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LINTON PARISH COUNCIL

Bromsash Gorsley and Linton

Minutes Of The Meeting Held On October 10^th 2005

In Gorsley Village Hall At 7:30 p.m.

Present:

Cllr Jean Foley, Chairman

Cllr Richard Smith, Vice Chairman

Cllr Keith Summers

Cllr John Foley

Cllr John Wheble

Cllr Margaret Pearce

Cllr Ken Downham

Cllr Audrey Duke

Annette Steele (Clerk)

6 Parishioners attended.

Minute Item			Action
1		Apologies
	1.1	Cllrs Gary Woodman and Rob Crawford. Cllr Jean Foley welcomed Cllr Audrey Duke.

2		Declarations of Interest
	2.1	None

3		Minutes of the Meeting Held on 12th September 2005
	3.1	The Chairman signed the minutes with the following changes. Chief Inspector S.Thomas attended for items 1-7. The new Clerk Mrs Annette Steele also attended. Items 6.1 & 10.4-Action by Clerk. Item 7.1-Line 4, penultimate word “the”. Item 8.3-Amend to “on the Chapel Lane”. 11.2.2-Change Queens Tunnel to Queens Wood. 11.2.3-amend line 2 amend “has sent” to “that he had drafted, for the Clerk to send”.

4		Matters arising therefrom not covered in the Agenda
	4.1	None

5		Review of Financial Regulations
	5.1	The Clerk is to e-mail all Cllrs with the amended financial regulations.	The Clerk

6		Budget 2006/7
	6.1	Cllr Richard Smith proposed that under no circumstances should the precept be raised to supplement the Lengthsmans grant, this was seconded by Cllr Ken Downham. It was AGREED unanimously. The Budget was agreed with amendments. Cllr Richard Smith agreed to liaise with the Clerk re outturn figures. These will be circulated to all Cllrs.	Cllr Richard Smith/ The Clerk

7		Parish Plan Implementation
	7.1	Parish Officer- Council agreed that it was too costly to be considered even if split over several Parishes. Proposed by Cllr John Wheble, seconded by Cllr Margaret Pearce. The Clerk was asked to write to Chief Inspector Thomas, expressing the Councils appreciation for her contribution and inviting PC Wendy Powell to attend future meetings, as and when possible.	The Clerk

8		Lengthsmans Project
	8.1	The Clerk read out the Lengthsmans report, produced by the administrator. The drains at Shutton have been cleared, but the ditch that the drains empty into is blocked. The administrator is establishing ownership of the ditch. Other than that the work has been routine, mainly routine surveys of all roads & litter/fly tipping clearance.
	8.2	Cllr John Wheble asked if the Clerk could contact the administrator to get timesheets for the Lengthsman, showing the work that had been done.	The Clerk

9		Accounts, Treasurer’s Report and Authorisation of Payment of Accounts
	9.1	Accounts to date were tabled and noted.
	9.2	The Clerk will check who pays way leave and when it is due.	The Clerk
	9.3	The Clerk was asked to contact Max Gough-Internal Auditor to introduce herself.	The Clerk
	9.4	Proposed by Cllr John Wheble, seconded by Cllr Richard Smith and approved unanimously, IT WAS AGREED to pay the following invoices and the cheques were duly signed. Cllr Audrey Duke was taken home at this point by Cllr Richard Smith.

AP310	Lengthsman for August	284.00
AP311	Clerk's Salary for September 2005	68.83
AP312	Clerk's Expenses for September 2005	2.98
AP313	Lengthsman Administrator's Fee for Sept 2005	28.40
AP314	Clerk's Salary for September 2005	229.50
AP315	Clerk's Expenses for September 2005	30.62

10		Restoration of Linton Fountain
	10.1	The Clerk advised the Council that Ursell’s had been out to quote for restoring the fountain and that she would contact Michael Palin and Andrew Cornwall in order to get the restoration started. The Council had previously agreed to pay £50.00 per annum towards the electricity for the water supply. Cllr Richard Smith returned to the meeting.	The Clerk

11		Working Party Reports
	11.1	FOOTPATHS Cllr John Foley arranged a meeting of the Footpath committee on September 19^th. There will be a Parish Walk from Linton to Gorsley on October 15^th. Another walk is being arranged for Boxing Day, December 26th.
	11.1.1	Cllr John Foley met the Herefordshire Council footpaths officer on October 6^th to discuss various items including footpath improvements.
	11.1.2	Cllr John Foley was asked by parishioner Chris Bartlett if interested parties in Gorsley could be kept informed of footpath meetings. The Clerk agreed to e-mail him with details as and when appropriate.	The Clerk
	11.2	PLANNING
	11.2.1	P157. DCSE2005/2331F. Proposed two storey extension & conservatory. East Cliffe, Linton, Ross-on-Wye HR9 7RS. Permission refused on 09/09/2005
	11.2.2	P159. DCSE2005/2316F. Conversion of redundant barn to form agricultural workers dwelling. Darnells Farm, Linton, Ross-on-Wye. HR9 7SQ. Permission refused on 07/09/2005.
	11.2.3	P161. DCSE2005/2336/F. Proposed conversion of former cart shed to form letting unit. Hartleton Cottage, Bromsash, Ross-on-Wye. HR9 7SB. Permission granted on 08/09/2005.
	11.2.4	P163. DCSE2005/2651/F.Hartleton Farm, Bromsash-Construction of 44 holiday apartments. Application has now been amended to 32 apartments. Council still considers this development should be refused for the reasons given in our previous comments.  Cllr.Jean Foley, with the permission of all Cllrs has e-mailed Mr Holder, Planning Dept. to this effect and for the avoidance of doubt has sent him a further copy of our previous comments. It is expected that the application will go before the Southern Area Planning Sub-Committee on October 26th.  Our wish to speak at this meeting will be registered by Cllr Jean Foley.
	11.2.5	P158. DCSE2005/2311/F. Proposed two storey extensions and alterations. Chapel Mill Cottage, Bromsash, Ross-on-Wye. HR9 7PL. Cllr Jean Foley attended the Planning Meeting at Hereford at which the decision was deferred until the Parish Council had been properly consulted with regard to the amendment to the application.  The amended plans together with the original plans had now been received and Cllrs were able to compare them.  It was agreed that the application was still a departure from Planning Policy and overdevelopment of the site.  It was agreed to send the comments, as per attachment to these minutes and that Cllr Foley should register the wish of the Parish Council to speak at the Southern Area Planning sub-committee on October 26th.	Cllr Jean Foley
	11.2.6	The owners of Cothars Farm have had an Enforcement Notice placed upon them, telling them to cease their unauthorised trading.  The notice came into effect on October 5th, they then had 56 days in which to comply with the order, if they do not Herefordshire Council will take them to court.  They can appeal against the Notice any time up until October 5^th. If they appeal it will be put before the Planning Inspectorate and the Notice is then 'on hold' until the Inspector has made his decision.  Letter appended.

12		Chairman’s Announcements
	12.1	None

13		Correspondence
	13.1	The following correspondence was tabled.

D1656	22/09/2005	Litter Bin Catalogue	Glasdon
D1657	22/09/2005	Minutes of HALC AGM-28/10/04	HALC
D1658	16/09/2005	Green Amps wind turbine proposals	Green Amps
D1659	01/10/2005	English Nature Magazine	English Nature
D1660	27/09/2005	B4221 Action Group Minutes	B4221 Action Group
D1661	22/09/2005	Business Development Section	Marches Housing Association
D1662	23/09/2005	Parish Council Precepts 2006/7	CHDC
D1663	16/09/2005	Money available for Parish Councils/Community Groups	CHDC
D1664	27/09/2005	Introduction of the Parish Transport Representatives Scheme	community first
D1665	19/09/2005	Linton Parish Plan-B4221	Gorsley & Kilcot Parish Cncl
D1666	01/10/2005	Newsline	community first
D1667	01/10/2005	Campaign for the sustainable Communities Bill	Local Works
D1668	13/09/2005	Waste Core Strategy for Worcestershire	Worcestershire CC
D1669	01/10/2005	AGM-26/10/2005	community first
D1670	08/09/2005	Herefordshire Provisional Local Transport Plan 2006/7-2010/11	CHDC
D1671	01/10/2005	English Heritage Trust News	English Heritage
D1672	06/10/2005	Christmas Parking Concession-Survey	CHDC
D1673	08/10/2005	South Herefordshire Rural Transport Group-Agenda for Meeting 12/10	Herefordshire Voluntary Action
D1674	09/10/2005	G&K PC Minutes	G&KPC

13.2	Cllr Jean Foley read out D1672. Council was asked for a response to the Christmas parking survey for Ross. Options were: free parking for Christmas week in all car-parks except the Maltings, or all-year round free parking at Wilton car-park. The Clerk was asked to return the form asking for the free Christmas week.	The Clerk
13.3	D1665-The Clerk was asked to write to the Gorsley & Kilcot Clerk, to arrange a suitable time for both councils to meet.	The Clerk
13.4	Cllr Jean Foley read out a letter from the Linton Village Hall Management Committee, thanking the Council for the work it had put into the Parish Plan.
13.5	Cllr Jean Foley has received an invitation to the installation of the Rev. Simon Mason at St. Mary’s Church, Newent, on 17^th November at 7.30pm. As she is unable to attend, Cllr Richard Smith agreed to represent her. He will reply. (copy to the Clerk).	Cllr Richard Smith

14		Councillors’ Submissions, including Village Events
	14.1	Cllr John Wheble asked if there was any news on the Travellers site. Cllr Jean Foley said that there was no further news.
	14.2	Cllr John Foley & Cllr Richard Smith both commented on the speed of tractors and other farm traffic in Bromsash. .
	14.3	Cllr Richard Smith said that there are two forthcoming films at Gorsley Village Hall: October 20^th-7.00pm “The Aviator” November 11^th-7.30pm “Finding Neverland”
	14.4	Cllr John Wheble said that cars are being parked unlit, at night at Blind Mans Gate. He asked if the Clerk could write to Andrew Lee-Jones of the Highways Department at CHDC asking if something could be done. There is no room for emergency services to get past the cars and down the lane.	The Clerk
	14.5	Cllr John Foley restated the public concern over the proposed installation of wind turbines in Aston Ingham, and over the poorly managed public meeting.

15		Public Submissions
	15.1	A letter from Dr Swallow was tabled regarding the state of the B4221. The letter has been sent to CHDC, Highways Maintenance Manager. Could the Clerk also write to the Highways Department asking them to reinstate essential road-markings and cats eyes, noting that this had been brought to the attention of the Council by a Parishioner.	The Clerk
	15.2	A Parishioner asked if there was going to be a meeting at Aston Ingham Village Hall regarding wind turbines. Cllr Jean Foley said that she was not aware of any meetings.

16		Items for Consideration at the Next Meeting
	16.1	Procedures for planning applications

17		Date of the Next Meeting
	17.1	November 7^th at 7:30 pm - Linton Village Hall.

The Meeting Finished At 10:04 p.m.