HIRA Minutes of last meeting

- Tue 9th Jun 2009

Hayling Island Residents Association ( HIRA )

Minutes of the Meeting held Tuesday 12th May 2009 at Sunnyside Hall, Webb Lane, Hayling Island. Hants

P = PRESENT. AP = APOLOGY.

Paul Fisher P A Lenaghan P Barbra Gardner AP
Bruce Bennett P
Dale Norman P Zach Allgood AP
Tony Higham P Dave Turvey AP
Colin Richards P Carole Evans AP
Brenda Greenland P Lois Neal AP

Minutes of the last meeting: Agreed as accurate

Matters arising: Fishery Lane road works started. Bound Lane. Selsmore Road/Bound Lane development appears to be dead as rumour has it no more applications or appeals will be submitted. The open meeting was well attended with many good presentations on Youth Facility Provision on Hayling. Some were disappointed at no youth being present but others felt it did not distract from the theme of the evening.

Treasurers Report: £195 in the current account and £2041.71 on deposit. All bills are paid to date. It was pointed out that interest is abysmal at present. Gaining new members is still proving difficult.

Planning Report: Bruce reported upon the planning application at 35 The Crescent. The Committee raised no objections. Andy L recommended it went to committee as he was keen for it to be scrutinised thoroughly. Ann Griffiths was also commenting on the proposals and her views and that of the Bosmere 100 had been submitted. It was also reported that the Inn on the beach has potential new tenants ready to take over the lease.

NEHRA report: Colin reported that a resident had built a shed in front garden which conflicted with the VDS. It has been retrospectively refused planning based on this and the owner has gone to appeal. This will be the first test case to see how the VDS is viewed by the Inspectors. The phone box saga goes on but a deal is imminent if third party insurance can be arranged. The village hall committee have refused to include it within their insurance.

Community Board Report: A presentation was given by the vendor’s architects on the plans for the Rose in June. Both HIRA and HICB wish to see it retained as a Pub or alternative community use. Differences of opinions arose as to the valuation of the site with Paul adamant it is overvalued and therefore not marketed at a fair price. For this reason alone HBC should refuse change of use.

Terry Worrall has a one to one with the leader of HBC to discuss various issues.

Praise on the Plaza is to go ahead on the 31st May with the Community Board supporting the official opening of this Liveability project. Notice Board can be erected but will probably not be ready in time. An alternative will be to cut a ribbon.

Nick Horten advised that the PCSO’s and community Wardens were trained now and would be issuing on the spot fines to person dropping litter or not using poop scoops after their dogs.

MTI Report: All the various committees are working well in their own areas. Discover Hayling event at the Station Theatre went very well.

Eastoke Corner: The meeting held by Allan Priddy was fairly well attended although not a lot of new information was forthcoming as yet. Both HIRA and HIBC are adamant the remaining funds from Liveability should be spent on improving Eastoke Corner and it is hoped Terry Worrall will stress this at his meeting (above)


Correspondence: None

Islander report: Tony will attempt to deal with before leaving for holiday, although timing will be tight.

AOB: The Web site is still being worked on but further discussion required with Russ.

There has been no further movement in respect of the Parish Council initiative.

Bruce requested that a push is made for provision of CCTV in Mengham.

Dale requested that we all try and recruit people who are willing to help at the youth Café.

Meeting closed 9.10pm.

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