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Thursday 18th July 2013
Craster Village Hall 7.15pm

Present
Chairman             Bryn Owen.
Clerk                    Helen Brewis.
Parish Council Members    Joyce Shaw, Elizabeth Pearson, Alan Punton, Margaret Brooks, Pauline Baird & Michael Craster.
In Attendance    County Councillor John Taylor.
Members of the public    Mrs M Taylor.

1586.    Apologies for absence.
Roy Brown, John Gallon & Michael Robson.

1587.         Confirmation of minutes of last meeting.
The June Minutes were accepted as a true record.

1588.     Craster Community Trust Matters.
The CCT are looking at buying new items for the playpark & they have £10,000.00 towards a new roof for the Hall which will be started in September subject to the findings of the bat survey.

1589.         Parking in Craster.
CC John Taylor is looking into the possibility of putting webbing down on the grass outside the church for parking. All in favour.
Michael Craster’s paper was discussed concerning the Meeting he organised with the National Trust representatives, Margaret Brooks & Bryn Owen.  They discussed the possibility of an overflow car par on the NT field east of the Bogue Road between Craster & Dunstan.  Hopefully the NT will come back to us with their thoughts/decision by our Sept Meeting.  If it is favourable they will need planning permission & 12 months notice or compensation to be given to the Greys for taking back part of the field.
NCC are currently in negotiation with Town & Parish Councils concerning free parking for residents. 
Action Point: Clerk to contact NCC to organise a Meeting in August to discuss their proposal.

1590.         Neighbourhood Plan.
Bryn Owen has received replies from Embleton & Newton Parish Councils concerning a Neighbourhood Plan for the AONB area – they are not enthusiastic & Newton needs more time to think about it.
Bryn suggested he create a paper on our Neighbourhood Plan Options.
All in favour.

1591.      Matters arising from minutes of last meeting.
Dunstan Water Leak & Road Surface.
CC John Taylor has secured NCC to do the drainage & re-surface the road in Dunstan & also re-surface the road down Proctor Steads.  He has spoken to Howick Estates concerning the overgrown verges at Tower Bank & will organise NCC to cut them. The Councillors thanked John for his help.

Craster Pillars road markings. Completed.

Dunstan Public Phone fault.
This has now been fixed by replacing the flat battery in the coin box.

BT Donation Request.
An email has been received from BT advising us that they are unable to make a donation to Craster as they get a large number of donation requests & it is not possible to meet all of them.

Broadband for Craster. Ongoing.

Roadside trees which require pruning.
CC John Taylor will speak to NCC about the trees if they are still a problem by our September Meeting.
Action Point: Michael Craster to collate the names & addresses of all the landowners around Dunstan where there are overhanging branches across the road for the Clerk to contact.

Bryn Owen - Register of Assets.
Action Point: Clerk to contact NCC for formal documentation of ownership for the bus shelters for insurance purposes & so they can be included on our Register of Assets.

Bryn Owen - Risk Assessment.
Information has been circulated from NALC of areas we need to address & the clerk is to liase with John Gallon concerning the computer requirements.

Bryn Owen – Insurance requirements.
We are currently insured through NCC.

Bryn Owen – Maintenance of Land.
Michael Craster proposed that the Parish Council should look to register any land, which we currently maintain which is not registered. Pauline Baird seconded. All in favour.
Action Point: Bryn Owen will put a sign up on the land detailing our intention.

Dog Bins – Howick.
This has been passed to Longhoughton Parish Council.

Painting of the outside seats. Anthony Baird has now painted them.

Pothole under Craster Arch. Done.

1592.         Planning Matters.
CC John Taylor declared an interest.
Bryn Owen proposed that if the Clerk emails everyone with the plan reference number then everyone with the exception of Joyce can look at it before the next meeting – any objections/comments can be emailed to the Clerk.
The Clerk will drop the paper copy into Joyce. All in favour.

13/00600/FUL – extension to Craster Lifeboat Station. No objections.

1593.     Financial Matters.
Bank Balance                             £  3,353.74 
LTSB Higher interest account       £18,000.00
Cheques issued:
Clerk (wages/expenses June & July)    £225.50
HMRC                                              £  56.60

1594.     Correspondence received.
NCC – Public Transport letter – May 2013. Noted.
NCC – Member Training & DVD. In circulation.
NCC – Proposed changes to Planning System.
Action Point: Clerk to email the link to the NCC weekly planning list.
CAN – Summer 2013. In circulation.
CPRE – Summer 2013. In circulation.
AONB – Coast Management Plan Review First Consultation. In circulation.
Embleton Joint Burial Committee Update.
The Cemetery requires a new grass cutter preferably a front cutter which mulches (prices are currently being sourced). There are a few fallen/leaning headstones, which could do with being re-set & the tarmac T-junction requires extending for turning funeral cars.  The plaque marking the Garden of Remembrance is now in place & hopefully it will get a mention in the next issue of The Net & Whinstone Times.