Thursday, 16 October 2014

Minutes of meeting held Monday 4 August 2014

WEST LULWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the meeting held at West Lulworth Village Hall on Monday 4 August 2014 at 7:30pm

Councillors present:    Mr J Davey (Chairman), Mrs V King, Mrs M Colvin, Miss S Jackson, Ms C Matthews,  Mr E De Chazal, Mr M Whittle.
Councillors absent:     Mr Miller and Mrs C Neal
In attendance:             County Councillor Mike Lovell
Miss E Blake (Clerk)
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Public Questions and Discussions Period
(a) Mr Halsall enquired if the walk over Bindon path to the Beach CafĂ© would ever be reopened.  Cllr Davey suggested asking Dorset County Council (DCC) what options are available.
Mr Halsall has recently sent a letter to Purbeck District Council (PDC) about unauthorised development at Sunnyside (Alpine).  County Councillor Lovell suggested directing a complaint to Steve Mackenzie at PDC about the issues raised.
(b) Mr Lance was concerned that the planning application for the new school had been submitted and gave a deadline of 4th September for responses to be made which was just two days after the next Parish Council (PC) meeting leaving little time for a considered response.  The application has not yet been sent to PDC and so the PC has not yet been informed.  A Freedom of Information request has been submitted to DCC for responses to queries which remain unanswered.
Cllr King is aware that residents of School Lane are holding a meeting to discuss the application and Cllr Davey asked that District Councillor Quinn be informed.  It is believed more walkers are parking around there to get to the coast path.
(c) Mr Knight suggested the PC website is there to put information of ongoing topics and offered his assistance to anybody who is willing to update it but noticed the minutes and accounts were not up to date.  The Clerk responded that there had been contact issues with the website provider which had been resolved today.  The website provider has the only access to update minutes, accounts and contact details.
(d) Cllr Matthews requested that the PC ask owners at St. Mary’s Chapel to carry out necessary maintenance to their hedge as it is extending onto the highway.
ACTION: Clerk to contact DCC about re-opening the footpath.  Clerk to forward contact details of Steve Mackenzie to Mr Halsall.  Cllr Quinn to be notified of the residents meeting.  Clerk to write letter to occupier at St. Mary’s Chapel.  Cllr de Chazal agreed maintenance should be carried out for safety and County Cllr Lovell suggesting writing first then ask County Council to intervene if no action is taken.

Mr Knight and Halsall left the meeting (8:15pm).

Apologies
Apologies received from District Councillor Quinn and Parish Councillors Miller and Neal.  Cllr Whittle apologised for his late arrival.

Declarations of Interest
Cllrs Davey and King declared an interest in Sunnyside (Alpine).


Minutes
The minutes from the meetings held on Monday 7 July 2014 were amended to state Mrs White on page 781 and were then agreed as being a true and accurate representation of the meeting and were duly signed by the Chairman.

Reports from District And County Councillor
(a) County Councillor Lovell informed the meeting an extra £50,000 had been made available for hedge trimming due to an under spend from last year.  The works list only ever has one or two jobs planned to be carried out.  Cllr Davey noted there were still people, including families with prams, having to walk on the road as the verges have still not been cut.  Cllr Colvin added that traffic had recently been parked both sides of the road all the way up to the brow of Durdle Door.  Cllr Lovell suggested arranging a meeting to get yellow lines.  There was concern yellow lines may drive people to park in the village. 
(b) District Councillor Quinn had sent apologies for being unable to attend the meeting but Cllr Davey read out updates he had emailed.  Members of the public are now able to film or photograph PC meetings to aid transparency.  There is a concern that the PC may have to film all meetings themselves in case of selective editing.
ACTION: Cllr Lovell to request Tony Burt meets to view where yellow lines are required – Church Road and Farm Lane.  Cllr de Chazal to photograph parking issues at Farm Lane

Planning Applications / Updates on Previous Planning Applications
No new applications received.

Applications for Tree Works / Updates on Previous Tree Works Applications
TWA/2014/0108 Main Road (27 – The Nest), West Lulworth, BH20 5RL.  Cllr Matthews has visited the applicants to view the five sycamore trees and felt felling may be more appropriate due to the size and instability and that the only foliage is within the area requested to be crowned.  Cllr Matthews recommended the Tree Officer at PDC should look at the potentially dangerous and complex issue.
TWA/ 2014 0104 Britwell Drive (Lovat House), West Lulworth, BH20 5RS.  The application to fell a number of trees was APPROVED.  Cllr Matthews stated her reservations to the applicant’s refusal to allow the PC Tree Officer to attend their property as the PC are asked to comment on all applications within the village.  Cllr Colvin suggested asking the applicants why they refused access and Cllr Davey asked that the PDC Tree Officer be copied in.
ACTION: Clerk to request PDC Tree Officer attend 27 The Nest.  Clerk to ascertain specific legal position on PC’s involvement with Tree Works Applications.  Clerk to write letter to Lovat House occupiers, copy to Tree Officer at PDC.

Finance
The following were approved for payment, proposed by Cllr Colvin and seconded by Cllr Jackson:
Grass cutting
Mr Vallance
Cheque 000701
£110.00
Website maintenance (Mar to May)
Mr Wheatley
Cheque 000702
£60.00
Stationery
Viking
Cheque 000703
£120.40
Clerks wages (Jun)
Miss Blake
Cheque 000704
£198.20
Donation (replacement cheque)
CAB
Cheque 000705
£50.00
Stamps
Miss Blake
Cheque 000706
£6.36


The following receipt was noted:
Interest on playground account

£0.19



Consultations and New Items for Discussion or Report
(a) Bus from Swanage to Wool – Cllr King informed the meeting that the bus timetable at the bus stop is incorrect.  Correct details are in the Parish News.
(b) Alpine, Sunnyside – Mr Halsall sent a letter to PDC, this has been circulated to all Councillors. 
(c) Navitus bay response – the PC need to formulate a response at the next meeting.  Cllr Davey informed the new Councillors that historically the PC had opposed the application and asked that tidal power be considered instead.
(d) Village maintenance – Cllr Matthews observed that the PC had identified a need for village maintenance and wondered who was responsible for the telephone box and commented that the benches were in a poor state.  She hoped to obtain partial funding towards maintenance but asked that the PC consider contributing.
ACTION: Clerk to ascertain who is responsible for maintaining telephone box.  Clerk to forward details of fund raisers to Cllr Matthews.  Clerk to contact Winfrith Parish Council for information on how they manage maintenance.

Ongoing Actions/ Updates from Previous Meetings
(a) Memorial quotes are still being collated.
(b) Bus shelter update – Mr White has contacted the Clerk to apologise for the delay in forwarding an agreement for the leasing of the bus shelter and hopes to be able to do so in the next week or two.  Cllr King had noticed the barrier had been pulled forward recently and there was easy access into the shelter.
(c) Hedges and verges – Cllr Matthews has spoken to Mrs Heydon about their hedge which is edging onto the path.  She suggested that when the tree works are carried out they could also attend to the hedges.
(d) Cllr Lovell informed the meeting that he has access to funding of up to £5,000.

County Councillor Lovell left the meeting (9:15pm).

Neighbourhood Planning
A meeting with Sue Bellamy at PDC is to be arranged.

Feedback from meetings
Cllrs Jackson and King gave details of their attendance at a recent DAPTC meeting.  Topics covered were Dementia friendly communities, the problems with coasteering and fracking issues.

Training
Cllr King informed the group of a planning training session to be held by DAPTC on Thursday 9 October.
ACTION: Clerk to book Cllrs Jackson and Matthews onto DAPTC training.  Clerk to email all training dates to Councillors.

Footpaths
Details of changes to the definitive map and statement were passed to Cllr de Chazal.
Cllr Jackson queried the progress of access to Durdle Door but this is an ongoing dispute between Natural England and the Weld Estate.

Correspondence
(a) A thank you letter was received from Lulworth & Winfrith Primary School for the donation given.
(b) DAPTC Newsletter – Summer 2014 is available for viewing via the Clerk.
(c) AONB Management Plan 2014 -2019 was given to Cllr de Chazal to forward to Cllrs Davey and Jackson.

Items of information and Items for the next Agenda
Navitus Bay response
Lulworth school planning application
Neighbourhood Plan – increasing hours for Clerk
Freedom of Information request results
Filming PC meetings

Date of the Next Parish Council meeting
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Monday 1 September 2014 at 7:30pm at West Lulworth Village Hall.

With no further business the meeting was closed by the Chairman at 9:42pm.


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