Crooke Village Residents Association Meeting
Crooke Hall Inn
Tuesday 10th June 2025

Attendees

Mike Thomas (MT), Sue Neve (SN), Charlie Neve (CN), Linda Kellie (LK), Paul Green (PG), Ken Taylor (KT), John Whitely (JW), Morag Tebbit (MoT), Steve Tebbit (ST), Malcolm Moore (MM), Trisha Poole (TP), Yasmin Brocklehurst (YB).

Apologies

Howard Cain (HC), Dawn Glynn (DG) Peter Glynn (PG), Sam Hughes (SaH), Stacey Hughes (SH), Kath Bradley (KB).

Matters arising

None

The May 2025 minutes were proposed by LK and seconded by CN, the minutes were signed off by the Chairman, MT.

Chairman's Report

MT informed the meeting that the nursery had been broken into, and the police attended. Councillor Paul Collins said he would liaise with the local police team regarding this incident.

Last bank holiday Monday Mike was alerted via his CCTV that someone was trying to steal items from his land. The intruder ran off when MT arrived. There have also been problems with burglaries in Shevington. MT urged everyone to be vigilant and to call 101 if they see any suspicious behaviour, this helps to map the problem areas.

Treasurer's Report

LK said the insurance was up for renewal, the cost for this year would be £101.67. MT proposed this and PG seconded it.

Secretary's Report

Nothing to report

SPC Report

CN was unable to attend the last meeting, so the report was produced by JW and passed out to everyone.

Agenda

1. Shevington Fete - Saturday 21st June 2025

MT reported that CVRA will have a stall at Shevington Fete, 21st June 2025. Help was needed to set up and stand on the stall and run the raffle. CN and SN said they would help with the raffle, prizes for the raffle were requested.

2. CVRA insurance

This was covered in the treasurer’s report.

3. Crooke Community Allotment - Proposals for improvement

MM had been up to the allotment to measure up the site, 65ft x 45ft.

It was decided that KT would cultivate the 20ft that is nearest to the backs of the houses. LK asked if there could be some kind of screening to protect the privacy of the residents.

The remaining plot 45ft x 45ft would eventually have 10 raised beds for use by Crooke residents. MT has been up on the land and scraped some of the surface, a lot more work still needs to be done. A detailed plan needs to be drawn to show where the raised beds will go, taking into consideration where the established fruit trees are.

A proposal was made to make £250 available to the allotment project for materials for the raised beds, once the ground had been fully cleared, all in attendance were in favour of this. This was proposed by MT and seconded by MM.

CN also proposed to ask the SPC for money towards this project, all in attendance were in favour. This was proposed by CN and seconded by MoT.

AOB

JW asked if Crooke methodist church would like details of their coffee mornings put on the library notice board, MoT said yes. JW said he could also put details of the next CVRA meeting on the board.

The meeting closed at 2020. The next meeting will be Tuesday 8th July 2025

This concluded the Meeting of the CVRA for June 2025.