MONDAY 29TH JANUARY 2018

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MINUTES OF SHOEBURY GARRISON RESIDENTS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 29TH JANUARY 2018 7.30 PM AT HINGUAR SCHOOL

Present.

  • Chris Coomber - Chair
  • Phil Coombe     - Treasurer
  • Pam Deakin.     - Secretary
  • Daniel Puddick
  • Jason Britchford
  • Peter  Farrington
  • Jonathan Hunnibal
  • Richard Spence  - Prospective SGMCL Director
  • Robert Fowler.    - Managing Agents
  • Michael Stiers.    - Managing Agents

 

1.     Apologies - Received from Cliff Marshall, Simon Wright and Larry Irwin .

2.  Minutes of the 16th October and the AGM of the were accepted and approved. Matters arising - Possible traffic calming measures on New Barge Pier Road.

Action - Chris to contact Councillor Hadley to see if there are any developments regarding the possibility of  traffic calming measures to reduce the boy racer nuisance and commercial parking.

 

3.  Committee Members - specific areas of responsibility.

Action -Landscaping  - Peter and Chris offered to monitor the status of the landscaping and will feed back information to  Fowler and Spenceley regarding areas  of landscaping that they feel may need addressing.

Chris has asked Cliff if he is willing to continue monitoring and reporting back on the progress of sea wall repairs.

4.   Garrison Church - Is on the market with the same class of use. To be watched with interest.

5.   S 106 Handover. Chris suggested that it is time to try different  tactics to try to  accelerate the handover; a formal letter was suggested, which would incur some legal fees.

Action - Richard will contact Jo Massey to get comprehensive Information regarding the time line of the handover and the reasons for the hold up.

6.    Antisocial Behaviour - The boy racer cars and motor bikes nuisance continues. The stone gatepost Lions in The Terraces have been broken. It was emphasised that gathering as much information as possible will enable the police to act. With sufficient evidence it may be possible to get  a Dispersal Order to stop cars or motor bikes gathering. Residents are asked to report either on 101 or on our Facebook page any nuisance occurrences.

Action - Phil is to put a link to enable this to be done more easily.

7.    Spenceley and Fowler Report. Internal Redecorations of various blocks  in Horseshoe Crescent and Chapel Road   are taking place, with external decoration in Horseshoe Crescent to follow on. Internal and external decorations in Magazine Mews due to start shortly. 

Payment request invoices have been sent out. The proposed LED lighting doesn't need planning  permission, so will go ahead  as a rolling project in the future.

The lights  will be refurbished, where necessary, at the same time.

Parking - Has become more problematic on North Camp, particularly in Mess Road,

Hospital Road and by the Drill Shed. It was felt that another survey in North Camp is now necessary, approaching people more directly, to gain a definite consensus on which route to take.

Action - Daniel to organise in conjunction with Fowler and Spenceley an e mail survey and possibly a door to door survey in certain areas.

The Drill Shed business activity is continuing to ignore planning restrictions on parking etc.         The Planning Authority to be contacted.

Rifle Shed - The new owner is aware of his responsibilities for making good damage to the perimeter wall and Gate posts.

English Coastal. Path - intended to run from Southend to Wallasea , the route to run along the existing footpath along Mess Road and in front of Outlook Apartments Natural England representatives have met with Mess Road residents to discuss.

Bollards - following concerns about emergency access the possibility of utilising the  old Gate entrance in Hospital Road for installation of demountable vehicle bollards. A quote for this work has been obtained for £1,225

 

8.       A.O.B. Planning - there are various possible planning issues regarding Houses by Sainsbury To make it easy to see any planning applications Phil will put them on Facebook.

 Proposed Health Centre - there appears to be doubt as to whether this will now go ahead.

We will try to get more information concerning this.

The meeting closed at 9.15 p.m.

Next Committee Meeting - Monday 5th March