MINUTES OF CLAVERING PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
HELD IN THE VILLAGE HALL ON MONDAY 3 DECEMBER
2007
(Key to votes: P: Proposed S: Seconded F: For the proposal A: Against
Ab: Abstained
D.Int: Declared an interest).
1 PRESENT: Chairman
Edward Oliver, Vice Chairman Richard Carter, Rebecca Stanford, Jon Cooke, Brian
Barrow, Philip Smith, Edgar Abrahams, Ron Couchman,
Des Abrahams, Nigel Cook and Mike Patmore, together
with 4 members of the public.
2 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS:
Edgar Abrahams: Prejudicial interest in Item 9 (P3 Scheme) as
receiving funds.
Edgar Abrahams: Interest declared in any matters to do with
CVH or JF Committees as he is Chairman.
Edward Oliver: Prejudicial interest in any financial maters
for JF as he is a Trustee.
Phil Smith: Prejudicial interest in UTT 2092 as related
to the applicant.
Brian Barrow: Prejudicial
interest in UTT 1937 as a neighbour.
Nigel Cook: Prejudicial interest in UTT 1999 as a neighour.
Rebecca Stanford: Prejudicial interest in UTT 1999 as a friend
of the adjacent property owner.
Des Abrahams: Prejudicial interest in UTT 1999 as a
neighbour.
Ron Couchman: Personal interest declared in matters
relating to Mr D Smith as an acquaintance.
Richard Carter: Personal interest in Cricket Club matters as
now Vice Chairman
3 PUBLIC QUESTIONS
Stephanie Gill outlined the
details of the Information Board being supplied by the Castle Group, and
circulated designs; the Council thanked the Group for this, and agreed the
location as suggested. Mrs Gill also
gave a summary of views on the recent Speed Limits meeting, and said the
organisers appeared not to know all the facts on some issues, and had been
unable to answer some public questions.
Mr Howland commented on Newsletter costs.
Some members of the public
commented on the draft Minutes of the previous meeting.
4 MINUTES: The Minutes of the meeting of 5 November were
approved and signed.
5 MATTERS
ARISING.
Edgar
Abrahams said he had probably shredded the documentation on Dog Control Orders
which Mr Howland had asked to be investigated, and the clerk offered to get
replacements.
1 Highways & Byways:
a. Byway 50: A further Closure Order was requested; Rebecca
Stanford to process.
b.
c Planned Parish Visit - List
sent to Highways. Brian Barrow and
Edward Oliver offered to attend.
d. Verges extra cut: Proposals sent to Highways.
2 Other items:
a.
Land adj Cricketers – Des Abrahams said the land was not yet
cleared, but hoped this would be done.
b Parish Notice Board for
village events – Ron Couchman to investigate sites.
c Marker posts at Stickling
Green – being processed.
d. Name sign at Saville Close – awaiting reinstatement.
6 FINANCE:
Edward
Oliver went through the budget figures and the proposals for the Precept for
2008. It was agreed to set this at
£9500 for 2008-9.
(P: RWC, S: NC; F: 8, 1 A;
1 Ab).
Invoices: It
was agreed to pay the following:
Walden Buskers Christmas music 75.00 No
vat 000898
MG Maintenance Grasscutting 250.00 - 000899
Stat & Stamps Via Clerk 75.08 8.94 000900
Thames Water Allotments water 47.02 7.01 000901
John Banks Seats repairs(approx half) 427.40 - 000902
Receipts:
Newsletter
donation Thermal insulation
Allotments Rents 39.00 - -
East Herts
Citizens Advice Bureau had requested a donation, but this was declined. The Jubilee Field Committee had requested a
donation; this was not agreed; it was
noted that grants could be obtained and were being processed. (P: PS, S: NC, F: All) ECA, DA and EO left the
meeting.
7 PLANNING:
UTT 0545 Talks, Ash Tree Market
Gardens. Application
to retain use of mobile home. Refused.
UTT 1569 Buckley, Old Garage House. Single storey extension. No objections.
UTT 1679 Peter Smith, 1 Colehills
Close. 2-storey side extn. No
objections.
UTT 1568 J Cooke, The
Old Vicarage,
UTT/1794 Smith, Further Ford End House. Single storey side & rear
extensions. No objections.
UTT/1853 Jewitt,
Green Oak Barn, Hill Green. Single bay cartlodge. No objections.
UTT/1721 Balaam, Place Farm. Agric. General purpose
grain store lean-to building. No
objections. (ECA, PS
and RWC left
the meeting). Approved.
UTT 2092 Peter Smith 1 Colehills
Close. New dwelling.
No objections (PhilipSmith
left the meeting).
UTT
1902 Channer,
The Maples, Stickling Gn. Replacement of 2 storey
garage. No objections,
although
it was noted
that 2-storey garaging for 4 cars appeared excessive.
UTT
1937
UTT
1879 Livesey,
UTT
1999
Planning breaches:
a. Barn and lake at
Starlings Green: Under review by UDC.
b. Parking at The Druce: Ron Couchman raised a query regarding the vote at the previous
meeting; the Chairman
asked all
councillors to confirm again whether they considered the parking was ongoing,
and this was confirmed as
being so. (For: 6; Three councillors stated they
declined to comment; 1 Ab.; 1 no
comment).
c. Sign at Jojacks Farm: Under
review.
d.
TPO Tree in Sidestream
woodland: No news on hole being filled
in.
e. UTT 1708/05, The Wheelhouse; Being checked by UDC.
f. Fishing Lodge at Clavering Farm – being
investigated.
g.
h. UTT 1246 & 0545. Talks, Starlings Green. Enforcement Notice issued for the removal of
structures.
i. Clavering Mill, Mill Hill, ENF. 1200/07B - Building
carried out against planning consent.
j. Timberscombe,
8 P3
Scheme & Footpaths:
Rebecca Stanford reported that some
footbridges had been repaired already.
No P3 invoices received yet.
9 LAND
REGISTRATION:
Track from Chipperfield
House to Hyaway: Awaiting confirmation of registration by Mr Davey of Hyaway.
10 ACCESSES
& GREENS:
a. The Cricketers – resolved to go into
Committee as this matter may constitute the early stages of a dispute;
b. Kingswater
Easement – resolved to go into Committee for the above reasons also.
11 CORRESPONDENCE: All correspondence was available in the
file and the list had been circulated.
Letter
from Sir Alan Haselhurst re Post Office closures.
Uttelsford
Core Strategy – consultation on the proposals to site 4200 new homes in the
District. The Council voted
to recommend Option 1, with some councillors wishing to see some in the
villages. Nigel Cook offered to attend the
Planning Workshop set up by UDC on 12 December and report back.
Part NightStreet
Lighting – the Council agreed that no one had noticed the lights being turned
off from midnight to 5am.
Emergency Planning – Mike Patmore agreed to continue being the contact and Emergency
Officer.
Change of House name – Danceys Cottage to Oaklands,
Middle St.
Carbon Neutral Uttlesford, Meeting 20 Feb. No volunteers.
Commission for Rural
Communities – Conference 31 Jan – no volunteers.
Community Initiatives Fund
– grants for village organisations available.
Energy
Efficiency Supplementary Planning Document – now adopted.
Making
the Links bulletin.
Rural Housing Impact Study
in Uttlesford – Views were collated on the Affordable
Housing Schemes, to be sent to UDC
12 STANDING ORDERS Awaiting
Ron Couchman and Edward Oliver to review.
13 VILLAGE
ORGANISATIONS
CVH: No undertaking received from their
Chairman. The sign had been put
up. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman
to meet
them to advise that parking on the Greens would not be permitted until complete
risk liability cover
for the
Council was received or the Clause reinstated.
JF: One more Trustee was needed.
14 DICK
BALL MEADOW Nigel Cook reported an
excellent morning’s work, with more planned for the spring.
15 ALLOTMENTS: Mike Patmore was
authorised to buy the appropriate rat poison needed to get the problem under
control, and it was accepted this would be around £40. Agreed to write to Thames Water and ask them
to check also.
16 RISK
ASSESSMENT - awaiting retyping or any modifications
regarding Village Hall and JF use of public land.
18 HIGHWAYS
COMMITTEE: The meeting on speed
limits had been held; report awaited.
19 PARISH
PLAN
The Clerk said that a
parishioner had agreed to take over as Chairman, and this was much welcomed as
the Plan is meant to be done ‘by the village, for the village’ and we had hoped
for a volunteer. The Council welcomed Alex Weston, who had
already started work with the various groups.
There had been many more people volunteering to take part, and a
meeting was planned in the back room of the Fox on 17 January 2008 for everyone
to meet and get to know each other, and when the next stage of fact-finding
would be outlined. The village Questionnaire
was being drafted, and would go out with the Newsletter in due course.
20 ANY
OTHER BUSINESS
It
was noted that there were now horse droppings on the path to the old people’s
bungalows.
It
was confirmed that the TPO on the dead cherry tree on Hill Green had been
lifted.
Arrangements
were made for the wine and food, and lighting for the Carol-Singing evening on
Blacksmiths Corner.
21 DATE OF NEXT MEETING Monday, 7 January 2007. There being no other business, the meeting
adjourned.
MINUTES OF
MEETING IN COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE CRICKETERS ACCESS
The owner of the Cricketers
had declined to comply with the requirements of the NALC advice and the
District Valuer’s assessment, and the Council will
assess this once more before taking further action.
MINUTES OF MEETING IN COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE
REQUEST FROM
THE LAND REGISTRY FOR UNDERTAKINGS IN RESPECT OF
AN EASEMENT
The owners of Kingswater are selling the property and requested the Land
Registry to enter the right of way on their Title Deeds. The Council agreed to this, but was unable to
give any further undertakings as requested, as they did not come within the
remit of the Vehicular Access across Common and Other Land (
CHAIRMAN