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Minutes of the Meeting of Kessingland Parish Council held on Wednesday 27th February 2008 at the Methodist Church Hall at 7.30pm. Members present; Cllr Martin (Chairman), Cllr R Brown, Cllr Burden, Cllr Crossland, Cllr Lawson, Cllr Morgan, Cllr Powell, Cllr Woodhead. Others Present; Mrs L Beevor (Clerk), Agenda 1a) Apologies for absence Cllr Baisden, Cllr B Brown, Cllr Purkis, Cllr Sinfield. b) Declarations of Interest Nil. 2) Chairman's Report No report Meeting adjourned for public participation. No members of the public were present. Meeting closed to public participation. 3) Clerks Report a) Letter received from Mark Bee regarding the Local Government Boundary Review. Letter offers for a WDC officer to attend a council meeting - clerk to take up this request. b) Play area inspection report received for Church Road; Re litter bin - Blocks have been asked to mend this. Re raised manhole cover - need to try to ascertain whom to contact. c) Open space - Fisherman's Way and Rider Haggard - Simon Walker is responsible for Open Space from 1st March 2008 - he will make contact after this date. d) Beach Report - Steven Clouting has replied to issues raised by Beach Warden. Copy of Mr Clouting e mail forwarded to Paul Turrell and councillors. Any further fires on the marram grass need to be notified to Mr Clouting who will then take the matter up again with the police. e) Pumping Station - Environment Agency advise that relocation of the pumping station should take place within 20 years. Environment Agency also advises that any signs relating to mines would need to be provided by WDC. f) Waveney Tourism Forum - spring forum 11th March 2008. g) School organisational review - proposals for Lowestoft are to be considered by SCC cabinet on 4th March 2008. h) WDC councillor information session to be held on 1st March 2008. i) Suffolk Wildlife Trust - course to develop conservation projects to be held on 8th April 2008.
j) CAD meeting - 27th March 2008. 4) Reports from committees and working parties. a) Beach warden - No report b) Allotments - no matters requiring attention. c) Amenities Francis Road - Muga lights should be finished tomorrow. New tokens to be provided. Quote has been received from Adventure Playgrounds for the fencing at the Muga but the clerk has asked for clarification of the quote. To be discussed at a future meeting. High Street - Several matters have still not been resolved at the High Street play area. Clerk to ask Simon Walker to contact Cllr Morgan to discuss the outstanding issues again. Clerk to ask for a bin to be provided. Area needs litter picking. It was noted that there has not been vandalism at this area. d) Crime and Disorder - No meeting held as WDC have not attended any recent meetings. Discussion took place about the terms of reference for the Crime and Disorder Group and how matters could be moved forward. e) KSSC - KSSC have met but there are no matters for the parish council.
f) Emergency Committee - Meeting to be held with Mike Topliss on 3rd March to carry out a desktop exercise. g) Footpaths - Mow and Grow advise that any signs would be A4 size and have asked that these be placed at each end of the footpath. Sign will include their contact details so that people can contact them if there are any issues. It was resolved by all to allow Mow and Grow to have a sign at each end of the footpath. Cllr R Brown mentioned that there was an old footpath by the A12 on the Gisleham/Kessingland border that had not been used for many years. Clerk to ask SCC if it had ever been on the definitive map and to see if SCC know whose footpath it may be. h) Library Groups -. The Chairman advised that there is a debate between Flagship Housing and WDC as to the amount and terms of the Section 106 agreement. There will be media coverage when the project starts. An archaeological survey will take place before building starts. Flagship will place updating bulletins on the website. Community Group - letters have been sent to organisations to see who would like to use the community rooms. Education - There appears to be willingness from the authorities for adult education to come into the village. Works and Pensions have also expressed an interest. i) Section 106 agreements - It was suggested that 2/3 councillors could work together to consider projects that could be funded by Section 106 monies - Cllr Baisden, Cllr Woodhead and Cllr Burden to form a working group. The clerk provided all councillors with a break down of the present funds available from Kessingland 106 agreements. j) Parish Plan - An update of the parish plan had been carried out by the Chairman and this will be forwarded to Annette Gray at Suffolk Acre. She will then advise the parish of the next stage of the review. k) Village Directory - Confirmation that the printing costs will be covered by Locality Budget awaited from Cllr Goldsmith. l) Events 2008 - Beach BBQ. Cllr Powell advised that consideration will need to be given to obtaining the appropriate permissions from Environment Agency, WDC, Police, Coastguard etc and possible music and drink licenses. A date will need to be established and consideration needs to be given to this. Generators etc will be required. 5) Questions to the Chair from previous minutes. a) Wind Turbine - Letter received from WDC advising that SLP have appealed against the non-determination of their planning application. It was agreed that a letter should be sent confirming that the Parish Council understand the views of SLP over the non-determination by WDC, stating that the parish council have also queried the actions of the planning department. Discussion took place regarding the wind turbines. No response has been received to council's letter requesting that the Scrutiny Cttee consider the matter. b) 4 Towns Bus update - clerk read e mail from Matt Deal advising that the steering group will look seriously at any request from Kessingland. Matt Deal to be invited to a future meeting. c) Village Sign - Await confirmation of costs from Blocks. d) Lighting for Francis Road - The clerk was asked to contact SCC to see whether more lighting could be provided along Francis Road. e) War memorial Pots - 2 inner pots required. Cllr Lawson will ascertain costs. f) Car Parking at Africa Alive - Africa Alive has apparently offered their car park for a park and ride service for the Lowestoft Air show. The clerk was asked to verify that the police are aware of the situation and to ask them what provisions they will make for the extra traffic. g) Hangout - Following the letter to the young people asking to meet with them, a letter has been received inviting councillors to the hangout on 4th March 2008 to discuss various issues. Councillors advised that they would like to attend and the clerk will notify the hangout. A petition had also been received by the parish council asking for somewhere for the young people to use their skateboards. h) Sea wall - Cllr R Brown asked that the clerk contact the Environment Agency to ask them to come and meet with him and the beach warden regarding issues on the sea wall. 6) Reports from meetings attended by councillors. No reports 7) Planning applications and correspondence DC/08/0182/Ful - Construction of 2 storey side extension at 1 Bucknam Close by Mr Wilkinson and Ms Whitby. It was resolved by all to refuse the application with the comment that it is overdevelopment of the site, and will mean a loss of parking facilities and a garage.
DC/08/0210/FUL - Construction of a side conservatory at 107 Church Road by Mrs Baskott. After discussion it was resolved by all to approve the application. DC/08/0211/FUL - Construction of 1 new detached house at land adj. to 291 Church Road by Mr and Mrs Waller. After full discussion it was resolved by all to refuse the application as it is too large for the site and too close to the boundary to build. Planning correspondence WDC Decisions - DC/07/2093/FUL - 293 Church Road refused, DC/08/0020/FUL - Kessingland Beach Holiday Park approved. Gypsy and Traveller site consultation - the chairman will review the consultation Waveney Local Development Framework - the Core Strategy Submission Development plan is in consultation for 6 weeks from 25th February - 7th April 2008. Councillors provided with details. Notices provided to be placed on the boards. Economic Regeneration Strategy - Consultation until 7th March 08. 8) Date of next meeting Wednesday 12th March 2008 at 7.30pm. There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.25pm. Chairman ..................................... Dated.........................
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