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Minutes of the January meeting of this Council held at the Council Chamber Broad Street on Monday 15 January 2007 at 8pm.
Present were Clls Evans (in the chair), Curtis, Jermy, Jervis, Palin, Warnes, R Went, Wolfenden and Woods
Also present were CU Rose(SCC), the Press and 1 member of the public.
1. Apologies
Apologies were received from Clls Caswell, Derges, Fisher, Groom, Revell and S Went.
2. Interests
Clls Palin and Warnes in relation to matters relating to future land use.
3. Minutes of the last meeting
The minutes of the meeting held on 18 December 2006 were approved and duly signed.
4. Matters arising
Cll Evans reported enquires from shopkeepers about closure of Cross Street to traffic. No report had yet been received about this.
The Clerk reported that the Planning Department at Waveney District Council(WDC) were considering preparing a development brief relating to the former Co-op store site in Priory Lane.
5. Correspondence
The following correspondence was received:-
Great Yarmouth Borough Council Preferred Option and Draft Sustainability
Appraisal for Great Yarmouth and WDC Preferred Option and Draft Sustainability
Appraisal for Lowestoft.
WDC advising next area forum for Bungay and the Saints Ward at the Bungay
Community Centre on 31 January at 7.30pm.
Waveney Prospectus Summit in the Market Towns meeting in Beccles on 6
February. Cll Evans will attend.
South Norfolk Council giving details of future consultation on finding sites for
gypsies and travellers in South Norfolk.
Suffolk County Council mineral core strategy further revised issues and options
paper.
WDC Reflect on Regen newsletter.
Bungay Youth Association thanking Council for grant aiding insurance payment.
WDC re planning application consultation in the parishes.
WDC re Planning & Building Control Enforcement Policy.
Go-East advising proposed changes to the East of England Plan.
Bungay Joint Tourism Committee advising next meeting at the Castle Visitors centre
on 14 February at 7.30pm.
6. To receive a report from the planning committee, to consider plans received
and receive planning decisions from WDC
The Planning Committee met on 2 January 2007. Present were Clls Evans, Groom, Caswell, Fisher, Palin and Wolfenden. Apologies were received from Cll Curtis, Derges and Warnes.
The following plans were considered:-
DC/06/1373/FUL, Mr & Mrs D Sinden, construction of a house, land to the west of 9 Wharton Street. Refusal recommended. It was considered that the position of the proposed dwelling will have an adverse impact on the property to the rear of the site due to its proximity to it and loss of light that this may cause. Concern was also expressed about building up the boundary with the car park and the adverse visual impact of this elevation of the property.
DC/06/13 74/FUL, Mr & Mrs D Sinden, construction of a two storey extension, 9 Wharton Street. Approval recommended.
DC/06/1298/FUL, Mr R Youngs, construction of porch and single storey side extension, The Lodge, Castle Orchard. Approval recommended.
DC/06/1337/FUL, Miss P J Plews, construction of two and single storey extensions and replacement roof, 44 Staithe Road. Deferred for site inspection.
Clls Jermy, Jervis, R Went, S Went and Woods joined the committee to consider the WDC documents Policies to help make decisions on planning applications and Land suggested for future development.
A questionnaire relating to the first document was completed and recommendations made on the second document and the Council endorsed the response to this document
Plan DC/06/1337/FUL, Miss P J Plews, construction of two and single storey extensions and replacement roof, 44 Staithe Road, was recommended for approval subject to adequate measures being taken to stabilise the east side of the site to ensure that soil does not erode from the gardens to the east of the site. It was noted that these gardens are higher than the subject site and that the proposed development will involve excavation work.
The following planning decisions were received from WDC:-
DC/06/1247/FUL, S H Piotrowski, construction of single storey front and side extension, 96 Beccles Rd. Approved.
W1711/12, Cripps Development Ltd, construct 10 affordable dwellings land adjacent to 141 Beccles Rd. Approved.
7. To receive a report from the Finance & General Purposes Committee
The meeting was held on 2 January 2007. Present were Clls Evans, Groom, Jermy,
S Went and S Woods.
The level of fidelity guarantee insurance cover was reviewed and the Committee
recommended that cover of £10,000 was sufficient. The Council accepted this
recommendation.
A number of matters had been raised by the BACT management in relation to the
Riverside centre. The Clerk outlined these and updated the Committee on the progress
made in addressing these points. It was agreed that a sub committee of Clls Evans,
Warnes and Wolfenden be appointed to oversee management of the Riverside Centre.
8. Riverside Centre Report
The Clerk reported that he had received an enquiry about using the Centre for a series of outdoor event courses.
Cll Palin said that there was a need for a new information board at the Staithe as the existing one was badly faded. It was agreed to contact the Broads Authority about replacing this.
9. Police Report
A written report was presented - copy attached to these minutes.
10. Council Representatives
Cll Warnes reported that a WDC shed was no longer available for storing the
Christmas lights which were currently being stored in her granary. New storage space
may be required in the future.
Cll Jervis said that he would be contacting South Norfolk Council about trees in the
Norfolk part of the Bigod Way damaged by the recent storms. He was hoping to
organise a walk of the Bigod Way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its inauguration.
Cll Evans said that there was a need for WDC to publicise the new inspection
requirements for bed and breakfast businesses.
Cll Palin reported a meeting at All Hallows to review the current position.
Cll Evans said that a planned meeting with Mr S Archer of WDC to discuss matters
relating to the Honeypot Centre had been postponed and was to be re-arranged.
11. County Councillors Report
Cll Rose reported that Suffolk County Council had agreed to consult the Council about Cross Street before any action was taken.
SCC had established that a light controlled crossing could not be installed in St John's Rd because of a lack of available services. It should however be possible to install a Belisha crossing.
He noted that the new lights in Boyscott Lane were now operational.
He said that he would follow up about the road lining at the Bardolph Rd junction.
Recent comments gave some encouragement to those seeking a Bungay bypass
although he understood that central government had withdrawn funding for market
town bypasses.
Cll Wolfenden asked about the speed censor flashing light for Hillside Road East. Cll
Rose said that he understood that a solar powered light was to be installed. He will
follow up on this.
Cll Jermy spoke of the SCC proposals to abolish middle schools. It was agreed to put
this on the agenda for the February meeting.
12. District Councillors Report
Cll Woods reported that WDC were working with SCC and Suffolk district councils to seek pathfinder status. Ipswich were seeking unitary status but will join the pathfinder group if they failed to gain it.
He said that he would ask WDC to clarify the position about a possible industrial site to those who had made responses on the future land use.
13. Cheques for payment
The following payments were approved and cheques signed:-
Scottish Power, electricity Riverside, £373.61; Mr A Newberry, Riverside and litter pick, £150.84; C M Stanforth, window cleaning, £89.30.
Cll Evans was authorised to sign a letter addressed to the Council's bankers advising that Clls Caswell, Evans, Palin, R Went and Woods would be signatories to the Council's accounts with all cheques being signed by any two of these signatories. The Clerk was authorised to give instructions for transferring monies between accounts held by the Council.
14. Other business
Cll Palin noted that the existing post box was very close to the new bungalows by the
former Annis Hill Co-op site.
Cll Jermy urged WDC to carry out the development brief for the Priory Lane Co-op
site as soon as possible.
In response to a question from Cll Warnes, Cll Evans said that the Council were only
required to hold one meeting per year at which the public could speak.
Cll Evans reported that various Beccles organisations were forming a consortium to
run the market in Beccles and may consider offering other services.
The meeting closed at 9.45pm
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