Parish Council Minutes 9th January 2007
Littlethorpe Parish Council
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday 9th January 2007 at the Quarry Moor Recreation Centre at 7.30pm.
Present: Mrs. W. Orme (Chair)
Mr. J Wardle
Mr. C. Laker
Mr. D. O Cornell
Mrs. J. Jowitt
District Cllr. I. Galloway
Mr. W Lupton (Clerk)
1) Apologies
County Cllr. H. Garnett (after Meeting)
2) Declaration of Interest
None received
3) Adoption of minutes held on 10th October 2006
The Minutes were adopted with the addition of two items from Cllrs. Laker and
O Connell, regarding the rural road safety scheme and letter to village hall committee concerning location of deeds, which will be added to the final draft produced by the clerk
4) Chairmans Progress Report
None due to absence from last meeting.
5) Treasurers Report.
a) Accounts to date were submitted (see attachment)
b) The Parish Council agreed to request an increase of 3.9%. The Clerk will submit this to H.B.C. for 2007/08
6) County Councillors Report
None received.
7) District Councillors Report
A new postal voting form will be available soon and voters will be required to submit to H.B.C. The new form is designed to prevent fraudulent voting. Clerk will post details on Parish notice boards when available.
The Councillor informed the meeting of proposals to supply new wheelie bins to all households within the Harrogate area. These are designed to aid green sorting and will also be safer for operatives to use. When installed they will be collected fortnightly rather than weekly. Clerk was asked to write to H.B.C./NYCC requesting details of ultimate destination of collected and resorted refuse. Parish Council to seek views from residents regarding proposal to collect fortnightly. Clerk to write to HBC/NYCC regarding continuing failure to collect re-cyclables from Quarry Moor.
Councillor Galloway will pursue the non-response from Cllr. Cooper (Parish Consultation Meeting) and Mr. Richards (Minerals and Waste Development framework) to letters written by the Chair dated November 6th 2006 and January 6th 2007.
8) Correspondence
A letter from Richard Tite was read out by the Clerk regarding footpath proposals on the West bank of the River Ure and the quarry workings. Clerk to write to Ripon City Quarries regarding their proposals for a new footpath linking the river to the canal and to acknowledge Mr. Tites informative letter.
The Chair to write to David Richard (Truss Lofts) advising him that the Parish Council still stand by their decision to support an application for a single dwelling as long as is in keeping with the area. The Parish Council supported this by a petition signed by approx. 100 residents.
9) Planning
a) Planning Applications received for consultation by Parish Council.
1) Old School House - no objections
2) The Gate House, Bellwood Hall, no objection
b) Planning Permission granted by HBC
1) Old School House
2) The Gate House, Bellwood Hall
3) Henry Boot - Chair to keep Parish Council updated on future developments. Cllr. Galloway also agreed to keep Council informed. Chair to write to Planning department expressing Parish Councils concerns regarding future signage and lighting and requesting that the Parish Council be kept fully informed on future developments.
c) Refusals
None received
1 0) N.Y.C.C. Minerals and Waste Development Framework
Clerk to print hard copy of report for Chair for response due 2nd February. Council agreed that the Chair liaise with Cllr Laker to formulate Parish Councils response.
11) Insurance 2007/08. Clerk to write to Zurich and Norwich Union to request quotation for insurance purposes. Clerk ha contacted SLCC who had given no advice on this matter.
12) H.B.C. Parish Consultation - February 20th 2007. Questions to be placed by 2nd February. Council agreed that that Cllr Laker (in place of Cllr. O Connell who I unable to attend) and Cllr Orme to raise one question each at the meeting regarding response time to letters and detail within minutes. Chair will send letter to HBC tabling the two questions concerning effective communications and feedback from policy consultation such as LDF
13) Updates
a) Response from PC Jones re anti social behaviour at Quarry Moor.
Clerk to follow up letter to PC Jones. Residents reported higher levels of policing in the area and a reduction in the problem
b) Quarry Moor Highways bus stop (CL and WO)
Chair informed meeting that assessment of funding application is currently being processed and prioritized. When complete they will report back to the Parish Council. The final recommendations will then be sent to NYCC for final approval
c) Roads and Footpaths
1)Speeding through village
Cllr O Connell to investigate options and costs. Littlethorpe has low priority as no serious accidents have occurred. It was noted that action has been taken in Bishop Monkton.
2) Condition of grass verge.
Clerk requested to write to Highways to ask for a full road cleaning exercise along verges to take place in the village following the extensive work at Little Crossing
3) Site meeting with RMBC regarding repair of track (WO)
Clerk to write to Secretary to request site meeting.
4) NYCC Designation of Footpaths (WO)
The Chair to link with Cllr. Laker regarding designation of footpaths and rights of Way. Clerk to seek clarification with Ripon City Quarry (Aggregates UK Ltd) future plan regarding permissive path directly south of the racecourse to the River Ure.
d) HBC proposed wheelie bin introduction
See District Councillor report
Cllr Laker to place note in roundabout and web site seeking response from Parish in order to respond to HBC
e) Parish Plan Report on results of questionnaire (DOC)
Cllr O Connell reported that analysis is still ongoing and that a public meeting, to include the Ripon Archeology Group, will take place in February
f) Village Hall (JJ)
Cllr. Jowitt reported boundary fence problems that have now been resolved and that minor problems had been found in a recent Fire Risk Assessment
g) Parish Council Contact Leaflet (WL)
Now up on notice boards.
h) Village Hall Signage Report on costs (DOC)
Agreed to be placed on next Treasurers Report as part of review into contributions by Parish Council to the Village Hall running costs. A member of the Village Committee suggested that Parish Council might wish to pay for signage (approx £300.00) for Village Hall
i) Village Hall deeds
Clerk to write to Village Hall Committee detailing the location of the title deeds.
j) Grass cutting contribution (and cost) from HBC (CL)
Cllr. Laker reported on current situation and hoped that the grants from the previous two years would soon be available. Clerk to submit claim letter for current year 2006/07 with supporting documents.
k) Ownership of land south of Littlethorpe Crossing.
Clerk to write again to Trustee responsible Mr. Hutchinson.
l) Format and views on Public Time.
The Parish Council agreed to hold Public Time after Correspondence item on the agenda at all future meetings.
m) Correspondence Packs process for circulation and reporting.
Will be as agreed with Clerk
14) Provision for Open Spaces
Cllr. Laker asked that a full review of open Spaces within the village take place. Without this, and if anything is missed, any grant to the village from the Community Sum could be at risk. Chair and Cllr. Laker agreed to study maps and report back. Response to HBC will have to be submitted before next Parish Council meeting. New areas can be added if necessary.
15) Village Website Cllr Laker encouraged the village to support the web site and expressed thanks to Mo Flemming for all the hard work she has put into this valuable venture. Parish Council agreed to end email letter of thanks.
16) Public Time
During Public Time the meeting audience responded enthusiastically and a number of points were raised.
17) Chairmans summing up
Chairman summed up meeting and closed and then formally closed the evening.
18) Future Diary
Dates of next meetings:
March 20th 2007
May 10th 2007-APM
May 22nd 2007 - AGM
July 10th 2007 (Quarry Moor)
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