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Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting – November 22nd 2016

Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting Location: Wardington Memorial Hall Date: Tuesday, 11th October, 2016 (7:30pm) In Attendance: Mr G Page (Chair), Mr N Bankes, Mr M Patterson, Mrs A Pasco, Mr G Martin. Mr I Franklin, Mr A Crossley. Mr K Atack (District Councillor), Mr B Jarrett (Clerk) Parishioners: Mr C Morgan Apologies: Mr K Atack (for early departure) 1. Minutes of previous meeting. (11th October, 2016) Approved and signed. 2. Matters arising from previous minutes. 2.1 HS2 Update Mr Bankes reported that the Action Group will have a meeting with HS2 on 24/11/2016 following their meeting with OCC Highways on the 22/11/2016. The purpose of the meeting was not made clear but was expected to be more

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Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting – Tuesday, 11th October 2016

Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting Location: Wardington Memorial Hall Date: Tuesday, 11th October, 2016 (7:30pm) In Attendance: Mr G Page (Chair), Mr M Patterson, Mrs A Pasco, Mr G Martin. Mr K Atack (District Councillor), Mr B Jarrett (Clerk) Parishioners: Mr N Hudson, Mr R Anson. Apologies: Mr N Bankes, Mr I Franklin, Mr A Crossley. 1. Minutes of previous meeting. (6th September, 2016) Approved and signed. 2. Matters arising from previous minutes. 2.1 HS2 Update Mr Patterson reported that following the Action Group meeting with OCC (Highways), it was established that Highways must approve any mitigating measures proposed by HS2. An update to the proposed measures has been received from HS2, still based on the 500

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Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting – 6th September 2016

Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting Location: Wardington Memorial Hall Date: Tuesday, 6th September, 2016 (7:30pm) In Attendance: Mr G Page (Chair), Mr I Franklin, Mrs A Pasco, Mr A Crossley, Mr G Martin. Mr K Atack (District Councillor), Mr B Jarrett (Clerk) Parishioners: Mr A Steven. Apologies: Mr N Bankes, Mr M Patterson. 1. Minutes of previous meeting. (26st July, 2016) Approved and signed. 2. Matters arising from previous minutes. 2.1 HS2 Update Mr Jarrett reported that the Action Group met with OCC (Highways), on the 16th August, to discuss the mitigation measures being proposed by HS2. These proposed measures consisted of carriageway widening, LGV high containment kerbs, vegetation clearance, and traffic calming measures. None of the

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Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting – Tuesday 26th July, 2016

Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting Location: Wardington Memorial Hall Date: Tuesday, 26th July, 2016 (7:30pm) In Attendance: Mr G Page (Chair), Mr N Bankes, Mr M Patterson, Mr I Franklin, Mr B Jarrett (Clerk) Parishioners: Ms J Funnell. Mrs R Page, Mr I Fuller. Apologies: Mrs A Pasco, Mr A Crossley, Mr K Atack (District Councillor), Mr G Martin. 1. Minutes of previous meeting. (21st June, 2016) Approved and signed. 2. Matters arising from previous minutes. 2.1 HS2 Update Mr Jarrett reported that Charles Holbech, Malcolm Patterson and Bob Jarrett had attended the House of Lords Select Committee Hearing where Charles Holbech had expertly presented our petition. Despite HS2’s continued non-committal to reduce the traffic volume, Charles continued to

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HS2 Action Group – House of Lords Select Committee Hearing

HS2 ACTION GROUP House of Lords Select Committing Hearing - July 20th 2016 Location:12:25pm, Houses of Parliament. Present: Committee:, Charles Holbech ,Malcolm Patterson, Bob Jarrett . The hearing began with Charles Holbech giving a summary of the petition: There would be 1,000 HS2 HGVs and 204 LGVs through Wardington daily. That represented two per minute in a 10 hour period, and this would seriously affect the quality of life in Wardington. He outlined that the volume of HGVs using the A361 is to carry spoil from Greatworth and Turweston, for use at Lower Boddington, a distance of 27 miles. Wardington would not cope with this volume of traffic and it would be unsafe. Following the Commons Select Committee report and

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House of Lords Select Committee on HS2

Charles Holbech will be presenting to the House of Lords Select Committee on HS2 on behalf of Wardington tomorrow, Wednesday 20th July 2016. If you wish to watch the proceedings they will be shown on Parliament.tv here: http://goo.gl/DdSjPW. Wardington is scheduled 5th on the agenda and proceedings start at 10:00am and again at 2:00pm. It is likely, given the experience of the House of Commons Select Committee hearing, that Charles will be on after lunch, however this will only become clear on the day. The video of proceedings should be online for some time after the event and we expect that the above link will continue to work for those who can't watch live. We will issue another news post if this

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Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting – 21st June 2016

Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting Location: Wardington Memorial Hall Date: Tuesday, 21st June, 2016 (7:30pm) In Attendance: Mr G Page (Chair), Mr M Patterson, Mr I Franklin, Mr A Crossley, Mrs A Pasco, Mr G Martin, Mr K Atack (District Councillor). Parishioners: Ms J Funnell. Apologies: Mr N Bankes, Mr B Jarrett (Clerk) 1. Minutes of previous meeting. (24th May, 2016) Approved and signed. 2. Matters arising from previous minutes. 2.1 HS2 Update Mr Page reported that there were some discussions taking place between various local groups and HS2 about the possibility of lowering the track in the Upper Boddington section. This would reduce the amount of spoil to be moved through Wardington. Apparently HS2 are showing little interest.

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HS2 Action Group Update

HS2 Action Group Update. It has been three months since the Parliamentary Select Committee and we would like to update you on progress since then. At the Select Committee Hearing in January, HS2 made some assurances to the effect that it was in the interest of both Wardington Parish Council and HS2 to reduce the traffic through Wardington. Assurance was given to seek to use haul roads to carry as much of the HGV traffic as possible. HS2 will also consider extending the haul road between Greatworth and Turweston providing it is economically and technically feasible. HS2 are aware of the cost savings of using the haul road. There are various ways to achieve the mutual objectives and Wardington are

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Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting 22nd March 2016

Minutes of the Wardington Parish Council Meeting Location: Wardington Memorial Hall Date: Tuesday, 22nd March, 2016 (7:30pm) In Attendance: Mr G Page (Chair), Mr N Bankes (Vice-Chair), Mr I Franklin, Mr A Crossley, Ms A Pasco, Mr George Martin, Mr K Atack (District Councillor), Mr B Jarrett (Clerk), Ms L Merry, Ms J Merry, Mr C Soper, Mr H Terry (Parishioners) Apologies: Mr K Atack for early departure to attend another meeting. 1. Minutes of previous meeting.(16th February 2016) Approved and signed. 2. Matters arising from previous minutes (1). HS2 Update Mr Bankes reported that the next step was for the Action Group to meet with Victoria Prentis MP to put pressure on HS2 and OCC in respect of

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HS2 Article Oxford Mail

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14312309.Campaigners_hail_plans_to_reduce_lorry_traffic_during_works_on_high_speed_rail_link/ THOUSANDS of heavy goods vehicles may not have to disturb the peaceful tranquility of North Oxfordshire villages after a new report on the HS2 project was released. Residents in Wardington, near Banbury, have campaigned for months against plans for lorries to drive past their homes as part of the building of the new high speed rail link. The A361 passes through the village, which could carry vehicles travelling up from the M40 near Banbury. But following a meeting of the HS2 select committee on January 18, MPs have said efforts should be made to cut down on the number of lorry trips. The report said project leaders HS2 Ltd should look to reduce the volume of excavated earth needed at Lower

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