Parish Council Minutes for 12th April 2010Minutes of the monthly Parish Council meeting held in the Small Hall, High Street, Leigh, Monday 12th April 2010 commencing at 8pm under the chairmanship of Cllr. Stratton-Brown.1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE were received from Cllrs. Knock and Dyton and Mrs. J. Butler (Clerk). PRESENT: Cllrs. C. Stratton-Brown (Chairman), R. Sykes, A. Johnston, Mrs H. Powell, G. Marchant, P. Croft and D. Bennie,. 2. DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTEREST None. 3. MINUTES On a proposal of Cllrs Sykes and Bennie, the minutes of the monthly Parish Council meeting held on 1st March, were approved and signed by the Chairman. 4. MATTERS ARISING FROM PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 1st March. The Clerk would be asked to obtain the list of trees with preservation orders from Sevenoaks District Council for consideration by the Council. The Chairman advised that, that after consultation with a neighbour who had experience of maintaining Irish yews, he had forwarded to the Clerk details with a request to the Tree Office to agree a five year plan for the pruning of the yews by the Pump. 5. PLAYGROUND The replies from the consultees had been received and the Clerk would be asked to produce a final draft hopefully for approval at the next meeting. 6. PLANNING i.) Planning applications: SE/10/00444/FUL - 4, The Green - Part demolition and alterations to existing police house, change of use and erection of one detached dwelling - It was noted that the plans were similar to the previous application SE/10/00596/FUL - 4, The Square, High Street - Single storey extension to the rear of the existing property and internal alterations to ground floor kitchen. SE/10/00123/FUL - Little Moorden, Cinder Hill Lane - Erection of single storey side extension and roof extension over and other internal alterations. The above had been considered by the members of the Planning Committee who had no objections SE/10/00666/EXTLMT - Pippin Cottage, The Green - Application to extend the time limit of an extant planning permission approved under reference SE/05/00917/FUL Single storey kitchen extension - Council had no objection to this application but the Chairman reported that he had recommended to a neighbour that he should take up any issues with the District Council. Appeal SE/09/02605/FUL Hale Oak Cottage, Hale Oak Road, Weald - Demolition of existing barn and erection of two storey extension and detached double garage. The Parish Council's agree not to change its original response of no objection. ii.) Planning decisions by Sevenoaks District Council: Grant of permission: SE/09/02835/FUL - Old Powder Mills - Alterations to existing drum store. SE/10/00013/FUL - Moat Farm Granary - Installation of a wood burner in lunge requiring an external flue. SE/10/00227/FUL - Woodlands, Greenview Avenue - Erection of two storey extension Notice of Appeal: SE/09/02605/FUL Hale Oak Cottage, Hale Oak Road, Weald - Demolition of existing barn and erection of two storey extension and detached double garage. Iv.) General - The Chairman asked if Councillor Alison Cook could take up the issue of the consultation period currently resulting in most applications having to be dealt with by the Planning Committee rather than the full council. 7. CURRENT ISSUES i.) Speedwatch No further report. ii.) Neighbourhood Watch. No response yet to requests for volunteers via the Parish Magazine and shop. iii.) Play Place There was no further information but councillors wished to see this progressed. 8. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS i.) Leigh Produce Association - request to hold their annual show on The Green on 4th September - this was approved and Councillors expressed their thanks to all those in the Produce Association and those organising Superstars for their contribution to village life. ii.) Request from Shaylers to hold their Fun Fair on The Green from 14th to 21st June - Councillors were surprised that the application was for a whole week and granted this request on the same basis as previous years. (Subsequent to the meeting, the Chairman was telephoned by Mr. Peter Shayler who confirmed that the intention was that the fun fair would arrive on the 14th and set up and be open on Friday, from 1800 to 2130, Saturday 1400 to 2130 and Sunday 1400 to 1800 departing on Monday 21st. They would do their best to ensure that members of the public dispersed quietly after closure.) iii.) Men of the Trees Competition - Subject to Peter Penn's agreement, it was agreed the Council should enter. 9. VILLAGE HALLS Councillor Johnson advised that the Royal British Legion is to install a fire alarm and the Management Committee has agreed this be extended to cover the whole complex.. 10. AGED PERSONS DWELLING Nothing new. 11. TRANSPORT i.) - GSK Transport Forum - The Chairman attended the meeting and reported that GSK intended to close this site by the end of this year. The site is zoned for industry and is expected to remain as such. ii.) - The Chairman reported that there had been a change of operation and a revised timetable. With the support of Councillor Peter Lake, he had pointed out to KCC a few problems with the timetable, for example, one evening bus departure was timed to the minute a train arrive. He is hoping for a solution to be found. 12. CORRESPONDENCE for information only had already been circulated.
13. FINANCIAL MATTERS i.) Request from SDC for a contribution of £350 towards 'In the Zone Family Fun Days' summer programme. This was agreed. ii.) Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign - Renewal of the subscription at £10 was agreed. iii.) Leigh Tennis Club - The Club had approached the Council with a request for a contribution to the cost of providing tennis coaching for the village school. It was noted for the accounts that the cost of this for last year was £850. There was a general discussion about making certain grants were used for the purpose agreed by the Council and it was felt that grants should be paid over when there was evidence that the purchase or facility had been made. In this case it was agreed that a grant of £425 should be made towards the cost of last year's coaching. It was also agreed that the Club could approach the Council next year for a grant towards this year's cost. iv.) Cheques approved and signed - On a proposal by Councillor Marchant and seconded by Councillor Croft it was agreed the following payments should be made.
14. ANY FURTHER MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION The Chairman reminded the meeting that the Annual Parish Meeting was to be held on Monday 19th April in the Small Hall. The meeting closed at 9.15pm. Signed................................................. Chairman................................................... Date.....................................................
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