Frampton on Severn Parish Council
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Frampton on Severn Parish Council Gloucestershire England
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MINUTES
OF THE MEETING HELD IN THE VILLAGE ON
PRIOR TO THE MEETING PARISHIONERS WERE INVITED TO
RAISE MATTERS OF CONCERN WITH CLLRS: Proposal for Housing Development The Chairman
explained that Mr Williams had asked Parish Council to consider his proposal
to build 12 houses and a village hall on the site at the rear of Whittles
Lane, The Street. Unfortunately
the paperwork had arrived too late to enable discussion at this meeting, but
near neighbours to the site had been informed to enable them to consider their
response. Mr Bourne
and Mr & Mrs Tasker expressed strong opposition to the proposal. Mr
& Mrs Swingler had submitted written objections.
These comments were noted and would be kept for future reference. The Chairman
stressed that the plans are only a proposal and no official application has
been submitted to the District Council. Until
such time as official plans are received, Parish Council felt unable to
discuss the scheme but considered that the proposals were of a nature that
merited consultation with parishioners at a future meeting. POLICE REPORT PCSO Debbie
Flay advised that she would be moving areas and introduced PCSO Mark Lifton
who was to be our dedicated officer. There
were a number of changes being made to personnel as from 1st April,
but PC Kelly Akers would remain as our Beat Manager. PCSO Flay
delivered four ‘No Dog Fouling’ signs for display in the parish and in
response to an enquiry from the Chairman confirmed that there were to be no
changes to the Mobile Police Station which would continue to visit the area
twice a month as usual. PCSO Lifton
reported there had been 10 reported incidents in the parish over the last
month. 5 of these were down to one
local youth who had been arrested and dealt with. Cllr Peacey said he had viewed the new website www.police.uk which showed Frampton-on-Severn as a low crime area. MINUTES
OF THE MEETING PRESENT
Cllrs
Alexander, Baker, Clifford, Greenfield, Grist, Hutchinson, Peacey and Price,
were present plus Lynn Ireland (Clerk) and 1 member of the public. At this point in the meeting, the Chairman asked that condolences be recorded to Mr Duncan Morris on the death of his wife Rosemary. Rosie had been a keen follower of Parish Council business and had often attended the meetings. APOLOGIES County
Cllr Booth and Cllr Howe.
In the absence of the Chairman Cllr Alexander took the Chair. 14/11
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None received. 15/11
PREVIOUS MINUTES Minutes of the Meeting held on Amendment
to the November Minutes It
had been noted that Item 139/10 of the November 2010 Minutes had wrongly
stated that a cesspit in the garden of The Old Post Office in The Perryway was
to blame for causing a smell in the area.
Mr McDonald who has recently moved into the property has advised that
there is no cesspit on the property and therefore the blame cannot be
attributed to that.
Parish Council would like unreservedly to apologise to Mr McDonald for
this error. 16/11
PLANNING (a)
DECISIONS
MADE BY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
(b)
PLANNING APPLICATIONS TAKEN AT THE MEETING
(c)
OTHER PLANNING
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Review of Settlement Boundary The
District Council have asked that a review of the Settlement Boundary be
carried out. For the benefit of
new Cllrs, the Chairman explained the purposes of the Settlement Boundary and
background to its present delineation. It was agreed that a Sub Group be
formed to take this forward – Cllrs Alexander, Grist and Hutchinson.
§
Proposal for Housing Development As
discussed in the open session before the meeting, Mr Williams has submitted
plans to Parish Council proposing the building of 12 houses and a new village
hall on a site at the rear of Whittles Lane in The Street.
Mr
Williams had asked for Parish Council comment prior to submitting an official
application to the District Council.
Papers had been received too late to enable discussion at this
meeting, although immediate neighbours to the site had been notified of the
proposals to enable them to consider their response. Cllr
Grist had been requested by parishioners in her Ward to provide answers to a
number of questions relating to the site and its impact on the immediate area
and the parish as a whole. It
was agreed to add this as an Agenda item for the March meeting and Cllrs were
asked to gather any information from parishioners to enable a full discussion
of the proposal
§
Planning Open Day Cllr
Alexander and the Clerk had spent the morning with the Planning Department and
were shown the process which planning applications go through before a
decision is reached by the planning officers.
The session had proved to be very informative and it was felt it would
benefit all Cllrs to attend. The
Clerk will request dates and advise Cllrs in due course.
17/11 FINANCE (a)
Invoices for Payment
At this point Cllrs authorised the Clerk to purchase two more Minute Books to ensure that the official record of parish business could be kept uniform and secure for future years. (b)
Invoices Paid
It was noted that the grit bins would be located as agreed at The Surgery, Frampton Stores & Post Office and Oegrove Corner at Church End. Salt has already been purchased. Agreement had been reached with adjacent residents to act as keyholders and the bins would be maintained by Mr Tony Price. (c)
Funds Received
(d)
Other Financial Matters GAPTC invite parish council to “Putting your Budget in Perspective” an interactive session on how best to present financial information to your electors. (e)
Finance Sub Committee Members of the Sub Committee had met to consider whether any of the parish council assets could be removed from the insurance schedule and self insured. A paper had been previously circulated putting forward a proposal for discussion. After a full discussion Cllrs unanimously agreed to the proposal. The
remaining assets were discussed with a view to ongoing maintenance and it was
agreed that Cllr Alexander would obtain quotes for cleaning of the War
Memorial. 18/11
RECEPTION WITH MP Neil
Carmichael MP for the Stroud Constituency was hosting two Receptions for
parish councils. The Clerk had circulated papers and Cllrs were reminded that
the deadline for RSVP was 14th February. 19/11
TELEPHONE AT PARISH OFFICE Costs
of the telephone in the parish office were discussed.
The present BT basic line rental and calls amounted to approximately
£70 a quarter. Cheaper options
were available and Cllrs Grist and Peacey will investigate an alternative. 20/11
HONOURED FRAMPTONIANS BOARD Cllr
Alexander advised that the board for Honoured Framptonians was now hanging in
the Village Hall where it would remain on permanent display. 21/11
A38/PERRYWAY JUNCTION Cllrs
Alexander and Baker had attended a site meeting with Neil Carmichael MP, Cllr
Stan Waddington and Mr Matthew Grist. Cllr
Waddington saw for himself the possible dangers at the junction and asked to
be provided with further information. Following
the site meeting information dating back to October 2005 was sent to Cllr
Waddington outlining repeated attempts by this parish council to persuade
Gloucestershire Highways to add this junction to their Capital Works
Programme. 22/11
THE ROYAL WEDDING It
has been announced that there will be an additional public holiday to
celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton on At
this point, community celebrations for the 2012 Olympics were queried.
It was agreed to add these as items for discussion at the Annual Parish
Meeting. 23/11
Following
the resignation of Mr Coole as the parish Snow Warden, Mr Tony Price had
agreed to take over the role. Contact
details and equipment specifications would be recorded and passed to the
County Council. 24/11
PARKING PROBLEMS IN THE PARISH
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Splatt Bridge Cllr
Clifford advised that the initial idea of using the field over Splatt Bridge
as additional parking was now in doubt but would be further investigated.
It was hoped a solution to the parking problem could be found before
the start of the wildfowling season in September.
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Frampton Stores & Post Office There
are parking problems daily at Frampton Stores and the approach road.
In some areas The Green is being eroded by delivery lorries.
Vans from E.C. Merretts are often taking up the majority of spaces in
the car park and customers to the shop are parking as and where they can.
It was difficult to find a solution which would benefit all users, but
in the meantime, it was agreed to white line a small area of the car park
adjacent to Russell House and Russell Cottage in an attempt to stop vehicles
parking and blocking their driveways. Cllr
Alexander will arrange for this to be carried out.
25/11
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING The
APM is to be held at 7.30pm on Wednesday 20th April.
Invitations had been sent to prospective speakers and to date
confirmation had been received from Frampton Cricket Club and Wisma Mulia. 26/11
COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT No
report. 27/11
DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT No
report. 28/11
CORRESPONDENCE
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Pinching Memorial Trust The
Trust is offering to fund First Aid demonstrations for people living and
working within the area covered by the Trust.
The sessions are to be run by St John Ambulance personnel.
Cllrs Greenfield and Grist will investigate further and advise.
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Severn Voice Meeting The
next meeting of the Severn Voice Group of Parishes is to be at 7pm on Tuesday
22nd February at Longney School.
All Cllrs are encouraged to attend.
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Royal British Legion 2011
is the 90th anniversary of the Royal British Legion and they are
planning a ‘Poppy Party Weekend’ on 10/12 June.
Mrs Denise Peacey is the Legion’s local representative and Cllr
Peacey will pass her the paperwork to see if anything is to be arranged for
this parish.
§
Severnside Neighbourhood
Co-ordination Meeting The
police SARA meeting is to be held at 7.00pm on Wednesday 9th
February at Slimbridge Village Hall.
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Severn Trent Water Mains
Improvement Severn
Trent were currently working in the Perryway to replace 650m of pipeline.
Work is expected to continue until 25th February.
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E.ON Central Networks To
help their customers to be prepared for a power cut, E.ON had provided a
demonstration pack containing useful items a household should have during a
power cut. It was agreed to add
this as an Agenda item for the APM and take the pack for display.
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Environment Agency – Managing
Flood Risk Booklets
provided by the Environment Agency entitled ‘Managing Flood Risk on the
Severn Estuary’ were circulated and Cllrs were encouraged to complete and
return the accompanying questionnaire. Cllr Grist advised that the EA Website
had much clearer maps and fuller information which could assist with the
completion of the questionnaire. For
the benefit of new Cllrs, Cllr Alexander gave a background to the problems in
this parish going back many years. It
was very important that the parish was accurately portrayed by the EA as this
impacted on house insurance in the area, and it was hoped that a public
consultation would follow from this current round of discussion.
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Miscellaneous Various
papers and publications were made available for Cllrs’ perusal. 29/11 ANY OTHER BUSINESS Cllr Hutchinson
reported he had attended the recent meeting of the Western Canals Consultative
Group. The Group were interested
in purchasing a small parcel of land in Whitminster Lane, adjacent to Walk
Bridge. The Clerk
reported that the Grade 11 Listed telephone box in The Street was badly in
need of repainting. It was agreed
to investigate a paint source to enable the work to be carried out. Cllr Greenfield
reported areas in The Street are badly affected by dog mess.
It was hoped the new ‘No Fouling’ signs would encourage dog owners
to clean up. Cllr Peacey
(a)
Asked if an additional grit bin could
be purchased for location on the corner of Bridge Road and Whitminster Lane.
This junction suffered badly in icy weather and the garden wall of Top
o’ the Green had been badly damaged on two occasions.
(b)
The sharp bend in Whitminster Lane
adjacent to Packthorn Farm was another dangerous area and a number of cars had
ended up in the ditch over recent weeks. This
area was part of Whitminster Parish Council.
(c)
The resident of Badger Cottage has
been contacted by the District Council. There
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