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Yeohead & Castleton Parish
Council
Minutes of Meeting held at
Poyntington Village Hall on Thursday 12th May 2005 at 7.30 p.m.
The following were present:
Councillors Mason, Buckland, Mrs Dimond, Hunt, Kellaway, Mrs Oliver, Clerk
Fraser, District Councillor Gould, County Councillor Legg,
5 members of the public.
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Apologies
for absence: Cllr Ms Limer
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Declaration
of interest in items on the agenda: Cllr Kellaway in the matter of Mill
Close farm yard (Item 05.08)
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| 05.03
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The
minutes of the meeting held on 10th March 2005 were confirmed and signed
by the Chairman as an accurate record.
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| 05.04
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Matters
arising:
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Council
noted a letter from Sherborne Town Council indicating their support, with
suggestions, for a proposed parking area on Purlieu Meadow, Sherborne
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Cllr
Mrs Oliver informed Council of steps taken by herself and clerk, and of
the correspondence about the application to Somerset County Council by the
Trail Riders Fellowship to designate lanes between Poyntington and
Milborne Wick as BOATs. Attention was drawn to the advice from Somerset
County Council that legislation to amend the loophole in the Countryside
& Rights of Way Act 2000 is to be enacted.
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Clerk
reported on progress with the Housing Needs Survey being managed by Andy
Lloyd, Rural Housing Enabler DCA, and that the findings should be
available for the September council meeting.
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Cllr
Mrs Oliver confirmed that the lighting from the Gryphon School playing
fields causes a potential distraction and hazard when joining the B3145
from Red Hall Lane. Clerk to raise this matter with DCC, and to request
whether an enforceable time for switching off the lights can be
established.
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The
financial report for the year 2005-6 to date was received and accepted.
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Payments
in accordance with budget were approved: Clerk salary £211.82; Hire of
Poyntington Village Hall £15.00; Clerk’s expenses (SLCC subscription
2005) £64.00; DAPTC – Annual Subscription £81.18; Post Office –
Postage £21; The Queen Thorne – printing of minutes 2005-06 £50.00;
Oborne Playing Field Management Committee – annual grant - £400;
Allianz Cornhill – statutory insurance £394.39
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Planning
applications dealt with since last meeting or at this meeting:
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St
Cuthbert’s Church, OBORNE CA/05/00077 Approval granted for agreed
surgery on sycamore & yew trees in churchyard
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Court
House, POYNTINGTON 2345 – install 4 conservation roof windows. Carry out
external & internal alterations and convert west wing to domestic use.
Listed Building Consent granted
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The
Grange, Whitepost Gate, OBORNE – 513 – provide existing sign with
low-density hooded illumination to east and west faces. Council
recommendation: To approve with condition that a time for it to be
switched off every evening can be agreed.
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Keepers
Cottage, Thornford Rd, CASTLETON –706 – erect two-storey rear
extension. Council recommendation: No objection
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Council
resolved to recommend to DCC that the Mill Close farmyard in Oborne could
be developed with affordable housing should the Housing Needs Survey
reveal a need in the village. It was also pointed out that some of the
more infirm residents of the village might benefit from housing
appropriate to their needs. This was after consideration of the responses
to the village survey.
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Council
took note of the report by the clerk on the possibilities of setting up
and running a council website. Council asked the clerk to draw up for the
next meeting a detailed schedule of the contents of the site and more
exact costs for set-up and annual maintenance.
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The
following reports on meetings attended were received:
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Council
noted the list of other items of correspondence received by the clerk.
Councillors Mason & Mrs Oliver agreed to assist the clerk with the
distribution and collection of questionnaires published by the West Dorset
Broadcasting Action Group
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The
following items were raised for next meeting’s agenda
(05.12.1) The attendance of Sue Goslin, Dorset Police Special
Constabulary Section Officer to deal with police matters and future
representation at parish council meetings
(05.12.2) Public notice
boards, especially assistance for repair of a notice board in Oborne.
(05.12.3) Confirmation of
grant aid to Oborne Village Hall for repair of floor – this was a late
item for this meeting and agreement was reached in principle to this
request in order that consideration of possible grant aid could be given
by Dorset Community Action.
(05.12.4) The level of
contribution to the NORDCAT scheme in the light of their schedules being
affected by reduction of grant income.
(05.12.5) Clerk to write to
Wessex Water about recurrence of sewage problem in Poyntington.
(05.12.6) Form of Parish
Council Meetings: Repositioning of the Open Forum session at the beginning
of the meeting, and the provision of opportunities for reports by and
questions to County & District Council representatives and the Police.
There being no further
business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 8.47 p.m.
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Open Forum:
County Councillor Legg reported on the progress of the Purlieu Meadow car
park proposal, and how this was to lead to improvements in the footway by the
railway bridge. He also referred to the footway on Castletown Way. These matters
are on the table and it is hoped they will be undertaken within the next 12
months.
The matter of the Neighbourhood
Watch sign on the entrance to Poyntington, and the problem of reduced visibility
at the junction of the Oborne village road and the A30 because of foliage were
raised and the clerk was requested to write to the appropriate authorities.
The next
meeting of Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council is scheduled for Thursday 7th
July 2005 at 7.30 p.m. at Oborne Village Hall.
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