Approve and sign Minutes   M Hills,   P Tuson.

Matters arising
Standard dog signs are available free from SODC. A4 signs saying 'No dogs' can be ordered from a manufacturer and will cost £30 each. M Norton will collect some from SODC for the moment.
Donnington Hosp. Trust has written explaining measures taken to fence their property against motor cyclists and also tree cutting on Henley Rd. Clerk to write to complain of mess left on Henley Rd.

County Councillor's report  
N Northcott welcomed J Howell attending his first Sandford parish council meeting and on behalf of the council congratulated him on his success in the recent bye election.
J Howell reported on progress of the fight against development in the Green Belt. With regard to the housing proposed Boris Johnson (MP) has written as he promised to all Conservative members of the County Council. J Howell had met R Dudding at the county council and apparently the officers are not happy with the present proposal in the Draft Plan, they would prefer the dispersed option.
However, the officers were still recommending that the proposals for gravel extraction remain. This would have considerable effect on Sandford because of much increased heavy traffic and so the fight would go on to the examination in public which was timetabled to start in June/July and then be adjourned until October/November. The housing proposal could also return at that time even if it were omitted at this stage by councillors changing their minds.

Matters for consideration

	Traffic calming - Peter Egawhary has now been moved on and we have been asked to refer any problems to R Dix. The parking problem is not quite so bad at the moment but it was resolved to continue to press for the junction change at Church Rd.
	ROsPA playground inspection. This would be deferred until after next inspection around July.
	Village appraisal - progress report. Steve Daniels attended and spoke about the progress of the appraisal (report appended) All was going well and on schedule. There had been a response rate of 45% to the questionnaire which was very good. The youth response was not very good and a different approach would be tried in the future.
	Report on Green Belt. This was covered by the County Councillor's report.

Planning   P04/W0169 95 Henley Rd two storey extension to rear - no objections

Income and expenditure   M Inston,   sec. N Northcott.

Income OCC refund (kissing gates)	145.00	Expenditure M Hills (appraisal) G Surman (goalposts, bench)	59.26 70.00
Total	145.00	Total	129.26

Matters raised 
Broadhurst Gardens tidying up was now complete and very successful. It was hoped that residents would refrain from dumping rubbish in future.

Items for agenda of next meeting
Rock Farm Lane.

Date of next meeting - Monday 5th April 7.00pm in the village hall

Meeting closed at 8.45pm