1. Minutes for last meeting

The minutes for the last meeting were agreed by those present.

WAP have been invited to a Public Examination Hearing in early December regarding the LDF.

Amend AOB in AGM minutes

Fi / Emily to circulate minutes from meetings at least 1 week before next meeting.

Fi to circulate information

2. WAP consultation feedback

The ‘What About Wells?’ Community Consultation Day held in The Maltings proved to be very successful with 356 people taking part. 70% of the participants were over 50 so the consultation was moved to The Sackhouse the following Saturday and then to the dining hall at Wells Primary School the first day back after half term to try and get some younger people involved.

Chris and Fi had a meeting with Stephen Eldred (chair of NNCP) and Beatrix Ward who seemed pleased with the consultation process.

WAP have been asked to represent North Norfolk Area Partnerships as an example of how to work with the community on the 14th of December

A vote of thanks was given to Fi, Emily and all those who helped for their hard work.

Results of consultation are to be fed back to WTC and NNDC

Meeting with Sheila Oxtonby from NNDC in January regarding Wells assets. Want to work with Wells. This should be after the consultation results have been delivered to WTC and NNDC.

WAP will develop their vision from the consultation results but would like to do this with WTC. Once this has happened, WAP will draft an action plan.

The ‘actions’ in the WAP report were proposals.

Finalise results and circulate to WTC.
Write to Allen Frary proposing presentation at January meeting. Possibility of using AV room at WCH or taking a projector.
Ask town clerk for an agenda item at WTC’s January meeting to present results and give councillors the opportunity to ask questions.
Deliver results to NNDC.

Invite Allen Frary and Gary Anthony to represent WTC at a meeting with NNDC in January to discuss assets.

Send a letter to all households to report the results of the consultation by the end of January.

Send a letter to Lord Coke with a copy of the survey outcome and ask to meet with him at the beginning of next year.

3. Flagship Project

It was decided to discuss this at the next meeting.

4. WAP report

A summary of Fi and Emily’s work since the last meeting.

LDF:
WAP wrote a statement in response to the LDF with the help of Jim Taylor.
Jill Fisher (NNDC Planning Policy Manager) has said that she agrees with us and wants us to rewrite it. WAP should make every effort to write something better for Wells.

WAP will pay for the help of John Long (Planning Consultant at Bidwell’s Chartered Surveyors) with this. No longer the need to pursue soundness tests but we do need to work with Jill Fisher.

Parishes:
Idea of hiring somebody to carry out the consultation model throughout the parishes.

Maltings:
Lots of public support. The project is still at the vision stage and there is lots of work to do in terms of viability etc. Don’t have a viable business plan yet. Can’t move forward until after the assets review by NNDC.

WAP able to give support in terms of identifying grants and community consultation (already completed).

WAP will agree to this but reserve the right to make verbal communications with the Planning Inspector.

Get costing, talk to Rural Community Council, Eastern College, UEA etc.

Wait for Maltings Association to move forward with NNDC dialogue. WAP (and WTC if they wish to) to then be involved.

5. Board Membership

Once we have more members we can compose the Partnership Board who will then represent different areas and be empowered to make decisions.

6.  AOB

Health Forum:
Organisations such as Heritage House and the Nelson Club are closed at Christmas, this leaves some elderly people alone with nowhere to go for Christmas. This is unacceptable and the health forum is going to look into a solution for next year at the January meeting. Any names of people who might be able to help should be put forward for January’s meeting.Identified that more support is needed in this area for mental health.