Draft Minutes
Thursday 20th May 2010
Village Hall 7.15pm
Present
Chairperson Joan Angus.
Clerk Helen Brewis
Parish Council Members Joyce Shaw, Rosie
Robson, Elizabeth Pearson, Michael Craster, Alan Punton, Michael
Robson, Pauline Baird & Michael Taylor.
In Attendance Mr D Phillips – NCC
Highways Network Manager.
Members of the public Mrs M Taylor, Mr B
Chambers, Mr J Gallon, Mr & Mrs Ridley.
1284. NWL Sewerage Update.
Mr Phillips from NCC attended the Meeting to discuss the scheduled work.
Michael Craster informed us that the licences are in the process of
agreement & there are no major points of disagreement in principle,
it remains the same as what was put to us. Michael recommended
that the licences be agreed and signed.
Mr Phillips attended a site meeting with NWL to go over
all the works areas & at this moment NWL don’t have a completed
works programme.
NCC have been given a timetable of the road closures
from NWL:-
Dunstanburgh Road (all of):
Main works: Road closure required:
Start: 13th Sept 2010. Finish: 2nd Nov 2010.
Intermittent deliveries where NWL will need to close the road
will run up until 28th Feb 2011.
West End (from junc. Of
Dunstanburgh Road to junc. Of Norwell Brow):
Two way temp. traffic signals required:
Start: 20th Oct 2010. Finish: 22nd Nov 2010.
West End (from junc. Of Norwell
Brow to outside Craster Sewerage Treatment Works):
Two way temp. traffic signals required:
Start: 13th Sept 2010. Finish: 23rd Dec 2010.
West End (from outside Craster
Sewerage Treatment Works to junc. Smithy Court):
Two way temp. traffic signals required:
Start: 9th Aug 2010. Finish: 17th June 2011.
Compound location for the duration of the project is north of the
Craster Sewerage Works.
NWL plan on doing opencut directional drilling with rock
cutting equipment, with the bulk of the work completed by
Christmas. They believe there will be minimal complete road
closures at which time they will operate mini buses between Craster
& Dunstan & deliveries to Craster will need to liase with
NWL. They also believe their machines will get through the
whinstone & their contractors say they won’t need to blast.
NCC believe that there will be a great deal of
inconvenience caused by the traffic lights & limited access to
houses where NWL are working, NCC have an Inspector to deal with any
road access complaints.
Action Point: Clerk to email Mr
Phillips for NCC Inspectors details.
Next the money from NWL for the land & rent was
discussed:-
£24,000 (+£300 per week in the event of any time overrun) for the rent
of the playing field, which will be paid to the Craster Community Trust.
£13,000 for the sale outright of the freehold of plot
10, which will go to the Parish Council which was unanimously agreed to
be used for grants within the community.
Action Point: Clerk to email NALC to
check we can use the money for local community grants.
1285. Apologies for absence.
CC John Taylor.
1286. Confirmation of minutes
of last meeting.
The minutes of the April Meeting were accepted as a true
record.
1287. Matters arising from minutes of last
meeting.
Mobile Phone Mast Update.
Ongoing – awaiting a reply from Orange.
Dunstan Water Leak, Potholes At Proctor Lonnen
& Cemetery House.
During the summer NCC will spend approximately one week in each parish
doing Highway maintenance, these issues are on their list for this area.
Council Housing Policy.
Rosie Robson attended the Alnwick Area Forum & on the Agenda for
their September Meeting is affordable housing, they will invite
officers from NCC, Homes for Northumberland & landlords etc.
Action Point: Councillors to gather
information from Craster residents concerning their housing needs &
Clerk to put notices up on the boards.
Tourist Information Centre Outside Lighting.
CC John Taylor is looking into this problem for us.
Grass Verge Outside The Church.
Ongoing.
BT Pole outside The Gallery.
Ongoing.
New Councillors (notices up from 10th –
27th May).
Action Point: Clerk to put on the Agenda
for the next Meeting.
Sandwich Board & Parking Problem at the Bus
Stop.
CC John Taylor has looked into how many sandwich boards are allowed to
advertise a business – there are none allowed.
Action Point: Clerk to email CC John
Taylor concerning information about brown signs for business
advertising.
Double Yellow Lines – All Year Round.
Ongoing.
The Need for More Car Parking Places.
Action Point: Michael Craster, Michael
Robson & Alan Punton will arrange to meet CC John Taylor to discuss
possible parking areas & the clerk will forward their proposals on
to the Craster-on-line website.
Disabled Kerbing at from Harbour to Jolly
Fisherman.
The kerbing mistake has been rectified.
Car Park Refuse Bins.
NCC have agreed to place a new stand where 2 x 360
litre wheeled bins can be secured thus increasing the car park rubbish
capacity to 720 litres this will increase litter wheeled bin
arrangements by 5 times the present volume. NCC has also agreed
through their workforce to monitor the area and re-evaluate if
necessary in the future.
1288. Planning Matters.
Coast Guard Rescue Station. This plan is still ongoing.
Planning Approval 16 Whin Hill – Loft conversion
& balcony window. Noted.
1289. Financial Matters.
Bank Balance: £6,112.24
Cheques required:-
NALC Annual Subs £59.28
Burial Board 1st Half Payment £657.50
1290. Correspondence received.
CAN News – March 2010. Noted.
CCDT - Play Park Equipment.
The Parish Council recommended a community area with some trees/pots
& the Development Trust will discuss the proposals at their AGM.
Clerk also forwarded contact details for the Embleton Playpark
Association as a good source of information.
NCC - Dog Control Orders. Noted.
1291. A.O.B.
Dunstan Dog Bin Objection.
A letter of complaint has been received about the location of the dog
bin in Dunstan. Action Point: Michael Craster will
contact Craster Estates about relocating it to their land at the
entrance to Dunstan.
NCC Car Parking Charges.
Action Point: Clerk to find out how much
the proposed parking charges will be for Craster.
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