RIBBLE BANKS PARISH COUNCIL
DRAFT
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
HELD AT RATHMELL READING ROOM
ON TUESDAY 13th July 2010 AT 1930 hours
PRESENT.
Councillors – Mr.F.Higginson
(Chair), Mr.B.Bell, Dr.D.Clarke, Mr.M.Dean, Mr.D.Rawsthorne
IN ATTENDANCE.
Mr. D. Abbott (Clerk),
10/65. WELCOME
The Chairman welcomed County
Councillor Richard Welch and District Councillor David Staveley to his first
Ribble Banks Parish Council meeting.
10/66. APOLOGIES FOR
ABSENCE.
District
Cllr.D.Whaites
10/67. DECLARATION OF
ACCEPTANCE
The
two Co-opted Councillors, B.Bell and D.Rawsthorne, have signed their
Declaration of Acceptance of Office forms before the commencement of this
meeting.
10/68. DECLARATION OF
INTEREST.
Councillors Clarke and Dean
declared their interest in the planning applications applicable to Clarke’s Old
School, Wigglesworth.
10/69. CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS
No items were regarded as
confidential.
10/70. REPORT FROM COUNTY/ DISTRICT COUNCILLORS
Cllr. Staveley informed the
meting that as a recently elected District Councillor, representing the Settle
and Ribblebanks ward, he had been appointed to sit on the CDC Audit and
Governance Committee and the Recruitment and Appeals Panel.
Cllr. Welch informed the
meting that as a District Councillor, representing the Penyghent ward, he was
the Chairman of the CDC Planning Committee, and that he sat on a number of
other CDC committees and panels, including the Licensing Committee. He was also
the
Cllr. Welch reported that as
a member of the Craven Area Committee he could consider applications for
support funding from local community/organisations projects, and he would
welcome such applications. He AGREED
to provide information on the kind of projects that could be considered, and
the application process, to Cllrs. Clarke and Rawsthorne.
ACTION CLLR.WELCH
10/71. PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION
No
items were brought to the attention of the Council.
10/72. MINUTES OF THE
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL
The
minutes of the meeting held on 11th May 2010 were regarded as a true
record, and signed by the Chair.
10/73. MATTERS ARISING.
10/73.1 - Minute 10/41
Year-end Accounts 2009/2010 – the Clerk confirmed that the Accounts/Annual
Report had been forwarded to the external Auditors Mazars, and that a notice
has been placed on the village notice boards advising that the year end
accounts have been completed.
10/73.2 – Internal Auditor
– the Clerk
was asked to write to Mr.Gerrard and thank him, on behalf of the Parish
Council, for the efficient way that he had carried out the internal auditing
process on the year end accounts. ACTION
CLERK
10/74. MINUTES OF THE
MEETING HELD ON 11th MAY 2010
The
minutes of the ordinary meeting held on 11th May 2010 were regarded
as a true record, and signed by the Chair.
10/75. MATTERS ARISING
10/75.1 – Minute 10/48.2 -
Halton West Annual Parish Meeting – Cllr. Higginson handed over a copy of the draft minutes of the Halton
West Parish Meeting held on 30th March 2010.
10/75.2 – Minute10/49.3 –
Halton West Parish Assets – Cllr. Higginson would email the Clerk the details of
Halton West Parish assets. ACTION
CLLR.HIGGINSON
10/75.3 – Minute 10/50.1 –
Planning/Recycling concerns – The Clerk reported that he had written to the Chief
Executive of Craven District Council regarding the lack of responses to Ribble
Banks Parish Council’s concerns on a number of Planning issues and recycling
matters. After several further communications with different individuals within
CDC, he had finally received a response to the concerns raised on refuse
collection and recycling. It was also confirmed that RBPC had not been
informed, over a number of months, of planning applications/decisions pertinent
to the Parish, and it was not clear why this interruption to planning
information had occurred. Copies of these missing decisions have now been
received, and the Clerk informed the meeting of them. The Clerk confirmed that
he now appeared to be receiving full copies of all relevant planning
applications/decisions, and that there were a number to be discussed later in
the meeting.
10/75.4 – Minute
10/52 - NYCC Parish Charter Proposal – Cllr. Clarke tabled a draft
response to the NYCC’s proposal to
develop a Parish Charter between North Yorkshire County Council and Parish
Councils/Meetings and District Councils. The proposed response to each question
was considered and discussed. In essence the overall view was that this
proposal was just another layer of bureaucracy. That much of what was proposed
was already in place, and could be achieved by following good practice
guidelines from YLCA and NALC. It was AGREED that the Clerk should
convey these draft responses of the Parish Council to Jonathan Spencer, NYCC
Senior Policy and Partnerships Officer. ACTION
CLERK
10/76. MINUTES OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING HELD ON 15th JUNE 2010
The
minutes of the extraordinary meeting held on 15th June 2010 were
regarded as a true record, and signed by the Chair.
10/77. MATTERS ARISING
The
Clerk reported that he had forwarded details of the two co-opted Councillors to
Mr. Iveson, the CDC Democratic Services Manager.
10/78. FINANCE.
10/78.1 Current Bank
Balances.
The
Clerk tabled a statement showing the movement of funds between 30th
April 2010 and 30th June 2010, with the balances as at 30th
June 2010 as follows:-
Deposit
Account £3337.92
Current
Account £2354.40
Total Funds £5692.32
Current
commitments/expenses totaled £556.31, including the Clerk’s salary and
administration costs.
10/78.2. Payments to be Authorised.
The
above amounts received authorisation for payment, and the appropriate cheques
were duly signed at the end of the meeting.
10/78.3. New Bank Mandate Forms.
The
new Bank Mandate Form was tabled for discussion, and it was AGREED to
continue with the practice of requiring the signatures of two Councillors to
authorize payments and all relevant
clauses on the mandate that were considered applicable to the Parish Council’s
means of conducting business with the Bank. The mandate form was signed by
Councillors at the end of the meeting, and the Clerk was asked to submit this
new mandate to the Bank. New Councillors are required to go to the Bank to
prove their identity and signatures. ACTION CLERK/
NEW COUNCILLORS
10/79. PLANNING MATTERS
10/79.1 – Application
72/2010/10684 – Wigglesworth School House – Amendments to Annex, Car Park and
Associated parking of previously approved Planning Application No. 72/2008/8272
– Cllr.
Clarke explained that a number of amendments to the originally approved
planning application were necessary because:-
-
the level of funding received necessitated some scaling back of the
project.
-
when the original project received
planning approval it was not highlighted by Craven District Council that
several trees on the site were covered by Tree Preservation Orders. This now
required a revision to the car parking and annex proposals, and also proposals
for tree protection and replacement.
Cllr. Dean expressed a view that these modifications
made for a better outcome to the project.
Following further discussions the Parish Council
gave the application its full support.
10/79.2 – Application
72/2010/10743 – Long View, Wigglesworth Hall, Jack Lane, Wigglesworth – request
to build single storey side extension and detached garage –
The
Council had no comments to make on this application.
10/79.3 – Application
72/2010/10755 – Woodside, Wigglesworth – non-material amendments to
72/2009/10253 consisting of minor amendments to appearances and materials to be
used – The
Council had no comments to make on this application.
10/79.4 – Application
59/2001/1486 – 1 The Terrace, Rathmell – renewal of Extant Planning Permission
for the erection of a detached dwelling – approval granted for a further 3 years with
attaching conditions.
10/79.5 – Application
62/2006/6959 – Booths Supermarket request to remove restrictions on the sale of
certain goods and services – the CDC Planning Committee has deferred making a
decision pending the submission by the applicant of a Retail Impact Assessment.
The
Clerk was asked to inform CDC Planning of the Council’s comments.
ACTION
CLERK
10/80. CORRESPONDENCE.
The
key items on the correspondence list were brought to the attention of
Councillors.
A
communication from Marton cum Grafton Parish Council dated 28th
June2010 was tabled. This brought to the attention of Council that NYCC was
about to enter into a 25 year contract with an outside contractor to divert all
non-recycled waste to a central incineration facility north of Harrogate, as an
alternative to using diminishing landfill sites, at ever increasing costs. The
contract would cost £900 million over its lifetime, irrespective of the
recycling levels achieved.
This
proposed deal had been discussed at a recent meeting attended by over 20 Parish
Council representatives, and some
In
considering this communication RBPC Councillors expressed concern at the
apparent lack of detailed/costed
alternative proposals to be considered
alongside the main proposal by NY County Councillors, and also the
significant amount of transporting of waste around the county that this
favoured proposal would entail.
It
was AGREED that the Clerk should draft a response to this proposal,
indicating that the Ribble Banks Parish Council would support further
investigations, and alternatives to be considered, before any decision is taken
by NYCC, and to send this response to our
10/81. REPORTS FROM
COUNCILLORS AND COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
Chairman
Nothing
to report.
Halton West.
Cllr.Higginson
reported that the restructuring of the river bank in Halton West, above the
recently installed gas pipeline, has been completed. The contractors who had
undertaken the work had done an excellent job, showing good management and
minimizing any impact on the village.
Rathmell.
Cllr.
Rawsthorne raised concerns about the state of the lay by on the approach to the
village from the Settle direction, the need for
Wigglesworth.
Cllr.
Clarke reported that the owners of the Plough Inn were delighted with the
contribution received from RBPC towards the cost of screening the rubbish
collection area at the
Cllr.
Clarke tabled a Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust leaflet which outlined funding
available to support Parish Caretakers.
The Clerk was asked to seek further information on this.
ACTION CLERK
Cllr.Dean
reported that there was to be an Open Morning at Clarke’s Old School on
Saturday 17th July 2010, between 10.00am and 12 noon, when progress
of the refurbishment project can be viewed.
Clerk.
The
Clerk reported that he had received a telephone call from Mrs. R. Rees who
wished to speak to Councillors on the Rathmell Public Call Box project.
Although the Parish Council had made a decision recently not to adopt the Call
Box, the Councillors AGREED that they would invite Mrs.Rees to speak at
their next meeting.
ACTION CLERK
10/82. VILLAGE
ENVIRONMENTS, RIGHTS OF WAY AND HIGHWAYS.
10/82.1 - Minute 10/48.2 –
Wigglesworth Highways Matters Progress Report – The Clerk reported that he
had raised the various road concerns with the Highways department, and they had
responded that the issues in Tod Holes Lane and the B6478 Tosside road will be
looked at as part of the scheme for the Wigglesworth/Long Preston areas.
10/83. ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
None
10/84. DATE OF NEXT
MEETING.
The date of the next meeting
has been scheduled for Tuesday 21st September 2010 at 1930 hours, to
be held at Rathmell Reading Room.
The meeting closed at 2125 hours