Decisions

This report presents an application for funding under the Council’s Community Funding Programme.? 

An application has been received from Funtley Village Society for £819.01 from the Community Fund towards equipment for the Funtley Village Fete taking place on 29 June. This event equipment includes fencing, competition equipment, hi-vis vests, awards and signage. Most items can be reused for future fetes.

Funtley Fete is a popular biannual event with around 2000 people attending the fete back in 2022[EB1] . The fete will be promoted via their website, Facebook page, leaflets distributed locally, in the community noticeboards and also in the local magazine ‘Forget Me Not’.

Funtley Village Society fundraise where possible for the fete and for additions around the village. They also seek donations from local businesses and apply for grants that are available elsewhere.

The total cost of the equipment for the event which they require is £819.01. These are for capital costs only. Funtley Village Society will be funding the non-capital costs including insurance, portaloos and equipment hire, with their own funds.

As of 10^th February, after their ringfenced money (£1,464) for village information boards, Funtley Village Society holds £3,835.30 in their accounts.

Both Ward Councillors, Mrs Bryant and Mrs Clubley support Funtley Village Society’s application.

It is recommended that this application be approved.? 

This report sets out the results of the recent Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) engagement exercise for the Draft Off-Street Parking Places (Amendment 9) Order.  The Amendment Order sets out proposals to change the ‘limited wait 2 hours, no return within 4 hours’ at Middle Road Car Park, Park Gate to apply between the hours of 8am and 6pm only.

The Executive meeting on March 2024 agreed that the following changes should be applied to the existing Off-Street Parking Order:

·         to change the limited wait and no return to ‘2 hours limited wait, no return within 4 hours between the hours of 8am and 6pm.

The statutory process to inform the public of these changes took place through the Draft Off-Street Parking Places (Amendment 9) Order consultation which ran from 22 March 2024 – 12 April 2024.

The proposed order and details of how to take part were placed on the Council’s website.  A notice was published in the Hampshire Independent and consultees including Hampshire Constabulary, Hampshire County Council, the Road Haulage Association, and the Freight Transport Association were contacted. Public notices were posted in Middle Road Car Park, Park Gate.

Hampshire County Council responded to confirm that they had no objections to the Amendment Order.  No other responses were received.

If the Amended Off-Street Parking Places (Amendment 9) Order is approved, revised signage will be put in place in Middle Road Car Park. The Council’s website will be updated to ensure that parking information reflects the amended Off-Street Parking Places (Amendment 9) Order. Changes will come into effect on the 24 May 2024.

RESOLVED that the Executive Member for Health and Public Protection agrees the adoption of the updated Off-Street Parking Places (Amendment 9) Order as attached at Appendix A to the report.