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Minutes
Thursday 16th May 2013
Craster Village Hall
7.15pm
Present
Vice Chairman Michael Robson.
Clerk Helen Brewis.
Parish Council Members Joyce
Shaw, Elizabeth Pearson, Alan Punton, John Gallon, Michael Craster,
Margaret Brooks & Roy Brown.
In
Attendance CC John Taylor.
Members of the public Mrs P
Baird.
1566.
Apologies for absence. Bryn Owen.
1567.
Confirmation of minutes of last meeting.
The April Minutes were
accepted as a true record.
1568.
Parish Council Vacancy.
Everyone welcomed Roy
onto the Parish Council & at the June Meeting the Councillor
vacancy will be filled.
Action Point: Clerk to put notices up about the vacant
position & inform the Elections Officer at NCC, also to gather in
all the completed forms.
1569.
Craster Community Trust Matters.
The Hall refurbishment is
almost complete & the opening event was well attended with good
coverage by the Gazette. The next CCT Meeting is next week &
the play park is still closed.
CC John Taylor handed the
Clerk a map of the AONB area at Craster.
Michael Robson, Alan
Punton, Elizabeth Pearson & Joyce Shaw all declared an interest.
Action Point: Clerk to email the CCT secretary &
see if they’d like a copy of the map to frame & hang in the Village
Hall.
1570.
Parking in Craster.
Michael Craster
appologised for not chasing up about whether the field would be open
for parking at the weekend. CC John Taylor met with NCC for a
site visit last Tuesday & the result is that the existing entrance
is not acceptable & needs to be moved 25 metres to the west &
the access improved & widened to 6ft. The access will need to
be on hardstanding to keep mud off the road & a pedestrian crossing
point installed for people to cross the road to the footpath.
Scott Grey is not
prepared to spend money on these improvements & Michael Craster
& Margaret Brooks are meeting with NCC in 2 weeks time to look at
all the road/parking/signage issues in Craster & this will be on
the list.
If the field continues to
operate under the 28 day rule no improvements are required, but to open
more often the upgrades will be necessary under the Dept. of
Transport’s new rules.
Action Points: CC John Taylor will check with NCC to see
if their car park can be reconfigured to create more spaces.
Michael Craster will draw
up a plan & costings before looking to possible funding.
1571.
Neighbourhood Plan. Ongoing.
1572.
Matters arising from minutes of last meeting.
Dunstan Water Leak &
Road Surface.
CC John Taylor attended a
meeting at County Hall concerning financial cuts & reductions
– Dunstan’s water/road problem has dropped down the list , CC J Taylor
has protested & it will be inspected tomorrow.
Action Point: CC John Taylor will meet with Mr R
Landale from Sale & Partners to discuss the water leak from the
field.
Tower Bank & TI
Centre – road flooding.
CC John Taylor is looking
to getting NCC to sort this problem & the white lining.
A Punton – Heugh
Road/Wynd junction road markings.
Michael Craster &
Margaret Brooks are to meet with NCC in 2 weeks time to look at this
problem.
Mrs M Gallon – Public
Phone fault.
The Clerk is waiting for
a reply concerning the request for a donation from BT towards the play
park for the inconvenience caused.
Broadband for Craster.
iNorthumberland & BT
have announced a £18.9 million pound deal to roll out high speed fibre
broadband to over 90% of homes & businesses in the county.
Action Point: John Gallon to draft a letter for the
Clerk to send to iNorthumberland to ascertain whether the Craster area
will benefit.
Michael Robson – Parish
Council organised Grasscutting.
Action Point: Clerk to request 3 estimates for 2 grass
cuts up the roadside & Burn Bank per year.
WI outside seat.
The front of the seat is
in a poor state.
Action Point: Alan Punton & Michael Robson will
take a look at it.
Heugh Road water leak.
A new drain has been
installed by NCC who own the grass where the water is coming
from. It appears to be flooding from a holding tank connected to
the field drains.
Bryn Owen - Dunstan phone
box.
BT have emailed to say
they will get the phone line/box repaired.
1573.
Planning Matters.
CC John Taylor declared
an interest.
A/2008/0289 – Former
Nursery Gardens – amendments.
This will be removed from the Agenda, until any updates are received.
12/03359/FUL – 43
Dunstanburgh Road – creation of a holiday home.
The National Trust
confirmed they have objected to the plan.
1574.
Financial Matters.
Bank Balance (inc £2500
1st ½ precept) £
6,593.42
LTSB Higher interest
account
£15,000.00
Action Point: Clerk to check with LTSB what the
interest rate now is on their Current Interest Account – if unchanged
reinvest the £15,000.00 if reduced look for a new account for the
money.
Cheques issued:
NALC
Subscription
£ 63.24
Clerk wages/expenses
April/May
£215.07
HMRC –
PAYE
£ 46.80
1575.
Correspondence received. None.
The
next Meeting will be on Thursday 20th June 2013.
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