Apologies for absence  Ms M Robson,   Cllr J Stimpson.

Approve and sign Minutes  prop H Hutton,   sec. M Norton.

Matters arising  There were no matters arising.

District Councillor's report
J Howell produced a copy of the Draft Town and Country Planning (Green Belt) Direction he had received from DEFRA and suggested that parish councillors study it and make comments at next pc meeting in September. It may be downloaded at www.odpm.gov.uk
With regard to buses, he had held a positive meeting with County Council officers and it had been agreed to leave the 105/106 service as it is ie the subsidy to continue though the pot of money was considerably shrunk due to other withdrawals of service in rural areas.
Thames Transit were prepared to maintain a one hourly service between the Science Park and the railway station which was good for Sandford but didn't help villages further down the line.
The A4074 is to become a 'spine' route between Oxford and Reading via Wallingford so there will be a premium (every 15min) route set up though buses can only be caught on that road.

Matters for consideration

	Traffic measures - N Northcott summarized the position to date and the preferred measures to help remedy traffic problems as discussed and minuted at last month's meeting. R Dix agreed that there was £26,000 of developers money in the kitty until 2007 and possibly a little more. For that it should be possible to provide the Church Road/Henley Road junction re-alignment, a feature indicating entry to the village at either end; that is, 'gates' and road marking as at Nuneham Courtney at top end of Henley Road and somewhere in region of Orchard House. Also some bollards on verge at top end of Henley Road. Humps would be a problem because of the buses. The reinforcement of 30mph signs might be considered because people did not perceive the spacing of lamp posts as meaningful. He was asked about 30mph flashing electronic signs, these cost about £4-5,000 approx. The problem with heavy lorries using the village and Grenoble Road as a short cut at all hours was raised and R Dix said he had ambitions to extend enforcement to the whole county as well as Oxford. He should know by the next pc meeting in September when the design work could be programmed in and agreed to expedite the work as soon as possible - hopefully within this financial year. M Inston asked whether it would be possible to improve the street lighting at the Church Road junction when the works were undertaken and R Dix agreed that it should be possible.
	Playground maintenance contract. - It was agreed that the present arrangement for playground inspections with RoSPA should continue and Safe and Sound playgrounds be

	asked to make an annual inspection and carry out necessary repairs and maintenance just prior to this.
	Rock Farm Field - M Hills had asked for this item to be included as he was worried about responsibility for maintenance etc of the field. N Northcott re-iterated that the lease had been acquired for 999yrs at a peppercorn rent from Magdalen College so that it could be kept 'green.' There was however an agricultural sitting tenant renting the field from Magdalen (who had kept the right to all rents accruing from lets, present and future) so the responsibility for maintenance etc of the field was with Magdalen.
	Spirit Group licence application. - This was for an extension of licensing hours and had caused considerable worry to residents of Church Road. N Northcott said that concerned residents should make their objections in writing to SODC licensing department and the Clerk would contact J Stimson to ask the best way forward for a pc response. The parish council had as yet had no formal notification of the Spirit Group's application

Income and expenditure   Prop. I Reveco,   sec. M Norton.

Income Bank Interest	22.27	Expenditure Mag. Coll. rent BCB Grasscutting	130.00 399.85
Total	22.27	Total	529.85

Matters raised 
M Hills said that the GWR supports for one of the benches in the Church Road rec. had been stolen in spite of having been concreted in.
H Hutton was pleased that she had decided finally to go to the Ombudsman and possibly take SODC to court over the lack of any improvement to conditions on the Park Homes site.
There had been complaints about an extremely loud firework display from the hotel on Friday 22 July. Clerk would write again and repeat request for displays to be oriented to vision rather than sound.
Also a letter to be written to Salter's Steamers and copy to Environment Agency re the noisy boats.

Items for agenda of next meeting

Date of next meeting - Monday 5 Sep 2005   7.00pm in the village hall.

The meeting closed at 8.45pm