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ADDINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL
ORDINARY MEETING HELD AT THE OLD SCHOOL ROOM, ADDINGHAM
WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2009 AT 7.00PM
MINUTES
076/09 Present
Cllr’s. Brady, Campbell, Coates, A. Jerome, P. Jerome, Lingard, Taylor (Vice-Chair) & Widdup (Chair)
District Cllr’s. Kelly
077/09 Absence
Cllr’s. Mclachlan & Scull.
078/09 In attendance
M Holland (Parish Council Clerk), 2 Members of the Public, 1 member of the Police Force.
079/09 Apologies for absence
Resolved: that apologies from Cllr’s. McLachlan and Scull had been received.
080/09 Disclosures of interest
No Disclosures of Interest in any of the tabled items to be considered at the meeting were
notified by any Members of the Parish Council.
081/09 Admission of the Public
Resolved: that in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960
and the Local Government Act 1972 (s100/100a ss2/Schedule12A), no Agenda items were
to be held in closed session.
082/09 Police Matters (P.C. Southgate in attendance until 7.10 p.m.)
Copies of the NPT- Addingham Newsletter, which details statistics of local crimes, were circulated to
Members
Cllr Coates enquired about the incident that took place by the River Wharfe and P.C Southgate reported
that the case had been handed over to Keighley Police Officers, and investigations were on going.
Cllr A. Jerome commented on the information about Fireworks - legal facts, and how the Public
should be made more aware of these facts and suggested an article in the Gazette.
083/09 Previous Minutes
Resolved: that the presented Minutes of Addingham Parish Council’s ordinary meeting
held on 16th September 2009 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
Matters arising from previous Minutes
(043/08) De-classification of B6160 and traffic calming measures outside the school. Advice from Keighley Area Office is to continue to lobby Ward Members on this matter
(083/08) Art Classes. Sue Ross reports a promising start with 7 attendees for the first class and others promising to attend future classes.
(012/09) Resident Permit Parking on Bolton Road- Incorrect information supplied last month, this scheme was also considered at the 23/07/09 Keighley Area Meeting and was not selected as an approved scheme. Per (043/09) above, continue to lobby Ward Members and inform residents of above decision.
(029/09) Village Guide- Advertising Tariff invoices for January 2010 to December 2010 to be sent out this month. A report of total amount received will be brought to Council in December.
(033/09) A65 reduction in speed limit – Due to comments received from the last consultation further comment is now invited on the proposal to extend the existing 40mph speed limit coming out of Ilkley by some 100m in the direction of Addingham. No objections by Addingham Parish Council to this proposal.
(047/09) Parking Issues- Working Party still to convene a meeting, Cllr Mclachlan has forwarded comments received/ observations to Clerk.
(052/09) Medical centre- Pelican Crossing and Bus Shelter – the matter is now being dealt with by Steve Brown at Major Highways Unit, who as at 21/10/09 had not received the internal paperwork. Mr Brown would like to address the next Council Meeting to discuss and present the scheme and its implications to the Council.
(066/09) Band Oyle- Tenant of land adjacent to the Band Oyle has agreed to the sharing of use of the building which is to be repaired.
(068/09) Access Gala Field- Keith Appleyard is to investigate whether an access gate can be installed as part of the wall modifications- covered in Agenda Item 11.
(069/09) Hen Pen Disabled Access- Materials for ramp have been chosen/ agreed between AGF and Contractor. Start Date: beginning of November.
(072/09) Good Food café – New Solicitors had been appointed and Clerk to write to enquire when the build would commence.
(073/09) Bridleway at Highmill- Still under “ legal Order”. North Yorkshire C.C. have applied for a legal order. Some objections were received and these are being dealt with by NYCC. Countryside Services to liaise with NYCC to ascertain status of this scheme.
084/09 Planning Committee Minutes
Resolved: That the Minutes from the Planning Committee meeting held on 23rd August
2009 be received by the Parish Council.
085/09 Allotments.
Resolved : To vary the order of business and move agenda item 8 to be considered before
agenda item 7.
The Allotment Manager presented details of the quotes obtained for ground preparation and fencing the
proposed new allotments on Silsden Road.
Advice received from Yorkshire Local Councils Association, that the provision of Allotments did not require
Planning Permission. This is in accordance with section 336(1) Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Resolved: To award the contract to Robin Ellis, the Allotment manager to inform Mr Ellis.
Clerk to obtain confirmation in writing, before commencement of work, that the Planning
Officer agreed that no planning permission was required for the provision of new allotments.
Funding streams for the proposed work to be investigated by Mrs L Weeks.
Request from Tenant for permission to remove trees which overshadow their allotment.
The Council agreed that they did not wish to see a reduction in the number of trees in the Village and
that cutting down these particular trees could set a precedent for requests from other allotment tenants
for removal of trees.
Resolved; The Council would allow the trees to be trimmed back and that Peter Hindle could
undertake the trimming.
Installation of rabbit wire around Stamp Hill (Minute ref: 136/08).
Resolved: In light of quotes received above, a quote was to be obtained from Robin Ellis to
undertake this installation and the matter to be considered at the November Meeting.
086/09 Keighley Area Office. Introduction of new Area Co-ordinator -Mr Bernard Dunwoodie
Mr Dunwoodie addressed the Council; he has been in the role of Area Co-ordinator for two weeks,
having worked for Bradford MDC for a period of years.
He would be responsible for Craven District and Central Keighley and a key role would be Service
Delivery and co-ordination. Working closely with the Police, Youth Service and any other partnership
within the Keighley area, with the aim of improving services.
087/09 Land Rents
As rental amounts had not been increased in the previous invoicing period which ran from Jan 2009 to
Dec 2009, it was
Resolved: The following increases in rent are notified to Tenants:
a) Allotments- increase from £16.00 to £18.00 for the Year to December 2010 and a
further increase to £20.00 for the year to December 2011.
b) Other Parish Council Owned Land – increase of 10%. Clerk to seek advice from YLCA on
implementing this increase. Effective from 1st January 2010
c) The Old School House room hire – increase from £3.75 per hour to £4.00 per hour.
Effective from 1st January 2010.
Clerk to investigate whether, in response to Tenant’s request, Parish Council owned land could be sold to the Tenant. This item to be included on future Agenda.
088/09 Xmas Lights
Following a review of Quotes submitted it was
Resolved: The Contract for the installation of the Addingham Xmas lights is awarded to
Festival Lights, for a period of three years. Clerk to establish that the quoted amount was a
fixed price and power to authorise additional expenditure to the budgeted level be
delegated to Cllr’s Widdup and Taylor and further
Resolved: That Ann Cryer M.P and the current Addingham Gala Queen, be invited to perform
the switch on of the Xmas Lights on the 27th November 2009 at 6.30 p.m.
089/09 ARC
Members were informed of the feedback from the public, residents and local groups. In summary:
Gala attendance 7 questionnaires completed, 5 in favour, 2 against.
Letters received 2, 1 in favour, 1 concerned over impact on local residents in terms of parking and
increased usage.
Sporting clubs and organisations- support in principle for a new facility.
A proposal was put forward for a public event to invite residents and user groups to review plans,
gather comments and document demand and user need.
A meeting of the ARC Steering Group was to be held on the 22/10/09 attended by Mr Dunwoodie,
Keighley Area Office to discuss and plan the proposed Public Event, (subject to Council approval for
funding of event)
Resolved: A budget of £ 1793.00 be set, (the balance remaining from Parish Plan Grant 1),
to organise a public event, to be held at the Memorial Hall on the 28/11/09.
Details of the proposed provision of Lay-by Parking on Stockinger lane, adjacent to the Football Pavillion
and proposed site of the Arc was reviewed by the Council. A grant of £ 10,000 had been applied for
from the Ward Investment Fund, for the balance of £ 6,400 it was
Resolved: Clerk to establish whether the grant of £1,000 received from Addingham
Conservative Trust to create a new access in the wall on Stockinger Lane could be applied to
this project, provided planning permission could be granted. And further
Resolved: Parish Council to apply to Parish Plan Group for funding of £2,700, the remaining
£2,700 to be funded by the Council.
090/09 Electronic Planning
Cllr Widdup provided the following update:
Parish Councils will take on electronic planning if Bradford MDC offer support, e.g.training, implementation
funding options. A new working party to support implementation would likely be set up.
For Addingham, broadband access required and funding options would need to be investigated with a
view to possibly having a broadband connection in the School House for use by the Village.
The new improved version of Electronic Planning would allow users to:
a) get notification of all plans in the Parish,
b) add comments for e-mailing to planning officer
c) find plans on a map
d) saved searches
e) planning documents open as a pdf in a new window.
f)
091/09 Power of Well Being Act
Resolved: This agenda item was withdrawn. It would be included on Novembers Agenda
once a brief on the Act had been circulated to Members.
092/09 Resignation of Councillor
Cllr Widdup read out the letter of resignation from Cllr Smith, who was offering his resignation due to
increasing work commitments.
Resolved: Clerk to write a letter to Cllr Smith thanking him for all his hard work and
forwarding the best wishes of the Council. And it was further
Resolved: Clerk to commence co-option process in the absence of any request for an
election. And further
Resolved: To represent the Parish Council on the following external bodies;
P.A.C.T. - A schedule of meeting would be forwarded from Keighley Area Committee
and a representative would be nominated at subsequent Council Meetings
Ilkley & District Road Safety. A representative would be nominated at subsequent
Council meetings
Resolved: Cllr A. Jerome to replace Cllr Smith on the Planning Committee.
Resolved: Cllr Brady to replace Cllr Smith on the Traffic Working Party.
093/09 Re-instatement of the Parish Council Award for Good Works
Resolved: The Members agreed to re-instate the Parish Council Award for Good Works.
Nominations would be made at the February 2010 Council meeting, prior to award at the
Annual Parish Meeting.
094/09 Chairman’s remarks and Correspondence
A summary of notable correspondence was presented and discussed, and the following decisions made in
consequence.
Children Centre Rural Areas- although Addingham Parish Council had not been included in the
consultation process the decision to locate a children centre in Ilkley had been made.
Resolved:
Copies of a public questionnaire, from Bradford MDC, seeking views to help identify the best
arrangements to support schools and improve and raise educational levels across the district
be made available in the School House.
Clerk to establish whether a permit for extended parking, Main Street outside Newsagents,
would be available to a resident.
The Traffic Working party would include in their appraisal a request for traffic calming
measures on Moor Lane, following reports of speeding incidents on Moor Lane.
095/09 Finance
Resolved:
1. That the list of invoices paid and due for payment be approved and cheques signed as
required.
2. Change of Electricity Supplier
Council agreed to the change in Electricity Supplier to reduce costs.
3. The following decisions were made in response to grant applications:
Ilkley Grammar School- amount of £100.00 to assist in funding of Year 9 pupils attendance on the Annual Residential Course at Ingleborough Hall.
Decision: No grant awarded.
Date of next meeting
The next Ordinary meeting of Addingham Parish Council will take place on Wednesday 21st October 2009
starting at 7.00 p.m. in The Old School.
Note: These minutes are subject to approval as a correct record at the November 2009 Parish Council Meeting
There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.15 p.m.
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