Present:  There were 7 Parish Councillors present and Cllrs Heath. Cllrs Mitchell and Thirzie Smart were present for part of meeting.
Bob Duxbury of Planning Dept at CDC spoke about how the Parish Council could make its views known to the Planning department. It is hoped that by 2011 there should be a local statutory plan available. At present there is not.
If an issue is likely to be contentious then a local councillor can ask for it to go to committee. But he/she must do it within first three weeks of application.
Vacancy on Parish Council: Tracy Cuthbert has been co-opted to fill vacancy.
Chairman:   David Chapman was re-elected as Chairman and David Gibbard as Vice chairman of Parish Council.
State of footpath, etc by The Goggs: Aletter from a resident  about this  is being followed up to ascertain who actually owns the land. OCC is being approached re removal of Barrier/style at Painter’s Close end of the Goggs.
Local Neighbourhood Action Group set up by Police: Alan Miller is the representative of Parish Council at this
Flooding meeting:    See elsewhere in Broadsheet
Vandalism:    OCC Youth Worker to be contacted.
Planning:    Three applications for replacement windows in Sycamore Cottages have been received. CDC have sent decisions about erection of timber garden cabin for 69 Courtington Lane, demolition of brick wall, etc for the Coach House, Banbury Rd, and a two storey rear extension for 4 Brookside Way have all been agreed subject to conditions. Also the lowering of 3 Leylandii for Unicorn House, Unicorn St has been agreed.
Finance: the accounts for 2008-9 were agreed by Parish Council and now have to go first to internal auditor and then to external auditor.
Annual Meeting of Village:   See elsewhere in Broadsheet.
Clerk’s Appraisal: This was found to be more than satisfactory.   Re Increase of hours more information is needed.
Next meeting :   1st June.
The agenda: is posted on the Notice boards in the village before this. Any resident can attend and if there are any issues they wish to raise, this can be done at the beginning of the meeting. A full copy of the minutes can be seen on application to the Parish Clerk (720556) after they have been agreed as a true record, or on the parish council website. www.bloxham-parish-council.org
David Godfrey, Parish Clerk