Minutes
Thursday 15th January 2009
Village Hall 7.15pm
Present
Acting Chairperson District
Councillor Carol Grey.
Clerk Helen Brewis.
Parish Council Members Joyce Shaw,
Elizabeth Pearson, Michael Gibbs, Keith Williams & Michael Craster.
In Attendance County Councillor John
Taylor.
Craster Community Dev.Trust Mr P Howard,
Mr J Gallon & Mr M Doherty.
Members of the public Mr M Oxley, Mr
& Mrs Ridley & Mrs Doherty.
George F White Mr Hugh Fell.
1161. Apologies for absence.
Alan Punton, Joan Angus, DC Tom Spence & Michael
Taylor.
1162. Confirmation of minutes of last meeting
The November Minutes were accepted as a true record.
1163. NWL Sewerage Update.
Mr Hugh Fell had a Meeting last week with NWL &
Ward Hadaway, who are trying to understand the basis of our objection
to the CPO. There is nothing on the table yet but they are also looking
at making contributions towards the cost of bussing the local children
to the Sports Centre for the duration of the play pitch being out of
action.
NWL are reluctant to provide a breakdown of how the
site will be operated on a daily basis and a detailed specification on
the reinstatement of the land. This could create a dispute in the
future if the full details of the standard of rectification are not
known and the precise impact on the community during the work being
carried out is not fully understood in advance.
There is no hearing date yet, and the Parish Council
re-affirmed their willingness for Hugh Fell to continue to negotiate on
our behalf concerning the CPO for the community’s benefit. The
community was to be deprived of Plot 10 and at best plot 11 for 3 years
– the loss of use to the community has to be properly reflected in any
proposal from NWL, who would benefit from a reduction in the cost of
their engineering contract. NWL was asked to set out a proposal to
reflect the provision of alternative recreation, particularly for the
children – details to be forwarded to Hugh Fell. There may be a Special
Meeting organised in the near future to discuss Plot 10 & a
Subgroup was created to look at different pitch surfaces.
The bottom line is the Parish Council understand it is
beneficial to get the work done. Hugh acknowledged that he had made it
quite clear to NWL that both the Parish Council & the Development
Trust want the sewerage work to be done and that the new scheme is
needed, but we also need to be satisfied with the NWL agreement for the
benefit of our community.
The Parish Council thanked Hugh Fell
for attending tonight’s Meeting.
1164. Matters arising from minutes of last
meeting.
Dunstan Bus Shelter Roof.
DC Carol Grey has spoken to Richard Thompson at
ADC, he promises to have it repaired before the Unitary Council comes
into operation.
Outside Seat at Harbour.
Ongoing.
Craster Bus Shelter Drain.
CC John Taylor is looking into sorting this for
us, and also the curbing around Mr Oxley’s Art Studio.
Dunstan Water Leak.
Ongoing.
Windyside Bridge Road Hazard
Signs & Potholes on Littlemill Road.
CC John Taylor will look into this.
Tower Bank White Lines.
CC John Taylor will look into this.
Potholes near Dunstan & Howick Scar.
The potholes have been filled.
Dunstanburgh Castle
Rotten Gate.
The National Trust has inspected the gate with
NCC & the Council has agreed to replace it.
CCDT Website.
Action Point: Clerk to email
the Agendas, Minutes & Financial Sheets from Sept 08 onwards to the
website, the Precept figures for 2009/10 and also the draft Minutes
before they are cleared each month.
Village Hall Rent Increase.
Michael Craster declared an interest but gave us
a brief outline of the rising running costs of the Village Hall. The
rent went up to £10 per hour from Oct 2008, Michael apologised on
behalf of the Village Hall Committee for not having notified us by
letter about the increase.
1165. Planning Matters.
CC John Taylor & DC Carol Grey declared an
interest.
ADC Planning Approval – Conservatory @ 8
South Acres. Noted.
ADC – Plans for Former Nursery.
Noted.
ADC – 9 West End, Appeal. Noted.
1166. Financial Matters.
Bank Balance: £4,057.93
1167. Correspondence received.
Codes of Conduct Consultation. In
circulation.
Draft Shoreline Management Plan 2.
Noted.
CAN Newspaper & NALC Salary Scales.
Noted.
ADC – Draft Landscape Character.
Noted.
ADC – Planning For Renewables Supplementary
Planning Document. Noted.
Notes of Special Alnwick District Parish
Forum. Noted.
NCC- Statement of Community Involvement for
Northumberland. Noted.
NALC – Annual Report 2007-08. Noted.
CAN – Newspaper. In circulation.
NSP – Partnership Update for Northumberland.
In circulation.
Consultation on Code of Recommended Practice
on Local Authority Publicity. In circulation.
ADC – SPD Stakeholder Event Fri 16 th Jan
1.30pm Council Chambers DC Carol Grey to attend.
St Oswalds Hospice enquiry about a local
newsletter. Noted.
NCC – Committee Papers & Flooding info.
Noted.
Mr J Gallon – Gritting. CC John
Taylor will talk to NCC.
1168. A.O.B.
Northumbria Lights.
Elizabeth Pearson has thanked Northumbria Lights
for their beautiful display.
Christmas Tree.
CCDT paid £25 this Christmas & the Parish
Council agreed to pay next year, Mr Doherty has found another set of
lights, which he’ll check for next Christmas.
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