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PERRANARWORTHAL PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN THE VILLAGE HALL ON WEDNESDAY 26th APRIL 2017 at 7.30pm
Present: Councillor G Brown (Chairman), Councillors D Angwin, J Davey, B Freake ,
A Hewitt, P Fox, H Kneebone, M Pryor
In attendance: Cornwall Councillor P WIlliams
Mrs A Pentecost (Clerk)
10 Members of the Public
During the time for public participation, the following issues were raised;
Glad to see the moss treatment issue on the agenda. The increasing number of sycamores would need separate treatment.
Ann Simms - our railway station is one of the best in the County. Heather Brown had donated some Cosmos, if anyone else had any spare small plants, they would be gratefully received for use at the station.
Mrs Hirst - why did Councillor Freake leave the recent planning meeting. Did she not have an interest? It was explained that Councillor Freake did indeed have an interest in one of the applications, she had declared that interest and left the room when it was being discussed. That is why the running order for the plans under consideration had been moved around, so that Councillor Freake could speak and vote on the other plans.
055/17 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Councillor L Marven
056/17DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS/DISPENSATION
None
057/17 POLICE REPORT
None
058/17 MINUTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 29th MARCH 2017
On the proposition of Councillor Hewitt, seconded by Councillor Pryor, the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 29th March 2017 were approved and signed.
059/17 MATTERS ARISING
As per action points
060/17 UPDATE FROM CORNWALL COUNCIL WARD MEMBER
Councllor Williams reported that it had been recommended to refuse the application at Lower Trewedna, it was not an exception site and the affordable housing team had been unable to support it. 37 objections had been received from members of the public. The planning officer had not yet finalised it, but Councillor Williams was allowed to say that it had been recommended for refusal. He wanted to thank everyone for their time, he had enjoyed being a Cornwall Councillor and hoped to continue. He was thanked by the Chairman for the work he had done in the parish. Councillor Hewitt asked if there was any response from Steve Blatchford. Councillor Williams would chase this up.
061/17 PLANNING
On the proposition of Councillor Davey, seconded by Councillor Pryor, the Minutes of the Planning Meeting held on 5th April 2017 were approved and signed.
Perran Foundry - Councillor Fox reported that six properties would be ready in July
062/17 CORRESPONDENCE
Cornwall Council - devolution bulletin
CALC - weekly update
Cornwall Land Community Trust - agenda item for next meeting
063/17 FINANCE
It was agreed to renew CALC membership for the coming year
On the proposition of Councillor Pryor, seconded by Councillor Davey, the following invoices were approved for payment:
Perranarworthal Village Hall 32.40
Jan Wilkins 900.00
CALC subscription 482.17
Leaflet Express 44.00
Playsafety Ltd 105.00
TOTAL 1,563.57
064/17 PARISH PROPERTY
To consider instruction from the VHMC that the Parish Council should transfer over the
land associated with the Village Hall.
It was agreed that there should be a meeting between the Parish Council and the full Village Hall Management Committee. Councillor Hewitt reiterated the need for the ten points mentioned by Mr Bridges to be submitted in writing. She would like to think that the Parish Council followed Mr Halford’s approach to this, with everyone working together.
065/17 HIGHWAYS AND FOOTPATHS
Moss clearance - Cormac would give a price, but needed to see the areas to be treated. Councillors Hewitt and Fox would meet with the contractor and do a walk through of the relevant areas. These were mainly within a triangle between School Hill, Trewinard and St Piran’s Hill, also the lane running from the Norway up to the church.
Footpath cutting - the quote from Mr Wilkins was 1,550 plus VAT, this was an increase of £50 from last year. On the proposition of Councillor Kneebone, seconded by Councillor Pryor, it was agreed to accept this price. The Clerk would inform Mr Wilkins accordingly.
066/17 FLOOD PLAN/SEWAGE ISSUES IN THE PARISH
Councillor Hewitt said the issues remained the same. She gave an instance where the drain cover had to be locked down to prevent the sewage escaping. She would get more information and report back at a subsequent meeting.
067/17 NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The Clerk reported that the last meeting had been postponed, too few people being able to attend. She suggested that the services of a paid project manager might be needed in order to get the process under way. It was agreed that she should obtain some quotes, after which a grant could be obtained to cover the cost.
068/17 RUTH COLLINS LEGACY
Nothing further to report at the stage
069/17 COUNCILLORS AND CLERK’S ITEMS (for information only)
Councillor Fox - as this was the final meeting of the Council in its current form, he would like to congratulate the Chairman on the last four years. It has been the most progressive Council he had been on.
Councillor Hewitt wanted to thank Councillor Hatch for all his help. He was not standing for re-election and she would miss him.
070/17 AGENDA ITEMS
071/17 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
Before closing the meeting the Chairman paid tribute to the two Parish Councillors who were not standing for re-election on May 4th. He said that if you thought of signposts, dog bins, bus shelters etc, then Councillor Hatch was the one person who sprang to mind to get these repaired or replaced. He would like to record the thanks of the Parish Council for all the effort Councillor Hatch had put in.
It was also the end of an era as Councillor Kneebone was standing down after 54 years of service. He had always been a staunch supporter of the Parish. Councillor Kneebone replied that he had been very privileged to serve the Parish, which had always been very kind to him. He had calculated that out of 650 meetings held in the time he had been a Councillor, he had attended 630 of them. If there was anything he could do in the future to help, let him know.
There being no further business, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 19.48hrs,
The next meeting was on Wednesday, 17th May 2017, in the Village Hall and included the Annual Parish Meeting which started at 7pm
Signed ...... (Chairman) Date ...... …
ACTION POINTS FROM MARCH MEETING
v Clearance of path by shop - specification needed for tender
v Specification needed for quotes to have the footpath kerbed AH
ü NDP Meeting - postponed as lack of availability - to be rearranged
v Bus shelter - Cornwall Council to supply and install - ongoing
ü Planning Meeting - held, minutes attached
l Instruction to hand over deeds to Village Hall - request for points made to be submitted in writing, no response as yet. When these had been received and considered, meeting to be arranged between the PC and the VHMC
l Clerk to arrange meeting with all interested parties re Age UK building -held over as planning permission refused
l Matter outstanding
ü Done
v Partially done