MINUTES of the ORDINARY MEETING of LACH DENNIS PARISH COUNCIL HELD on 14Th JANUARY 2020 at 7.45PM in LOSTOCK GREEN CHURCH HALL
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MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF LACH DENNIS PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON 14th JANUARY 2020 AT 7.45PM IN LOSTOCK GREEN CHURCH HALL Present: Cllr S. Batters (Chair) Cllr T. Hargreaves Cllr M. Weedall Cllr K O’Donoghue In attendance: Mrs L. Sandison (Stand in Clerk to the Council) Also in attendance: 1 member of the public and 2 Clerk applicants. 1. Procedural Matters A) Apologies – it was RESOLVED to accept apologies from Cllr J. Platt, Cllr P. Richardson and Cllr M. Stocks. It was noted that Cllr J. Nixon was absent. B) Declarations of Interest - Cllr O’Donoghue declared an interest in any matters relating to Mid Cheshire Against HS2 (MCSHS2) and Birches Crematorium and Memorial Park. C) Minutes – Confirmation of the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Council held on 12th November 2019. It was proposed by Cllr T Hargreaves and seconded by Cllr M Weedall to accept the minutes as a true record of the meeting. D) New Parish Clerk – LS will provide temporary Clerk cover until 31/1/2020. Several applications have now been received. Interviews will commence shortly. 2. Community Engagement / Communications A) Visiting Officers – PCSO Suzie Wardsinski sent the following report: - ASB ●No reports received. Theft (including shoplifting) ●No reports received. Burglary ●No reports received Vehicle / bicycle theft ●No reports received. Parking/Highway disruptions ●16/11/19 – Penny’s Lane at 16.29, one vehicle road traffic collision, no injuries ●19/11/19 – Holmes Chapel Road at 18.14, one vehicle road traffic collision, no injuries ●09/12/19 – Penny’s Lane at 09.43, two vehicle road traffic collision, minor damage o nly . Other ●03/12/19 – Common Lane at 15.52, suspicious person going door to door selling items, patrol attended and dealt with ●12/11/19 – Speed enforcement done on Common Lane at 16.30 to 17.30 with two vehicles captured doing 46mph or over ●21/11/19 at 16.20 to 17.20 with five vehicles captured ●20/12/19 at 12.17 to 12.37 with one vehicle captured -Cllrs noted that the PCSO’S report did not include a slurry spillage on Pennys Lane and an RTC which resulted in a damaged telegraph pole. -PCSO Nicola Smith has gained funding for SelectaDNA. She will be in the area on Friday 17th January to mark up horse tack. B) Visiting Members- Angela McPake has advised that she needs to speak with the PC with regards to a matter. Further details required. C) Correspondence from members of the public- -Correspondence received from a resident on Common Lane with regards to persistent speeding. Cllr M Weedall has responded. -Correspondence received from a resident on Birches Lane, enquiring about defibrillators for the parish. Chairman S Batters has responded along with the Clerk. -Correspondence received with regards to village green (grass verge) damage. The Clerk will write to the farmer whose tractor overturned to ask him to make good the grassed area where there are now deep ruts. The Clerk will also update the correspondent. The Clerk has made the correspondent aware that the PC is not responsible for the village green area as this is CWAC owned. -Update from CHAIN received – Cllrs spoke about incinerators and the lack of true information available and more support was needed form the local MP. The PC discussed writing to Zak Goldsmith who is the Environmental Minister. D) Members of the public speaking time – Ros Todhunter raised the following points, A556 fly tipping on lay-bye, Birches Lane/Lostock Hollow overgrown hedges and grass verge, beer drinker discarding cans in hedge between Lostock Gralam train station and Lostock Green, overflowing dog waste bin over the Christmas period, 50 bottles containing urine found at the flooded roadside from Pennys Lane to A556 and fly tipping in Crowder’s lane. Cllrs gave the following response: -Cllr M Weedall has requested a bigger dog waste bin. The dog waste bin has been emptied. -Cllr T Hargreaves has received a very concerning letter from a local farmer informing him that 38 lambs sent to slaughter had been contaminated by dog waste and therefore condemned. Dog’s are being allowed to run freely over the Octel fields when they should be on leads. Cllr Hargreaves advised that new signage is required and that many of the dog walkers are driving to the area to exercise their dogs. Chairman S Batters agreed to contact INOVYN and PCSO Nicola Smith with regards to the matter. -Cllr Hargreaves also commented that he’d seen a wheelchair user on the road due to the overgrown unusable pavements along Birches Lane/Lostock Hollow. A meeting with the CWAC CEO is needed and more support from Cllr Mark Stocks as complaints are being ignored. -Fly tipping is a matter for CWAC and should be reported directly to them. -Overgrown bushes are blocking the street light at Robin Hood House. -Flooding and urine in bottles are a matters for the Environment agency. E) Website- LS has updated the website. 3. Planning (a) New/Recent Applications 19/04057/FUL Proposal:The development of an underground electrical connection between the Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant (LSEP) and the Scottish Power Energy Networks 132kV distribution system in Lostock Gralam Location: Lostock Gralam -Comments by 16/12/2019 -No Objection sent to CWAC 28/11/19 (b) New CWAC Planning Decisions 19/01915/OUT Proposal: Demolition of the existing bungalow and the construction of four detached residential dwellings Location: 12 Birches Lane Lostock Green Northwich CW9 7SN Withdrawn 19/11/2019 Appeal A: Land at Birches Lane, Lach Dennis, Northwich CW9 7SU APP/A0665/C/3202115 Following discussions at the Hearing both main parties accepted that the allegation for Appeal A should be a breach of conditions 2, 10 and 11 of planning permission 12/02679/FUL and not an operational development allegation. Neither the Council nor the appellant considered that such a correction would result in any prejudice or injustice. Appeal Ref B: Land at Birches Lane, Lach Dennis, Northwich CW9 7SU APP/A0665/W/3208631 The conditions the subject of Appeal B, conditions 2 and 11, were breached before the planning application was made. Therefore, the appeal will be dealt with under section 73A of the Act. The appellant requested in the letter of the 24 April 2019 that the appeal be dealt with on the basis that it seeks a variation of Conditions 2 and 11 in order to facilitate amendments to the building and hard and soft landscaping. Land at Birches Lane, Lach Dennis, Northwich CW9 7SU Appeal Ref C: At the Hearing the appellant withdrew Appeal C. This was confirmed in APP/A0665/W/3208634 writing by letter dated 24 April 2019. I will therefore take no further action on this appeal. 19/01225/LDC Robin Hood House Birches Lane Lostock Green Northwich CW9 7SN Continued use of land as part of residential curtilage Refusal - Tues 10th Dec 2019 19/01784/FUL Land At Grid Ref 369077 374550 Birches Lane Lostock Green Northwich CW9 7SL Relocate an 11kV feeder for Inovyn's Holford Site from a buried service to a new overhead line route Approved 14/1/2020 19/02672/FUL Land At Lostock Works Griffiths Road Lostock Gralam Northwich Proposed development of a 'Tank Farm' for the relocated Water Purification Plant and associated infrastructure. Approved 14/1/2020 (c) Awaiting CWAC Planning Decision 18/04735/FUL Land Off Cookes Lane Rudheath Northwich Proposed partial removal of furnace bottom ash (FBA) bunding comprising of two bunds of lime bed 4 and the temporary manufacture of clinker blocks (utilising the extracted FBA) and associate works, including removal of lime (calcium carbonate) from lime bed 4 to lime bed 5, provision of a concrete working platform, temporary access routes, drainage, erection of hoarding's and landscape restoration over a 2 year period and the restoration of lime bed 5 over a 3 year period Comments by 10th October 2019 Awaiting Decision – Cwac awaiting further reports and responses. 19/02682/FUL Land At Lostock Works Griffiths Road Lostock Gralam km Northwich Erection of Distribution Network Operator (DNO) substation, Waste To Energy (WTE) electrical room, 2no. switchgear, 6no. car parking spaces, security fencing and associated hardstanding Comments by 10th October Awaiting Decision 19/03447/FUL The Old Smithy Holmes Chapel Road Lach Dennis Northwich CW9 7SZ Demolition of exiting outbuilding and replacement with new garage building, including associated hard landscaping to the front of the existing dwelling. The location of the new garage building will match the existing line of building along the street and not be closer to the main road than the existing outbuilding. Comments by 11th November 2019 Awaiting Decision 19/01856/FUL Lostock Works Griffiths Road Lostock Gralam Northwich Cheshire CW9 7NU Replacement Coke Store Awaiting Decision 19/02719/FUL Land Off Cookes Lane Rudheath Northwich Cheshire Construction of a temporary compound for a period of up to 3 years, landscaping and associated works, and reinstatement of the site following cessation of the temporary use. Awaiting Decision 19/02758/FUL King Street Farm King Street Rudheath Northwich Cheshire CW9 7SE Storage building for vintage tractors Awaiting Decision (d) Birches Crematorium- Cllr O’Donoghue gave a verbal update advising that CWAC Planning has agreed to the buildings but none of the landscaping which will all need taking out. Since Christmas there doesn’t appear to have been any progress on site which is surprising as they only have until 19/11/2020 to complete works otherwise the whole planning application will be in jeopardy. 4. Leisure Services (a) Playing field/Play Area -Mid Cheshire Ltd has now carried out the roundabout repairs.