WEST CREWKERNE PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday 10th
September 2019 at Clapton & Wayford Village Hall
Members Present
Mrs Julia Borland (Chairman)
Mrs Caroline Broom
Mr Frank Freeman
Mr D Yeomans
Mr R Franklin
Mrs Sue Osborne (South
Somerset District Councillor)
Also present
3 Members of the Public
Miss Jackie Parsons (Parish
Clerk)
1. Apologies
for Absence
Apologies
received from Mr Mike Best (Somerset County Councillor) and Mr Henryk Ploszek.
2. Public Open Forum – Each member of the
public present is entitled to speak once only, in respect of business itemised
on the agenda and shall not speak for more than 5 minutes.
A member of the public stated that there appeared to be an increase in
the shooting at Coombe Farm. The Parish
Council stated that they can shoot on 12 separate occasions during the year
without applying for a license. There
appeared to be a competition on at Coombe Farm the previous weekend.
3. Declarations of Interest in items on
the agenda (Pecuniary or non-statutory interests).
Mrs C Broom and Mr D Yeomans both declared an interest in the planning
application at 6 (d)
4. To approve the minutes of the Parish
Council Meeting held on the 9th July 2019
The minutes approved by the meeting and proposed for approval by Mr F
Freeman and seconded by Mrs C Broom.
5. Matters arising from the minutes not
covered elsewhere on the Agenda.
Points raised;
Hedge
on the left hand side of Clapton Bridge – Chairman
stated that farmers can now start cutting hedges from the 1st
September so hedge should be cut back in the near future.
Hedge
on the bend going up towards Hewish cross-roads Somerset Highways had been
contacted regarding this matter.
6 Planning Matters.
West Crewkerne Parish Council is a Statutory
Consultee for Planning Applications
and
as such does not make the final decision on any application. Any decisions and comments made by the Parish Council will
be fed into the planning process and added to the report by the Planning
Officer. South Somerset District Council
is the Planning Authority and will issue the final decision notice (Planning
Determination) once their investigations into the application, consultation
period and decision making process has been completed.
A);
19/01414/FUL 17th May 2019 Coombe Farm Roundham
Crewkerne Somerset TA18 8RR. Proposed
extension to an existing storage building.
Application permitted with conditions on
the 22nd July 2019.
B);
19/01482/PAMB 23rd May 2019 Farm Buildings Lyminster
Woolminstone Crewkerne Somerset. Notification for prior approval for the change of
use of agricultural building to a dwelling house.
Application withdrawn on the 16th
July 2019.
C);
19/01729/FUL. 21st June 2019
Yeo Valley Farms Ltd
Coombe Farm Roundham Crewkerne Somerset
TA18 8RR. Re-development of Room CK24 by
raising the roof and the installation of roller shutter door to existing
property.
Application permitted with conditions on
22nd August 2019.
D);
19/02348/DPO 31ST July 2019 Flaxhayes Woolminstone West Crewkerne Crewkerne
Somerset TA18 8QP. Application to remove
and discharge the agricultural tithe in relation to the planning application
91944 and the S106 agreement dated 28th May 1992 between SSDC and
Kenneth Geoffrey Wetherall and Maureen Ruth Dare.
The
Chairman stated that on this application there was no indication as to why the
agricultural tithe needed to be discharged.
Also are the applicants asking for the
agricultural tithe to be removed from all of the land, if so, and the land
becomes possible building land then this will have an impact on the properties
around this area. The Chairman will
follow up with Planning Department at South Somerset District Council. The ultimate decision of whether the Agricultural
Tithe can be removed will rest with the legal department of South Somerset
District Council.
Cathole Bridge
Road – If the
planning permission is given for the building of 150 houses, the possible
effect on Cathole Bridge Road?
2
Parish Councillors attended the Area West meeting at South Somerset District
Council on which the above matter was discussed. The points that came out of the meeting were
as follows;
A). Would create too much traffic on Cathole Bridge Road.
B). Survey of traffic using road was done one day
in September 2018 and arguments of the developers did not stand up.
C). There is already a planning application of
some years ago by a different developer on a CLR site in Station Road Crewkerne
for 600 houses on which no building has yet been started.
As
the application is for over 80 houses the application and considerations and
recommendations of Area West in South Somerset District Council go to a
different department within the Council for them to consider. That meeting takes place on the 16th
September 2019.
7. Highway
Matters
Roundham Small Improvement Scheme.
The
Chairman stated that it was a great shame that the Somerset County Councillor
was not present at the meeting tonight as this is a Small Improvement Scheme
that had been proposed by the Somerset County Councillor. The sequence of events with this scheme is as
follows;
Sketch
Plans received from Somerset County Council.
Letter
inviting residents of Roundham to view plans at
village hall on the 26th February 2019. Favourable response to plans.
Extra-ordinary
meeting of the Parish Council on the 26th February 2019 to propose
the acceptance of the plans and agreed by all the Parish Councillors with a
proposal to review the scheme 6 months after its implementation.
E-Mail
received in September 2019 stating plans going out to tender with a start date
in November 2019.
Mr
B Carter (Parish Councillor) stated that he still has reservations about the
success of the scheme. Mr B Carter then
left the meeting as he had to leave early next morning for a race meeting.
Gigaclear work
within the Parish of West Crewkerne.
There
appears to be little communication between the various contractors working for Gigalclear as one group of contractors are starting a job
and then another group of contractors come along and start work in a completely
different area. Road signs are being
erected late or not being taken away when the work is finished. Clerk to write a letter of complaint to Gigaclear.
Finger Post at Cathole
Bridge Road Crossroads.
No
further update on the finger post at the time of the meeting.
Update on the Telephone Box in Hewish
The
clerk sent an e-mail to the Hewish resident who wished to purchase the
telephone box on behalf of the community, however she has now stated that she
does not wish to pursue the matter any further.
8. Reports
from Councillors, including District and County Councillors.
None of the Parish Councillors had any reports to
make.
Mrs S Osborne (South Somerset District Council) had the
following points to report;
The
housing development at Kithill/Cathole
Bridge Road was turned down by Area West committee and will now go to the
Regulation Committee in South Somerset District Council to either uphold the
decision or overturn the decision.
The
District Council is working on its Eco-Enviroment
strategy and should go before full Council in October 2019.
There
is monies coming to the County from the 1 year
spending review, very little will come to the District, most of the money is
going to the County Council to areas that have suffered substantial cuts.
The
South Somerset District Council commercial strategy is up and running now.
After
the summer holiday period more items should start
being debated and coming through to Parish level if necessary.
9. Finance
A): To pay the Clerk’s Salary of £129.20 plus
£74.99 for computer inks =£204.19
Cheque No.319
B): To pay HMRC £32.30 Cheque No.318
C); To pay SALC £75.00 Cheque No. 317
Grant
for purchase of Laptop.
The
Clerk responded to a query raised by a Parish Councillor at the last Parish
Council meeting and had confirmed with SALC that no grant exists for the
purchase of a Parish Laptop.
10. Correspondence;
Various
e-mails including recycling monthly updates from SWP.
Road
Closures from Gigaclear and other utilities providers
Avon
and Somerset Police.
As
a Parish are we proposing to undertake any kind of celebration to mark the 75th
anniversary of the end of the second world war?
Do any of the Councillors have any suggestions for the anniversary. The Parish Council felt that there was really
no focal point to celebrate the anniversary and that the Parish would be better
joining forces with Crewkerne Town Council to celebrate the Anniversary.
11. To
confirm that the next meeting of the West Crewkerne Parish Council will be
held on Tuesday 12th November 2019 at
Clapton & Wayford Village Hall at 7.00pm.
Meeting
closed at 20.05
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Chairman