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JULY STOKENHAM PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD
ON STOKENHAM PARISH HALL PRESENT: COUNCILLORS: P.
GREENING (in the Chair) R. WARDEN R. BATES P. ARUNDELL J. ANSELL W. HARWOOD A. VALE J. BAVERSTOCK (also District Councillor)
- Personal Also in attendance: Clerk – Mrs G.
Claydon APOLOGIES: COUNCILLORS J. R. FOSS - work B. N. TOLCHARD
1.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillors were reminded of their responsibility to continually update their Notice of Registerable Interests and invited to state whether they had a personal or prejudicial interest in any matter to be discussed during this meeting.
2.
OPEN FORUM Two members of the public were in attendance Mr Heavisides and Mr Wakeling along with Pc Mutton and PCSO O’Dwyer. Pc Mutton noted that the instigation of two monthly meetings for this council will assistance him making a monthly attendance. He went on to advise that he will attend the Stokenham fete to be available to members of the parish. During the last 2 months there have been 7 crimes reported compared to 10 at the same time last year. Cllr. Baverstock highlighted concerns with young people driving at high speed and such danger to young children playing. Pc Mutton noted there had been reports of youngsters hanging around in cars at Start Point and he would look in to both these matters. PCSO O’Dwyer advised that there had been an expression of interest in relation to carrying out a pack survey and wished to liaise with the local community on how and when to hold such. It is expected to target locals and visitors to the area through a beach surgery. Representatives would congregate at Torcross with a gazebo and necessary information about police and other local services and listen to what the local community think they should do. Pc Mutton acknowledged that the police have been liaising with the school on speeding offences and also teaching children about road safety. It is hoped that such consultation could be undertaken as cross partnership working with parish council. Cllr. Baverstock asked whether with less marker buoys in place at Torcross the police see any role in assisting with such conduct on the beach. Discussion took place with other councillors also and it was noted that residents wish to feel supported if they report boat speeding or any other incident and this was acknowledged and agreed by the police. Cllr. Mrs Nuttall-Smith also suggested that the police visit the WRVS Luncheon Club to talk to, receive information and advise older people. Eric Heavisides noted that the recent Gazette had highlighted measures for free parking in Ivybridge. He wished to know what was being put in place for Kingsbridge people? Cllr. Baverstock responded that he was aware of these scheme and the fact that Ivybridge town is ‘dying on its feet’ with people not shopping there, shops shutting down and a subsequent District review took this drastic measure to encourage people back into town. It was noted that when such argument was put forward for Torcross and historic parking in this area District advised this would be giving this area preferential treatment. Cllr. Baverstock agreed that this parish should write expressing their thoughts and concerns. Having commenced the meeting and approved the Minutes the meeting was stood down to allow Gill Hart to speak after a mix up with the venue of the council meeting. She advised that she was one of the owners of The Close, Stokenham and acknowledged that currently it looked like a demolition site with drive being progressed. She provided a written potted history of their property and had drawn an example of what it is intended to eventually look like should the proposed extension be allowed. Discussion took place with regard to the landscaping and conditions that could be attached to any decision notice before Mrs Hart left the meeting. 3.
MINUTES The Minutes of the meeting dated
4.
PLANNING & PLANNING MATTERS
Applications to be considered at this meeting: 0826/08/F Erection of
dwelling 1194/08/F Extension
and alterations to dwelling The Close, Stokenham – Objection.
This proposal by virtue of its shape and use of glass was felt to be an
inappropriate design in such Conservation Area using unsympathetic materials
which include too much glass on a south facing building.
The flat roof, glass panels and balcony were felt to have a huge impact
on a highly visible and sensitive area of the village imposing an undesirable
effect. Whilst landscaping is
proposed it was felt it would not soften the development quickly enough.
Any future extension it was felt should be incorporated within and blend
with the existing building.
Cllr. Harwood arrived. 1197/08/F
Resubmission of planning application 53/0932/08/F for alterations and extension
to dwelling Pennistone,
Cllr. Warden arrived.
PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED 0828/08/F Removal of
condition 9 (use of non-reflective glass) of planning approval 53/1472/06/F for
the demolition and construction of replacement dwelling Redhills, Stokenham 0836/08/F Alterations
and extension to dwelling L’Argonaut, 0845/08/F Erection of
conservatory 2
PLANNING CORRESPONDENCE Letter dated 20th
June from SHDC advising of additional working that could be added to the
Development Plan Document.
WORK TO TREE PRESERVATION ORDER TREES
Cllr. Mrs Nuttall-Smith left the meeting
whilst this matter was discussed.
TPO 595 Register No.
2769 Site: Stokenham House, Stokenham
Proposal: Crown cleaning to Sycamores – No objection.
WORKS TO TREES IN A CONSERATION
AREA
1241/08/
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER Public Footpath 14
Stokenham – Approval to divert path near Coleridge Farm, Chillington – Noted.
Cllrs. Harwood and Vale left the
meeting whilst the following matter was discussed and returned thereafter.
6.
OBJECTION OR REPRESENTATION RELATING TO TREE PRESERVATION ORDER Councillors ratified
the response put forward to the Tree and Hedge Appeal Group with regard to No.
23 TPO 762 Order 2006 Site: Cllr. Baverstock
advised that he has since been contacted by residents from The Clerk was
requested to write further and request the Hedge & Tree Appeal Committee to
respond to all points raised by parish council before they confirm the Order.
The trip hazards and possible visibility difficulties should also be
raised at that time.
6.
REPORTS Matters around the parish requiring notification or action by the Clerk: Complaints of overgrown hedge in road that leads to Chillington Sports field as aged and disabled people find they have to walk further out into the lane. It was noted that County have been carrying out pothole repairs in Kellaton. Oddicombe Corner – concern was raised that there will be a bad accident at this point soon as double decker buses and lorries have frequently met there. The clerk was requested to write to County requesting their comments on a road widening scheme. It was noted that the Caravan Club have agreed to keep clear the permissive path from the Caravan Club to Farm Shop entrance and Martin Nuttall-Smith will clear from the church to the Caravan Club.
SALTSTONE MEETING Cllr. Warden noted that he had already received the Minutes of the last meeting and was disappointed to lose such an excellent secretary to the team.
CLERK’S REPORT Councillors were made aware of the comments from the District Council Conservation Area Team with regard to historic BT tel. boxes and possible listing. It is for councillors to return to parish council if they note a telephone box they wish to retain under such listing. The Clerk appraised councillors of the duties highlighted that parish council could take charge of from District and County and brought up to date on the possible costings allowed by District and County. A report is to go forward to District Executive on the 10th July and when final details are known then a report will be put to parish to consider and if applicable approve. It was noted that other district councillors are now against this proposed pilot feeling that more money should be spent on services in their areas rather than a pilot solely in Stokenham. District Cllr. Baverstock is to challenge these assertions mindful of the benefits of this pilot and future structure of local government. It was noted that Ragwort has been identified by the Field Centre on the permissive path down at Torcross by the Ley. If cut Ragwort spreads and the Field Centre are going to pull it by hand. Thus contact should be made with the Field Centre before any cutting takes place. County have now agreed to clear the
section of their land at the junction of Developers have approached District offering a piece of amenity land at the Grist Mill site. Councillors discussed various options but agreed that such land should be incorporated in existing property owners land with strict planning conditions to ensure its use remains open space. The Clerk is to liaise with landowners and District officers. Resident Mike Simmons reported weeds and brambles at the BT site and noted that they have been carrying out works on their own property but this was not their responsibility. Also Mrs Simmons had kindly cleaned the road sign as it was becoming unclear and this was appreciated by councillors. An acknowledgement has been received from Tim Bowden of the Boundary Committee with regard to Stokenham Parish Council’s letter of concerns with regard to the Unitary bids. Letter from District advising of public meetings scheduled following the Boundary Committee’s publication of their consultation. Councillors were made aware of such dates. Letter received from Local Works advising of the implementation of the Sustainable Communities Act and inviting councils to opt in to the process when invited in October 2008. Road closure 8-10th September 2008 A379 Torcross Point Service Road, Stokenham – May Gurney: New connection. 7.
DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
District Cllr. Baverstock noted that the Unitary concept(s) are to be announced
on 7th July 2008 by email to all Chief Executives to arrive at 7a.m.
There will then be some time for Chief Executives to discuss the effect
it will have on communities and for the consultation to take place. Cllr.
Warden noted an article in the Parish Magazine written by Dist. Cllr. Baverstock
with regard to his evening in Torquay and noted that it was an example of the
amount of work Cllr. Baverstock is doing on behalf of everyone, young people in
particular. The Chair noted that
Cllr. Baverstock is just about to distribute the summer edition of his
newsletter and would be including parish councils as well.
Thanks went to him for delivery. 8.
Apologies received and no report submitted. 9.
FINANCE
Cheques: 001514 Eclipse
Internet – Community & Council IT : £36.98 001515 BT – Community
and Council: £158.81
Payments received: Website £48.00 10.
POINTS OF INFORMATION Guide to the
Sustainable Communities Act – Local Works. Local Council Review Devontalk. SHDC Parish Cluster
Meeting Minutes SHDC Tree
Preservation Order Appeal Group Meeting – Wednesday Salcombe –
Kingsbridge Estuary Minutes of meeting April 2008 SHDC Agenda & Minutes The Clerk magazine DAPC Newsletter (Hard
copies) South Hams Magazine
Summer 2008. 11.
The next full parish council meeting
will be held on Meeting finished: 9.15 p.m. Signed
……………………… Dated: STOKENHAM PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON STOKENHAM PARISH HALL PRESENT: COUNCILLORS: P.
GREENING (in the Chair) R. WARDEN R. BATES P. ARUNDELL J. ANSELL W. HARWOOD A. VALE R. FOSS B. N. TOLCHARD J. BAVERSTOCK (also District Councillor) J. Also in attendance: Clerk – Mrs G.
Claydon Cllr. Bazil Cane – Chairman of South
Hams District Council Colin Wakeling Anita Hutchings Eric Heavisides APOLOGIES: COUNCILLORS None
1.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillors were reminded of their responsibility to continually update their Notice of Registerable Interests and invited to state whether they had a personal or prejudicial interest in any matter to be discussed during this meeting.
2.
OPEN FORUM No one wished to speak and this was dispensed with. 3.
MINUTES The Minutes of the meeting dated
4.
CO-OPTION TO FILL COUNCILLOR VACANCY Following a presentation by Anita Hutchings, Colin Wakeling and Eric Heavisides, Cllr. Foss commented that he wished the parish council had three places to give all such enthusiastic candidates a place. It was AGREED that Anita Hutchings be co-opted as a councillor.
5.
PLANNING & PLANNING MATTERS
Applications to be considered at this meeting: 1235/08/F Removal of
conditions 4 & 5 of planning approval 53/0623/08/F Torcross Apartment Hotel,
Torcross – No objection. Cllr. Baverstock
enquired whether the applicant had approached the parish council with regard to
consulting the community. Cllr. 1299/08/F Extension
and alterations to bungalow 10 Cotmore Close, Chillington – No objection. 1302/08/F Alterations
to dwelling Church View Cottage,
PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED 0854/08/F Provision
of permanent fixing for temporary umbrellas Start Bay Inn, Torcross
PLANNING PERMISSION REFUSED 0446/08/F
Retrospective applicaton for resubmission of application 53/0452/07/F for
extended decking and boundary treatment 1 0962/08/F Conversion
of loft and associated internal works Sealarks, Councillors were
concerned with this refusal and were not in agreement with the statements given
for such. The Clerk was requested to
write to Development Control requesting an explanation as to why the felt this
property was overlooking and setting a precedent in order that councillors can
use this guide for future reference.
TREE PRESERVATION ORDER: GRANT OF CONDITIONAL CONSENT TPO 552 (No. 4)
Register No. 2722 Site Fairfield Nursing Home, Chillington Consent to : Reduce
Ash by maximum 30%. Enquiry by Nick
– is reduction in height or volume.
Cllr. Vale Volume.
PLANNING CORRESPONDENCE Officers report
1149/07/CA and 1150/07/F Kaippans Care Homes Ltd. Conservation Area Consent for
demolition of single and two storey structures and part demolition and erection
of new bedroom wings with ancillary accommodation – Officers Recommendation :
Conditional Approval. Cllr.
Baverstock advised that this report and application were due to go to the last
committee but the matter was withdrawn at the last minute.
6.
DEVOLVED SERVICES PILOT PROJECT The Chair gave an
outline and update of the proposed pilot details so far (As attached). It was AGREED to set
up a Working Party comprising of Cllr. Mrs Nuttall-Smith, Cllr. Baverstock,
Cllr. Greening, Cllr. Warden, Cllr. Arundell and Cllr
7.
REPORTS Matters around the parish requiring notification or action by the Clerk:
Cllr. Warden advised he had attended the
AGM at Ipplepen. The formal part of
the meeting and elections took place followed by presentations by Dave Scott,
Planning Conservation Manager – Mid Devon District Council and Jane Henbrow
Regional Development Officer for Play
AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY Cllr. Foss spent 3 days in With regard to the undergrounding of power lines it was noted that Western Power are the only distribution unit/area in the whole of the country that has not voluntarily taken up EU money to assist towards undergrounding. Cllr. Foss felt that parish council should push Western Power on this matter again.
CLERK’S REPORT The Clerk advised that a Maitland Walker solicitors had written on behalf of an independent company to advised that this company wish to re use BT telephone boxes. The Clerk has advised of the call boxes due to be removed and expressed an interest in their project.
Cllr. Julian Brazil arrived Digital TV Switchover - David Farwig has offered to come and speak to parish council about the changeover and can attend a meeting during the next few months. The clerk is to arrange 4th August or some time in October. The South Devon Coastal LAG bid group have now attended the RDA assessment and were well received and given enough time to put forward their case. They have been asked to reduce their bid but are staying with their submission as it is one of the lowest and only £50,000 above the lower limit. The final decision on bids will be 1st August. Grass cutting – Torcross from the farm shop to the duckery has now been cut although no one is sure whether District contractors carried this out or the County tractor. This will be clarified before the pilot project moves forward. It was however noted that the area around the bus stop at Torcross needs cutting. The new criteria for Quality Parish Status has been launched and Stokenham must now re accredit by 31st December 2008. There is to be a QPS training day at £10 each delegate on 10th September 2008. It was suggested that the Clerk and Chair attend. Local Works – The clerk advised she had read the Sustainable Communities Act leaflet sent by Local Works and it does not appear to distinguish between parish/town councils and district/county. From information therein it states that the Sec. of State is to invite councils in Sept/October 2008 to put suggestions forward on what would help councils to promote the sustainability of local communities. At this point with the Unitary bid in it was thought prudent for this parish council to await more information in Sept/October before taking any further action. BT Telegraph Pole – 1 Lea Cliff
Cottages, Torcross: The owner has
requested and will pay for the moving of the pole from the middle of their hard
standing to the side (end of wall).
The pole will then be placed on the highway tight against the properties front
wall and will thus stick out about 18-20inches.
Parish council felt that the cables could be underground
and failing this suggested the pole should be recessed into the property garden
wall. This matter will be passed
back to highways as parish council are concerned with the height of the pole,
being 3 metres higher than existing and the intrusion into the highway just
before a blind corner. 8.
DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT The
Boundary Commission consultation is continuing and Cllr. Baverstock gets the
impression that District feel that the Boundary Committee has failed in not
recognising the superb concept put forward by District.
District feel a The
Chair thanked Cllr. Baverstock for his newsletter and for distributing the
parish council newsletter at the same time. With
regard to the Coleridge Association and the Saltstone Group Cllr. Baverstock
noted that Coleridge Association representatives had attended District Executive
Committee and put forward a number of questions.
He went on to note that at some stage parish council must give some
thought to what grouping of councils this council would want to align with for
Unitary grouping. He therefore
questioned whether this council believes the Coleridge Association might put a
claim in for this sort of grouping? 9.
Cllr. Cllr. The
Admiralty buoys are in place at Torcross but the Chair was concerned that they
were too far off the coast. 10.
FINANCE
Bank Balances: Current Account £2,787.84 Instant Savers £29,289.69 Instant Savers £3,241.21 Transfer: Nil
Cheques: 001516 Claydon –
Clerk’s Wages £to be paid 001517 In. Rev. – Tax
& NI £to be paid 001518 Concorde
Copiers – Maintenance £2.93 001519 The Saltstone
Group – Subs. £15.00 001520 Nick Walker
Printing – Newsletter £72.00 001521 Coleridge Association of Parish Councils - £12.00 Payments received: Website £18.00 11.
POINTS OF INFORMATION Slapton Line
Partnership business leaflet SLCC 34th
National Conference literature. Boundary Committee
posters and literature inviting responses by 26th September. Shoreline Management
Plan – S.Devon & Dorset invite. DCC Annual Report. South Hams Society
July 2008. SHDC Council
Monitoring Officer update. SHDC Minutes of
Executive DCC Letter from Brian
Greenslade, Leader on Unitary (emailed to all councillors) Boundary Committee
Posters. SHDC Agenda & Minutes 12.
The next full parish council meeting
will be held on Meeting finished: 10.15 p.m. Signed ………………………
Dated: Having closed the meeting District Cllr. Cane noted that he was thankful he had not been a candidate tonight as all applicants were outstanding. He acknowledged that he could see why this was an excellent council from how well it was run tonight. With exciting times forthcoming from taking on devolved services he noted that all parishes and towns will watch for mistakes but that this was a good learning curve. Cllr. Cane finished by congratulating
Cllrs. Baverstock and
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