Agenda and minutes
Venue: Virtual meeting via MS Teams
Contact: Anne-Marie Kenward
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies were received from Ms S Oborn, (Buckinghamshire Council) (BC)), Ms J Foster, (BC), Mr N Crank, (Milton Keynes Council (MKC)), Mr M Woods, (Buckinghamshire Conservation Trust), Ms S Shave, (Buckinghamshire County Museum), Mr B Thorn, (Buckinghamshire County Museum), Mr D Sutherland (BC) and Mr M Farley, (Buckinghamshire Archaeology Society).
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
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Minutes for the last meeting PDF 226 KB To confirm the minutes of the last meeting. Minutes: Under attendance Mr Petchey would be changed to a member and Mr Crank to an officer. Mr Petchey’s name would be corrected throughout.
Item 7a Radar work at Stowe House had been carried out by the London Museum of Archaeology (MoLA).
Item 10 Ms S Body would provide maternity cover for Ms A Woods.
RESOLVED: Members of the forum AGREED the minutes of the meeting held 5 March 2020 subject to the changes outlined above.
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Election of Chairman Minutes: RESOLVED: Mr P Hogan was confirmed as the Chairman of the Buckinghamshire Historic Environment Forum for the ensuing year.
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Revising the Constitution / Terms of Reference PDF 20 KB Minutes: A revised draft of the constitution was circulated with the agenda.
Members of the forum discussed the following points:
RESOLVED: Members of the forum AGREED to amend the constitution to allow two elected councillors from Milton Keynes Council
ACTION: Officers would check who was responsible for archaeological findings in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes before the forum decided to admit Milton Keynes Museum.
ACTION: Buckinghamshire Conservation Trust would be asked to provide further information to support their request to become a voting member.
ACTION: Milton Keynes Heritage Association would be asked to provide further information to support Mr Petchey’s request that they join the forum. |
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Emergency Recording Fund contributions Minutes: Ms E Alqassar, Environment Manager, Buckinghamshire Council, gave an update on the emergency recording fund.
The following points were discussed:
RESOLVED: Members of the forum AGREED that going forward Buckinghamshire Council would take over the 80% contribution rate. Other figures would remain unchanged.
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Agenda items going forward Minutes: The Chairman asked for ideas for agenda items for future meetings to ensure the meeting remained relevant.
The following points were discussed:
ACTION: Any further ideas for future meetings should be sent to Ms Alqassar.
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HS2 Update Minutes: Mr N Shepherd, HS2, gave a presentation, a copy of which is appended to the minutes
Mr Shepherd raised the following points:
The following points were discussed as a result of questions:
RESOLVED: Members of the forum NOTED the update. |
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Updates from Heritage Organisations PDF 752 KB · Buckinghamshire Archaeology Team · Heritage Officers · Buckinghamshire County Museum Trust · Milton Keynes Council · National Trust · Buckinghamshire Natural Environment Partnership
Additional documents:
Minutes: Buckinghamshire Archaeology Team Mr P Markham, Senior Archaeology Officer, referred to the report circulated with the agenda. The new Buckinghamshire Heritage Portal was now available to view online. https://heritageportal.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/
Heritage Officers Ms L Levitt, - Aylesbury area o Mentmore House remained a building at risk but had not received recent visits due to covid-19. The building had been in private ownership for five years but the owner no longer planned to live there. The Mentmore Conservation Area Boundary had been updated. o A Conservation Area Appraisal had been published for Mentmore and Little Horwood with another under construction for Brill. o There had been a dip in applications but this was starting to rise again. Mr M Crook – Chiltern and South Bucks area · Development management had been very busy with a growing backlog of work. · There had been some issues with data sharing but this had been improving. · There had been good progress with protecting endangered buildings. · Working to ensure older and listed public houses maintained building standards when making Covid-19 adaptions. · Working with the National Trust to support issues raised by the Black Lives Matter movement. · One new inclusion on the graded building list.
Buckinghamshire County Museum Trust No update.
Milton Keynes Council Mr M Petchey, Milton Keynes Councillor, gave the following update: o In February 2020 the Milton Keynes Development Control Committee had refused a planning application on the basis it needed mitigation by design. This had been upheld on appeal.
National Trust Mr G Marshall, National Trust, gave the following update: · Much work over the last six months had been impeded by Covid-19. · Work at Stoke Poges golf course had uncovered the outline of a pond dating back to 1720. · The LiDar data collected by the Beacons of the Past would be used to review local Trust properties. · Mr Marshall would be leaving the Trust shortly as part of the recent redundancy drive. Members of the forum thanked Mr Marshall for his work and support.
· Buckinghamshire Natural Environment Partnership No update. |
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Any other business Minutes: Planning White Paper https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future
The following points were discussed: · Ideas were felt to be aspirational but lacking in detail. It was not clear how the planning process would be affected by the White Paper. Prior to Planning Policy Guidance Note 16 and latterly the National Planning Policy Frameworks introduction there had been significant loss of heritage and feedback should highlight this. · Each affected service area of the council would be making individual responses as well as an overall corporate response. · There were concerns that the proposed process relied heavily on digital input and not everyone was digitally literate. · Officers had been involved with the Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers (ALGAO) and other professional bodies to give feedback. · Historic England had not commented to date but seemed to feel there would be later changes made
ACTION: Mrs Alqassar would collate responses and draft the Forum’s response to be circulated before submission. Feedback would be submitted to the local authorities and central government.
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Date of next meeting To be confirmed. |