Unconfirmed
minutes of GREAT AND LITTLE EVERSDEN PARISH COUNCIL
A
meeting of the Parish Council was held in the Village Hall on Monday 3rd October
2005 at 8pm.
Present Miss Sach, Mrs Handley, Mrs Clemmow, Mr Ellis, Mr
Bane, Mr Blatch, Mr Tebbit, Miss Hayes, Mr White, and, in the Chair, Mr Dalton
C. Cl. Kindersley also present
Apologies.
Cl. Mrs Heazell
Minutes of the meeting held on 4th July 2005
were agreed and signed
Land
Partnership Presentation
See attached Appendix for a report on this item
Matters arising from the
Minutes
1
Footpath 13. Ivett's Lane.
Nothing further to report. BT have not yet moved the pole. Two tree-trunks
should be moved from ditch. The Chairman would discuss this with Mr Waked
Jayyousi.
2
Verge cutting Miss
Hayes presented her recommended cutting plan. It was agreed that a copy should
be circulated in the correspondence envelope so that members could convey their
comments to Miss Hayes. The plan would be further discussed at the next meeting.
3
Emergency Water Supply..
Nothing further to report.
4
Footpath 20 gritting.
More grit had been delivered and would be spread by YFC very soon.
5
Coffee mornings at the Pavilion Mrs Handley reported that the first meeting had
been a great success attended by 30 people. They had agreed that this should
become a regular occasion on the second Thursday in the month.
6
Post Office State
No volunteers have come forward to run a Post Office.
7
Mail Delivery Great Eversden Delivery
is still not entirely satisfactory.
8
Posts at 46 High Street
The Chairman reported he was having a site meeting this week.
9
Nixon's Hall Memorial Tablet This
tablet had fallen down and broken. Mr Blatch agreed to attempt a repair.
10
Trafalgar weekend
Oct 21-23 Mr Bane reported the Beacon constructed by Mr Ellis
had been erected with the help of Mr Tebbit.
This had entailed a lot of work by Mr Ellis and will be much appreciated.
Miss Sach proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Ellis for carrying out this monumental
task. This was seconded by all members.
11
Local Development Framework. Miss
Hayes had studied this document, particularly that part associated with the
Southern Fringe. She was impressed with the presentation and information made
available.
12
Agricultural Smells
It had been agreed by the victims that a record be kept when this
nuisance occurred and then the Environmental Health Officer should be informed.
It is understood that this officer had visited the site.
13
Barrington Cement
Ann Rutland had attended the recent liaison meeting. It was important
that residents attend the exhibition of new development which is being held at
the Recreation Ground Pavilion on 20th October from 3-8pm.
14
Unknown Donor's Charity
It was agreed that Miss Sach and Mr Richard Ellis be re-appointed as
Trustees of this Charity
15
Finance.
The
following cheques agreed and signed
Village
Hall, 2nd Disabled Toilet Grant £1750.00
Cambridge
Insitu, Photocopying £4.34
Clerk's
salary plus expenses £256.34
16
The Hoops Public House.
This had now become a Thai restaurant, The Golden Elephant. Planning permission
is not required for change of use between pub and restaurant, but if the owners
wish to start a take away service in addition, they may have to apply for
permission for a change of use. There
was also a possibility that the new sign was larger than the permitted size.
This would be checked.
17
Loss of Bus Stop Sign.
Under Health and Safety regulations bus stop signs can no longer be fixed to
telegraph poles, but must have their own posts. At present the bus stop by the
notice board in Harlton Road has no sign. Mrs Marshall asked that a bus stop
sign should be provided. The Chairman agreed to approach the County Council
about this.
18
Planning
Parking
at St Helen's The
Chairman reported that Mr Sale's claim to a right of way across the whole area
was not correct – he had only a right of way of a specified vehicle's width
and this could be confirmed by the Land Registry. He hoped to have a copy of
this document from Mr Banks shortly.
Applications
Mr & Mrs Abraham, Sunnyside, Great Eversden.
Conversion of Workshop into residence
Approved
Mrs Lindquest, 14 Bucks Lane. Garage for cars and
horsebox. Agreed refuse. Considered too high.
19
Mr White
asked that the relocation of the Great Eversden Notice Board to the pillar
boxshould be placed on the agenda for next meeting
20
Cl. Kindersley
reported that due to the District Council being capped cuts were having to be
made throughout the council.
The
problems with Travellers continue.
He
mentioned the changes proposed by Cemtex at Barrington. The quarry will be
extended along the ridge towards Orwell. The new 'chimney' will be massive. A
new access road is planned to run from the ridge to join the Harlton side of the
A603 is of particular concern for our area.
It
was likely that the Cambs, Suffolk and Norfolk Police Forces would be merged.
The
new regional Fire Control Centre is to be sited at Waterbeach
Better
illumination of the sign for Harlton and Haslingfield near the Wjeatsheaf is
planned.
21
Correspondence.
In circulation.
Date of next meeting
Monday 14th November in the Village Hall at 8pm.
(The first half hour will be devoted to discussion
of the Housing Society's proposals)
Appendix to
Minutes of 3rd October 2005
The Chairman
welcomed Gill Anderton of The Nene Housing Association and
Mike
Sugden, Housing Development Manager for South Cambs District Council.
He said that
we would wish to hear about the facts and possibilities in the Evesdens from
them, but that, since some members might have an interest, we should discuss our
further policy and make our decisions at a later meeting.
Gill
Anderton said that the Nene Housing Society is now an
autonomous part of the Accent Group, a very large organisation which is one of
the Government's 'preferred partners' in housing development.
They are interested in the site on Harlton Road
near the junction with High Street in Little Eversden. The Housing Needs survey
suggests a need for 10-12 units in Little Eversden and a further 9 units in
Great Eversden. She had not realised that the two villages worked together, and
had only recently found out about OSP148.
She had prepared three possible schemes for
developments of 10 units on the Harlton Road site, but one was on land which was
no longer available.
The Harlton Road site would be suitable for up to
10-20 units, and so would OSP 148. It would be possible to consider 10 units on
each site.
Rural Developments.
Nene does not seek Govt. funding for rural villages as it is
unpredictable and the process takes a very long time, and requires a rigid
timetable *.
They
can afford developments of a minimum of 8 units with shared equity of 50% buy
and 50% rent 'staircasing' up to 80% ownership.
If a Parish Council approves, a scheme can go ahead
immediately.
Mike
Sugden told us that there were three types of planning
methods possible
Section 106 agreement for 30% of a new development
redeveloping land owned by the Council
an exception site (which could be in Green Belt land)
This must be for affordable housing in perpetuity
Its residents must have some connection with
existing residents
It must be supported by the Parish Council
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*Bids for Government Money can only be made every
two years, and this round ends on 21st October 2005. If a bid id to
be made a housing corporation must either own the land already or have received
outline planning permission.
People can put their name on the Housing Needs Register and nominate a
village which they would like to live in. But on an Exception Site they should
have connections with a current resident. Also if an existing tenant leaves they
should be replaced by someone with local connections.
After a number of questions had been asked to clarify
certain points, the chairman thanked Gill Anderton and Mike Sugden who then left
the meeting.
It was
agreed that we should use the first half hour of the next meeting to discuss the
proposals and reach our decision. Members who declared an interest could then
join us.