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Minutes
Thursday 18th. February 2016
7:15pm in the Craster Memorial Hall
Present
Chair
Cllr Owen
Parish Council Members
Cllr Gallon, Cllr Craster, Cllr Punton, Cllr Pearson, Cllr Baird, Cllr
Shaw
Acting Parish Clerk
Ruth Younger
Members of the public
Cllr Kate Cairns, Henry Cummins, Kevin Brown
The meeting was opened
by Cllr Owen introducing Ruth Younger as the Acting Parish Clerk.
Cllr Owen proposed a
formal vote of thanks to Cllr Gallon for his work as Acting Parish
Clerk.
1959: Declaration of Interests
Cllrs Craster, Pearson,
Punton and Shaw declared an interest in
Craster Community Trust matters.
Cllr. Gallon reported
back on the grounds for dispensation for Councillors involved with
Craster Community Trust.
Resolution: It was agreed Cllr
Gallon would draft a template letter, which would be circulated to
those who needed it. They would then submitted to the Clerk in advance
of the next Parish Council meeting, when a vote would be held.
Proposed: Cllr Craster
Seconded: Cllr Punton
1960: Apologies Received
Cllr Brooks, Cllr
Sutherland and Cllr Smith
1961: Minutes of Previous Meeting
Cllr Craster asked the
minutes be amended to show Cllr Cairns was formally asked to call the
Church Street planning application to Committee. The hard copy of the
minutes was amended to reflect this.
Resolution: the minutes be accepted
as an accurate record.
Proposed: Cllr Shaw
Seconded: Cllr Craster
1962: Matters arising from the minutes not covered elsewhere in the
agenda
Cllr Owen asked Cllr
Cairns for an update on the notification given to the Parish Council on
new planning applications within the parish. Cllr Cairns confirmed it
was not possible to receive hard and electronic copies. The Clerk
should check the Northumberland County Council Planning Portal.
1963: County Councillor’s update
Free Central Heating:
Warm Up North has received a £6.5m government grant to install free
central heating to a number of homes without, or with only partial,
central heating in the North East.
The full criteria are
available at www.northumberland.gov.uk/freeheating
If you think you, or
someone you know, may be eligible for the central heating fund, you can
find out more information by emailing Kate.Ahmadi@Northumberland.gov.uk
or Hugh.Clear-Hill@Northumberland.gov.uk
Budget: NCC have to cut
£58 million from their budget over the next four years. This is on top
of the £148 million they’ve had to cut since 2011. As required in
the settlement from the Chancellor it also means they will still need
to raise council tax for local residents by 16% over the next four
years, that’s 4% per year. The budget will be discussed at full council
on February 24th.
Health Care
Consultation: Health and Care partners across Northumberland are
working together to support the joining-up of services by creating a
fully integrated ‘primary and acute care system’. From 1st Feb the
first phase of engagement activity to seek peoples’ views about how
they currently access services and what they would like to see
improved. The online survey found here:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NorthumberlandVanguard.
Updates on
www.northumberland.nhs.uk
1964: Planning Matters
a) 15/03707/FUL Change of Use Chapel to 5 bedroom
dwelling.
Cllr Owen reported that
permission has been granted with conditions, including the surfacing of
the road from Dunstanburgh Road for a distance of six meters.
b) 15/04309/FUL Demolition of existing outbuilding
and conservatory; erection of single storey bedroom wing with link
building; first floor rear extension; installation of 2 no. dormers to
front. (as amended 08/01/16) | 2 Church Street Craster Northumberland
NE66 3TH
Permission granted with
no conditions.
Disappointment was
expressed that the objections of the Parish Council to the application
15/04309/FUL had been ignored.
Cllr Cairns reported
that a site visit had been carried out and permission was granted
unanimously by the Head of Planning and the Heads of the Planning
Committees. She explained that the Council was promoting development
and that the application was unlikely to be rejected, even if it had
been called in to the planning committee. She questioned whether a
Local Plan could have helped the case against this application.
Cllr Owen questioned
whether Highways and Traffic had been consulted with, because past
applications in a similar location had been turned down on the basis of
their comments.
Resolution: It was agreed that
lessons could be learnt from this process. It was agreed that Cllr Owen
would draft a letter to the Head of Planning at Northumberland County
Council asking whether they will be drafting new guidelines, if the
current ones are deemed to be out of date.
c) Windlesham, Dunstan – erection of conservatory
Retrospective permission
granted.
1965: Parish Meeting
Cllr Owen reported that
it was attended by around 30 residents and it had been constructive
meeting. Those attending the Parish Meeting voted in favour of the
precept remaining at its current level. On the basis of this
recommendation, Cllr Owen informed Councillors that executive action
was taken to set the precept.
It was agreed that the
next Parish Meeting would be held on Tuesday 12th April at 7pm at
Craster Memorial Hall.
1966: Dunstan Road Works
Cllr Owen confirmed that
notices have now been received by residents informing them that the
work is to be done in two parts; firstly, the drainage from the Dunstan
telephone box to link into the drains on Smithy Bank and secondly, the
resurfacing of the whole road. No action is being taken regarding the
Dunstan water leak, which comes from the old spring.
Cllr Owen has been in
touch with contacts at NCC and it is hoped that the new surface of the
road will direct the water into the existing drains, which do flow
freely.
Thanks were expressed
that the work is being carried out.
1967: EJBC.
Cllr Owen reported that
Neville Fawcett has resigned as Chair and he is now Acting Chair until
new officers can be elected at the next meeting. The contract with the
caretaker until April 2017 has been agreed and signed.
New Terms of Reference
have been agreed by the committee and passed to the three Paris
Councils for ratification.
Cllr Craster pointed out
the word ‘required’ was missing from point 10(ii).
Resolution: that the new Terms of
Reference be ratified.
Proposed: Cllr Gallon
Seconded: Cllr Craster
There was a unanimous
vote in favour.
1968: Craster Community Trust.
Cllr Craster reported
that the Trust is doing well. They are holding a Pie and Peas event at
Craster Memorial Hall on Saturday 28th February.
1969: AONB
Cllr Craster reported
that the meeting of AONB has been delayed until 2nd March, so he would
report back at the next Parish Council meeting.
1970: Fixed asset maintenance.
Cllr Gallon reported
that the January maintenance report from Nigel Fairbank showed a plan
was needed to repair and replace the bins around the village.
Cllr Punton is going to
work with Cllr Gallon to put together a suitable plan for painting the
16 benches around the village. It was agreed that the Parish Council
should maintain the benches that are not looked after by family members.
Tender documents have
been put together for the maintenance and grass cutting and will be
circulated by the Clerk. An advert will be placed on the Parish Council
noticeboards.
1971: Tourist Amenities / Grant Funding
Cllr Owen reported that
the task force is still working with the landowners to obtain the
footpath. There has been a suggestion that the footpath be called the
Dunstan School Trail, as it follows the route taken by the children
going to school.
1971: Car Parking
Quarry car park: Cllr
Owen reported on an email he had received from Peter Thompson at
Northumberland County Council. It stated that an estimate of how much
the necessary survey may cost was at an acceptable level. It will now
have to go through procurement to engage a contractor/geologist. He
first needs to write a specification of our requirements, which he
hopes to compete soon.
Residents parking
scheme: Cllr Owen reported that it was agreed at the Parish Meeting
that a task force should look at a Residents Parking Scheme. Cllr
Gallon asked that the Terms of Reference for task force are agreed as
soon as possible. Cllr Craster agreed to do this.
Cllr Craster thanked
County Councillor Cairns for her help in bringing together staff from
Northumberland County Council for a useful meeting on 16th February.
They are looking at a permit scheme for the whole village and have come
up with some initial proposal but asked for the approval of the Parish
Council to proceed with the scoping exercise. A range of concerns and
ideas were expressed by Councillors.
Resolution: Parish Council agree
that the Task Force should work with NCC to put together a full
proposal for the parking scheme.
Proposed: Cllr Shaw
Seconded: Cllr Punton
1973: Parish Council Website
It was agreed Cllr
Sutherland will update Councillors at the next meeting.
1974: Recruitment of Parish Clerk
Cllr Craster reported
that the Recruitment Task Force received three applications and
interviewed two. It was the unanimous decision of the Task Force to
recommend Ruth Younger be appointed as the permanent Clerk.
Resolution: the recommendation of
the Recruitment Task force be accepted.
Proposed: Cllr Baird
Seconded: Cllr Shaw
The there was a
unanimous vote in favour of this appointment.
1975: Financial matters.
The current account
balance is £292.25. A cheque is needed to pay an invoice received from
Nigel Fairbank, taking the balance to £92.25. The first tranche of
precept will be received about 10th. April.
NOTE: Cllr Smith
reported after the meeting that an error had been made the current
account balance is actually £2009.27
1976: The Queen's 90th Birthday
It was decided to
change the date of the Parish Council meeting to 14th April to avoid a
clash with the celebrations.
Councillors discussed
various proposals on planting some trees in the village to commemorate
the Queen’s 90th birthday.
Resolution: Cllr Craster to report
back with a proposal and costs at the next meeting of a tree planting
scheme.
Cllr Punton is going to
check that Dougie Hogg can make the beacon available for the event.
Resolution: Councillors to bring
ideas to the March Parish Council meeting for events to be held in the
village, such as refreshments to mark the lighting of the beacon.
Cllr Gallon reported
that the W.I. would be holding a ‘Clean for the Queen’ event on
Saturday 5th March.
1977: Gaps in tree planting, entrance to village.
This was discussed as
part of the tree planting scheme to mark the Queen’s 90th Birthday.
1978: Correspondence received.
a) The
Children's Foundation – no reponse
b)
Northumberland CVA – no response
c)
Collection for David Francis – Cllr Owen informed Councillors they
could make a personal donation if they wanted to.
d)
NECA Transport Manifesto consultation – Cllr Gallon reported back on
the questionnaire that was circulated. No reponse needed.
e)
Northumberland LED Street Lighting Project – Cllr Owen asked that
Councillors bring ideas to the next meeting
1979: Items for Next Agenda
None
1980: Information Share
Cllr Gallon reported
that the flooding on Tower Bank has been resolved.
Cllr Gallon also
reported that the Clerk contacted Northumbrian Water about the
structure erected in the bus station near the sewage works.
Northumbrian Water were unaware that the shelter was the property of
the Parish Council. Cllr Gallon contacted Northumberland County Council
and asked them to communicate this more clearly in future.
Cllr Gallon reported
that the Clerk contacted Northumberland County Council and requested
that chevron road markings be added to the Parish Council’s Local
Transport Plan.
Cllr Gallon also shared
a letter received from Ann-Marie Trevelyan M.P. about Craster’s
Neighbourhood Plan.
Resolution: Cllr Gallon to respond
to say a lack of time and resources prevented the Plan from being
produced.
Cllr Owen shared a
letter received from Pauline Brown about traffic calming measures on
Heugh Wynd.
Resolution: to make this an item on
the Agenda of the March meeting, for a full discussion of the safety
issues.
1981: Date and Time of Next Meeting
Thursday 17th March
@ 7:15pm
in the Craster Memorial Hall
Open to Public &
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