Minutes
Thursday 15th April 2010
Village Hall 7.15pm
Present
Vice Chairperson Joan Angus.
Clerk Helen Brewis
Parish Council Members Joyce Shaw, Rosie
Robson, Elizabeth Pearson, Michael Craster, Alan Punton & Michael
Robson.
In Attendance CC John Taylor.
Members of the public Mrs M Taylor.
1271. Apologies for absence.
Michael Taylor & Pauline Baird.
1272. Confirmation of minutes of last
meeting.
The March Minutes were accepted as a true record.
1273. Matters arising from minutes of last
meeting.
Mobile Phone Mast Update.
Action Point: Clerk to send letters out
with tourist & car park figures.
Dunstan Water Leak.
Scott Grey has dug a trench in the field for the water to flow to the
roadside.
Action Point: Clerk to contact Richard Hayes at NCC for an update.
Council Housing Policy.
The Homes For Northumberland letter is in circulation.
Dunstan Smithy Bank.
The branches have now been pruned back.
Tourist Information Centre Outside Lighting.
Action Point: CC John Taylor will look
into this for us.
Grass Verge Outside The Church.
Action Point: Alan will visit the Art
Group in the Village Hall to assure them the fencing off will only be
temporary measure while the grass repairs.
Overgrown Bushes At The Entrance to Craster.
Done.
Potholes At Proctor Lonnen & Cemetery
House.
Proctor Lonnen will be done in stretches.
Action Point: CC John Taylor will deal
with the pothole opposite Cemetery House which requires topping up
& the large pothole south of the Dunstan Hill entrance.
BT Pole outside The Gallery.
Action Point: Clerk to contact NCC
Highways concerning the siting of this pole being a traffic obstruction.
New Chairman & Councillor.
Action Point: Clerk to advertise
Councillor vacancies and to put on next month’s agenda.
Sandwich Board & Parking Problem at the
Bus Stop.
The sandwich board has been removed from the path behind the bus stop.
Action Point: Clerk to put on next
months agenda, CC John Taylor will find out about brown sign posts for
local businesses & the rules about how many sandwich boards are
allowed.
Double Yellow Lines – All Year Round.
Michael Robson had taken some photos of cars parked on double yellow
lines in Craster and along the road to Dunstan.
Action Point: Clerk to forward the
pictures on to Roxy at the Police, Craster Retreat & NCC concerning
our request for the yellow lines being enforceable all year round.
NCC – Off Street Parking Places.
Michael Robson declared an interest.
CC John Taylor will attend a meeting tomorrow concerning car parks and
parking fines. There were approximately 50 tickets issued last
week to cars parked in the Craster car park, some because they were not
parked completely within the lines.
Action Point: A Sub-Committee was
created with Michael Craster, Alan Punton & Michael Robson to liase
with CC John Taylor concerning possible car parking sites around
Craster. There is a possibility CC John Taylor will be able to
allocate some money towards the project.
1274. NWL Sewerage Update & Financial
Allocation.
Action Point: Clerk to put the
Financial Allocation on the next Meetings Agenda when Michael Taylor
will be present.
1275. Planning Matters.
CC John Taylor declared an interest.
4 Sea View, Dunstan – planning permission.
Noted.
Coast Guard Rescue Station.
Action Point: Clerk to contact NCC
concerning the planned access being unsuitable due to the lack of
visibility for the traffic on the road through Arch.
16 Whin Hill – Loft conversion & balcony window.
In circulation.
1276. Financial Matters.
Bank Balance:
£4,200.69
+
First ½ Precept due in £2,500.00
Cheques required:-
Clerk (wages/expenses) £ 388.45
Village Hall
(10
nights Apr-March 2011)£ 200.00
1277. Correspondence received.
NCC North Area Committee on 15th March.
Noted.
Electoral Review of Northumberland – Final
Recommendations. Noted.
NCC – Charter For Local Councils. Noted.
People & Places March 2010. Noted.
CAN News – March 2010. In circulation.
NCC General Election 6th May. Noted.
1278. A.O.B.
Disabled Kerbing Stones on the path from the
Harbour towards The Jolly Fisherman.
Action Point: Clerk to contact NCC
concerning the new stone next to the harbour entrance being too close
to the wall & unusable by either wheelchairs or pushchairs.
Car Park Refuse Bins.
Action Point: Clerk to contact NCC
concerning the removal of the paper/tins bin from the car park to cut
costs & request a larger refuse bin since they also removed another
bin because of the amount of times it was required to be emptied.
NCC Highways Area Manager.
NCC Highways Area Manager is hoping to attend May’s Meeting.
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