Petrockstowe
Parish Council
Minutes of the meeting held in the Baxter Hall on
Tuesday 20th March 20th 2007 at 8pm.
Councillors
Present; S Johnston (chairman)
W. Luxton A Hunkin.
District Councillor P Collins Mrs H Harris clerk members public 9
86 Apologies No Apologies of absence. Cllr Cottle contacted clerk as he was attending a funeral
and would
be late he arrived at 8-40pm.
87 Minutes The minutes of 16th
January and special meeting 21st February 2007 having been
previously
circulated, were approved and signed as a correct record, subject to an amendment
to Minute
No 85 Delete Cllr Fisher said “they might be afraid of me”. Insert
Cllr Fisher said,
“They might be afraid of you”.
88 PUBLIC SESSION.
Mr M Brown advised the council that
he had contacted Torridge District Council to get a
Tree Preservation order put on the
Maple tree at the War memorial site, the clerk has received
no Order
and Mr Brown and other residents feel that the tree is not dangerous and hides
the
sheds at
the site. No one seems to know when, or why the tree
was planted on the site.
He also raised the street lighting;
he is concerned that there could be accidents if the lights were
turned off
to early, this will be discussed at Parish meeting.
89 Play area
a) The clerk has not received the Rospa inspection report. The lease has been signed.and returned to Clerk
b) The day to day running of the play area
should be left to the sub committee Proposed by
P Vogel
seconded by A Hunkin. Chairman suggested that a
constitution should be drawn
Up, by
the Clerk, similar to that which applies to the recreation ground committee. It
was
agreed that this would be available to be discussed at the
Annual General meeting
90 Annual Parish meeting. 17th
April 2007.
Items for inclusion on the agenda
were discussed;
a) There will be a speaker from Devon County
Council Ali Boyd on a Parish plan.
b) Chairman will give his annual report.
c) Street Lighting.
d) Maple tree
e) School Transport.
f)
g) Any other items received 6th
April 2007.
Chairman informed Councillors that they will not sit
at the top table as it is not a Parish Council meeting.
91 Democracy Pack
The Democracy pack had been
received with information on the forth-coming elections
Notices placed on the appropriate boards
Nomination papers have been
distributed to councillors, and any other candidates willing to
Be nominated for the council
92 DAPC Clerks Training course
Clerk reported that the course had
been disappointing, as the person that should have took the
course
was ill. The
a lot
that she had done at a previous course. Mr Tighe did
suggest that all clerks, should be
included
as signatories on the mandate for all councils..
Cllr Vogel suggested that the clerk
should be a signatory, to be discussed at AGM in May
All agreed.
93 Acer Tree
Clerk to
contact Torridge district council to arrange a visit, with the tree specialist
on site
Proposed
by Cllr Vogel seconded by Cllr Hunkin all agreed.
The
future of the tree will be discussed at the Parish meeting on April 17th.
2007.
94 Councillors reports
a)
21st March 2007, and that he had nothing to report.
The DAPC are to consider how well it
has achieved it’s aims over the past 4yrs and what it needs
to achieve over the next 4yrs.
b)
Recreation Ground Cllr Cottle had
nothing to report..
c) Play area Cllr P Vogel the lease has now been signed, now
waiting for the area to be inspected by Rospa Fund raising has begun, Quiz has been held at
Laurels
d) Baxter Hall Cllr Luxton there is entertainment in the Baxter
Hall on the 23rd March 7-30.
Film Happy Feet 30th March 2007. Hopefully
the leak outside the hall has been repaired
Also around the door repaired. Hiring charges will in
future be placed in the Baxter Hall notice board. Baxter Hall booking secretary Mrs J Skinner, and Secretary Mrs R Woods are
retiring, Councillor W Luxton thanked them on behalf of all, for all they have
done over a number of years. Wish Mrs S Griffin well as she takes over as
Secretary of Baxter Hall.
Booking secretary was not named
e) District Councillor P Collins was disappointed that we had
not been advised on the Tree
Preservation order from Torridge District council.At the council meeting of Torridge council On 19th March it was resolved to discontinue the
black bags to residents from 1st April 2007. The rural areas are
losing out all the time, as we have no cardboard collections, compost, or
wheelie bins The Torridge council, will save around sixty thousand by not
supplying black bags. Also around Twenty jobs have to go, all the time Cllr
Vogel raised at the last Torridge
advisory council meeting, that we have lost matching grants, now black bags
what is going to be next?.
95 School Transport re route Torro 13
Clerk reported that out of the
16 letters sent to parents of children that do and will use this
School transport, she has had
four replies. All were in favour of re-routing. It was agreed to
include
school transport on the Agenda of the Parish Meeting on April 17th..
96 Planning application
Application received from Mr G
Phillips Stone Cottage Parkham No 0182/2007/FUL
Location: Harliegh Petrockstowe EX20 3HQ.Proposal alterations and
extensions
involving
new first floor accommodation, double
garage and porch. Cllrs had no objections
97 Planning approvals
for
a) Mr Mrs B Jeffs
at The Village Petrockstowe No1/2036/2006/FUL
b) Mr L Kennedy
c) Mr Mrs V Coughlin Hall Court Petrockstowe
Stable Block No1/2507/2006/FUL
d) DCC Application No 9314/06/OKE new car
park wildlife reserve at Ashmoor Meeth.
98 Planning refusal Mr Mrs V
Coughlin Hall Court Petrockstowe
No1/2459/2006/COU.
Proposal
Unit 5 Ancillary annexe to main house
99 Financial Matters.
a) Baxter Hall charges for hiring meetings
£60-00. Cheque No 74 signed by Cllrs Luxton & Cottle,
b) Clerks Salary and expenses from 31st
December 2006 to 31st March 2007, £342- 27p
Cheque No 75 signed by Cllrs
Luxton & Cottle.
c)
. signed by Cllrs Luxton & Cottle
Cllr
Vogel proposed that payments should be paid seconded by Cllr Luxton agreed by
all.
No more business meeting closed at 9-30pm..
Next meeting will be 15th May 2007 Annual
General meeting 8pm in Baxter Hall
H R Harris clerk
22-3-2007