Present

Chairman Cllr Lambert, Vice/Chairman Cllr Robinson, Cllrs Summers, Harrison, Pearson, Aves, and Moseley; also C/Cllr Fitch, D/Cllr Cane

Matters Arising

Boat dwellers on the Point

These people had been asked to move on, after a special meeting of the Parish Council had been held, following a complaint by the Environment Agency. Cllr Lambert had been deputed to talk to them, saying that we were worried about the number of boats, the detrimental effect they were having on village amenities, and the fact that they were not licensed. Some of the boats have now gone, but there are still two there, and these boat dwellers seemed to think that it would need a court order to remove them. It need not come to this, and it was suggested that the chairman should go back in a week or two to find out what their plans were for moving on, as they had been requested. The chairman had written to Anglian Water to explain the situation. It was suggested that we should put up notices preventing mooring along the banks of the river, for anything longer than 72 hours.

Seating in Reach Wood

John Robinson had got the wood to make the benches and was about to cut it up. He has also got the wood for the bus shelter, and would see to its repair.

Correspondence

A letter from Mr and Mrs Lingley of the Hythe was read out. They said that they objected to Mr Groom’s decision to widen the road and allow lorries to pass nearer to their house. D/Cllr Cane said that she would have a word with some residents who still parked on the road and blocked the way for lorries. Various solutions were suggested, such as providing hard-standing on the left of the road, nearer to the sewage works, or putting yellow lines or deliberately narrowing the road further, to prevent parking opposite the Lingleys’ house.

There was also a letter from the Lingleys objecting to the planning application for Marshalls Airport to put in a new passenger Terminal. The Chairman said that there had been a big public meeting about it in Cambridge, and it had been taken off the agenda by South Cambridgeshire District Council. East Cambridgeshire had not been consulted about the matter.