CLIFTON CAMPVILLE WITH THORPE CONSTANTINE PARISH COUNCIL

 

MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY 8^TH JANUARY 2013 AT 8.00PM

AT THE VILLAGE HALL CLIFTON CAMPVILLE

 

Present:           Cllr. Bennion               Cllr. Leedham                          Cllr. TongueCllr. Bryan                   Cllr. Lodge                
                       Cllr. Jervis                   Cllr. Pugh (Chairman)

                       

In attendance: Mrs H Elliott (Clerk) & 5 Members of the public      

 

1.         APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: Cllr. Bostock, Cllr. Bennion arrived late.

 

            The Chairman announced that Cllr. Davison has resigned from the Parish Council. 

 

2.         DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

 

Cllr. Leedham declared an interest in any discussions regarding the allotment tenancy agreement. 

 

3.         MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 13^TH NOVEMBER 2012

 

These were circulated prior to the meeting. Cllr. Tongue asked for a small correction to be made to the minutes under Matters Arising to say that she had done the letter to Bromford, but Cllr. Lodge wanted to add to it. Cllr. Lodge proposed that they were then taken as read and signed as a true record, Cllr. Leedham seconded the proposal.

 

A copy of the minutes will be sent to John Bainbridge to put on the village web site.

 

4.         MATTERS ARISING

 

a)         The complaint letter received from Nigel Tongue about Cllr. Davison’s actions regarding the tarmac that had been laid on his drive.  This had been forwarded to the Monitoring Officer as explained at the last meeting.  The Monitoring Officer is still advising the Parish Council that this is not a matter to discuss at the Parish Council meeting.  Any complaints made about a councillor are to be dealt with by the Monitoring Officer.  The complaint has now been concluded by the Monitoring Officer that Cllr. Davison did not do anything untoward.  Gareth Griffiths from the Village Market newspaper was of the opinion that the Parish Council is an autonomous body and that nobody can tell the Parish Council what they can and cannot discuss.

            Nigel Tongue does not consider that the matter is concluded, he is not happy with the response from Lichfield District Council.  He has taken the compliant through the complaints procedure and endeavours to take it to the local authority ombudsman.   

             

b)         Cllr Davison’s resignation – The Chairman read out Cllr. Davison’s letter of resignation due to work commitments.   The vacancy was advertised on the Parish notice board with no candidates for the position to date.  The majority felt that the placement of the notice on the notice board was not sufficient.  The Parish Council resolved to advertise the vacancy further by putting a notice on the notice boards again, but also include it in the Village Voice, and on the parish web site.

 

c)         Cllr. Leedham reported that Staffordshire Highways have put up four plastic posts between the carriageway and the end of the culvert in Syerscote Lane, this has not solved the problem as the brickwork at the end of the culvert is breaking up.  Thorpe Lane flooding Staffordshire County Council are going to take action to resolve this problem, the road will need to be closed to facilitate the works.  They have also agreed that there is a restriction through the culvert on the Radway which is the main cause of the problem and they are going to address that, although funding will have to come from some other source.

            The sinkage on Syerscote Lane is getting worse and worse due to all the wet weather. Also Cllr. Leedham is waiting for a response from the geographical surveying department regarding BP1.

d)         There is a large pothole by Rose Cottage, Clifton Lane. 

e)         Cllr. Lodge wished to thank Cllr. Sue Arnold for her help in getting the large aerial removed from the Bromford houses on Main Street.  Also he wanted to thank everyone for their efforts to get two of the BT poles moved from the dangerous side of the road to the safe side.  A Salt Spray pack has been issued by Staffordshire Highways to use in Church Street during icy weather conditions.

f)         A meeting to form an action plan for the Parish Plan was arranged for 5^th February 2013 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. A new sub-committee was formed to include Cllr’s Pugh, Lodge, Tongue, Jervis and Leedham.  The Clerk was asked to forward the latest update of the Parish Plan to the sub-committee members before the meeting.

 

5.         ALLOTMENT TENANCY

 Cllr. Bryan offered to contact Ron James regarding the allotment agreement in order to go through the addendums with him.            

 6.         CORRESPONDENCE  - Relevant correspondence will be circulated to all Parish Councillors.

 STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

             a)         Community Focus for Ice Busters

 

            LICHFIELD DISTRICT COUNCIL

 

            a)         Local Plan Strategy: Proposed submission consultation

             MISCELLANEOUS

a)         The Clerk magazine – Code of Conduct – The Basics – Forward by email to all Cllr’s

b)         Brief Guide to Precept setting for 2013

 c)         CPRE Field Work Winter 2012

d)         Department for Communities and Local Government – Openness and transparency on personal interests, A guide for councillors - Circulate

e)         Completion of the Register of members’ interests _ Circulate

f)         Derbyshire County Council – Weight Restriction Lullington Road, Clifton Campville

g)         Millennium  Wanderers- Thank you for kind donation

 7.         PLANNING 

 a)         12/01231/FUL – Coneyberry Millennium Green, Installation of play equipment – Letter of support from Parish Council sent in to LDC Planning

b)         12/01212/FUL – Mr D Smith - Field House, 131 Main Street, Clifton Campville, Erection of a 3 bedroom detached dwelling (amendments to original plans) – Letter sent with Parish Council comments.

  Appeal Made

 a)         12/00343/FUL – land to the West of Hill Farm, Stretton En le Field, Erection of temporary wind monitoring mast – Parish Council letter of objection still stands.

      Approval of Planning Permission

 a)         12/00923/FUL  - Mr S Lamb – 22 Chestnut Lane, Clifton Campville, Retention of a dropped curb and vehicular access

b)         12/01028/COU – Dr D Parkes – Ivy Dene, Main Road, Haunton, Conversion and extension of existing barn to garage and associated works

 

8.         FINANCE (As per attached transaction sheet)

 

a)         Sign Clerks expenses – The Chairman signed the Clerks expenses

 b)         Precept deferred from last meeting, it was resolved that the donations to the Millennium Green and the Village Hall would be kept at the same as last year.  If the Village Hall need additional funds for a specific project, then the Parish Council will consider an additional donation.

 c)         Allotment rent review – The Parish Council agreed to keep the allotment rent the same amount as last year at £31.00 per annum.

 

The Parish Council agreed the payments to be made as per attached transaction sheets.

           

9.        MISCELLANEOUS  ITEMS                                                                                                      ACTION    

Cllr. Bennion - Reported flooding at Acacia Grove, Harlaston                                                                    HE

Cllr. Leedham – Fly tipping by the Railway bridge, Syerscote Lane and the Radway, this
 has been cleared away now.  There has been two areas badly flooding on the Ashby Road,
 the gullies need clearing.                                                                                                                              HE                                                                                      

Cllr. Lodge – Speedwatch volunteers needed, Cllr. Jervis suggested putting a notice on

the website.                                                                                                                                                  HE                                     

Cllr. Bryan – Parish Energy Saving Project, Mike Kingham had organised a training

event, they are going try and do some energy surveys around the parish.  Also they are

going to organise bulk purchasing of LED bulbs.                                                                                            HE

Cllr. Tongue – Pavements in Chestnut Lane are in need of repair/resurfacing.  Also what            

a good job has been done on clearing the ditches by Forest Lodge.                                                               HE

10.       MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

           John Bainbridge asked if he could put the Parish Council accounts on the web site.                        HE

 11.       DATE OF NEXT MEETINGS –

 This was already set for 12th March 2013 at 8pm, future dates are 7th May at 7.30pm, 9th July,

10th September and 12th November

 There being no further business, the meeting closed at 9.30pm

 
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

             STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

    a)         Community Paths Initiative – Bids for 2013/2014

                       

            LICHFIELD DISTRICT COUNCIL

                      

            MISCELLANEOUS

 a)         Community Parish Recycling Scheme

b)         Warwickshire Waste Core Strategy ‘Proposed Modifications’ Consultation 1 March 2013 – 19 April 2013

c)         Coneyberry Millennium Green thank you for donation

d)         Fr Sean f. Turley thank you for donation

e)         St Andrews Church thank you for donation

f)         Bromford reply to Parish Councils letter

 

                        WEB SITES

           

 1)         www.2day

2)         www.market.town.com

3)         www.regenwm.org – e-bulletin

4)         www.wmra.gov.uk – Speaking Out news magazine only available by downloading

5)         www.csv.org.uk/difference  Register Activity and receive free resources

6)         www.cliftoncampville.com Village Web Site

7)         www.fundfinder.org.uk   Resources for grant-seekers

8)         www.parishonline.co.uk OS mapping

9)         www.lichfielddc.gov.uk  Lichfield District Council web site, planning applications etc.

10)       Contact the Highways Team - The easiest way to report an issue on the roads is to use the online reporting system... http://localview.staffordshire.gov.uk/lvinternet/Report.aspx

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