Apologies for absence  There were none.

Approve and sign Minutes  prop. M Hills.   sec. M.Robinson.

Matters arising
Peach Boy had been an unqualified success and had made £104 profit. 80 people had attended but mostly through parish council contacts. The Oxfordshire Travelling Theatre Company and their website had accounted for 25 seats. Congratulations to K Welch for all the organization and to him and others for much hard work on the night.

County Councillor's report   A detailed report on the next year's OCC budget was handed over.

Matters for consideration

	Traffic calming, Peter Ronald reported that according to speeding surveys undertaken in 2006 and 2009 there was not a speeding problem along Henley Road. The parish council had a remainder sum of £8,000 from traffic calming measures to date and he suggested a bid be put in for small measures such as white line removal which had been successful elsewhere and bollards along grass verges. This would be discussed at next pc meeting.
	Lock footbridge closure - Thames Waterway team leader Helen Page attended the meeting and outlined the Environment Agency's intentions for renovating the bridge as detailed in the letter sent to households and posted on parish notice boards. The parish council protested vigorously the inconvenience to 100+ users of the bridge daily and explained that the proposed temporary footpath re routing was unusable but to no avail. The bridge will be closed from March 22 until June 15. Clerk would email J Howell re pc's displeasure.
	Letter from Aston Tirrold pc re. proposed changes to planning procedures This was noted

Planning
P10/W0005   Change of use of land to use as nature reserve, OPT   - agree
P10/W0006/A   Erect two non illuminated notice boards. OPT   - agree
P10/W0173   Erection conservatory 22 Rock Farm Lane   - no comment

Income and expenditure   None this month.

Matters raised  
There was to be a coffee morning in the village hall on Sat 6 March as a fund raiser for the new Vale House coming to Sandford.
Some tree work may be necessary in Broadhurst Gardens and Fox Furlong play areas. Clerk would ask BCB to attend.
Also write to community mental health team re procedure for putting out rubbish bins.
Clerk would bring costings for new notice boards to next meeting. Present ones were unsatisfactory since being vandalised.
N Northcott gave notice that next month would be his last meeting as he was resigning from the council.

Items for agenda of next meeting  
Discuss traffic proposals on map of the village.
Notice boards

Date of next meeting   Monday 12 April 2010 at 7.00pm Welch Room.


Meeting closed at 8.45pm