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LATEST PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES: A QUICK SUMMARY
Planning Committee 28th August	Environment Committee 28th August
The WI has complained to the Parish Council about the removal of their latest topper from the postbox on the High Street. The Royal Main has now installed a solar-power roof on the postbox. 🟡 Three councillors apologised for their absence. 🟡 A neighbour complained at some length about the Parish Council's handling of planning applications for 31 Stevens Lane. A covenant on a nearby road should prevent this development, the resident claimed. The committee chair replied that the breaking of covenants is a civil law matter for the County Court. 🟡 The chair tried to prevent another question being put—about the status on the committee of a particular councillor at the previous meeting—on the grounds that this was a constitutional matter which would be handled at the next Parish Council meeting. The questioner stated that the answer was a matter entirely within the jurisdiction of the chair of this committee. When pressed, the chair said he had permitted the attendance of the councillor because the chair of the Parish Council had asked him to. 🟡 The committee is concerned about the proposed Hook Park development of 2,000 dwellings in eight-storey blocks which will be out of character with anything nearby. It has been requested that the front doors generally face Kingston rather than Claygate. How much extra traffic will these residences generate coming down Woodstock Lane South through Claygate? 🟡 PA Housing had obtained planning permission to build several dwellings in Foxwarren and on The Roundway, but both of these permissions have recently expired.	Three councillors apologised for their absence. 🟩 Given Cllr Moon's absence, the decision on whom to propose as vice-chairman of the committee was postponed until the next meeting. 🟩 Since Peter Stevenson's departure, no replacement for the post of non-voting advisor from the Environment working group had been found. Vanessa Relleen (in the public gallery) was happy to accept the suggestion that she could stand for the post. This was swiftly accepted unanimously before she could entertain any second thoughts. 🟩 No replacement for Ben Full had been found as representative from the Traffic and Parking working group. There is a suggestion that this working group be merged with Shops and Businesses. 🟩 The crash on Hare Lane at the junction with Loseberry Road—a Porsche and a motorbike—raises further questions about the speed limit on Hare Lane and the proposed development behind Raleigh Drive. 🟩 New Surrey County Councillor Andy Burton said it was important for him to maintain good relations with the Parish Council.