Present:
Mr D Williams Chairman & Breckland Councillor
Mr A Brinsdon Councillor
Mr S Davey Councillor
Mr B Rayner Councillor
Mr P Wilkinson Councillor
Also In Attendance:
Mrs A Steward Norfolk County Councillor
10 members of the Public
Mr D Burchell Clerk to the Council
1) Apologies. Apologies were accepted from:
a) Councillor D Wallace – hospital
b) Councillor M Burchell – Immobile due to weather conditions.
2) Minutes of Meeting held on 4 January 2012. The minutes of the Meeting held on Wednesday 4 January 2012 were unanimously approved and signed as a true and accurate record of the Meeting.
3) Declarations of Members’ Interest. The following Declarations of Members’ Interest were made under the Code of Conduct:
a) Councillor Davey – Item 10b – Employee of Pentney Caravan Park – personal.
b) Councillor Rayner – Item 10b – neighbour – prejudicial.
c) Councillor Williams – Item 10 – Breckland Councillor – personal.
4) Public Participation. It was unanimously resolved to suspend Standing Orders to allow members of the public, and the County and District Councillors to address the Meeting.
Standing Orders Suspended at 7.32pm
Standing Orders Reinstated at 8.20pm.
5) Chairman’s Announcements. There were no Chairman’s announcements.
6) Diamond Jubilee:
a) It was noted that:
i) The programme for the Sunday had been finalised.
ii) The programme for the Monday was still in a state of flux.
iii) The two 1948 Olympic Torch bearers had been identified.
iv) The general feeling was that the lighting of a beacon was pointless due to the low lying position of the village.
v) The Jubilee Committee would be investigating the possibility of a Jubilee Balloon Launch (consisting of 60 helium balloons) for the children as part of the Monday celebrations.
b) It was unanimously resolved to:
i) Offer financial support to the Jubilee Balloon Launch if the Jubilee Committee decided to include this in the Monday celebrations.
ii) Take on the responsibility of forwarding the names of the two torch bearers to the torch relay organising committee.
7) Quotation for Works. It was noted that the quotation for maintenance works to the east bound bus shelter and the east bound bus shelter seat had not yet been received.
8)
Future of Code of Conduct. It was noted that there had been no further progress
on the future of the Code Conduct but that Nalc were hosting a meeting proposing
that the replacement Code for
9)
Warm
10) Planning Applications:
a) 3PL/2011/1275/F – 1a Meadow Close – Erection of garage block. It was noted that the application had been approved with the provision that the applicant could neither construct any additional windows or other openings, nor convert the building to any other domestic accommodation without approval from the Local Planning Authority.
b)
3PL/2011/0907/F – Hall farm,
c) 3PL/2012/0030/F – Pentney Bowls – variation on condition 3 of approval to increase the number of caravans permitted on site from 50 to 100 for up to 2 three day events:
d) It was unanimously resolved to object to the application because of the unreasonable increase in the number of caravans. In addition the Council was not convinced that the site could safely accommodate this increase number of caravans without causing considerable inconvenience to local residents and immediate neighbours.
e) It was noted that a number of residents were concerned that the applicant was not correctly fulfilling some of the provisions of the approval and that some of the provisions will not have been implemented before the advertised opening dates for events at the venue.
f) It was unanimously resolved to request that a member of the Planning Authority – an enforcement officer or planning officer – attend the next Meeting to assure the members of the Council and members of the public that implementation of all provisions of the approval were being robustly monitored and enforced.
11) Reports:
a) Swaffham SNAP. Councillor Rayner advised the meeting that the notes from the SNAP would be distributed. In addition it was noted that by redistributing personnel to different operating bases an increase of 50 officers had been achieved in the Dereham District.
b)
12) Correspondence:
a) Rural Services Network - News Digest (Distributed)
b) BDC - Notice of Adoption of Site Specific Policies – displayed on Notice Board
c) Police Authority – Police Budget Review (Distributed)
d)
e) Mike Knights – Willows Incinerator (Distributed)
f)
BDC –
g) Nalc –Neighbourhood Planning – Swaffham 29 Feb – Councillor Wilkinson and Clerk to attend.
h) Swaffham SNAP – Notes (Distributed)
i) BDC – Planning & Building Control News Letter (Distributed)
j)
13) Finance. The following invoices were unanimously approved for payment:
a) MHB Services Ltd – Lighting Maintenance for January 2012 - £97.76
b) D J Burchell – January Salary - £460.23
c) HMRC – PAYE Clerk’s salary - £115.00
d)
14) Village Matters:
a)
b) Ship Inn. Councillor Rayner informed the meeting that ownership of the Ship Inn had changed again.
c) Churchyard Trees. It was noted that faculty for the work on the Oak and Weeping Willow in the extended churchyard had been approved and that the contractor was speaking with Revd Canon Nairn to arrange a time to carry out the work.
d)
Grit Bins.
It was noted that Mr David Brock of Brock House had spread grit at the
e) Clothing Bank. Councillor Wilkinson advised the Meeting that the new clothing bank had been installed at the Community Centre. It was agreed that this should be mentioned in the next addition of the Nar Valley News.
15) Next Meeting. It was noted that the next Meeting will be on Monday 5 March 2012. Items for the agenda will include:
a) Willows Incinerator
b) Diamond Jubilee
c)
d) Future of Code of Conduct
The Meeting Closed at 9.30pm