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DUDDON PARISH COUNCIL Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 22 April 2004 in the Green Room, Victory Hall, Broughton-in-Furness Present Cllr Mrs L Burch (Chairman), Cllr H J Barker Cllr J Batten, Cllr J W Curwen, Cllr Mrs V Glessal, Cllr B Hadwin, Cllr Mrs E Knowles, Cllr R Webster Apologies Cllr D Hoggarth, due to farming commitments, Cllr Mrs J Johnson, due to illness 39/04 Minutes It was RESOLVED that the Chairman sign the minutes as a correct record. 40/04 Matters arising Cllr Barker was due to meet a prospective handyman the following day. Re 37/04 i), Cllr Barker reported that he had fixed the faulty street light. Re 37/04 ii) it was reported that both matters were being dealt with. Adjournment of meeting for Public Discussion Mrs Morgan drew attention to problems of car parking in The Square in the afternoons caused by school buses and coaches parked there inconveniently. She enquired whether times of school buses could be staggered to avoid congestion. It was suggested that coaches should not wait in The Square but should be directed to Station Level. 41/04 Correspondence The clerk presented the following correspondence received: 803 LDNPA Michael Bentley Update 804 LDNP Tony Wolfe LDNP Management Plan 805 Duddon Estuary P'ship Mike Smith
Minutes 10 March and 806 Cambridge Policy Morgane Lefaucheux
Vital Villages Initiative 807 SLDC
Claire Wheatman European parliamentary 808 Cumbria Highways John Bell Traffic Regulation Order B5281 809 SLDC
Chris Woods
Parish Remuneration Panel 810 LDNPA Minutes Dec 03 - Mar 04 811 CALC County Circular - April 812 CACVS
Infrastructure support 813 SLDC Debbie Storr Request for dispensation 814 Barr EcologyLtd C Barr Cumbria Hedgerow Survey 815 Neighbourhood Forum Dianne Whitehead Summary meeting 11 March 816 SLDC
Peter Clarke
Play area inspection 817 Furness Greenways Alastair McNeill Minutes meeting 23 March 818 Audit Commission Dina Pejcinovic Annual return 819 AmeyMouchel Angela Moffet Tourist sub-region signing 820 CPFA
Richard Johnson Annual report, affiliation 821 CCC
Gary Petitjean Community Consultative 822 SLDC Community Conference invite 823 AmeyMouchel Steve Braithwaite
Foxfield station collection 824 SLDC M E Jones Waste and recycling scheme 825 VH Management Cttee. Richard Weeks VH maintenance 826 Allianz Cornhill Insurance policy renewal 827 SLDC
Peter Ridgway Planning guidance – 828 Amey Highways Graham Northrop CCC highways maintenance 829 Two Castles Housing Linzi Saunders
Car parking at Kepplewray 830 B’ton Marketing Group Elizabeth Barker Bus shelter repair After considering the correspondence, it was decided to take the following actions: 804 Clerk to copy LDNPA vision statement for discussion at next month’s meeting 805 Cllr Webster to complete and return the Duddon Estuary Partnership questionnaire on behalf of the Council 808 Traffic Regulation Order to be put on the agenda for discussion at next month’s meeting 826 Clerk to obtain alternative insurance quotations 827 Cllr Barker to study housing provision report 828 Clerk to write in support of Amey Highways tender, stating the importance of proper pothole repair and drain clearance 830 Clerk to seek quotation for bus shelter roof repairs from Chris Hull. Cllr Barker to discuss cleaning and repainting with handyman 42/04 Planning Applications The following planning application was recommended for approval: 7/2004/5256 Barn adjacent to Borderiggs Convert to dwelling for family use 43/04 Financial Matters It was RESOLVED to pay the following from the main account: SLDC annual playground inspection fee £206.00 Cumbria Playing Fields Assoc. annual affiliation fee £12.90 CALC Local Council Review subscription £12.50 CALC attendance at councillors evening £30 E Essery clerk’s expenses (postage £28.93, copying Jan-March £13.08, telephone Dec-Feb £8.81) £50.82 Terry Chemicals Ltd per Victory Hall cleaning equipment £33.71 Terry Chemicals Ltd per Victory Hall soap dispensers £31.73 T Ward & Son per Victory Hall paint £27.27 Powergen per Victory Hall electricity £334.80 Kellys per Victory Hall decorating supplies £21.95 Erik Ashcroft per Victory Hall repairs £3042.86 Mountain Centre per Victory Hall sign for Green Room £44.00 British Gas per Victory Hall gas £501.73 Bryan Redhead & Co per Victory Hall accountancy services £70.50 44/04 Doctors’ Surgery Information presented at the public meeting and the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal of the planning application were discussed. Following conversations with Peter Clucas and the practice manager, it was understood that the application was to be resubmitted with modifications to the access. It was noted that the situation had been reported to local MP, Tim Collins, and Lake District National Park Officer, Paul Tiplady. It was agreed that further action or representations from Duddon Parish Council were not appropriate at this stage. 45/04 Community Speed Watch The clerk reported that volunteer training was to be completed the following week, after which the scheme would start operating under the co-ordination of Chris Pitts. Reflective jackets and waistcoats as approved by Roger Mallett had been purchased. It was noted that the warning signs to the approach roads did not have great impact but they were as agreed and ordered by the Council. Signs erected at the site of the watches would be much more visible. 46/04 Wilson Park It was RESOLVED that Cllr Barker and/or Cllr Burch would attend the meeting in Wilson Park with Cumbria Woodlands and Capita on 26 April to discuss the funding of improvements to the park. It was noted that the work on the perimeter fence had been completed and the embankment slide was to be done soon. The area would need to be cut back to prepare for this. The clerk was instructed to get a price for hardwood chips to fill the pits in the children’s play area. Cllr Webster agreed to contact the LDNPA depot to seek their help in unloading and distributing the chips. Cllr Knowles reported that the grant application to the Sports and Arts Foundation was unsuccessful. 47/04 CALC councillors event Cllrs Barker, Burch, Glessal and Knowles opted to attend the evening session at Underwood Country Guesthouse on 29 April. Cllr Webster would check his availability and contact the clerk and the clerk would check with Cllr Johnson. 48/04 Any Other Business After reports from each councillor, the following actions were agreed: i) Cllr Curwen to follow up the failure of SLDC to empty the bin outside the park. ii) Clerk to write to Paul Tiplady, requesting that plans be sent to the TIC for inspection by the public at the time details of planning applications were posted on site. iii) Clerk to seek quote for installation of additional street light at Bush Green. iv) Cllr Curwen to get potholes re-marked along the road to Torver from The Square. Cllr Curwen reported a very disappointing attendance at the recent Neighbourhood Watch meeting. A viable scheme needed to be in place and more co-ordinators were required. 49/04 Date of Next Meeting There being no further business, the meeting closed at 9.40pm and the next meeting set for Thursday 27 May 2004. |
