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2049 PRESENT: Mr.P.Jefford (Chairman) Mr.C.McCormick (Vice Chairman) Mr.R.Cooper, Mrs K. Robbins, Mrs..J Rose, Mr.P. Peck, Mrs B.Youell, and Mr. J. Fielder Also present Mrs D.R.Wyatt (Clerk) and approximately 6 parishioners. Chairman welcomed everybody and stopped the meeting to allow PCSO 8238 Bob Hall give a broad outline of Community Safety and Speedwatch for those present plus the crime report. Chairman then resumed the meeting .2050 TO CONSIDER APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 2051 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS: 2052 OPEN FORUM Resident asked position regarding cyclists riding off road. Clerk was asked to clarify this for the next meeting. District Councillor D.Teager’s report as below had been circulated to the Council . The Group Leaders and the Chief Executive visited the Government Minister Phil Wooles about the City Council’s unitary bid. We had a good meeting with the Minister and his officials. We handed him a formal response to the consultation, i.e. a letter; we gave him about 1200 signatures on petition and also a dossier of press cuttings from the EDP and Evening News. The Minister said he had eight key messages from us and thanked us for our professional presentation. The Minister told us that a decision will be made at the end of July and it will be judged on Norwich City present boundary. Broadland is once more one of the top Councils in the Country for collecting Council Tax and are the best in Norfolk collecting ninety nine percent of the tax. This is a great achievement and much is down to a dedicated staff and also law abiding residents who are aware of their duty to pay their Council Tax. By getting this amount of tax in early helps the Council to get interest on the money and also it helps to keep the Council Tax at a low rate of increase. Broadland is giving a one year pilot to see how a Planning Forum will work. A Planning Forum is a meeting whereby a developer gives a presentation to the public, District Council and other stake holders on a proposal. It presents an opportunity for this audience to make the developer aware of any key issues that they should take into account before submitting an application. The forum is not a decision making meeting, decisions will still be taken by the Planning Committee (unless it requires a delegated officer decision) Going through Cabinet and the Council are two or three papers that will have a big effect on the residents of Broadland and on the way we work in the future. Recreation Open Space- The supplementary Planning Document on recreational Open Space is designed to secure recreational open space provision in housing development by seeking developer’s provision or contributions. It is proposed to update the mechanism and detailed guidance for developers under section 106 obligations. Planning for a Sustainable Future- This sets out a wide- ranging package of reforms to the planning system including a new system to decide major infrastructure projects, giving planning a greater role in tackling climate change and ensuring the planning system continues to support vibrant town centres. Waste Strategy- To take a look of our future waste strategy as we have now done all we can at the present level. The future strategy will carry a cost to it as we look into dealing with kitchen waste. Tons of kitchen waste goes to land fill and there could be a directive from Europe to recycle it. If we do not do anything new in recycling we will lose the high standing we have enjoyed over the last few years as one of the top recycling in the country. We are also looking at a Life Play Strategy which will be developed to bid for lottery funding. Sadly no village in the Ward that I serve is a top priority although this should not deter any Parish to apply for funding. The main issue when applying for is to have a strategy in place an also the applicant will have to be able to upkeep the repairs and future costs that manifest themselves to the project. Over the past few weeks I have been monitoring all the planning applications that have been coming in and also the unsociable behaviour that has taken place in my Ward . District Councillor Chris Greens report as below had been distributed to Council. There have been three key decision making reports received by Cabinet this month which may in due course have an impact for the Ward. They are: i) ii) Broadland Life Play Strategy . As part of a bid for "Big Lottery" funding it will only accept applications from district councils where a strategy for children's play has been developed and agreed; BDC are therefore working on a Play Strategy for the years 2007- 2012 . BDC recognises the importance of children's play and the need to ensure that children have access to a wide range of opportunities and facilities for play in all its diverse forms. From work already done, nineteen parishes have emerged as having deficiencies or deprivation (but Salhouse is not included). At this stage only five projects are considered to be sufficiently developed to the point where they could participate in the Big Lottery Fund bid and they at Thorpe, Sprowston, Spixworth, Buxton and Cawston. Parishes not selected as targets for projects under this tranche of funding will have the opportunity to work with BDC on consultation, design and sources of funding etc towards new developments or enhance existing play areas.The highest quality children’s play areas currently in Broadland are in Rackheath, Blofield, Hellesdon and Sprowston. Consultants were used to analyse the quality of 61 play areas and against national criteria the overall rating of sites District wide is 40% (Below Average). The Salhouse Recreation Ground Play area came out at 35% although it is emphasised that the score represents a "snapshot" in time. Similarly there was an analysis of Multi Use Games Areas (MUGAs) in the district and the one on Rackheath playing field came out highest. iii) Waste Strategy - Future recycling options. The Council is, for the moment, the top recycling authority in Norfolk (46%) and the 14th highest in the country. The Council is also the second highest council nationally for recycling dry recyclables (ex-garden waste). The remainder of the waste currently not recycled goes to landfill which as most people are aware is running out. At present therefore BDC is doing well against the recently published National Waste Strategy for England 2007. A new contract has been agreed for the next seven years with Veolia (formerly Onyx) and the Council is also looking at ways to take the recycling service to the next level. One of these is to introduce a food waste recycling service which would raise the current ceiling to over 50% and the main criticism of the bi-weekly collection namely the smelly bin could also be resolved. This is a complex decision for the Council and the possibility of a trial in the urban areas is being considered once more cost information is available; more news to follow.Regarding Committees on which I sit: At recent planning meetings, there have been two cases directly related to Salhouse: (i) it was agreed that enforcement action be taken against the financial planning business operating in Station Road (ii) the application for a an informal wildlife area behind the Stables was approved. I am working with David Teager on the Overview & Scrutiny Committee which he chairs. I also attended the Norwich Airport Limited Consultative Committee meeting; while there were no issues reported that directly related to Salhouse several operational and flying noise issues were raised by other parishes! The next meeting is in October. Parish Plan – updated report presented by Ms Gallanders (Chairwoman). All the members are at present working very hard to complete the final report and to keep to our target. Question asked re Speedwatch Chairman then finished Open Forum and the meeting proceeded and as this question had been raised it was asked again by the Chairman. Does the Parish Council agree to participate in the Speedwatch campaign? Majority decision. Resident then interrupted to give their interpretation of
this campaign. 2053 MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. Minutes of the 16th May 2007 were signed as being
a true record 2054 MATTERS ARSING FROM THE MINUTES (Corrections
only) 2055 CHAIRMANS REPORT: Commenting on Working parties and Committees. I would like to express my appreciation for the obvious success being achieved by them and the committees, this would not be possible without the work and time councillors are prepared to give and I thank you all for it. Salhouse Hall Conversion. On the 25th July, I received a telephone call from Mr. Crowder, the person responsible for the plans at the Hall asking if a consultation meeting could take place at Jubilee Hall (as I understand this is now part of the planning process. The following e-mail has been sent to Hazel Allard, Housing Enabling Officer at Broadland District Council. Dear Hazel, Yesterday I received a telephone call from Mr. Crowder of 123 Lower Street Salhouse; a member of the Broadland Preservation Trust who I understand is responsible for submitting a Planning Application on behalf of Mr. Cator for the Salhouse Hall project. The purpose of the telephone call was to arrange a consultation evening at the Jubilee Hall in two to three weeks time. I commented that Broadland DC was planning to have a consultation evening sometime in September following the results of the Housing Needs Survey. Mr. Crowder responded, "for the purpose of this Planning Application Mr. Cator is only required to provide an exception site for five units of affordable housing and therefore a Housing Needs Survey is not necessary. Salhouse Parish Council would like the consultation evening (Planning Forum?) to be organised and chaired by Broadland DC. To have a meeting in September does seem to be more practical following the Housing Needs Survey and the holiday season as originally suggested The Council would appreciate your advice in this matter. Kind regards, Peter J Jefford Chair, Salhouse Parish Council (replies via the Parish Clerk) 2056 REPORTS RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WORKING PARTIES.
PLANNING SUB COMMITTEE
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION. PLAYING FIELD Cllr Teager and myself had a meeting on the 9th July, 2007 with the Football Club, the main topic was the postponement of the 5-a-side tournament. We agreed to the F.C.’s request to re-hold this event on the 14th/15th July 2007. This was later changed to the 21st/22nd July, due to the off field parking arrangements. We apologised on behalf of the Parish Council over the misunderstanding by the Parish Clerk with reference to the disabled parking area. This arrangement had previously been made between the F.C and me and the Clerk was not aware. We also proposed and rent increase of 3% + 1 for the year ending April 2008. This percentage rise is in line with Broadland District Council’s guidelines. This will increase the yearly rent payable by £21.00 to £742.00. Two quotations had been received for the replacement of the vandalized toilet block doors which were:- Nigel Harris £1250 + V.A.T. for fabricating three metal doors and frames (Prime paint finished) plus two galvanized mesh screens Mark Grimmer £1000.00 inc: for same as above, all galvanized with 2 sliding bolts on the outside and 1 sliding bolt inside. Padlocks would be required and after consultation with the RFO it was agreed to accept Mr. Mark Grimmers’s estimate and to request this from the Parish Council at their next meeting on the 25th July. These repairs were urgent as needed before the start of the football season on September 1st. Parish Council agreed that these repairs had to be carried out and confirmed P.F.Committees request. We were requested at the last meeting to look at the Caretaker’s existing Contract. The extra duties we propose are as follows:- Grass cutting around the football pavilion and containers also between the play area and the drift and around the young oak trees. Cutting banks behind the re-cycling bins and entrance to playing field for better visibility to Thieves Lane. Keeping the bottle bank area clean and tidy i.e. clearing up broken glass and other items left lying around. The contract is currently worth £700.00; we propose an increase in line with inflation and ask that the caretaker quote for the extra duties. Our next meeting has been arranged for 30th July 7.30pm. at Jubilee Hall. FINANCE RISK ASSESSMENT 2057 NOTICE BOARDS 2058 HIGHWAYS 2059 ROTAC FARMS 2060 CARETAKERS CONTRACT. 2061 EXPENDITURE. Accounts for approval 25.07.07 PAYMENTS 1084 Mrs. A. Prestwood – Parish Plan 11.52 Total payment request £ 971.05 RECEIPTS Interest – Business a/c 29.53 Total Receipts 29.82 BALANCE AT BANK TSB account No. 7189551 11.06.07 108.36 Total Balances £ 26741.12 Cheques outstanding total £5620.72 ( Inc: £971.05 above) Investment Bond- Re-invested 47937.87 Payment of cheques was proposed by Mr.P.Peck and seconded by Mrs. K.Robbins. 2062 CORRESPONDENCE Broadland District Council – Broadland Housing Forum – Invitation to
Pinebanks, Thorpe Road, Thorpe. Norwich - 6.30pm – 9.00pm. 12th
September 2007 Broads Authority – Planning & Dev elopement Policy- Views required. H.G.Cator – Reply regarding Hall Drive. 2063 MATTERS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONAnnual Pond Contract for maintenance. .There being no further business the Chairman thanked all for coming and declared the meeting closed at 9.30pm . Next meeting to be held on Wednesday 19thth September at 7.3Opm in
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