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Bressingham Parish Council
Minutes
of the Meeting held on
The meeting opened at
Present
Councillors - Chairman , Mr R Aves, Mrs S Craggs, Mr RW Bartrum,, Mrs E Gerrard, Dr A
Kinnear-King
Also present was Mrs J Harvey, several members
of the public and the clerk, Mike Mortimer.
1 Apologies for Absence
Parish
Councillors, Mr D Hodges, Mr D Craggs, Mr D England, Nr N Morley, County
Councillor Mr B Spratt and District
Councillor Mr K Weeks
2 Declaration of Interests
There were none
3 To agree the Minutes of the meeting held
on
The minutes were agreed
4 Matters arising from the Minutes
None
5
Mr Spratt was unable to attend
6 District Councillor Weeks' Report
Mr Weeks was unable to attend.
7 Parish Plan
Mrs Craggs reported that the collection of
information for the questionnaire was continuing and that suggestion boxes were
being placed at sites around the Parish. She was able to tell the meeting that
the Plan had already received £500 in funding from ITV and the request for £500
to be made available from Parish Council funds was unanimously agreed. Dr
Kinnear-King asked what the cost of identifying the plan would be and Mrs
Craggs suggested £1700 as a rough minimum.
8 Highways
Mr Aves reported on a meeting with Mr Overland
of the Highways Department at which many points were raised including the state
of repair of the roads and the junction between
A member of the public pointed out that the
banking in
The problem of parking at the school was
brought up and the clerk was asked to write to the head.
Mr Aves reported that he had spoken to the
appropriate landowner about the long running problem of flooding in
9 Correspondence
There was no correspondence.
10 Planning
A schedule of planning applications was provided.
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11 Finance
The
2008/9 Accounts were agreed
It
was agreed that a further £400 should be donated to The Fersfield Church
Meadow.
A financial
report for the March/April period was made available.
12 Allotments
Mr Aves announced that he was intending to treat the whole area for weeds
and then plough which would mean that the land would be in a proper state
for tenants in the autumn.
Mr Bartrum pointed out that Mr Aves was incurring
considerable costs and said that Mr Aves should be reimbursed for his work.
A member of the public expressed concern
at ploughing the area where some protected plants were growing and Mr Aves
agreed to look into the matter.
The
clerk was asked to write to a neighbouring property owner concerning the
tipping of garden waste onto the allotment
land.
13 To consider setting up sub-committees
As a number of Councillors had been unable to make the meeting it was
agreed that the item be postponed.
14 To consider additional recreational
facilities for young people
Surprise was expressed at the £30,000 cost of play equipment planned for
the Fersfield Church Meadow. Dr K innear-King
reported that the Village Hall was planning the refurbishment of the play
equipment on the
playing
field as the cost of new equipment was so high. Mr Aves suggested that the
Village Hall might approach the Parish
Council for some funding.
The condition of the seat at the front of the
Village Hall was discussed and Dr Kinnear-King agreed to look at it.
15 To receive a report from Mr D England on
The clerk was asked to circulate the report.
16 Any Other Business
Mrs Craggs asked who ran Homewatch and other Councillors offered to
provide her with the information.
The
clerk informed the meeting that a new Parish Governor was needed for the school
as Mrs Dain was stepping down.
The
matter of who would get the new housing in
Mr
Aves said that the intention was that it should go to local people and that
there had been continual assurances
from SNDC that that would be the case though he did express some concern that
it might not.
17 Date of the next meeting
It was agreed that the next meeting should be on the 6th of July.
The meeting closed at 9.30