Little Canfield Parish Council

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Minutes of a Meeting of the above Parish

Council, held on Monday, 17^th November, 2008, commencing at 8p.m.

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                                    Present:                                    Cllr. K. Wooding  (Chairman)

Cllr. P. Byford

                                                                                    Cllr. O. Barritt

                                                                                     Cllr. J. Turner   

Cllr. J. Fulcher

Apologies:-                              Cllr. E. Scott, Cllr. J. Panzetta,

                                                            Mrs. L. Gillman

In Attendance                           Mrs. R. Shelley (Clerk)

1.         Minutes

The Minutes of the previous meeting were approved and signed.

2. Matters Arising

a. Priors Green Notice Board

The Clerk produced a copy of an e-mail dated 2^nd April 2008 in which Countryside agreed to supply and erect a board.   A communication from Andrew Fisher (Countryside Properties) stated that they thought it better to delay erection of a board for a year until the site was handed over to Uttlesford D.C.    As it was thought unlikely that the handover would occur within that period, the Clerk was instructed to ask Mrs. Cheetham whether she could find out when Uttlesford thought the handover would take place.

b. Crumps Farm

Cllr. Wooding reported on the latest Liaison Meeting held on 22^nd October, at which concerns expressed by Great Canfield Parish Council regarding the restoration scheme, monitoring of the site and lack of local knowledge concerning the latest planning application, were discussed.    Working practices with regard to odour control had improved.

Planning Application ESS/46/08 Environmental Statement was circulated for comment by 25^th December.

A copy of the Attendance List at the recent public exhibition on plans for the site was received.  

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c.Website

The Clerk said that Little Canfield now had a website under the E.C.C. banner.   Steve Hazon had reported that, although the site would not cost anything initially, the maintenance and updating would cost more because it did not fit into the system he used.   He suggested that the Council have an independent site with a link to local government sites.    This was agreed.   Estimated cost p.a. £300.

d.E.C.C. Parish Visit

Cllrs. Turner and Wooding agreed to check that the repair items on the list provided by E.C.C. had been carried out, and to complete the satisfaction report to be returned to Highways.

e.FP 22, Coldharbour Lane

A communication from E.C.C. stated that the present exercise was to establish an accurate record of the path, not whether it was located where it could be used by the public.

f. Hamilton Road

Cllr. Byford felt that E.C.C. had not addressed his query regarding the problems caused by the narrowing of Hamilton Road.   It was agreed to ask Mrs. Barker (E.C.C. representative) whether she could help.

g. Flitch Way

The Chairman said that Mrs. Gillman had reported that, although progress on finalising the changes to the access to the Flitch Way off High Cross Lane West and adjoining footpaths was slow, at least it was continuing.

h. Priors Green Haul Road

Cllr. Byford reported that he had met the Uttlesford Enforcement Officer Sonia Williams on site to point out a number of conditions with which Countryside had failed to comply.    She had promised to investigate and get back to him, but this had not yet happened.

3.         Correspondence

a. E.C.C. – Pedestrian Crossings on B1256

A request for comments from E.C.C. regarding the location of toucan and puffin pedestrian crossings at Warwick Road and Hope End roundabouts was received.   Although information regarding the exact nature of such crossings had been requested but not received, it was decided that, as they had already been installed, there was little point in commenting.    However, it was agreed that, as it was considered that the Hope End crossing was too near the roundabout, E.C.C. should be informed that the Council would be keeping a close eye on it to see how it worked when in operation.

b. E.C.C. – Part-Night Street Lighting

A report of how the new scheme was working was circulated for information

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c. U.D.C. – Planning Workshop

Cllr Byford agreed to attend the Workshop on 19^th November at Saffron Walden.

d. Stansted Airport Community Truist

Information on grants available was passed to the Village Hall Committee.

e. Uttlesford Home Improvement Agency

It was agreed that the service provided by the Agency should be mentioned in the next Grapevine.

f. Communities and Local Government

A consultation on Communities in Control was circulated, with comments required by 24^th December.

g. U.A.L.C.

Attendance was requested at a meeting of the Association on 9^th December.

h. Police

A letter of introduction was received from the new Local Inspector, Glen Pavelin.

i.Neighbourhood Watch

It was agreed to ask through the Grapevine for somebody from Priors Green to agree to represent that area in the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme.

j. Uttlesford Community Travel

It was agreed to put a request for new members and volunteer drivers in the Grapevine.

4.       Community Matters

Waymarking Parish Paths

Cllrs. Wooding and Fulcher agreed to undertake the erection of waymarks on some village footpaths.

5.         Planning

Applications

            ESS/01/07-ESS/45/07-ESS50/07 – Crumps Farm Noise Monitoring – No

                                                                                                            Comment

            ESS/45/08-Crumps -Farm-Extension of time for restoration – No comment

Decisions

            ESS/47/07-Crumps Farm-Dist Suppression measures/Drainage System/Traffic

                                                            Management/Bird Hazard Management – Approved

            UTT/0726/08 – The Old Forge Replacement Boiler, etc. – Listed Building

                                                                        Consent Granted

            UTT/1361/08 – 10, Dryvers Close – Shed/Gate/Fence –Approved

            UTT/1441/08 – Extensions to Maynards – Refused

            UTT/1467/08 – House adjacent to The Homestead – Approved

            ESS/45/08 – Crumps Farm Restoration – Approved by U.D.C.

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Appeal Decision

            UTT/1269/08 – Change of Use – The Red Barn - Dismissed

Huntingfield House – Pallet Business

The Clerk was instructed to ascertain what progress had been made on activity on site, and to point out the mud that was being deposited on the road by lorries leaving the site.

Village Hall

Cllr. Byford reported on the A.G.M. of the Village Hall Committee.   The officers had been re-elected, the financial situation was reasonably sound, but it had been decided to raise the cost of hiring the hall to £10 per session.

6.         Finance

Payments

The following schedule of payments was presented, and the relevant cheques were signed:-

Cheque No. Name In Settlement of Amount

                                                                                                                                                                                  £

100797                    Cancelled

100798                    Cancelled

100799                    A & J Lighting Solutions                    S/L Maintenance                                  19.90

100800                    E.ON                                                       S/L Electricity                                       29.16

100801                    R. Shelley                                              Petty Cash                                             35.40

100802                    Little Canfield Village Hall  Meeting 17/11/08                                 10.00

Precept for 2009-2010

A figure of £3,500 was agreed.

7.         Future Meetings

12^th January, 23^rd February, 6^th April, 18^th May.