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Minutes of the East and West Beckham Annual Parish Meeting 20th May 2021.
Mr. R. McNeil Wilson (Parish Council Chairman) opened the meeting at 7.00pm
Present:- Six members of the parish council
1. The minutes of the E&W Beckham Annual Parish Meeting held on 9th May 2019 were read to the meeting and approved by those present. The chairman signed the minutes.
2. Report by the chairman of the Beckham Parish Council. from May 2019 to May 2021
This has been quite an active 2 years. The Felbeck Trust have started work on the West Beckham allotment field and are in the process of creating a wildflower Meadow and Pond. This work has continued through the 2 years and has now reached a very satisfactory condition.
A survey was carried out in Bodham and Beckham with a view to opening up a community shop A grant of £750 was obtained from the Plunkett Foundation and a committee has been formed.The proposal is for the shop to be in bodham
Other various projects have been carried out during the two years including water harvesting at the allotments and also the repair of the allotment track
The bench in the bus shelter at West Beckham has been moved to the bus stop on the other side of the road and a new bench installed in the shelter
Covid-19 lockdown brought many including meetings having to be held by zoom.
Mel Clarke at Bodham coordinated the good neighbours scheme.
This has been a great benefit to the two villages and we would like to send our thanks to Mel and her team.
The parish council donated £200 to help with relief coordination and a grant of £500 was obtained from the government.
Volunteers collect prescriptions and did weekly shopping for people who were isolated and called to check on people living alone
This has highlighted several people needing help all the time in both villages
A new village sign has been been installed at West Beckham and I would like to thank Julia and Catherine for all the work they put in preparing the artwork and to Jeff and the team for helping to put the sign and place
A grant of £2,000 was made to pPage 2/2021rovide 13 laptops for children from Beckham who were attending the Sheringham and Gresham School so they could complete their work at home during the lockdown
There have been discussions on Affordable housing for West Beckham
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The proposal is for 6 houses on Sheringham Road and 4 near the Wheatsheaf.
This scheme is in the early stages of development and will be an ongoing Project.
Flooding on Sheringham Road has been a serious problem during the severe rainstorms earlier this year. Anglian Water and North Norfolk district council have both been involved and contact has been made with the Environment Agency. Further developments are still awaited.
A meeting with anglianwater representatives has been requested but at the moment has not taking place.
I should like to thank the Solar Community Fund Committee members for all their hard
work.EspeciallyJulia as Chair. The improvements to the village have been appreciated by
everyone.I must also thankKathryn for the professional way she has produced the Beckham
Bulletins.
3. Questions from the public.. None
There being no further business the chairman closed the meeting at 7.15pm.
