PUXTON PARISH COUNCIL Puxton & Hewish Clerk: Donald Hill 18 Mitford Slade Court, Mendip Road, Yatton, Somerset BS49 4JG Tel: 01934 835578 Mobile: 07774 125578 e-mail: [email protected]
You are summoned to attend a Meeting of Puxton Parish Council on Thursday 2nd June 2016 at 7.30 p.m. at Hewish Village Hall,
Members of the public are entitled to be at the meeting unless precluded by the Parish Council by resolution during the whole or part of the proceedings. You will not be entitled to speak at the meeting except within the Public Session as under.
DON HILL - Clerk A G E N A & agenda notes
1. Apologies for Absence Received to date: Cllr Leimdorfer
2. Resignation from the Council Cllr Andy Butterfield resigned during the month. A notice of vacancy has been published.
3. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
4. Declarations of Interest
5. Public Session A resident of the Parish may raise a question about a matter for which the Council has a responsibility or which affects the parish. The public session will run for 15 minutes.
6. Reports to the Council Ward Cllrs Report - There will be not report this month. Community Resilience Report - Jim Sulley Mendip Vale Medical Practice Report - Tom Dalley
7. Minutes of the Last Meeting To approve the Minutes of the Parish Council Annual Meeting and of the Puxton Annual Parish Meeting, both of which were held on 12th May 2016.
8. Policing & Traffic A370 speed issues: Clerk meeting Marie Broomfield on June 8th. Crime Figures: Two during March - burglary opposite the Wick Lane junction; anti-social behaviour in the area of the Caffle Nursery Lay-by. SpeedWatch: one volunteer so far.
9. North Somerset Council Matters Banwell River Flood Relief Scheme has re-started. Due for completion mid June. A reparations update will be included as a meeting paper. Rail Bridge Traffic Light Sensors: timing issue re cyclists reported. Problems with cyclists supported by Wick St Lawrence PC. NSC’s David Bailey handing. Speed Signage in Wick Lane: anomaly re large 40mph signs reported. The Old Bridge - Puxton: timetable of work due from NSC. PUXTON PARISH COUNCIL Puxton and Hewish 10. Other issues Broadband Speeds - Cllr Wilson Co-opting Councillors The Village Hall Planters - the plants have arrived and await collection. North Somerset Flood Risk Action Group (NSFRAG): Cllrs were circulated with an update about the group - Andy MacKenzie used to represent PPC. Is anyone able to take on the role? PPC Newsletter
11. Finance 2015-16 Accounts - out for external Audit; public notices published. 2016-17 Accounts to date - formal minute need re non-registration for VAT. Wick Solar Community Fund - Information: per the 2016 Annual Parish Meeting minute APM 09/16 the Clerk passed the material he had started to assemble to Tom Dalley and Cllr Wilson, who have been leading on this since the start. He has also copied it to Lisa Dadds to see what input might be generated via St Anne’s School. Wick Solar Community Fund - Management: APM 09/16 proposed that Tom Dalley* create and run a management structure to control and grow the fund and to dispense grants from it. This meeting needs to ratify APM 09/16, which suggested a management team of five, it needs to to vote on the appointment of Tom Dally* as proposed and to elect a Parish Councillor as founder members of the management group. The management group and the Parish Council will have to work together to ensure the legalities of the management and financial arrangements as they emerge. * Tom Dalley has decided not to be involved. In wishing the project well, he says it needs to be moved forward with cohesion and purpose and with the support of the community. It needs to be run by people who will be pro-active, objective, community involved and team players and has suggested possible contacts to approach: Linda Redding at the Grange - very pro-active and recently retired from teaching at Sidcot; Andy McKenzie, a Priory School Governor; Kelvin ???; St Anne’sSchool might put names parents’ names forward; WI; Play Group. Cheques for Signature: none to date.
12. Planning New Applications: Pre-application 16/P/1062/PRE Proposed new Medical Centre for Mendip Vale Medical Practice on land located on the west side of Small Way, Congresbury opposite Greenholm Nurseries, BS49 5AA. 16/P/1050/NMA Orchard Lea Bristol Rd - Demolition of chimney to front. Minor amendment to dormer and roof light location to front elevation. Rear elevation dormer windows- Change from flat roof to pitched roofs and amendment to dormer size. Proposed material finish to dormer windows. Dormer cheek materials amended. To be withdrawn: 16/P/0893/PDA Heathgate Farm field barn. PPC report not showing on NSC web at date. Application not indicated as withdrawn. Decisions Due: 16/P/0812/F Moorland Park: variation to allow extended completion time. Granted: 15/P/2174/F - Use of the land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes for 5 gypsy caravan pitches plus the formation of additional hard standing and ancillary day rooms. Temporary grant to April 2019. This application has not appeared in previous minutes. Enforcement Cases: Report as at 25th May 2016 available.
13. Councillors Reports
14. Date of the Next Meeting Thursday July 7th in the Village Hall Don Hill, Clerk - 26th May 2014