Present      Chairman Cllr Robinson, V/Chairman Cllr  Aves, Cllrs Harrison,            Pearson, Reed and Davies; also C/Cllr Fitch  and D/Cllr Shulver.

Apologies  Cllr Lambert.

Visit 
Alison  Condor  from  CCC  explained that she  is  one  of  three countryside officers  and looks after East  Cambridgeshire.  She explained how Parishes can apply for free trees and hedging.  The Parishes work with local private landowners using her as a  link. She  can  feed the PC into a grant mechanism and  currently runs about  300 planting schemes each year. The scheme can be used  to re-plant dead planting. There are two options - 100 trees or  100 metres  of hedging but it is possible to have smaller numbers  of plants for central planting. The PC discussed possible sites.

Reports
Cllrs Robinson and Pearson had been to the Parish Forum  run  by CALC. It was agreed there should be more input from PC's to  ECDC re planning procedures but opinions varied as to the best way  to achieve this. The Planning Department were now sending copies  of the  reports their committee receive prior to  planning meetings and this was considered a favourable move.

District Council

D/Cllr  Shulver reported that Reach had been included in the  new 3-year  round of works in the Enhancement Scheme of  Conservation Areas. The replacement of street lamps around Fair Green and  the buying  of overhead cables in Great Lane have been granted.  Cllr Shulver  has been nominated to be the ECDC representative on  the Bottisham  Sports Centre Management Group. She had  attended  the Prospect  Trust open day at Snake Hall Farm and also the  meeting re  Devil's  Dyke. Here the Cambridgeshire Linear  Sites  Project informed  the public of their intentions to restore  the  Devil's Dyke   if  a  National  Heritage  Lottery  Fund application   is successful.  Cllr Shulver told the PC that they can apply  for  a grant to purchase a mower to cut the Playing Field as it is a new project - it could not be used for other purposes.The Draft Local Plan  is on deposit until 13th October and Cllr  Shulver  pointed out that she had a lot of support for her views even if they were not those of the PC.