Declarations
of interest.Draft minutes of Parish Council meeting on Sept 14, 2006, at 7.30pm at Lothersdale Primary School
Present: Cllr Andrew Wheatstone (Chair)
Cllr Michael Binns (Vice-chair)
Cllr Helen Marshall
In attendance: Anthony Meadows (parish clerk)
Cllr Mark Wheeler
Cllr Pat Fairbank
1
Declarations
of interest.
· Cllr Michael Binns (Vice-chair)
· Cllr Helen Marshall
· Cllr Andrew Wheatstone (Involved with the clubhouse)
2 To receive and accept apologies for absence.
1. Apologies received from Cllr Gover
3 To approve minutes of the meetings held on August 24th and September 4th, 2006.
1. Minutes approved
4 Matters arising from the minutes.
1. Village Map: Cllr Wheatstone to action an inspection of the village map and to report at Parish Council Meeting on 09/10/06
5 Questions from the floor.
6 County and District Councillors’ reports.
Cllr Fairbank:
1. Aireville Park in need of updating (pitch & Putt, Drainage, fencing etc) Grant available if application successful.
2. Skipton Bus Station. Ongoing debate about the state of current bus station and proposed move to the same site as the train station.
3. Concerns:
i) Cllr Binns. Change of site could be a positive move as long as passengers could be shuttled to the town centre.
ii) Cllr Wheatsone concurred and commented on the shabby state of the current bus station.
iii) Cllr Fairbank suggested the bus station should stay but receive significant upgrade, similar to Keighley bus station and questioned whether there would be room for the bus station at the proposed new site.
iv) Floor. Current station is very accessible and any new site would need to be as readily accessible.
Cllr Wheeler:
1 Cllr Wheeler highlighted that he made the original suggestion that as there was no guarantee of funding for the renovation of the bus station that an option may be to relocate. NYCC have suggested that funding may be available 2007/08.
2 SEN Provision:
a. Executive have extended the consultation period until Nov 06.
b. RIOTAS provision is now on the agenda for discussion.
c. Concerns that proposed closure of SEN schools could leave Craven short of SEN provision.
3 Road accidents down on North Yorkshire.
a. 9 out of 100 accidents are in Craven.
b. 2 out of those 9 are in Aireville.
4 Asset management has been changed to Jacobs Baptie
5 Craven District:
a. Asset and property services have invested £100,000:00 over the next 2 years. This is already paying dividends e.g. Energy savings of over £8000:00 a month.
6 Two Tier working may be back on the agenda. NY and Craven are examining how they can work together.
7 Benthall Bridge. Apologies but as the structural engineer feels that the road will need to be closed to replace the coping stones the work will be delayed until Jan/Feb 2007.
8 Concerns:
a. Cllr Wheatsone. Letter from L Whittaker re precepting applications for community grants. Concerned that Lothersdale and other small parish councils don’t have a large budget and therefore can ill afford to precept such grants. Cllr Wheeler reassured that it is not intended to be a match funding scheme.
b. Precepting is decided once a year and concerns raised that applications for grants may be received at any point during the year therefore budgeting for precepts will become more difficult.
7 Correspondence received: Correspondence was received and past to Cllr Marshall
a) CDC: Invitation to Community Strategy Review Conference
b) YRCC: The Playing Field; Country Air
c) Miscellaneous
8 Finances: Payments to be approved
JC Cowgill £ 123.20 park maintenance
Lothersdale Village Trust hire of Clubhouse
Receipts:
None
9 Planning applications received:
1. 53/2006/6673 Single detached garage within cartilage of existing dwelling house, 5 Garden Terrace, Mr Southernwood: No Objection
2. Single story garden room extension. Knott Barn: No objection on the proviso that Yorkshire Tiles are used on the roof.
Planning applications approved:
None
10 To consider an application for grant from Lothersdale Village Trust:
i) 3 members of the council have declared an interest.
ii) Not enough members left to make a quorum therefore postponed until next meeting.
11 To consider creating a path, directly from the Recreation Ground to the War Memorial,
i) Concerns rose from the public about the path possibly leading to inappropriate use of the memorial as it may be seen as an extension of the recreation ground.
ii) Other concerns were included on health and safety grounds.
iii) It was decided that the council would not pursue the path but that the bench is in need of some attention.
12 To consider the nomination of a trustee to the Spencer Homes Charity and Raygill Trust
i) Mike Gover nominated.
13 To consider Kit Cowgill’s quotations for repair to park benches and new waste bins
i) Kit to repair benches
ii) Kit to repair wild gate
iii) Kit to prepare a quote for a path with wooden edging
iv) Kit to strim grass around bench at the top of Side gate
v) Kendall to be asked to repair bench at the top of Side gate
14 To consider progress on replacing coping stones on Bent Hall Bridge. See item 6.
15 Items of minor information.
i) Service on 24/09/06 in thanksgiving for the Mary Hayes Trust.
ii) Dog bin on Cow lane is still not in place. Cllr Fairbank to follow up.
iii) Cllr Binns raised concerns at the polling station being moved from the Club House to the Village Hall without consultation and the Village Trust not approached as a matter of courtesy.
iv) Concerns re branches obstructing pathways.
v) Concerns that drains are being blocked and in need of sweeping.
Dates of next meetings: October 9th, 2006 November 9th, 2006