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Present:Mike Oldfield (Chairman)
Trevor Carter
Claire Lawrence
Chris Mitchell
Les Raven
Mark Sheard
John Relph (Clerk).
Nine member of the Public
Before the meeting:
A letter had been received from The Litcham Historical Society
requesting a Public Meeting to discuss the proposed sale of an
allotment garden. A meeting was arranged between the Clerk and
Mr. Howard to arrange the details.
Anita Gagen from Breckland Children's Services, who works
with young people in the village discussed with the Council the
need for a Youth Shelter in Litcham. She was confident that she
could find the funding if the right site could be found. Five
possible sites were identified and agreed as acceptable to the
Council.
Tim Angell of Litcham Common Management Committee showed
the Council plans for fencing the Common to allow the introduction
of grazing cattle. He explained why grazing was the preferred
way of managing the common and preventing the gradual encroachment
of woodland. The plans showed three areas with various access
points, the fencing would most likely be post and wire and the
visual impact would be minimized by hiding it in hedges and scrub
where possible. The Council agreed to consider the plans in detail
at it's next meeting and advise L.C.M.C. of it's position on the
matter.
The meeting opened at 8.29 p.m.
1) Apologies. An apology was received from Roy Payne
who was on holiday.
2) Declarations of Interest by Councilors: None
received.
3) Minutes of a previous meeting held on 17th July
2006 were agreed and signed.
4) Reports:
Parking Outside the Post Office: Andrew Gayton (Heritage Officer
Breckland) has agreed the removal of the pebble insert, Highway
will now draw up plans to mark a parking area on the pavement
and submit them to the Parish Council for comments.
Jubilee Hall trust: The Trust deed is being signed and
the inaugural meeting will take place shortly.
5) Open Space Society: The Council approved membership
of the Open Space Society at a subscription rate of £30p.a.
and signed the Direct Debit mandate.
6) Graveyard Gate: the Council considered a letter
from John Birkbeck chairman of the P.C.C. that said the Registrar
had told him that legal considerations would probably prevent
the granting of permission for a gate to the graveyard extension
from Druid Lane. The Council felt that the correct procedure should
be followed in this matter and resolved to submit a Faculty Application
to the Diocesan Advisory Board.
7) Seat on the Village Green: A request from NCC
Planning & Transportation (Property Services) to take responsibility
for a proposed seat on the village green was considered. The Council
requested that the group who wish to install the seat write the
Council a letter identifying who will be responsible for maintaining
the seat. The Council agreed that it would then take ultimate
responsibility for the seat and inform Highways of this fact.
8) Planning: minutes of meeting of Planning and
Finance Committee on 14th August were agreed and signed.
i) the granting of Listed Building Consent for application 3PL/2006/0759;
Litcham Hall extensions (part retrospective) was noted.
ii) Granting of permission for Application 3PL/2006/1123/F; Litcham
Health Centre, extension, alterations and increase of car parking
was noted
iii) An appeal by East Anglian Stone Ltd. against the refusal
of N.C.C. to grant permission for extraction of gravel from Punch
Farm Quarry (SP/C/3/2006/3016) was considered. The Council decided
to send additional comments to strengthen their argument against
this proposal.
Applications
iv) Planning application 3PL/2006/1223/F; The Brambles. Back
Street; Front and Rear extension to dwelling was considered and
passed without comment.
v) Planning application 3PL/2006/1307/CU; Cedarville, Front St.
Change of use from amenity land to garden and access for proposed
dwelling; was considered and the Council decided to object to
the application on the grounds that the land would be irrevocably
to the village and the fencing of the area it would have a detrimental
effect on the open aspect of Manor Drive.
9) Financial Business: the financial reconciliation
for the year to date was checked with the latest bank statements
and signed.
Receipts:
i) Donation from Jubilee Hall Committee towards purchase of
Tables of £433.23 was noted.
ii) Deposit Account Interest: £29.00 for July and £28.91
for August was noted.
iii) Tennis club Subsciptions of £29.00
Payments:
iv) two payments by direct debit of £60.82 to Eon Electricity
for street-lighting power were noted.
v) a payment by cheques to Gopak Ltd. of £597.30 for 50
chairs (various colours) was noted.
vi) a payment by cheque of £222.29 to Glasdon Ltd. For Plaza
litter bin and fixing kit was noted.
vii) a payment by cheque; £82.25 to T.T. Jones for streetlight
Maintenance (2nd Quarter) was noted
payments iv) to vi) made by finance committee on 14th August.
viii) payment to Clerk of £835.83, being quarterly
salary of £815.98 & expenses of £19.84 for the
period June to August 2006 was approved.
ix) two payments of £183.70 to Norfolk County Services for
grasscutting were approved.
x) a payment for Tennis Courts Fees to Litcham High School of
£234.00 was approved.
xi) a request for donation to Norfolk Accident Rescue Service
was considered and Council requested the Clerk to obtain more
information about the organisation before a donation was considered.
10) Correspondence from the following was noted; Breckland,
Norfolk County Council, NCAPTC, Norfolk Rural Community Council,
East of England Regional Authority, Norfolk Constabulary.
Also noted was the receipt of the Litcham Primary School Travel
Plan.
11) Items for the next agenda. Litter bins, Fencing of
the Common, donation to Norfolk Accident Rescue Service
12) The date of next meeting was confirmed as Monday 16th
October 2006 to take place in the Jubilee Hall starting at 7.30pm.
Meeting closed at 22.04pm