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LANEHAM PARISH COUNCIL Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held at 7.00
p.m. on Monday, 10th February, 2003 in the Village Hall
PRESENT: Chairman
Cllr. Mrs. R. Whate, Councillors, Mrs B. Barber, F. Clark, J. Cobb, L. Sinclair,
Dist. Cllr. K. Isard and 3 members of the public. Before starting the meeting the Chairman and the
Parish Council expressed their sympathy to Cllr. Beresford on the recent death
of his wife, Mary. The Chairman offered congratulations to, and
presented Cllr. Mrs. Brenda Barber with her certificate for 30 years service to
the Parish Council. 1.
APOLOGIES Councillors Mrs. A. Clark and P. Beresford. 2.
DECLARATION OF PERSONAL AND
PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS Cllr. Mrs. R. Whate declared a personal and prejudicial interest in the planning application to be discussed at item 7. Cllr. Mrs. B. Barber, F. Clark, J. Cobb, and L. Sinclair all declared a personal interest in the planning application at item 7. 3.
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 13.1.03 The minutes had been circulated prior to the meeting. It was proposed by Cllr. F. Clark and seconded by Cllr. L. Sinclair that they were a correct record of the meeting, this was unanimously approved. 4.
MATTERS ARISING a)
BizFizz – still no details received. b)
Lane Repairs – Cllr.
Cobb has inspected Shortleys Lane. Some
tarmac has been dumped which is not level.
Other rubble has been dumped on the Rampton section of the lane. Some unevenness has developed in the planings, but this will
be monitored and may need spreading again in the spring. c)
War Memorial – Account not received Cllr. F. Clark to follow up. d)
Boat Club Lease – no further contact from Boat Club.
Mr. Willoughby to be contacted. e)
Touring Caravans - Trentfield Farm –
Cllr
Isard had made some enquiries about the 106 agreement.
However the Parish Council have asked for this to be rechecked to
ascertain exactly which caravan site the information he had been given refers
to. He did state that there is no time expiry on a 106 agreement.
Cllr. Isard had also made enquiries about the council’s concern on one
of the planning conditions for the bungalow behind the Butchers Arms.
It appears that the benchmark for the height condition is taken from the
road not the beck bank as was thought from the wording of the condition.
f)
Post Office – Mrs. Robinson has received a letter from the Post Office stating she has
been turned down for a grant. The
reason stated was because there is another Post Office within one mile.
This is not correct and the Parish Council is to contact the Post Office
about this inaccuracy and to express their disappointment as the Parish Council
fully supported Mrs. Robinson’s application. g)
Trentfield Lane – Two letters have been received from the Parish Council solicitor
Tallents Godfrey which state that Jones and Co are still not co-operating and
the declaration would be prepared without their information.
Requested sight of further files. Chairman
to deal with this. h)
Audit – letter received from Hacker Young.
After discussion it was agreed that the Clerk should contact Mr. Snowdin
by telephone. i)
Village
Hall –
Confirmation has been received of the application for the grant for the
Feasibility Study. The application
will be submitted to the next grants panel. j)
Poor
Close –
The hedge has now been cut, the invoice has not yet been submitted.
Quotes have been requested for a metal gate. k)
Defibrillator – A
letter has been received from Rampton P.C. stating that they do not require any
money from Laneham P.C. but they do
still need more volunteers, the current list to be submitted as soon as
possible. Training will be underway
shortly. l)
Signs
– the
insurers have confirmed that the signs are covered under the Public Liability
section of the existing policy. m)
Parish Land – The Land Registry has replied to the query about registering parish
land and supplied a lot of information about how this should be done.
The Chairman to study and report back at the next meeting. n)
Helenships – the work has now been completed. o)
Precept – The Chairman and Clerk had attended the Parish Council Liaison Meeting.
Most parishes are very concerned about the proposed reduction.
However, BDC have now proposed another scheme – that the reduction is
made over the next five years at 20% per year.
The council decided to leave the precept application as submitted. p)
Flooding – letter has been sent to the Environment Agency.
A letter and additional information now received from Mr. Mabbott, this
will be discussed later in the meeting. q)
Trees, Dunham Road – it was pointed out all trees planted outside private
property should have planning approval and once planted permission should be
obtained to remove such trees. The
trees along Main Street were also discussed. The trees had not been pruned or
replaced as agreed with the Tree Surgeon. Mr. Dornig to be contacted again regarding this matter.
It is to be pointed out that the trees are overhanging the footpath to
such as extent that they are becoming dangerous. The
meeting was closed to allow public discussion. 5.
PUBLIC
DISCUSSION The
meeting was reopened for Council business. Flooding
– this
matter had been brought up and required further discussion, after which it was
agreed to write to Mr. Manser, Environment Agency and invite him to the next
meeting. It was suggested the
meeting start at 6.30 to accommodate this extra item.
All interested parties will be welcome to attend. 6.
PAYMENT
OF ACCOUNTS a) NALC – Subscription £51.05 (000463) Proposed by Cllr. Mrs. R. Whate and
seconded by Cllr. F. Clark that payment be made. All agreed. 7.
PLANNING
APPLICATIONS (The
Vice-Chairman took over the Meeting)
Fair
View, Broadings Lane, Change of Use from Garden Store to Post Office. The
plans were available and discussed. There
are no objections and BDC to be advised accordingly.
The council fully supports this application (The
Chairman resumed responsibility for the meeting) 8.
MODEL
PUBLICATION SCHEME FOR LOCAL COUNCILS The
Clerk had prepared all the documentation for the scheme.
After inspecting the documents the council agreed to adopt this scheme
and to submit it to the Information Officer for approval. 9.
CORRESPONDENCE a)
Standards
Board – complaints
have been lodged by Mr. Hardman which were being discussed at a meeting on 29th
January. The council will be
advised of the outcome. b)
BDC
Monitoring Officer –
complaints have been lodged by Mr. A.M. Hardman.
Mr. Hardman’s complaint and the reply to him were read and discussed.
The Monitoring Officer offered advice on the point about registering
interests in planning application especially if another Councillor is involved.
The second complaint regarding the posting of Agendas which Mr. Hardman
had described as being “totally unacceptable” was confirmed by the
Monitoring Officer as not contravening any regulations whatsoever. c)
Planning,
Beech Workshop –
a date has been set for the appeal by Mr. Wilson, which is 10.6.03 at 10 a.m. at
Worksop Town Hall. d)
Selston
Area Residents Association –
letter received regarding proposed landfill at Bentinck Void – no action
required. e)
NCC
County Council Boundaries –
County Councillor Mrs. Cutts provided information about proposals.
No action required. f)
BDC Local
Plan – a
copy received. g)
Various
circulars made available. 10. ANY
OTHER BUSINESS a)
Dumping
– asbestos
and tyres have been dumped in the lay-by this has already been reported. b)
Litter
Bin at Bus Shelter –
household waste is being put in this bin. Cllr.
Sinclair is responsible for the transfer of this waste to the wheelie bin.
The Parish Council does not consider that villagers should be using the
bin in this way. c)
Church
Clock –
Cllr. Mrs. Barber asked who is responsible for the clock maintenance and was
informed that this is the responsibility of the Trustees who have been appointed
to look after the clock, it is not the responsibility of the Parish Council. d)
Churchyard
Maintenance –
Cllr F. Clark informed the meeting of the increasing costs of mowing the
Churchyard. The Parish Council
agreed to consider the matter of a donation again at the end of the financial
year. e)
Trent
Valley Way –
is currently blocked by debris and rubbish after the recent floods.
The Environment Agency to be advised. There
was no further business and the meeting closed at 8.56 p.m.
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