Apologies for absence  Mrs H Hutton,   Cllr J Stimpson.

Approve and sign Minutes  prop M Hills,   Sec. M Robson.

Matters arising  N Northcott had left notes requesting that cars were not parked on the grass verges on Henley Road opposite the village hall.

County Councillor's report
J Howell reported that Richard Dix would no longer be involved in the traffic measures in Sandford, Peter Ronald based at Drayton would now be in charge. Clerk would contact him to arrange a Friday lunchtime meeting to show him the problems and ask him to prepare plans to bring to the April meeting.
Spending on older persons in the County was not going to be cut but the emphasis changed.
More government money was available so that people could be moved out of hospitals and back into the community. There had been a successful meeting held at Chinnor and a small working party formed to work on youth services. Funds would be made available over the next 3 yrs for capital expenditure and for running of services.

Matters for consideration

	Playgrounds - M Robson had placed order for 3 items of equipment but had been told that company wanted 60% down payment. This was not acceptable. Clerk would deal with the company. Repairs to existing playgrounds were in hand. Westbury's have now been taken over by Persimmon who are unlikely to honour the agreement to repair the Janaway playground items so Safe and Sound would be asked to add the items to their repairs.
	Forest of Oxford - it was proposed to establish an 'Oxford Forest in the Green Belt' which would comprise a number of community woodlands linked by footpaths. The existing Cutteslowe Community Woodland would be taken as a model. It was intended that the project would enable people to become involved and to be able to walk via footpaths linking the new woodlands, the flood plains, Shotover and Boars Hill. [Forest of Oxford]
	Village Plan - review. N Northcott reviewed the items over which the parish council had some control and said that so far progress was good. The roads and traffic issues were in hand, there were 3 new neighbourhood watch schemes, improved grass cutting and the village hall committee appeared to be in good shape and were planning an extension for storage. The youth club had closed due to lack of demand but new items of play equipment were on the way. There had been no response to the request for 'good neighbours' in the Link or to request for items for village directory, though the village directory had been well received. The web site was popular.

Planning 
P06/W0050 93 Church Rd, single storey extension - no strong views.

Income and expenditure   Prop. M Robson,   sec. M Hills.

Income Bank Interest	18.32	Expenditure Mag Coll rent (2005) Mag Coll rent (whole of 2006)	130.00 868.00
Total	18.32	Total	998.00

Matters raised 
There had been no problems at the Kings Arms since the new licensing regulations but it was of course winter and there had been few customers. The landlord had said that the focus of the pub was for family meals and not night time entertainment.

Items for agenda of next meeting

Date of next meeting - Monday 6 March 2006   7.00pm in the village hall.

Meeting closed at 8.00pm