cllr Rigden

11. Community Resilience
12. Environment and Biodiversity
Allotments
Update on allotments insurance and volunteers to do maintenance work at the allotment site

13. Kingsley Village Forum
14. Housing, Business & Commerce
Update on nomination for The Cricketers to become an Asset of Community Value

15. Review of Capital Projects
16. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed & circulated to all Cllrs prior to the meeting.

17. Broadband
To receive an update from Cllr Coury & Cllr Clayton

18. District Councillor
19. Procedures, Finance and Payments
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
To consider process for review and further develop the related procedures (pages 3 to 8 of document) to be ready for agreement at a future meeting
Review the format of the monthly parish meeting
To receive an update on KPC insurance renewal
Hampshire Association of Local Councils Ltd
Membership document update
Internal Audit
To acknowledge receipt of Eleanor Greene’s annual report
Audit Commission
Exemption form to be completed and signed

Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
To consider the payment of invoices on the schedule included in the agenda of the meeting
Payment Date
Payee
Payment Mode
Description
Amount
29/06/2018
Do the Numbers
BACS
Inv 12/697 Internal audit April 2017 to March 2018
190.00
29/06/2018
Zurich Insurance
BACS
Inv 32040674 Insurance renewal premium
925.66
29/06/2018
Kinglsey Organisation
BACS
Inv 14343 Hall Hire for Annual Parish Meeting 16/05/18
40.50
29/06/2018
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's June 2018 expenses invoice 0003-2018/19
85.00
29/06/2018
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's June 2018 salary
296.80
29/06/2018
HMRC
BACS
PAYE June 2018
39.20
29/06/2018
N.W. Adams
BACS
Inv 1863 Annual play equipment inspection
99.90
Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Wednesday 25th July 2018 – 7.30 pm at the Kingsley Centre

Kingsley Partish Council Cancelled

The March 2018 Parish Council Meeting, originally scheduled for the 22nd, has been cancelled.

The next monthly meeting will be on Thursday 26th April 2018 at 7:30pm at the Kingsley Centre.

Kingsley Parish Council Thursday 23rd

You are requested to attend a meeting of Kingsley Parish Council on Thursday, 23rd November 2017 in the Kingsley Centre at 7.30pm

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation

5. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 26th October 2017
6. Matters Arising
7. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing:
TAG Farnborough Airport Air Space Change Proposal
To receive an update from Cllr Lowe
51188/001 Kingsley Quarry, Forge Road, Kingsley
Scooping Opinion – Extend the quarry to the east, extend the end date for operations and amend the restoration scheme for the existing site
The correct reference number for this is SCO/2017/0431(Application for Advice submitted to HCC)
Advice given in Decision Report dated 07.08.2017
26242/058 Former Dean Farm Golf Course, Forge Road, Kingsley, GU35 9NG
Farriers/blacksmith forge with shoeing bay and parking
57470 Sheds adjoining Nightingale Cottage, Forge Road, Kingsley
Prior approval for proposed change of use from agricultural building to a dwelling house (class c3)
22246/009 Sickles House, Forge Road, Kingsley GU35 9NA
Addition of utility room, ground and first floor adjustments, change of main access, new garage/home office/hobby workshop
22246/010 Sickles House, Forge Road, Kingsley GU35 9NA
Listed building - utility room, ground and first floor adjustments, change of main access, new garage/home office/hobby workshop
54919/004 Land at Kingsley Golf Club, Forge Road, Kingsley
Six garages and associated works
30633/032 Groomes Farm, Frith End Road, Frith End, Bordon, GU35 0QR
Variation of conditions 4,10,11 and 18 of permission 30633/026 to enable the implementation of the planning permission without prejudicing the council’s ability to review and approve details reserved by condition at an appropriate stage.
New applications:
26718/022 2 Sandrock Cottages, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LS
Two storey side extension and extended front porch following demolition of conservatory
22246/009 Sickles House, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NA
Addition of utility room, ground and first floor adjustments, change of main access, new garage / home office / hobby workshop [amended proposal]
22246/010 Sickles House, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NA
Listed building - utility room, ground and first floor adjustments, change of main access, new garage / home office / hobby workshop [amended proposal]
SDNP/17/05558/HOUS
Christmas Cottage (formerly Foxes) Green Street Kingsley Bordon Hampshire GU35 9NN
Oak framed carport and log store
57573 Land and Buildings South of Kingsley Tennis Centre, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon
Change of use of land and building to storage associated with a landscape contractor

8. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
To receive an update from Cllr Rigden

9. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
Speedwatch
To receive an update from Cllr Lowe

10. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
Upper Green
To receive an update from Cllr Gregory
To consider quotations received from contractors for replacement of bench at the bus stop

11. Community Resilience
12. Environment and Biodiversity
To consider the annual payment of £350 to the Landowner of the Allotment Site for the year 2018

13. Kingsley Village Forum
To consider a grant application from the Trustees of the Kingsley Organisation for £2731.60 for the purchase and installation of external lighting for the Village Centre.
To consider a grant of £420 covering the purchase of external decorations to support village Christmas activities.

14. Housing, Business & Commerce
15. Review of Capital Projects
16. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed & circulated to all Cllrs prior to the meeting.

17. Broadband
To receive an update from Cllr Coury & Cllr Clayton

18. District Councillor
19. Procedures, Finance and Payments
Preparation of budget for year 2018/19
Clerk contract of employment to be signed

Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
To consider the payment of invoices on the schedule included in the agenda of the meeting
November 2017 Payments to be authorised
Payment Date
Payee
Payment Mode
Description
Amount
17/11/2017
MacDonald Oates
BACS
Inv 36673 Wayleaves/Easement to SSE Power Distribution
1500.00
28/11/2017
Paul Grace
BACS
Inv dated 15/11/17 ground maintenance Upper & Lower Green
3948.00
28/11/2017
Richard Thorpe
BACS
Inv E26312 St Nicholas Chapel extinguisher annual service
48.24
28/11/2017
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's November 2017 salary
414.60
28/11/2017
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's November 2017 expenses invoice 0008-2017/18
90.50
Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Thursday 25th January 2018 – 7.30 pm at the Kingsley Centre

Kingsley Parish Council - Thursday 25th 8pm

Kingsley Parish Council meets on Thursday, 25th May 2017 in the Kingsley Centre at 8.00pm following the Annual Parish Meeting

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation

5. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 23rd March 2017
6. Matters Arising
7. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing:
TAG Farnborough Airport Air Space Change Proposal
52947/003 Old Park Farm (Land to the East of Kingsley Sports Club, Sickles Lane), Kingsley, Bordon
Change of use of land for the siting of up to six tourism pods, car parking and general landscaping (Amended plan received 01/02/17)
54919/003 Land at Kingsley Golf Club, Forge Road, Bordon
Garage block containing 6 garages and associated access and landscape works on former golf course following demolition of existing sheds
New applications:
22246/006 Sickles House, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NA
Detached dwelling with associated car parking and landscaping
55585/002 Fenris, Sickles Lane, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9PD
Oak (T1) Remove all major dead wood, selectively reduce lims
SDNP/17/01988/HOUS Dolphins, Oakhanger Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9JP
Ground floor entrance extension, first floor extension above existing studio, internal remodelling and new carpet
31224/007-008 2 Bakers Corner Cottage, Oakhanger Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NJ
Listed building consent - Summerhouse

8. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
To receive an update from Cllr Rigden
To consider the updated new fees following the Church of England fees increase for St Nicholas

9. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
Speedwatch update
To receive an update from Cllr Lowe
Jalsa Salana
To receive an update from Cllr Lowe

10. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
Upper Green
To receive an update from Cllr Gregory
To consider the quote of £25 (ex VAT) per cut of the newly reinstated area of upper green. This work will be added to existing contract for this year at a total likely extra cost of £175 for the year (i.e. 7 cuts)
Lower Green
To consider granting a wayleave for SSE to install an electrical cable under the Parish Council owned Footpath 6 to provide utility service the new build Dale House

11. Community Resilience
12. Environment and Biodiversity
To consider the response to the invitation from Grundon to join a Liaison Group for the future of the Frith End quarry.

13. Kingsley Village Forum
14. Housing, Business & Commerce
15. Review of Capital Projects
16. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed & circulated to all Cllrs prior to the meeting.
Parish email database

17. Broadband
To receive an update from Cllr Coury & Cllr Clayton

18. District Councillor
19. Procedures, Finance and Payments
To discuss digitisation of Parish Council legal documents
To consider the renewal of KPC’ Insurance for 5 years at cost of £1088.72 per annum – Current agreement with Zurich is terminated end of May 2017

Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
April 2017 Payments authorised by Cllr Rigden & Cllr Lowe
Payment Date
Payee
Payment Mode
Description
Amount
21/04/2017
SSE
DD
St Nicholas Chapel electricity period 23/12/16 to 01/04/17
21.67
28/04/2017
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's April 2017 expenses invoice 0001-2017/18
88.36
28/04/2017
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's April 2017 salary
336.00
28/04/2017
HALC
BACS
Inv 1526 Affiliation fees 2017/18
244.00
28/04/2017
Cllr David Lowe
BACS
Reimbursement train fares to London for CAA meeting 17/02/17
51.00
28/04/2017
PCS
BACS
Inv 2915 Mole control at Upper Green
140.00
28/04/2017
P.J Grace
BACS
Inv for work done at Upper Green
1336.00
To consider the payment of invoices on the schedule included in the agenda of the meeting
May 2017 Payments to be authorised
Payment Date
Payee
Payment Mode
Description
Amount
30/05/2017
HMRC
BACS
PAYE period to 05/06/17
5.40
30/05/2017
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's May 2017 expenses invoice 0002-2017/18
108.05
30/05/2017
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's May 2017 salary
414.60
30/05/2017
Do the Numbers Ltd
BACS
Inv 12/545 Internal audit year ending 31/03/17
185.00
30/05/2017
Euroffice Ltd
BACS
Inv Stationnery
67.48
Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Thursday 22nd June 2017 – 7.30 pm at the Kingsley Centre

Annual Parish Meeting 2017

The Annual Parish Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council on Thursday 25th May 2017 at 7.30pm in the Kingsley Centre.

AGENDA

1. Apologies for Absence
2. Election of Chairman
3. Declaration of Acceptance of Office as Chairman
4. Election of Vice-Chairman
5. Declaration of Acceptance of Office as Vice-Chairman
6. Approval of Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 28th April 2016
7. Registers of interests
8. Review of Appendix F of Standing Orders and Agreement of Lead Councillors for 2017/18 (Appendix attached)

9. Approval of Standing orders, Financial Regulations and Risk Assessments
Councillors to propose any areas where they think amendments are needed

10. Approval of Final Accounts for the Financial Year 2016/2017
To acknowledge comments from Internal Auditor

11. Date of Next Meeting – April 2018
This Annual Parish Meeting will be followed by the monthly meeting of the Parish Council.

General Election 2017

The runners are:-

DASGUPTA, Rohit Kumar	Labour
HINDS,Damian Patrick George	Conservative
JERRARD, Susan Christine	Justice
KNIGHT, Richard Godfrey	Green
ROBINSON, Richard Anthony	Liberal Democrat

Alton Rural result

The results of the election to Alton Rural division of Hampshire County Council 4th May 2017 were as follows:-

Mark Norman Kemp-Gee	Conservatives	3625	70%	Elected
Nicholas Andrew Milburn James	Liberal Democrats	762	15%	Not elected
Janice Mary Treacher	Labour	314	6%	Not elected
Christina Sheila West	Green Party	298	6%	Not elected
Rigby Andrews	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	192	4%	Not elected

My predictions were pretty much bang on I'd say.

Kingsley Parish Council AGM

You are requested to attend the Annual General Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council on Thursday 27th April 2017 at 7.30pm in the Kingsley Centre.

AGENDA

1. Apologies for Absence
2. Election of Chairman
3. Declaration of Acceptance of Office as Chairman
4. Election of Vice-Chairman
5. Declaration of Acceptance of Office as Vice-Chairman
6. Approval of Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 28th April 2016
7. Registers of interests
8. Review of Appendix F of Standing Orders and Agreement of Lead Councillors for 2017/18 (Appendix attached)

9. Approval of Standing orders, Financial Regulations and Risk Assessments
Councillors to propose any areas where they think amendments are needed
10. Approval of Final Accounts for the Financial Year 2016/2017
11. Date of Next Meeting – April 2018
This Annual General Meeting will be followed by the monthly meeting of the Parish Council.

Kingsley Parish Council Thursday 27th

Kingsley Parish Council on Thursday, 27th April 2017 in the Kingsley Centre at 8.00pm following the AGM

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation

5. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 23rd March 2017
6. Matters Arising
7. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing:
TAG Farnborough Airport Air Space Change Proposal
52947/003 Old Park Farm (Land to the East of Kingsley Sports Club, Sickles Lane), Kingsley, Bordon
Change of use of land for the siting of up to six tourism pods, car parking and general landscaping (Amended plan received 01/02/17)
54919/003 Land at Kingsley Golf Club, Forge Road, Bordon
Garage block containing 6 garages and associated access and landscape works on former golf course following demolition of existing sheds
New applications:
22246/006 Sickles House, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NA
Detached dwelling with associated car parking and landscaping

8. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
To receive an update from Cllr Rigden
To consider the updated new fees following the Church of England fees increase for St Nicholas

9. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
Speedwatch update
To receive an update from Cllr Lowe
Lengthsman Scheme
To receive an update from Cllr Lowe

10. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
Upper Green, Lower Green
To receive an update from Cllr Rigden
To consider the quote of £25 (ex VAT) per cut of the newly reinstated area of upper green. This work
will be added to existing contract for this year at a total likely extra cost of £175 for the year (i.e. 7
cuts)

11. Community Resilience
12. Environment and Biodiversity
13. Kingsley Village Forum
14. Housing, Business & Commerce
15. Review of Capital Projects
16. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed & circulated to all Cllrs prior to the meeting.
Parish email database

17. Broadband
To receive an update from Cllr Coury & Cllr Clayton

18. District Councillor
19. Procedures, Finance and Payments
To discuss digitisation of Parish Council legal documents
To consider the renewal of KPC’ Insurance – Current agreement with Zurich is terminated end of
May 2017

Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
April 2017 Payments Schedule
Payment
Date Payee
Payment
Mode Description Amount
21/04/2017 SSE DD St Nicholas Chapel electricity period 23/12/16 to 01/04/17 21.67
28/04/2017 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's April 2017 expenses invoice 0001-2017/18 88.36
28/04/2017 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's April 2017 salary 336.00
28/04/2017 HALC BACS Inv 1526 Affiliation fees 2017/18 244.00
28/04/2017 Cllr David Lowe BACS
Reimbursement train fares to London for CAA meeting
17/02/17 51.00
28/04/2017 PCS BACS Inv 2915 Mole control at Upper Green 140.00
28/04/2017 P.J Grace BACS Inv for work done at Upper Green 1336.00
Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Thursday 25th May 2017 – 7.30 pm at the Kingsley Centre

Elections 4th May 2017

Elections to Hampshire County Council will take place on Thursday 4th May 2017 and in the King's Blog region we have to choose a single councillor in the Alton Rural division.

The candidates have been announced and my prediction is that Mark Kemp-Gee will be returned with a comfortable majority unless everyone's really cheesed off about #Brexit in which case Nicholas James will enjoy a serious upswing even though nobody knows who he is or those enraged that the prime minister isn't taking #Brexit seriously enough will promote Rigby Andrews. Obviously Janice Treacher and Christina West are only standing to make up the numbers.

Name	Party	Where	What
ANDREWS, Rigby	UKIP	Passfield	#Brexiteer
JAMES, Nicholas	LibDems	Alton	Invisible
KEMP-GEE, Mark	Conservative	Arlesford	Sitting councillor
TREACHER, Janice	Labour	Four Marks	Invisible
WEST, Christina	Greens	Passfield	Invisible

#PinkPassports

When the UK leaves the EU British passports should have pink covers.

Leaving the EU is all about taking back control and making Britain great again. Let's set our sights high and, remembering the pink all across the globe just 100 years ago, let's have our British passports proudly clad in pink!

Don't be the last to sign the petition !

Kingsley Parish Council Thursday 23rd 7:30

Kingsley Parish Council meets on Thursday, 23rd March 2017 in the Kingsley Centre at 7.30pm

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation

5. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 26th January 2017
6. Matters Arising
7. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing:
TAG Farnborough Airport Air Space Change Proposal
Update from Cllr Lowe regarding CAA Consultation meeting on Feb 17
54919/001 Land at Kingsley Golf Club, Forge Road, Sleaford, Bordon
Erection of 7 houses and 6 flats with associated car parking and external works
30633/030 Frith End Sand Quarry, Grooms Farm Lane, Frith End, Bordon GU35 0QR
Variation of condition 1 of planning permission 30633/019 to allow the continued importation, handling and re-sale of aggregates until 31 December 2022
30633/031 Frith End Sand Quarry, Grooms Farm Lane, Frith End, Bordon GU35 0QR
Variation of condition 2, 5 and 24 of planning permission F30633/012/CMA to revise the approved timing, working and restoration of sand extraction operations
27396/048 Old Park Farm, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LU
B8 storage building after demolition of existing grain store/dryer
57024 Bakers Court, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NZ
Two detached buildings for use as offices and workshop
52947/003 Old Park Farm (Land to the East of Kingsley Sports Club, Sickles Lane), Kingsley, Bordon
Change of use of land for the siting of up to six tourism pods, car parking and general landscaping (Amended plan received 01/02/17)

8. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
To receive an update from Cllr Rigden

9. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
Speedwatch update
Lengthsman Scheme

10. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
Upper Green, Lower Green
To receive an update from Cllr Rigden

11. Community Resilience
12. Environment and Biodiversity
Allotments
To consider the emergency repair of the Allotment fence at a cost of £140 ex VAT

13. Kingsley Village Forum
14. Housing, Business & Commerce
15. Review of Capital Projects
16. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed & circulated to all Cllrs prior to the meeting.
Parish email database

17. Broadband
To receive an update from Cllr Coury & Cllr Clayton

18. District Councillor
19. Procedures, Finance and Payments
To discuss digitisation of Parish Council legal documents
To agree final budget for 2017/18

Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
February 2017 Payments authorised by Cllr Rigden & Lowe
Payment
Date Payee
Payment
Mode Description Amount
28/02/2017 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's February 2017 expenses invoice 0011-2016/17 85.00
28/02/2017 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's February 2017 salary 332.20
28/02/2017 HMRC BACS PAYE February 2017 3.80
28/02/2017 Kingsley Organisation BACS Amended invoice no 13335 dated 15/11/16 700.00
28/02/2017 Euroffice Ltd BACS Invoice 3086390 37.21
28/02/2017 CCP Groundcare BACS Inv 11734 supply & fix 21 post at the allotments site 312.00
March 2017 Payments Schedule
Payment
Date Payee
Payment
Mode Description Amount
28/03/2017 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's March 2017 expenses invoice 0012-2016/17 103.10
28/03/2017 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's March 2017 salary 399.60
28/03/2017 HMRC BACS PAYE March 2017 20.40
28/03/2017 MacDonald Oates BACS Inv 36365 Solicitor fee for wayleave to SSE 252.00
28/03/2017 Headley Parish Council BACS Inv C/1617/43 SLR deployments 2016/17 342.00
28/03/2017 CCP Groundcare BACS Inv 11776 Fence repairs at the Allotments 168.00
28/03/2017 Open Spaces Society BACS Annual subscription renewal 45.00
28/03/2017 South East Water BACS Inv 14 Water Allotments period 13/09/16 to 09/03/17 29.46
28/03/2017 PCS BACS Inv 2921 Mole control Upper Green 140.00

Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Thursday 27th April 2017 – 8.00 pm after the AGM at the Kingsley Centre

Kingsley Parish Council Thursday 24th 7:30pm

Kingsley Parish Council meets on Thursday, 24th November 2016 in the Kingsley Centre at 7.30pm

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Election by Co-option
To consider the co-option of Roger Fletcher as parish councillor

5. Declaration of Acceptance of Office from New Co-opted Councillor
6. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation
Presentation form Bob Stammers – Funding for Community First Responders

7. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 22nd September 2016
8. Matters Arising
9. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing:
TAG Farnborough Airport Air Space Change Proposal
20050/025 Dennard Ltd, 4 Park Ironworks, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LY Retention of extraction flues for a paint spray booth within the unit
27706/005 Oxney Cottage Kingsley Common, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LR Single storey side and rear extension, alteration to existing & new fenestration and existing front/side timber cladding to replace with render finish to match existing house
SDNP/16/03821/FUL Land to The South West of Sickles Lane Kingsley Alton Hampshire
Temporary siting of a mobile home and agricultural storage barn
26242/053 Dean Farm Golf Course, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NG
Conversion of former machinery shed to holiday cottage

New application:
EC/26242/054 Dean Farm Golf Course, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NG
Alleged change of use - material change of use from clubhouse to residential; first registered with Council Tax 1 Dec 2015
54919/001 Land at Kingsley Golf Club, Forge Road, Sleaford, Bordon
Erection of 7 houses and 6 flats with associated car parking and external works
30633/030 Frith End Sand Quarry, Grooms Farm Lane, Frith End, Bordon GU35 0QR
Variation of condition 1 of planning permission 30633/019 to allow the continued importation, handling and re-sale of aggregates until 31 December 2022
30633/031 Frith End Sand Quarry, Grooms Farm Lane, Frith End, Bordon GU35 0QR
Variation of condition 2, 5 and 24 of planning permission F30633/012/CMA to revise the approved timing, working and restoration of sand extraction operations
27396/048 Old Park Farm, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LU
B8 storage building after demolition of existing grain store/dryer
22246/004 Sickles House, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NA
Listed building - demolition and rebuild of sun room and garden elevation, part demolition of roof of 20th century addition and rebuild to provide additional accommodation with re-cladding, remodelling of porch, new detached car port, enlargement to car parking area and internal remodelling
22246/005 Sickles House, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NA
Demolition and rebuild of sun room and garden elevation, part demolition of roof of 20th century addition and rebuild to provide additional accommodation with re-cladding, remodelling of porch, new detached car port and enlargement to car parking area

10. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
To receive an update from Cllr Rigden

11. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
To receive an update from Cllr Lowe

12. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
13. Community Resilience
14. Environment and Biodiversity
15. Kingsley Village Forum
16. Housing, Business & Commerce
17. Review of Capital Projects
18. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed & circulated to all Cllrs prior to the meeting.

19. Broadband
To receive an update from Cllr Coury & Cllr Clayton

20. District Councillor
21. Procedures, Finance and Payments
To discuss digitisation of Parish Council legal documents
To agree & accept the budget for year 2017/18
Review of Audit Commission Issues workbook
To consider actions necessary to implement recommendations from the 2015/16 External and Internal Audits
Clerk contract of employment to be signed
To consider the payment of the invoice for £930 for services from the Kingsley Centre

Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
October 2016 Payments authorised by Cllr Rigden & Cllr Lowe
Payment Date
Payee
Payment Mode
Description
Amount
20/10/2016
SSE
DD
Electricity bill at St Nicholas Chapel period 25/06/16 to 29/09/16
21.05
25/10/2016
ICO
DD
Data protection registration renewal
35.00
28/10/2016
South East Water
BACS
Water bill at Allotments site period 14/03/16 to 13/09/16
147.54
28/10/2016
HMRC
BACS
PAYE October 2016
3.80
28/10/2016
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's October 2016 expenses invoice 0007-2016/17
80.50
28/10/2016
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's October 2016 salary
332.20
November 2016 Payments to be authorised
Payment Date
Payee
Payment Mode
Description
Amount
29/11/2016
Richard Thorpe
BACS
Inv E24577 for annual fire extinguishers at St Nicholas
48.24
29/11/2016
P.J Grace
BACS
Inv for annual ground maintenance at Upper Green & St Nicholas
3840.00
29/11/2016
Kingsley Organisation
BACS
Inv 13335 for 2016/17 annual fee towards hire of rooms for parish meeting & facilities including storage & mail box
930.00
29/11/16
Euroffice
BACS
Inv 3046538 stationary
44.98
29/11/2016
HMRC
BACS
PAYE November 2016
3.60
29/11/2016
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's November 2016 expenses invoice 0008-2016/17
80.50
29/11/2016
Karine Nana Yonko
BACS
Clerk's November 2016 salary
332.40


Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Thursday 22nd January 2017 – 7.30 pm at the Kingsley Centre

Kingsley Parish Council Thursday 27th October CANCELLED!

Kingsley Parish Council meets on Thursday, 27th October 2016 in the Kingsley Centre at 7.30pm

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
Cllr Robin Gregory

3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation

5. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 22nd September 2016
6. Matters Arising
7. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing:
TAG Farnborough Airport Air Space Change Proposal
20050/025 Dennard Ltd, 4 Park Ironworks, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LY Retention of extraction flues for a paint spray booth within the unit
27706/005 Oxney Cottage Kingsley Common, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LR Single storey side and rear extension, alteration to existing & new fenestration and existing front/side timber cladding to replace with render finish to match existing house
SDNP/16/03821/FUL Land to The South West of Sickles Lane Kingsley Alton Hampshire
Temporary siting of a mobile home and agricultural storage barn
26242/053 Dean Farm Golf Course, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NG
Conversion of former machinery shed to holiday cottage
New application:
EC/26242/054 Dean Farm Golf Course, Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NG
Alleged change of use - material change of use from clubhouse to residential; first registered with Council Tax 1 Dec 2015
54919/001 Land at Kingsley Golf Club, Forge Road, Sleaford, Bordon
Erection of 7 houses and 6 flats with associated car parking and external works.

8. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
9. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
10. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
11. Community Resilience
12. Environment and Biodiversity
13. Kingsley Village Forum
14. Housing, Business & Commerce
15. Review of Capital Projects
16. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed & circulated to all Cllrs prior to the meeting.

17. Broadband
18. District Councillor
19. Procedures, Finance and Payments
To discuss digitisation of Parish Council legal documents
Preparation of budget for year 2017/18 to be accepted in November 2016
Review of Audit Commission Issues workbook
To consider actions necessary to implement recommendations from the 2015/16 External and
Internal Audits
Clerk contract of employment to be signed

Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
October 2016 Payments to be authorised
Payment Date - Payee - Payment Mode - Description - Amount
20/10/2016 SSE DD Electricity bill at St Nicholas Chapel period 25/06/16 to 29/09/16 £21.05
28/10/2016 South East Water BACS Water bill at Allotments site period 14/03/16 to 13/09/16 £147.54
28/10/2016 HMRC BACS PAYE October 2016 £3.80
28/10/2016 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's October 2016 expenses invoice 0007-2016/17 £80.50
28/10/2016 Karine Nana Yonko BACS Clerk's October 2016 salary £332.20

Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Thursday 24th November 2016 – 7.30 pm at the Kingsley Centre

Imagine

Imagine that we live in a representative democracy where ordinary people elect wise men (or scoundrels) to figure out what’s best for the country as a whole. Imagine that one of those granted supreme power isn’t smart enough to bring about consensus on a range of issues among his fellow power-wielders and decides instead to let the ordinary people decide. (The normal cut and thrust of intellectual debate among the wise men to settle these things is unavailable as almost all the wise men think the same way with only a small number in the minority.)

The ordinary people, mostly untrained in the philosophies of government and the skills of negotiation and deal-making, cannot be expected to bring about consensus on the range of issues at hand – that’s why the representative democracy was established in the first place – so the entire matter is reduced to a single, simple to understand for seven-year-olds, question with two possible answers.

The elected wise men agree to provide the people with honest, comprehensive, clear, well thought-out, information on the strengths and weaknesses of both the two possible outcomes and then wait patiently while the people consider the various arguments, examine the evidence, hold open debates and make up their minds which way to vote. Once the voting is complete the elected representatives will have their answer and they can continue governing with a fresh mandate. Simple!
 

(It’s hard to understand why anyone would bother with representative democracy in the first place if the ordinary people can just decide things easily without all that power-broking, deal-making and deliberating that the wise men (or scoundrels) spend their entire careers indulging in but let’s get over it and move on.)

After the vote, which unexpectedly goes the way nobody at all predicted or had prepared for, the government claims a mandate in the form of the trivial answer to the trivial question on the ballot paper but, here’s the rub, what does the answer mean, exactly? That of course is where we started: Imagine that we live in a representative democracy where ordinary people elect wise men to figure out what’s best for the country as a whole.

As a consequence of the original failure to act wisely, some wise men will have to go and practise wisdom outside of politics. The remaining wise men reorganise themselves to have a crack at the original set of problems. Of course now they’re hampered by The Result limiting their ability to act, even though no-one agrees in detail what the vote actually means and even though most of the wise men think it a disastrous course of action. “The people have spoken clearly and The Result is The Result!” proclaims the new chief helpfully clarifying nothing. Worse – those who voted the “wrong” way are told by all and sundry that they must “get over it”. Apparently everyone is now irrevocably committed because of the idiocy of one wise man, now departed, and, instead of fixing the original problems (which haven’t gone away), the remaining wise men spend their time discussing whether implementing The Result should be done “softly” or “hardly”, not an easy task as no such options were offered to the people. In some circles this is referred to as “making stuff up”.
 

Some of the people say that The Result means one thing but others say it means something else; some of the wise men say that The Result means one thing while others say otherwise. The Result must be respected, manifesto commitments must be kept – well, not ALL the manifesto commitments, just the ones that “must be kept” - although some formerly unalterable policies are now impossible, or at least inconvenient, in the light of The Result and must therefore be abandoned. The debate moves on from merely interpreting The Result to examining the motives of those who voted. This provides much more scope for creativity as no room was provided on the ballot paper for rationale, just a simple yes or no to the motion.
 

In estimating the people’s motives the wise men gather information from many sources: guesswork, the “free press”, anecdotes, the occasional face to face discussion with individuals and opinion polls, which have proved to be completely reliable over the years. Of course, not everyone’s motive is worthy of respect by the wise men, only approved motives are to be taken into account; motives deemed to be ignorant or unworthy may be freely disregarded.
 

None of this takes place in a vacuum. The ordinary people get on with their lives as though nothing has changed, some believing that everything has changed, some believing that everything will change, others firm in the their belief that nothing ever will change. Political discussions in the pub are now untenable as everyone has a firm opinion about the technical minutia of subjects they knew nothing about just a few months before. The only thing agreed on by most commentators is that the wise men aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Foreigners are torn between pity for the millions of citizens whose rights are to be revoked and amusement that so many people could have been sold an obvious pup and that the wise men were stupid enough to have done this in the first place.
 

The wise men assure everyone that the losing side (who must in any event “accept The Result” and “get over it”) will shortly see the error of their ways and come to rejoice in the new arrangements, that foreigners will come cap in hand to learn about how they can bring about similar changes in their own countries, climate change will cease immediately and fairies will soon be discovered, living at the bottom of the garden.
 

Lewis Carroll couldn’t have made this up!
 

Brexit? No, I said “Imagine ...”. This is just an idea I’ve had for a novel, what do you think, is it too far-fetched?

Ted Smith

When I met Ted Smith he was the gamekeeper on a shoot just west of Dorchester. Having been posted to Dorchester prison, and moved to Dorset, I began getting involved in the sort of things which I have followed throughout my life. So it was that having be out with the local hunt, The Blackmoor Vale, I met a chap whose mother, it turned out, worked in the prison administration department. As a result of meeting her son we would often chat about matters of a rural nature and one day, as we approached the winter, she asked me if I was interested in doing a bit of beating. I said I was and shortly afterwards was invited to go and meet the keeper for my vetting. Having been advised the said keeper was a, "crusty old sod" and could be quite rude. Well I turned up at the keepers house and was greeted by Ted. He was a very big man, probably around six feet tall and built like the proverbial brick toilet. To cut a long story short I passed the once over and was invited to join his team of beaters for the forthcoming season. Especially, it appeared as I had a terrier.

Ted was an all-round countryman having worked in hunt service as a terrier man,worked on the farm and, of course, become a gamekeeper. He was a very good keeper, always presenting a good head of pheasants and ensuring they flew high over the guns. The shoot upon which Ted worked was rented from the landowner and run by one Henry Tailor-Newton. ( Name changed as he is probably still around ). It seemed that shooting was by invitation and those that attended were all Henry’s friends. For Henry the winter was spent shooting as the system that he was a part of was built upon invitations, those whom invited friends to shoot would receive invitations in return. Each week throughout the season was, therefore, spent all around the area shooting. Nice work if you can get it. Clearly these people were very well healed as, work as most of us know it, was abandoned for several months whilst they pursued their sport. Ted on the other hand, worked from dawn until dusk for most of the year to ensure his birds provided the highest quality shooting for his employer. He was assisted by his daughter, Jill, who acted as under keeper. Jill had a passion for gun dogs and owned a significant kennel of Black Labradors. On a shoot day she would work three or four of them. During the non- shooting months of the year she was an enthusiastic gun dog trialer, a pursuit at which she did very well.

Teds team of beaters was, as these groups tend to be, diverse. Old, young, friendly, standoffish,townies and both male and female. The standoffish ones were those, whom for the most part, had been coming to beat for years this, it would appear, gave them a privileged position. New members of the group were expected to pay due respect to these dinosaurs and to take their instructions, because of course, they knew how things should be done !!

Many of the beaters brought dogs with them and these were as diverse as the owners themselves. Mostly of a mongrel type  but with the odd gundog breed. For the most part the standard of dog training amongst the beaters was not high. This was very obvious on a shoot day when the keeper could be heard shouting such things as …."Who’s ……ing dog is that ?". "What the bloody hell is that dog doing ?" and "for Christ’s sake keep your bloody dogs on the lead". 

Seldom were any of the dogs, brought along with the beaters, given praise and as a result of this my first few seasons with Ted were a little trying, to say the least. I, at the time, had a Border Terrier and, no doubt, as a result of Ted’s days as a hunt terrier man, he had a very soft spot for terriers. He would often say to me, "Let your little terrier off". Ted, for my terrier was also called Ted, would disappear into the scrub and took great delight in flushing birds all over the place. But, as can be imagined, this did not endear me to the rest of the group. Actually it was even worse when, keeper Ted began telling all and sundry, "that is what I call a dog, not one of these poncey dogs that’s afraid to get stuck into bushes". Although Ted worked a Labrador himself his pride and joy was Sadie his little white terrier. Know by the rest of us as silent and violent, Sadie wandered around and attack any pheasant foolish enough to hang around long enough for her to catch it. She never once yapped, always completing her murders in total silence, hence her nickname. It was quite usual to see Ted, at the end of a drive, with a handful of birds that had been nowhere near the guns! And, of course, "that is what he called a dog." It was the custom for Henry Tailor– Newton to come into the beaters hut at lunchtime to pay us and, apart from handing out the little buff pay packets, he would always take time to thank us for our efforts.Ted would take his lunch with the beaters and Henry would usually have some words of praise for Ted’s efforts, passed on from the guns. Having been told how brilliant, (for example ), the second drive had been and how delighted the guns were with it, Ted would reply in the negative. His usual response would be to tell Henry, "That it would have been if you had bloody well done it the way I wanted to". I don’t know why but Ted couldn’t seem to take praise. Henry would mutter something like, "Yes, well quite Ted", and leave him to get on with it. To his great credit I never once saw him lose his temper with Ted.

Ted, apart from being a good keeper, was also an accomplished gardener. He had a large plot opposite his house where he grew some amazing vegetables. He also kept a large number of chickens. I once took Ted with me to Hatherleigh market in Devon when he wanted to replenish his chicken numbers. It was one of the few days in the year he took off, he thoroughly enjoyed it but, unfortunately, kept telling everyone about it for months to follow. Nothing lasts for ever, and so it was with that shoot. A new farm manager was appointed and he had no interest,or liking for,shooting. There followed a couple of seasons during which the manager made life difficult for the shoot until, finally, Henry decided to give it up. By this time Ted was getting on and he retired. It is a great testimony to him that he was able to buy himself a house with several acres and, when I say buy, I mean he paid for it in cash, no mortgage. There he lived until his death several years later.

Kingsley Parish Council Thursday 22nd

Kingsley Parish Council meets on Thursday, 22nd September 2016 in the Kingsley Centre at 7.30pm

AGENDA

1. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Declarations of Personal/Prejudicial Interest
4. Public Question Time
Public Questions
Consideration of agenda items which will be open to public participation
Presentation from Pine Media

5. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings held on 28th July 2016
6. Matters Arising
7. Planning Applications
Applications ongoing:
TAG Farnborough Airport Air Space Change Proposal
SDNP/16/01234/FUL Land South of Foxes Green Street East Worldham Bordon GU35 9NN
Change of use of existing agricultural land to provide two equestrian stables and tack room
1 Orchard Cottages, Oakhanger Road, Bordon GU35 9JP
Two storey side extension and pitched roof to replace existing flat roof
27706/004 Oxney Cottage Kingsley Common, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LR Variation of Condition 1 of appeal decision APP/C/92/M1710/624503 to read "The former Oxney Cottage bungalow shall not be used as a separate residential planning unit and it shall not be used for purposes other than those which are ancillary to the use of the main dwelling on site"
20050/025 Dennard Ltd, 4 Park Ironworks, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LY Retention of extraction flues for a paint spray booth within the unit
56776/001 Old Park Farm House, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LU
Listed building consent - single storey and two storey rear extensions following demolition of existing porch
56703/001 Orchard House, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LT
Prior notification for single storey development extending 5 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling, incorporating an eaves height of 2.1 metres and a maximum height of 3.3 metres
New application:
56881 5 Old Park Farm, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LU
Prior notification for single storey development extending 6 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house, incorporating an eaves height of 2.9 metres and a maximum height of 3.8 metres
27706/005 Oxney Cottage Kingsley Common, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9LR
Single storey side and rear extension, alteration to existing & new fenestration and existing
front/side timber cladding to replace with render finish to match existing house
SDNP/16/03821/FUL Land to The South West of Sickles Lane Kingsley Alton Hampshire
Temporary siting of a mobile home and agricultural storage barn
26242/053 Dean Farm Golf Course, Main Road, Kingsley, Bordon, GU35 9NG
Conversion of former machinery shed to holiday cottage

8. St Nicholas Cemetery & Cemetery Chapel
9. Transport, Highways and Road Safety
- Forge Rd street nameplates
- Jalsa Salana review meeting
- Community Speedwatch

10. Commons, Village Greens and Rights of Way
11. Community Resilience
12. Environment and Biodiversity
13. Kingsley Village Forum
14. Housing, Business & Commerce
15. Review of Capital Projects
16. Communications
The correspondence received this month was listed by the clerk and circulated to all councillors
prior to the meeting.

17. Broadband
18. District Councillor
19. Procedures, Finance and Payments
Acknowledgement of audit commission report for financial period ending 31.03.16 with actions to
taken
Review of Clerk annual contract of employment
Preparation of budget for year 2017/18 to be accepted in November 2016
Payments to be made & Accounts to accept
August 2016 Payments authorised and made

Date of Next Meeting of Kingsley Parish Council –
Thursday 27th October 2016 – 7.30 pm at the Kingsley Centre