9th
March 2004
A
meeting of the Parish Council was held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 9th
March 2004 at 8pm.
Present:
Miss Sach, Mrs Handley, Ms Hayes, Mr Bane, Mr Ellis, Mr Blatch, Mr Tebbit,
Mr White and, in the Chair, Mr Dalton.
Cl. Bryant was also present.
NO
Apologies were received
Minutes of the meeting held on 19th January
approved and signed
Matters
Arising
1
Recreation Ground Constitution. See
attached sheet
2 Renting of Pavilion After considerable discussion it was agreed that the possibility of extending the facilities available to the village should be explored. It was noted that the Village Hall Committee would welcome this.
It
was agreed to ask the Recreation Ground Committee to consider whether it wished
to adopt a scheme to allow the room in the Pavilion to be hired by residents. It
would be necessary to check hiring regulations and consider the level of charges
required, as well as deciding what should happen to the groups who at present
have free use of the premises. It was expected that the parallel requirements of
the Village Hall letting scheme would be borne in mind.
If the
Committee agree on a proposal, its scheme would then be referred to the Parish
Council for approval.
3
30mph. speed limit.
No advancement on this issue
4
Harlton Road Notice Board A
quotationof £100 received from Mr Elborne. It is hoped this will be erected in
the not too distant future
5
Great Eversden Church Wall. This being discussed by Parochial Church Council.
However, Mr Ellis has offered to take the rubble from the wall and this is much
appreciated by the Church Council.
6
No through Road Sign, Great Eversden. Wimpole Road
Letter
received from the County Council stating that a sign could not be erected since
Wimpole Road leads to Ivett's Close. The Chairman has now requested that a sign
listing the one side-road be erected at the cross roads.
7
Neighbourhood Watch.
Mr Tebbit
reported that he is now receiving this information and will publicise it in the
local Post Office.
8
Trustees of Allotment Land. Minutes of two meetings held on 23rd May
1994 and 10th June 1996 read out.' It was unanimously agreed that Dr.
S. Salisbury be Secretary, Mr P. Tebbit, Treasurer and Mr A. Fisher co-signatory
with the Secretary and Treasurer.' It
was agreed that the Parish Council should now be reimbursed the cost of
replacing the manhole cover at the entrance to the allotments. Mr Tebbit to
liaise with Dr Salisbury
9
Recreation Ground Car Park. Mr Ellis spoke of his concern about an emergency
gate shown on the plan. He felt this was unnecessary. After discussion it was
agreed this was a matter for the Recreation Ground Committee to resolve. Trees
at the gate entrance would not necessarily be removed.
10
Finance The
following cheques agreed and signed
CALC.
Audit Seminar
£45 Mr F.
O'Keefe to attend
Village
Hall Insurance
£940.95
Recreation
Ground Committee
£311.42. This is a refund
from the Parish Council for recycling following its practice of past years.
Agreed
to pay CALC Affiliation fee at next meeting
11
Planning
Mr
Wheeler, Church Farm Gt. Eversden. These changes now withdrawn
Mr S
Clemmow., Chapel Road, Great Eversden Alterations
to garage at Barn from flat to pitched roof. This returned to Planners with PC's
approval. However the Planning Officers had turned it down and it will now be
considered by Chairman's delegation or, possibly, a site meeting.
Finch's
Field, Little Eversden. Two bungalows, extensions. Elmwood granted permission
but Meridian refused. A site inspection will now take place.
12
Footpaths 18 and 25
The
Chairman reported a request had been received for these two paths to be
re-routed. Grants are now available from the Rural Group towards the cost of
this and the County Council wished to link the two projects for action. Members
strongly supported the change to Footpath 18 and hoped it could be implemented
as soon as possible. There was a need for change to Footpath 25, but it was
feared this might lead to a lengthy negotiation process, which, if linked to
Footpath 18, could lead to serious delay.
13
Mr Ellis
reported he had erected a sign stating 'Vehicles Prohibited' at the entrance to
Pound Drift and that it appeared successful.
14
Standing Orders.
The Chairman reported that he has had the present Standing Orders re-typed and
an edited version will be circulated for discussion at a later meeting.
15
Cl.
Bryant, as already reported, spoke on planning problems. He also mentioned that
some villages had applied for Parish Council Quality Status. The Clerk was
critical of the low standard of a set of typical questions circulated by CALC.
16
Future Dates of Meetings.
Mrs Handley had circulated members with possible future dates for Council
meetings. Most had replied, and it was assumed that those who had not replied
were in agreement. Agreed that this list will now be confirmed for the Village
Diary with Mrs Mallows.
Date of next Meeting
Tuesday 27th April at 8pm.
Cl.
Bryant introduced Cl. Mrs Liz Heazell the prospective new District Councillor
for the Eversdens
Correspondence:
CALC Bulletin. Circulated
CC Guided Bus Letter No. 3
Dates of Future Parish
Council Meetings in 2004
Tue 1st June
Mon 19th July
Tue 7th September
Mon 18th October
Mon 6th December