MINUTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 17TH AUGUST 2015 AT 7.30pm

PRESENT: Mr A Marr (Chairman), Mr W Douglas, Mr W Bradley, Mr A Jones, Mrs P Jones, Mr J Kendall APOLOGIES; Councillor J Lister, P.C.S.O. Peter Crome

REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATION; None. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS; None. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SESSION; None.

MINUTES;

Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 20th July 2015 were agreed and signed as a true record.

MATTERS ARISING;

Mr Kendall said we must have no more meetings of just Chairman and Clerk and all Councillors should be invited. Mr Douglas agreed with this. Chairman said we made no decisions and all information was brought back to Parish Council meeting. Mr Kendall said in future all Councillors should have the opportunity to attend. Chairman said it was really just an informal chat.

Re. Mr Blake’s vehicle parked on the car park opposite Church – Clerk said A.B.C. had been contacted and they said Kerry McCartney, Enforcement Officer was on leave but the matter should be dealt with be a “Street Scene” Officer. Details were to be passed to Gary but he was currently on leave. Clerk spoke to Gary on 17.8.15 and he said he had spoken to Mr Blake and he had told him the vehicle would not start. Gary gave Mr Blake 48 hours to move it or A.B.C. would uplift it. Gary has subsequently advised that Mr Blake has moved the vehicle to his own car park.

FLAGS – Clerk collected 3 flags from Mr P Tibbetts who said he would not charge for the flags but required a ‘photo when the flag is on the flagpole. Two “” flags have been purchased from 1415 Ltd at a cost of £124.80. All flags passed to Chairman for putting on flagpole.

COMPLAINTS RECEIVED RE. UNITED UTILITIES WORKS;

Mr Douglas had received some complaints from Mr M Bennett of Crosby. Michelle Bentley of United Utilities had been contacted and she had contacted Mr Bennett. She said she would attend our September meeting with an update.

CONSIDERATION OF INTRODUCTION OF INTERNAL DRAINAGE BOARDS;

Mr Bradley had attended a recent Neighbourhood Forum meeting and said Veronica Waller of N.F.U. had spoken about the Waver Wampool Drainage Management Board but Allonby Parish was not in the proposed area. Mr Kendall said this will affect a lot of people; who will clean out the beck end? Mr Bradley had a Consultation Form and it was agreed to complete and return this form stating we feel the boundaries should be extended to cover Allonby Parish as Allonby is at the end of a lot of rivers and becks and we feel the waterways should be maintained on a regular basis.

POTHOLES ON UNADOPTED ROADS;

Following a telephone call complaining about the potholes on the unadopted roads in Allonby C.A.L.C. was contacted for advice. Mr D Claxton of C.A.L.C. said on unadopted roads the responsibility lies with the property owner adjacent to the road. He said if Parish Council do anything the assumption would be (a) if not done to a recognised standard we could be sued in the event of an accident and (b) it would set an expectation we would do it in future. Highways have some powers but the same position applies to them. Mr Claxton said perhaps if property owners carried out the repairs to a reasonable standard C.C.C. may take it over and perhaps we could have a meeting with them and our County Councillor. Mr Claxton said we must be wary of doing any patchwork. It was felt Parish Council could not do repairs. Mrs Jones suggested a piece be put in “Beachcomber” advising we are well aware of potholes and owners advised to check their deeds and if land is on their deeds they are well within their rights to repair them and if concerned contact Parish Council or attend a meeting – agreed. At this point Mr Bradley left the meeting.

POLICE REPORT:

The report was received giving an overview of 7 incidents that have occurred since our last meeting.

CORRESPONDENCE;

The following items were received and noted:-

1. E-mail from C.A.L.C. re. Transparency Code – Government Support Fund. 2. E-mail from Adam Curtis re. Website information for Allonby Parish Council. 3. E-mail from C.A.L.C. re. their AGM on 14th November. 4. E-mail from C.A.L.C. – Training for September 2015. 5. E-mail from Sellafield re .Beach Monitoring Programme – minor revision. 6. Catalogue from Marmax Productions Ltd –re-cycled equipment. 7. E-mail from C.A.L.C. – Questionnaire re. playgrounds and play parks. 8. E-mail from C.A.L.C. re. Connection Cumbria – Deployment map. 9. Letter received from Mr S Robinson, Snr Planning Officer, A.B.C. re. land to the north of Allonby Church. A.B.C. is currently producing a Site Allocation Planning document and wish to identify the owner of the land as they had undertaken a Land Registry search in order to identify the owner but this had proved inconclusive. Mr Robinson hoped local knowledge may enable the owner to be established. The land in question is owned by Mr John Dobson of West End Farm and A.B.C. to be advised accordingly. 10. From Cumbria Trust – GDF – Call for Evidence (re. implementing Geological Disposal) plus response form. 11. E-mail from A.B.C. re. Ageing Well Work Group – request for information – passed to Mrs Jones. 12. E-mail from Connecting Cumbria – New live cabinets in . 13. E-mail re. fault on i-play from Sophie Lockyer – Mrs Jones took for Mr Hart. 14. N.W. Coastal Access Monthly Update – August 2015.

REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES; None.

PLANNING;

Application for proposed agricultural shed on existing farmstead – Brownrigg Hall Farm – approved by A.B.C.

Notice of an appeal by Mrs Denise Scott re. erection of a single turbine on land east of Carrick Dene, Edderside – noted.

FINANCE

Remittance advice received that a HLS Grant AONB of £500.00 has been paid on 28.7.15 towards grass cutting next year.

Payment of £124.80 had to be sent in advance when ordering 2 “Allonby” flags from 1415 Ltd – agreed.

The audit for year ended 31.3.15 has been completed by BDO and External Auditor Certificate received. Notice of Conclusion of Audit to be displayed on Notice Board. The invoice for the audit was received for £162.00 – agreed.

Clerk’s salary and expenses were agreed as follows:-

Pay period 20th July to 16th August 201 13 hours at £8.428 per hour = £109.56 Less Income Tax of £21.80 = £87.76

Reimbursement of expenses –

Photocopying - £4.40 Postage - £2.22 Broadband - £11.99 Total = £18.61

Amount payable= £87.76 + £18.61 = £106.37

ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING; None raised.

Mr Jones asked members if they are aware the Tour of Britain Cycle Race on 8th September will pass through Allonby about 10.30am. Outriders/cavalcade will pass through about 10.15am. He asked should we do anything to mark this. Mr Kendall said he agreed. Mrs Jonessaid bunting could be put up by Village Hall and Church. It was agreed an item be put in “Beachcomber” encouraging everyone to welcome cyclists and visitors through the village. The road from to Allonby will be closed for about an hour.

Apart from this event Mr Kendall said could cyclists not use the cycle way instead of carrying on using the road.

DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING; Monday14th September 2015at 7.30pm.

Meeting closed at 8.30pm.