Minutes
Thursday 21st April 2011
Village Hall 7.15pm
Present
Chairperson Joan Angus.
Clerk Helen Brewis.
Parish Council Members Pauline Baird,
Joyce Shaw, John Gallon, Elizabeth Pearson, Michael Robson, Bryn Owen,
Alan Punton, Michael Craster & Margaret Brooks.
In Attendance CC John Taylor.
Members of the public Mrs P Owen, Mr
M Taylor & Mr P Howard.
1355. Apologies for absence. None.
1356. Confirmation of minutes of last meeting.
The Minutes of the March Meeting were accepted as a true record.
1357. NWL Sewerage Update.
Emails were received from both Charles Harman @ NWL & Mrs M Gallon
concerning the ongoing repairs, it was decided to wait until all the
work has been completed and then prepare a list of any rectification
work requiring attention.
Action Points: Clerk to contact LTSB to
set up an additional account to hold £10,000 of the NWL money for 6
months & the balance will remain available in the current account.
Mr Harman’s email concerning the ordering of replacement goalposts
would be passed to the Development Trust by Joyce Shaw.
1358. Craster Community Trust Matters. No
matters pending.
1359. Matters arising from minutes of last
meeting.
Housing – Residential & Tourist.
Michael Craster declared an interest.
Bryn Owen suggested that since there was a surplus of holiday homes in
the Craster area & a shortage of homes for rent on offer that it
may be worthwhile creating a list of local people in need of a rented
home.
If the list also included how many bedrooms were required & a rough
idea of how much rent they could afford to pay then by passing this
information on to the holiday home owners they could consider putting
their unused holiday homes out on long term lets.
The Parish Council has no desire to force anyone to do anything but it
was worth thinking about this suggestion towards helping both parties
of people.
A copy of the NCC Right to Buy document has been given to each
Councillor and CC John Taylor has spoken with the NCC solicitor who is
busy preparing a report on Right to Buy enforcement. The details
on each house is data protected & confidential, but anyone is
welcome to carry out a search of the register for £80 at the Land
Registry.
CC John Taylor is part of a working group looking into what the housing
supply & demand will be over the next 15 years, the group has been
collating hard evidence since 2005. The Tenancy Law over letting
properties is complicated & CC John Taylor will report back when he
has more information.
Mr J Gallon – Mobile Reception.
The proposed mobile phone scheme won’t work in Craster; John Gallon
will send the company our required brief to see if there is anything
they can offer to improve our coverage.
Action Point: CC John Taylor is busy
looking at improved phone coverage for the east coast train line &
will let us know how he gets on.
Craster Sea
Erosion.
An email has been received from NCC Footpath’s Officer who has checked
the path on a couple of occasions & believes it to be okay but will
keep an eye on it.
Action Point: Michael Robson will email
the Clerk digital photos of the damaged coastal path to forward on to
NCC.
Dunstan Water Leak. Ongoing.
Mr J Gallon – footway along the west harbour
wall.
An email has been received from Sale & Partners, they are waiting
for prices for the possible widening/repair of the path & the
repairs will begin shortly.
Mr M Robson Overhanging branches in inner car
park & removed fencing.
The Clerk has had no reply to the email sent to NCC last month
concerning the removal of the fencing.
Action Points: CC John Taylor will
deal with arranging for mesh fencing to be erected to prevent kids from
climbing at the entrance to the inner quarry.
Joyce Shaw will speak to the landowner of the gorse bushes to be
trimmed back off the path at the bottom of Norwell Brow.
Damaged Grit Bins & Harbour Rubbish Bins.
Action Point: Clerk to email NCC
concerning the lid being off the grit bin on Dunstanburgh Road due to
the hinge being pulled out, also the rubbish bin lids are off on the
bins at the harbour.
Parking.
Emails have been received from Michael Taylor & Peter Howard.
Michael Craster attended a Bamburgh Meeting concerning parking &
other road problems. He proposed setting up a Sub Committee with
the task to look at the problem properly in Craster and to come back to
the Parish Council with proposals to help with parking & congestion
problems. There are small grants available and a few suggestions
were made:-
To tackle the parking on double yellow lines especially
around the café & bus stop etc.
At the bus stop a sign would be helpful warning of
buses turning & possibly a hatched junction.
Both English Heritage & The National Trust should
be approached for land to be turned over for parking or money towards
the cost.
Signage at Craster crossroads warning of the road
narrowing near the bottom of Craster Arch.
CC John Taylor explained that the AONB were pushing for a reduction in
signs along the coast & its been proposed by NCC for double yellow
lines not to be policed but for them to be de-criminalized for traffic
wardens to control. If we can put together a Car Parking Paper CC
John Taylor will submit it to the Area Committee.
Proposed for the Sub Committee were Michael Craster, Alan Punton,
Pauline Baird & Margaret Brooks - all in favour.
Action Point: Clerk to forward the emails
received to the Sub Committee members.
1360. Planning Matters.
CC John Taylor declared an interest.
A/2010/0437 – Dunstan Steads Farm Buildings. Pending.
CC John Taylor has spoken to NCC they will keep us in the picture
concerning this application. Also the residents of Dunstan Steads
wish to be removed from Craster Parish & into Embleton Parish.
A/2008/0289 – Former Nursery Gardens – amendments. Pending.
A/2011/0052 – Dunstan Hall door & windows SE Wing. Approval
Received.
1361. Financial Matters.
Bank
Balance £18,124.73
Cheques required:
Burial
Board £657.50
Annual Hall
hire £200.00
Clerk wages/expenses £322.07
1362. Correspondence received.
NALC & CAN Annual Report. Noted.
NCC – Area Briefing March/April. Noted.
CAN March Newspaper, Good Councillors Guide etc.
In circulation.
People & Places April 2011. In
circulation.
NSP Matters Arising April 2011. In
circulation.
Support for the Parish Clerk.
Michael Craster proposed setting up a support group to looking at ways
to ease the Clerks workload, wages etc.
Proposed were Michael Craster & Pauline Baird – all in favour.
NCC – Dog Control Orders.
CC John Taylor will get us the email address for the warden who can do
on the spot fines for dog fouling.
NALC Training. Noted.
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