Minutes, Council, 5 November 2018
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CRICH PARISH COUNCIL Glebe Field Centre, Glebe Field Close, Crich Derbyshire DE4 5EU Tel: 01773 853928 E-mail: [email protected] MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF CRICH PARISH COUNCIL HELD IN CRICH GLEBE FIELD CENTRE, ON MONDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2018 AT 7.30PM 1866/18 Present: Cllrs: M Lane (Chair), C Collison, J James, K Smith, V Thorpe, R Walsh, P Yorke In attendance: DCC Cllr T Ainsworth, DCC Cllr D Taylor, AVBC Cllr G Gee, C Jennings - Parish Clerk Also present: Four members of the public 1867/18 TO NOTE ABSENCE Cllr D Anstead (apologies), Cllr S Bateman (apologies), Cllr M Baugh (apologies), Cllr J Brown (apologies), Cllr V Broom (apologies) Resolved: Absence was noted. 1868/18 VARIATION OF ORDER OF BUSINESS It was not considered necessary to vary the order of business. 1869/18 DECLARATION OF MEMBERS INTERESTS a) To enable Members to declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest they have in subsequent agenda items, in accordance with the Parish Council’s Code of Conduct. Interests that become apparent at a later stage in the proceedings may be declared at that time. b) To receive and approve requests for dispensation from members on matters in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest. Pecuniary Interests declared: Cllr Thorpe – Planning application AVA/2018/1053, previous working involvement Personal Interests (not Pecuniary) declared: Cllr J Brown – Planning application AVA/2018/0910, owns adjacent property Cllr V Thorpe – Planning application AVA/2018/1021, previous involvement Cllr M Lane – Defibrillators, member Glebe Field Centre Management Committee PUBLIC SPEAKING 1870/18 a) A period of 15 minutes will be made available for members of the public and members of the Council to comment on any matter. Speaking is limited to 3 minutes per person and is at the discretion of the Chair. A resident reported a missing footpath sign on Hollins Lane, and that the Lane was also giving way, falling apart. DCC Cllr T Ainsworth to follow-up both complaints. A resident enquired what had happened to the seat in the Burial Ground. None of the Councillors were aware of the bench mentioned, the resident will make further local enquiries. 1871/18 b) If the Police Liaison Officer, a County or District Councillor is in attendance, they will be given the opportunity to raise any relevant matter. DDC Cllr D Taylor advised that they had been successful in deferring Southern Derbyshire NHS Commissioning Group’s (CCG) decision regarding the proposed health cut to services, until December 2018. Cllr Taylor was hoping to meet with Senior NHS representatives on 26th November 2018 for further talks. DDC Cllr T Ainsworth asked that residents continue to report pot holes on-line, or if they were unable to do this, to take a photograph and send it into him at County Hall. Once the pot hole was on the system it could be addressed. There is one year left on the roll-out of LED street lighting. The new lights should be more dependable, needing less repairs, and will bring cost savings for DCC. Cllr Ainsworth had received the draft report on the Greenbelt Review, from the independent advisor. It was a long, complicated document that would require study to understand. He was meeting with Derek Stafford - Assistant Director (Planning and Regeneration) AVBC, next week, and would provide more detail after that meeting. Crich did not have any Greenbelt areas. AVBC Cllr G Gee said that the Greenbelt Review would not have any implications for Crich. The original boundaries were set-up around urban areas and did not come as far out as Crich. Cllr Gee advised he would be attending the Planning Board Meeting on 12th November, to speak against the way the proposed Woodside Farm development was being handled. He, like all Crich Parish Councillors, believes the present actions of AVBC to be undemocratic, and deeply concerning. Chair gave an overview of the work that had been undertaken by Crich Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group to negotiate and agree Crich boundaries and development sizes with AVBC. AVBC had gone back on this agreement and had subsequently ignored the Crich Neighbourhood Plan. She too would be attending the Planning Board Meeting to raise objections on behalf of the Parish Council. AVBC Cllr V Thorpe said that Planning Application AVA/2018/0841, land off Hagg Lane, needed to be looked at. This Item was discussed later under Planning. She also reported that the grey car left at Dimple Head was displaying a ‘Police aware’ sticker. This could take a while to be resolved whilst the Police carried out the necessary searches. 1872/18 CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS Chair advised her announcements would be covered under the individual Agenda Items. MINUTES 1873/18 Resolved: To approve the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 1st October 2018. 1874/18 Resolved: To approve the minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting held on 22nd October 2018. Excluding Minute nos. F046/18 Clerk, and F048/18 Budgets and Precept 2019/20 both discussed as separate Item. PLANNING 1875/18 Cllr Thorpe left the room during the discussion of Planning application AVA/2018/1053. She re-joined the meeting after the conclusion of the discussion. Resolved: That the Parish Council representations on planning applications comments made at the meeting be submitted to AVBC. Representations attached. 1876/18 AVA/2017/1363 proposed development, land at Woodside Farm. Resolved: Amber Valley Borough Council (AVBC) be urgently notified that the report in respect of Item 6(B) (Planning Application AVA/2017/1363 relating to land at Woodside Farm, The Common, Crich) of the Report to Planning Board for the meeting on 12 November 2018 is fatally flawed. Crich Parish Council objects to the report on the grounds that: 1. The submission of Crich Parish Council to the revised scheme for 71 dwellings is not accurately reported; 2. The report includes important errors and omissions not least with respect to the Policies of the Crich Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan, and existing planning applications and appeals; and 3. The report is irrational, without proper reasoning, and not based on sound evidence. Amber Valley Borough Council be also urgently notified that if the decision recommended in said report is taken, then Crich Parish Council will prepare Grounds of Claim with a view to them being submitted for Judicial Review of the decision in the High Court of Justice (Queens Bench Division, Planning Court). That the Parish Council observations on the revised scheme for 71 dwellings (with the exception of the timing issue previously raised which has been overtaken by events) are sent for reporting to the Planning Board as a submission received after preparation of the report. 1877/18 FINANCE a) Payments Resolved: That payments of the attached accounts in the sum of £5,105.05 be formally approved. b) Receipts Resolved: That receipts of the attached accounts in the sum of £162.26 be formally approved. REPORTS RECREATION GROUND 1878/18 a) PLACE project Cllr Yorke reported that the PLACE project would be refunding the waste bin loan money shortly. There had still been no response from Peveril Homes regarding their support of the Quiet Area. The group had received a proposal from a local resident for the Quiet Area consisting of three interconnecting circular paths representing Crich, Whatstandwell and Fritchley, with a central feature. The construction would involve the assistance of local school children to place pebbles to create the paths. Council asked if the proposal might consider including the other villages, such as Wheatcroft. Cllr Yorke to take the suggestion back to the PLACE project group. Cllr Yorke would present the proposal once feasibility study etc had been completed. 1879/18 b) Damaged wall 2 Holly Bank Court, bordering the Recreation Ground. The Council’s Insurers advise the potential claim had now been closed, but any future claim should be referred back to them. Resolved: The Clerk to write to the owners of 2 Holly Bank Court to say that since they had decided not to proceed with an insurance claim against the Council, the residents would need to undertake the work to their wall themselves. The Council would shortly be removing the safety barrier it had put in place, as it was required for the Christmas Tree in the Market Place. The residents should consider making the area safe themselves, pending undertaking the repair works. They are responsible, as the owners of the wall, to ensure the safety of others and would be responsible for any injury that might occur. 1880/18 BURIAL GROUND a) Removal of excess spoil tip The excess spoil requires the use of a digger to dig out/remove the spoil from under the hedge, transport it to a skip at the bottom of the drive, which will then need to be disposed of. Work to source three local suppliers willing to undertake the work and provide quotes, had been unsuccessful. The Clerk is currently undertaking work to source suppliers and quotes further afield. b) Top right-hand side extension Work to look into the consecration of area needs to be undertaken. The Clerk to look into the possibility of both the right-hand side and the bottom extension being consecrated together. This will require the removal of the spoil first and the latest Burial Ground regulations to be checked. c) Easement Chair had contacted the gas company on 25th October to see if they wanted to continue with their request for an easement. So far, she had not had a response, and will not be pursuing the matter further, unless she hears from the company.