MINUTES OF THE WRAXALL & FAILAND PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD 14 JUNE 2005 AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM, WRAXALL
PRESENT:- Cllrs. Sykes (Chairman),
Sapsed, Mrs Shaw, Down, Sage, Delmas & Mrs Moon.
IN ATTENDANCE:- Sally Varley – Liaison
Officer. D/Cllr Roberts later.
PUBLIC :- Ruth Gofton – National
Trust, Douglas MacMillan & Tony Tavener.
APOLOGIES:- Cllrs. King, Sheppard
& Mrs Parsons, D/Cllr. Cook.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST:- Nil.
Councillors
interviewed Mr Chris Ambrose for the vacant position of Councillor and he was
duly co-opted and joined the meeting.
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MINUTES – The minutes of the meeting
held 10 May 2005 were agreed and signed.
a)
APPLICATION – 05/P/0948/F – Restoration and conversion of
garages/stores and kennels including the erection of 2 no. two storey
extensions and new chimney stacks to provide 2 houses as staff accommodation
for Mr & Mrs R Baker at Wraxall Court, Wraxall Hill, Wraxall (Clerk
reported)
This application relates to restoration and
conservation of buildings standing well within a large plot of land and not
adversely affecting any neighbours.
Councillors, for this reason, did not contact any neighbours.
It is felt that the restoration will greatly improve
the appearance of the existing building but the construction of a new 4 bed
dwelling in the Green Belt is considered excessive development on this Listed
Building site.
RECOMMENDATION – No objection to the restoration but
North Somerset must consider the scale of the development in the Green Belt.
b)
APPLICATION – 05/P/1080/F – Demolition of workshop and erection of
single storey extension to form 2 additional classrooms with cloakroom and WC’s
at The Downs School, Charlton Drive, Wraxall (Clerk reported)
RECOMMENDATION – Approve.
c)
APPLICATION – 05/P/1210/F – Erection of a two storey side extension and
a single storey rear extension for Mr & Mrs J Mitten at 1 Wraxall Piece,
Green Lane, Failand.
This application is no better than previous
applications which have been refused. It
unbalances the row of three. The two
reasons given when the previous application was refused were included in the
letter to Planning Dept.
RECOMMENDATION:- REFUSAL.
d)
PRE DECISION AMENDMENTS TO 05/P/0321/F – Erection of two storey
building to provide 3 no. retail units on ground floor and 4 no. self-contained
flats on first floor. Formation of
retail customer parking and separate residential parking – Land at Lodge Lane,
Wraxall.
FIRST AMENDMENT –
Deletion of the proposed hot food unit, resulting in
three retail units at ground floor;
Amendments to the design, layout,
height and materials of the building;
Proposed levels; and
Hard and soft landscaping.
SECOND AMENDMENT –
Changes to section details.
RECOMMENDATION – Cllr. Sheppard’s report was sent to
NS. REFUSAL of both the Nursing Home
& the Retail Development. We would
welcome a Nursing Home on the whole site without retail units. We would host a Public Meeting if necessary.
e)
GRAHAM TURNER’S REPLY TO OUR LETTER OF 15 APRIL 2005 RE ELMS
This had been sent to all Councillors prior to the
meeting.
Meeting closed 8.01. Re-opened
8.03.
f)
APPLICATION 05/P/1057/F – Retrospective application for the retention
of railings and a gate erected on the entrance to Cadbury Camp Lane, Clapton in
Gordano for Mr J Miles on Land at eastern end of Cadbury Camp Lane. (Clerk
reported)
Although this application is technically in Clapton
it is on our border.
We did have a similar application in 2003 and the
reply to that commented on the width of the bridleway. Copy of that letter was sent again and
comments on the current application were also sent – Metal gates to replace
wood (not rural), gates left permanently open and no cattle grid.
g)
APPLICATION 05/P/1226/F – Take down existing conservatory and build new
rear conservatory and utility room for Mr D Daw, White Barn, Longwood House,
Beggar Bush Lane, Failand. INFORMATION
ONLY. No problem.
h)
PARISH CHARTER - Chairman’s
report, after reading the documents, had been sent to all Cllrs. Cllr. Down had read the documents 3 times and
agreed with the Chairman that the Charter was difficult to read, in NS
language! & banal. Others to
read.
Mr Tavener left at 8.15pm
i)
DOG BINS FOR FAILAND. Cllr. Mrs
Shaw is contacting dog owners in an effort to ascertain what is needed in
Failand.
j)
Clerk reported on North Somerset Council’s decisions on Planning
Applications previously considered by this Parish Council.
a)
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE BY VEHICLES 0RDER
Birdwell Road, Long Ashton.
13 June for 4 weeks.
b)
VEHICLE ACTIVATED SIGNS – Newsletter..
We had indicated 4 places where
we would like these signs installed. The
newsletter indicates that 10 sites have been identified as suffering from a
high proportion of accidents. One of the
4 sites which we indicated was identified but they are only dealing with 5
areas in the first instance and ours is NOT one of them.
c)
REQUEST FOR ATTENTION FORMS –Replies.
a)
NORTH SOMERSET RIGHTS OF WAY IMPROVEMENT PLAN
1.
Orchard Farm/Station Road/Gable Farm/Watercress Farm/Tyntesfield
2.
Elms Bridleways
3.
Sustrans FlaxBourton/Backwell to Backwell Bow
4.
Nailsea Round
5.
Cadbury Camp Bridleway
Cllr. King will get together with Cllrs. Sykes,
Sage, Sheppard, Delmas & Mrs Moon to discuss the above and reply to the
letter regarding the ROW Improvement Plan.
b) PROPOSED
DIVERSION OF F/P LA20/38 – Rectory Cottage, Wraxall.
A decision as to whether or
not to recommend the proposed diversion was postponed.
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TYNTESFIELD
a)
QUARTERLY REPORT BY RUTH GOFTON, PROPERTY MANAGER.
Ruth outlined the Heritage Lottery Fund Bid, Part 2
and said that Planning Applications would be submitted shortly.
The Visitor facilities and the temporary car park
have been started.
As part of the Restructuring of National Trust
Property Portfolios Ruth, who is at Tyntesfield on secondment, will have to
return to her previous post. Tyntesfield
is to be merged with other properties in NS & Bristol with a permanent
Property Manager, a position for which Ruth is not able to apply. As members agreed that she has done a
brilliant job whilst here and is a great ambassador for the Trust, it was
decided that a letter should be sent to the Director General asking that she
stay at Tyntesfield.
a)
ALCA NORTH SOMERSET PLANNING WORKSHOP 19.5.05.
Cllr. Sykes’ report had been enclosed with the
Agenda. It was regrettable that
Permitted Development, which was to have been on the Agenda, was not included
and there was no time to discuss it.
b)
HIGHWAYS RE OUTSTANDING ITEMS – 31.5.05
Cllr. Sykes’ report had been
enclosed with the Agenda.
c)
EMPLOYMENT SEMINAR – SATURDAY 16.7.05 JUBILEE PAVILION, LONG ASHTON..
Clerk will attend.
a)
TRAFALGAR WEEKEND. A notice had been sent to all Cllr. regarding events
which they may which to arrange. It was
felt that a copy of the notice should be sent to various organisations within
the 2 villages – FVH, Churches WVA etc.
The brochure is with Cllr. King and a reply has to
be sent ASAP to enable them to register any events and to give a time for
lighting our beacon.
a)
ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT - AUTHORISED
Chq.
No. Payee Details
Amount
|
1360 |
Mrs
F Shattock |
Reimburse
– One
Tel calls 22.3.05 – 21.4.05. One
Tel calls 22.4.05 – 21.5.05 Lazer
Toner from IJT Direct |
27.58 15.21 39.95 82.74 |
|
1361 |
Mr
R I Sykes |
Chairman’s
Allowance |
350.00 |
|
1362 |
Tonkin
& Daughters |
Refurbish
& refit 3 Notice Boards |
185.00 |
|
1363 |
ERC
Cobb |
Safety
Reports –Mill. Green– May |
20.00 |
|
1364 |
ERC
Cobb |
Work
to Goal Posts – Mill. Green |
28.00 |
|
S/O |
Mrs
F Shattock |
Salary
– May |
477.66 |
|
1365
|
ALCA |
Employment
Seminar |
25.00 |
|
1366 |
Fountain
Timber Supplies Ltd |
Bark
strips for Mill. Green swings |
10.81 |
|
1367 |
Mr
R I Sykes |
Expenses |
10.00 |
EXTRA ITEMS OF NOTE
Cllr.
Sapsed gave an update re. Cross Tree Site.
On
Line Planning – Cllr. Sykes informed Cllrs. that all Planning Applications are
now available for viewing ‘on line’ and comments regarding them can also be
made that way.
Bristol
International Airport – Master Plan Progress meeting 27 June New Council
Chamber, WSM. Cllr. Sage will attend.
Police
station opening times – Nailsea, Portishead & Clevedon available.
It
has been decided not to enter the’ Village of the Year’, mainly due to DEFRA
being involved and needing answers, to a questionnaire, which do not have
relevance to villages.
Invitation
has been received to a National Trust Patron & Benefactor Classical Concert
on 8 July 2005 at Tyntesfield. Tickets
are £80 each.
A
reminder was given that Cllrs. must keep their Register of Interests up to date
by informing the Clerk of any changes.
Grass
– The Company whose tender was accepted for the Grass Maintenance Contract are
not complying with the schedule in respect of the number of cuts and the
quality of work. A letter to be sent stating that we are not satisfied with the
work and asking for their comments by return.
The
Mother & Toddler Group, who wish to move their activities from The
Community Room, Wraxall to FVH, had sent in a letter in response to ours. The sender had obviously not been updated by
the sender of a previous letter. The
Clerk called her and explained that at present they used the Community Room
(usually £10 per session) free in lieu of the grant as previously paid. If they moved to FVH we were prepared to
reinstate the grant plus inflation, say £150, but the cost of FVH would be down
to them. We needed proof that the group
was viable before we gave the grant. She
will advertise for more children and return to us when they have a viable
number to warrant paying for the Hall.
Holidays
– Clerk asked Cllrs. to advise her of their holidays so that Planning
Applications are not put through doors when the Cllr. is away.
ALCA
nominations – Cllr. Delmas gave his approval to being nominated as an Executive
Member.
Road
Closure – Failand Lane 19.6.05 re Bike Ride.
Cllr.
Sykes said that he had read that Whitehouse Lane to Naish Hill was to be closed
for re-surfacing.
Central
Area Committee – The Planning Application re. Elms Retail Site will be
discussed at the CAC on 16 June. The
P/A re. the Nursing Home has been withdrawn.
June
20 – 26 is Real Nappy Week!!
Meeting
closed 10.10pm