Lydbury North Parish Council

Meeting of the Parish Council

Held Wednesday 7^th February - At 7.30pm  Lydbury North Village Hall

7.30pm – 7.45pm – Public Open Session – There were no members of the public present.

Minutes

Present: Cllr M Shoesmith (Chairman), Cllr A Horrocks, Cllr T Harris, Cllr M Goode, Cllr S Williams, Cllr M Davies, Cllr R Plowden.

Also in attendance District Councillor Jackie Williams

1.                       Apologies for absence – Cllr R Parish – work commitments

Cllr M Burgoyne – family funeral

Apologies accepted.

2.                      Community Speedwatch Programme

Councillors welcomed PC Paul Sparrow to the meeting who gave a very informative talk on the proposed community speedwatch programme.  Councillors watched a short DVD which gave information about the way in which a programme is run.

Councillors then had the opportunity to ask questions.

Councillors decided to go ahead with the programme and Paul asked that the clerk send him a list of names and addresses of people willing to be involved.  He would then arrange training as soon as possible.

3.         Receive Minutes of previous meeting – the minutes of the previous meeting were signed by the chairman as a true record.

3.                      Declarations of Interest

Members are requested to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests they may have in matters to be considered at this meeting in accordance with the terms of the Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (England) Order 2001 issued under Section 51 Local Government Act 2000 as follows:
a) declarations of personal interests.
b) declarations of prejudicial interests.

There were no declarations of interest.

4.                      Brockton development

Clerk was in correspondence by email with West Midland Planning Aid, and it was understood a feasibility study was being undertaken.

All to continue to monitor progress and hopefully arrange public meeting soon when more information was known.

5.                      Planning Applications:

Walcot Stables – erection of ancillary building.

This morning clerk had received a further application for Walcot Stables for erection of a domestic dwelling.

Councillors asked whether they wanted to decide this fresh application alongside the first at this meeting or arrange another meeting.

Councillors considered both applications and a lengthy discussion took place.

It was unanimously felt that as councillors had not had the opportunity to study the proposals beforehand clerk to circulate and another meeting would be arranged.

Clerk to contact SSDC Stuart Taylor to request extension of dates.

6.                      Bills to be paid

Bills to be paid were listed by clerk and approved by councillors.

Cllr Tony Harris raised the issue of the need for a named fire officer for the village hall.  He had attended an information evening recently.  This to be deferred to the next full council meeting.

 7^th March 2007

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Chairman