CLIFTON CAMPVILLE WITH THORPE CONSTANTINE PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY 9TH JULY
2013 AT 8PM
IN THE VILLAGE HALL CLIFTON CAMPVILLE
Present:
Cllr. Bennion
Cllr. Jones
Cllr. Pugh (Chairman)
Cllr. Bostock
Cllr. Leedham
Cllr. Jervis
Cllr. Lodge
In attendance: Mrs H Elliott (Clerk) & 1 Member of the public
1.
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: Cllr. Bryan &
Cllr. Tongue
2.
DECLARATION OF INTERESTS –
Cllr. Leedham declared an interest in the planning application for 10
Coppice Lane and Cllr. Bennion declared an interest in the Hogs Hill Wind
Turbines application.
3.
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 7TH MAY 2013
These were circulated prior to the meeting, taken as read and signed as a
true record.
A copy of the minutes will be sent to John Bainbridge to put on the village
web site.
4. MATTERS ARISING
The Chairman had asked the
Church Warden if the PCC would be interested in the Community Parish
Recycling Scheme, he said he would speak with the PCC at their next meeting.
The other possibility was whether the land in front of the Bromford
bungalows could be used to site the recycle bank.
This would depend on who owned the land.
Cllr’s. Lodge and Leedham said they would look at the Land Registry
for this land along with the village greens to find out who owned it.
Cllr. Leedham had been
involved in a further two near misses at the mini roundabout when vehicles
had not stopped to look up the hill when pulling out of Lullington Road.
Cllr. Jones also reported
that vehicles are parking near the roundabout on Main Street causing
visibility problems. Cllr’s
agreed that it was best to arrange a site meeting with Helen Portman to
discuss these problems. It would
be useful if either Richard Allsopp or Costas Karpi could attend the site
meeting.
Cllr. Jones had been
making enquires about lorry watch, residents could take registration numbers
of heavy goods vehicles using Lullington Road and report them, they would
need to have a valid reason for using that route.
The Clerk agreed to be the
contact for parishioners to report any near misses at the mini roundabout, a
notice will be put in the newsletter due out soon.
One of the water leaks in
Thorpe Lane has been repaired but there is still a leak near to the bridge.
The Chairman had checked
the excavation work that Cllr. Bryan reported at the last meeting it is all
to be landscaped and the balancing pond will be used for irrigation.
Cllr. Lodge reported that
he didn’t think the dog fouling is too bad at the moment.
The Chairman has still got
to finish the final part of Parish Plan with Steven Plimmer.
5.
CORRESPONDENCE –
None received in the post
6.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS
a)
13/00567/COU - Mr T Starkey, Glebe House, Thorpe Lane, Tamworth.
Conversion and extension of existing stable block into a residential
dwelling –
No objections
b)
13/00576/LBC – Ms M Walker, 2 Thorpegorse Cottages, Ashby Road,
Tamworth. Replacement of doors
and windows including porch – No
objections
c)
13/00560/FUL – Mr C Longhi, 10 Coppice Lane, Clifton Campville.
Two storey rear and single storey side extensions and conversion of
garage to
form sun room, bedroom, utility, new garage and new dormer window to front.
Concerns that the extension is outside the village
boundary
APPROVAL OF PLANNING PERMISSION
a)
13/00123/COU – Mr & Mrs K Turner, The Yews, Main Road, Haunton.
Conversion of redundant farm buildings to holiday let comprising
lounge,
kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms
b)
13/00241/FUL – Mr D Smith, 131 Main Street, Clifton Campville.
Erection of a 3 bedroom dwelling (amendments to applications
04/00931/FUL
& 04/01269/FUL
REFUSAL OF LISTED
BIULDING CONSENT
a)
13/00256/LBC – Ms M Walker, 2 Thorpegorse Cottages, Ashby Road,
Tamworth. Replacement of doors
and windows including porch
REFUSAL OF PLANNING
PERMISSION
a)
11/01074/FULMEI – Mr J Davison, Cleat Hill Farm, Syerscote Lane,
Haunton. Formation of 6 poultry
units and associated works
b)
12/00078/FULM – Prowind (UK) Ltd, Land at Hogs Hill, Haunton.
Erection of two wind turbines and associated works
7.
FINANCE (As
per attached transaction sheet)
a)
Sign Clerks expenses – The Chairman signed the Clerks expenses
b)
The Parish Council agreed to approve retrospectively that the precept
for 2013-14 should remain the same as the previous year at £15,480.00.
c)
Cllr. Leedham asked if the Clerk knew how much the credit balance is with
South Staffs Water. The Clerk
thought it was about £90.00,
but will check, as
the usage will be heavy at the moment with the hot weather.
Cllr. Leedham said he would arrange for the allotments to be
judged for this
year’s Best Kept Allotment.
8.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEM
ACTION
Cllr. Pugh –
Could he and Cllr. Leedham go and look at the allotment taps
after the
installed Gary Chadbourne had
said they needed more coverage over the pipes to protect
from frost.
RP/RL
Cllr. Bostock –
There are still problems
with parking on Main Street, and
with harvest time coming
could a note be put in the Parish Newsletter asking people
generally to be
considerate of other road users when parking their vehicles.
HE
Cllr. Jones –
The footpath that runs adjacent to Tudor Rise is very
overgrown, the
Chairman and Clerk
confirmed that it has already been cut down.
Cllr. Leedham
a)
Syerscote Lane culvert adjacent to Pessall Lane, plastic pots erected
to prevent over
running
verge and protection of end of culvert.
Two have already been run over and
damaged,
verge mower has smashed one of the damaged ones in creating visibility.
Curbing
and removal of spoil from opposite side of road needed to alleviate problem.
HE
b)
BT phone line to Cleat Hill Farm and Ivy Cottage sagging to approx 8
feet high, could
be pulled down
by vandals or farm machinery.
HE
c)
Turn out from Syerscote Lane, opposite Haunton Manor, visibility to
right is
obstructed by
foliage growing from the gardens, over the footpath.
PB
d)
Lullington Lane, large pothole on carriageway at the end of driveway
to Beehive
Cottage.
Mill Bridge damaged and dangerous, a health and safety issue.
Deep
potholes on edge of carriageway
between Mill Bridge and Seale Brook Bridge.
HE
e)
Netherseale Lane, large pothole on edge of road opposite allotments.
HE
f)
Radway, Main Street sign is badly sited, restricts vision along
Radway, also prevents
mowing close to fence further restricting visibility.
HE
g)
Main Street sign should read Radway as Main Street ends at junction,
is this a ploy to
extend village envelope to enable further development?
Same applies to Main Street
sign at other end of the village.
HE
h)
Radway culvert, ideal conditions to carry out agreed work on culvert
to alleviate
flooding.
HE
i)
Campville Lane, several large potholes not marked at last survey
(14/06/2013), of
which two are particularly large and capable of causing damage to
vehicles and tyres.
HE
j)
Thorpe Lane, spoil left on completion of drainage work requires
removal. Work
agreed to prevent hedge collapsing into lane to be carried out.
Water leak, long
standing, adjacent to “The Kennels”.
HE
k)
Ashby Road major water leak adjacent to Bunkers Knob Cottages.
HE
l)
Statfold Lane, “SLOW” sign on road adjacent to Rose Cottage has not
been moved to
a visible position as agreed.
HE
m)
Thorpe crossroads “Clifton Campville “ sign has not been returned to
it’s original
position on corner between Chestnut Lane and Smithy Lane.
HE
n)
Syerscote Lane, several large potholes not marked at recent survey
(14/06/2013) but
capable of causing severe damage to both vehicles and tyres.
HE
The road sweeping in
Haunton has now been done.
9.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC –
Nothing to report
10.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING–
10th September 2013 at 8pm
There being no further business, the meeting closed at
8.50pm
CORRESPONDENCE
MISCELLANEOUS
a) Warwicks hire Waste Strategy - Adoption
Strategy
b) Eon - Save money on highway lighting
c) Countryside Voice Newsletter
1)
www.2day
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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