Apologies for absence  Mr M Norton,  Mr M Hills,  Mr M Inston.

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

Matters arising 
Littlemore pumping station: Thames Water and Environment Agency had this in hand.

County Councillor's report
J Howell reported that OCC staff had been given a day's holiday as reward for achieving 4 star status.
He would speak to Peter Ronald about the traffic calming.
The EIP into planning etc had started and City and others had made various cases

District Councillor's report
The Council met on 22nd February to agree a budget and set the Council Tax for the coming year. The ruling Conservative group's proposal for a budget giving a nil increase in the District Council Tax was agreed after the defeat of a Liberal Democrat amendment which would have enabled a 1.27% reduction.
Apart from reducing the Council Tax the LibDem budget would, among other improvements, have prevented the spending of a large sum for the use of a call centre located in Coventry to deal with residents enquiries. and would have restored bus tokens to pay for alternative transport in villages where there are few, or no, buses.
The District element is a relatively small part of the total Council Tax. Oxfordshire County Council have increased their portion by 4% and the Police Authority by 4.99%.There has also been an increase of 3.09% in the Parish Precepts.
The overall average increase in Council Tax for the coming year is therefore 3.71% which will impose still more hardship on many residents.

The E.I.P.(Examination in Public) at Reading began on 28th February.The District Council's view is that the area south of Grenoble Road at Oxford is not acceptable for Housing development and Didcot is to be preferred. My view is that no further development is acceptable anywhere until a major improvement to the roads network is undertaken.

Park Homes:.There are still some outstanding matters which need resolving with the Park Owner but a new problem has arisen following the issuing of a new Rent book to residents.
This includes the statement "no residents under the age of 45".As may be imagined this has caused considerable concern and I discussed this and the other outstanding matters on 1st March at a meeting with Paul Holland and Craig Miller of the Environmental Health Dept.
They will convene a case meeting with other officers of the council since other departments such as Trading Standards and Housing may have an interest.
Before such a condition could be imposed a consultation exercise must have been carried out and 70% of residents would have to support it.

Matters for consideration

	Janaway play area: Negotiations are proceeding between Persimmon and parish council for the play area to be repaired and adopted.

	Lock bridge: The Spirit Group brewery had not yet replied to Clerk's letter requesting action.

Planning
No 5 Broadhurst Gardens had received planning permission.

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

Income Bank Interest	16.12	Expenditure G Surman	85.00
Total	16.12	Total	85.00

Matters raised
Michelle and Cathy were congratulated on the new youth club which was proving a great success and popular with 15 village children so far.

Items for agenda of next meeting   There were none tabled.

Date of next meeting - Monday 2nd April 2007   7.00pm in the village hall.

Meeting closed at 8.10pm.