Heversham Parish Council

Minutes of Annual Meeting of Monday, 27th May 2002 -7.30 pm in the Old School.

 

1.             Present.           E P Johnson, R A Parker, G Handley, G Capstick, A Shepherd, R Messenger,

A Rimmer, Councillor Bingham, Councillor Woof, the Clerk and 16 members of the public.

2.            Apologies for Absence. None

3.         Signing of Minutes of Meeting of  29th April 2002.   Agreed and signed as a true copy.

4.         Matters Arising from the Minutes.

(i) The Chairman has now received the Clerk’s written resignation, and the job will be advertised

later in the year.

5.         Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

Chairman : E P Johnson was nominated by G Capstick and seconded by R Messenger.

Vice-Chairman : R A Parker was nominated by R Messenger and seconded by G Capstick.

Both were elected unanimously.

6.            Playground.

Playdale expect to be able to install the new playground in the week beginning 15^th July 2002.

A layout for a new plaque has been obtained.

7.             Finance.

            (a) Payments Approved:       

                        E P Johnson (Chairman’s Expenses)                                             £  46.00

                        Cornhill Insurance                                                                      £197.81

                        Cordukes (Milnthorpe)                                                             £100.00

            The insurance premium does not include cover for playground equipment, and the final cheque is to

replace one for Golden Jubilee fireworks which was mistakenly made out to the Parish Council.

(b) Accounts for the year ending 31^st March 2002:

A final copy of the accounts is attached. Council will be asked to approve them following audit by

Mr E Schofield who as agreed to act as Internal Auditor for Council. The Chairman and Clerk will

now attend a seminar on the Lighter Touch Audit on 12^th June 2002 in Flookburgh village hall.

8.         The Queen’s Golden Jubilee.

250 mugs have been ordered but unfortunately will not be delivered in time for the Golden Jubilee.

9.             Planning.

(a) New Applications.

     (i) Priory Buildings, Mabbin Hall Lane - reapplication with improved access supported.

     (ii) Heversham with Milnthorpe Tennis Club - seeking permission to erect floodlights.

The meeting was adjourned to enable members of the public to express their views on this

application. The main points were :-

The appropriateness of the lights for a village, and the visibility of the fifteen poles,

  the amount of light spillage, and the proximity of the lights to houses,

 the effect on traffic volumes,

 the desirability of extending the hours during which tennis could be played and of

           encouraging juniors.

At the conclusion of the statements, Council agreed that it could not support the application

in its present form, but that it would be prepared to support a revised application based on

poles which are less obtrusive and with a guarantee that the lights will switch off at 10pm.

(b) Applications considered previously.  

   (i) Heversham Hall - application to replace existing livestock cubicle granted.

  (ii) Heversham Primary School - application to extend classroom granted.

 

 

 

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 10.            Correspondence

(a) CALC: May Newsletter - noted. 

                        Rural Action Zone newsletter - noted.

(b) Cumbria CC:            Invitation to apply for “First Aid” grants - noted.

                                    Local Committee for South Lakeland : Community Contract leaflet - noted.

(c) SLDC :            Draft Housing Strategy - noted.

                        Inspector’s report on the Local Plan Enquiry - noted.

(d) Cumbria Environmental Briefing Sheet : Noted.

(e) News Bulletins about the Cumbria Foot and Mouth Disease Enquiry - 3rd and 4th issues noted.

            (f) Friends of the Lake District:             Leaflet about tidying up road signs.

                        Chairman to decide whether to be on agenda for next meeting.

11.       Any Other Business.

(a) A booklet entitled “How do I register and declare interests, and register gifts and hospitality” was

distributed to Councillors. Attention was drawn to the section on prejudicial interests. A video on

the Code of Conduct has also been received and is being circulated.

(b) The tree warden (G Handley) reported that he had been to an interesting talk organised by

Cumbria Broadleaves. Warning was given against planting new trees in summer - see item 8.

(c) The Chairman reported that he had asked the National Trust about a obtaining native bulbs and

         seeds for Quarry Wood.

            (d) It was reported that the street lamp on the church tower is still working.

            (e) A motion to protest about increases in remuneration for District and County Councillors did

not receive any support

12.       Next Meeting.                       24^th June 2002.