WEST CREWKERNE PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday
12th January 2021 via Zoom Conferencing
Members Present
Mrs Julia Borland (Chairman)
Mr D Yeomans
Mr Frank Freeman
Mr B Carter
Mrs C Broom
Mr Mike Best (Somerset County
Councillor)
Also present
Miss Jackie Parsons (Parish
Clerk)
1. Apologies for Absence.
Apologies were received from Mrs Sue Osborne (South Somerset District
Councillor) and Mr Roger Franklin (Parish Councillor)
2. Public Open Forum
No members of the public attended the meeting
3. Declarations of Interest in items on
the agenda (Pecuniary or non-statutory interests).
The Chairman Mrs J Borland and Mr Frank Freeman declared an interest in
item 11B in relation to the village hall. No other councillors declared any interests.
4. To approve the minutes of the Parish
Council Meeting held on the 10th November 2020.
The minutes were approved by the meeting and proposed for approval by Mr
Frank Freeman and seconded by Mrs Julia Borland.
5. Matters arising from the minutes not
covered elsewhere on the Agenda.
No matters were brought up for discussion.
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). Fuzzy Ground and concerns
raised.
B): 20/02394/PAMB Agricultural
Building at Henley Manor Henley Crewkerne Somerset TA18 8PQ. Notification for prior approval for the
change of use of agricultural building to 5 no. dwelling houses.
Application
permitted with conditions
C): 20/02195/FUL 9 Lily Court
Clapton Road West Crewkerne Somerset TA18 8RA.
Proposed change of use of agricultural land to residential and proposed
first floor balcony with associated French doors.
Permitted
with Conditions
D): 20/02741/FUL 1 Axe View
Axe Road Drimpton Crewkerne DT8 3RU.
Change of use of the single
storey separate annexe from ancillary accommodation to short term holiday let.
Permitted
with Conditions
E): 20/03499/HOU Highridge,
Clapton Road West Crewkerne Crewkerne TA18 8PR.
Erection of a single storey
extension to rear of dwelling.
Awaiting
Decision
F): 20/03289/HOU The Granary.
Henley Manor, Henley Cross, West Crewkerne, Crewkerne TA18 8PQ.
Insertion of a conservation
roof light to front elevation of dwelling.
Awaiting
decision.
G): 20/03290/LBC The Granary,
Henley Manor, Henley Cross, West Crewkerne, Crewkerne TA18 8PQ.
Insertion of a conservation
roof light to front elevation of dwelling.
Awaiting
Decision
H): 20/03273/FUL Land at
Os4600 Peckmoor Farm Henley, Crewkerne Somerset.
Use of land for siting of 3
holiday lodges and formation of hard standings and trackways.
Awaiting
decision.
7.
Census 2021
The Chairman (Mrs J Borland)
stated that the Census is still going ahead and she had displayed notices on
the Parish Council Noticeboard at the village hall.
8.
Highway Matters
A.
New drains between Hewish cross-roads and Copperfields are unsatisfactory.
After
discussion over the above matter, the clerk was asked to e-mail Somerset
Highways to ask them to clear out the drains and the gullies and in one place
the water appears to have no drain to run into.
B.
Drain on the B3165, the Clapton Road.
The
above links up with the previous question and the Clerk to bring this up with Somerset
Highways with regards to drains and gullies on this stretch of road.
9. Roundham
Avon
and Somerset Police speed surveys
Mr
D Yeomans had circulated these surveys amongst the Parish Councillors. After discussion amongst the Parish
Councillors, of which the speed limit to be reduced to 30mph was considered a
priority, the clerk was asked to e-mail Somerset County Council Small
Improvement Team to ask when they proposed to undertake their follow up speed
survey as the Small Improvement Scheme at Roundham had been completed. The Clerk to also send to Somerset County
Council the Avon and Somerset Police speed checks.
When
the clerk writes to Somerset County Council, the councillors asked her to also
mention that there appears to be road signs missing from Roundham.
The
Parish Councillors discussed the speed limit in Roundham and they were all in
agreement that the speed limit should be reduced from 40mph to 30mph through
Roundham. The consensus of opinion was
to obtain further speed monitoring reports and then to present a case to
Somerset Highways and the Avon and Somerset Police.
10. Reports from Councillors, including
District and County Councillors.
Mr
Mike Best (Somerset County Councillor) stated that some of the normal services
at Somerset County Council and South Somerset District Council maybe delayed
owing to the fact that staff have been seconded to the vaccination programme to
help with traffic management, parking and administration.
Mrs
J Borland, Mr F Freeman, Mrs C Broom and Mr B Carter had nothing to
report. Mr D Yeomans stated that the
Coronavirus advice that Somerset County Council produced every week was very
informative. However, Mr D Yeomans asked
Mr M Best if the people at Somerset County Council producing this advice could
take off the historical data before they sent them out.
11. Finance
A) To pay:-
1. Clerk Salary £119.17 Cheque No. 344
2. HMRC £29.60 Cheque No. 343
3.
Zoom payment of £143.88 Cheque No.
345. The Zoom payment had been paid by
the Clerk on her credit card.
4.
Back pay for the Clerk of 55.56 which has already been paid Cheque No. 342
5.
Tax on the above back pay of £14.00 which has already been paid. Cheque No. 341
B) Agreement of the proposed Precept for
West Crewkerne Parish for 2021/22.
The
proposed Precept calculations had been circulated to all the Parish Councillors
prior to the meeting.
The
Precept was proposed for acceptance by Mr D Yeomans and seconded by Mr F
Freeman and all Parish Councillors were in favour of accepting the Precept.
12.
Correspondence;
A):
Various e-mails. Coronavirus updates from various sources, Avon and Somerset
Constabulary, Somerset Waste Partnership and Rural Bulletin.
All
Parish Councillors acknowledge receipt of the various e-mails.
13. To
confirm that the next meeting of the West Crewkerne Parish Council will be held
on Tuesday 9th March 2021 probably via Zoom at 7.00pm
Confirmed.
Meeting
finished at 8.05pm.