Minutes of the New Hutton Parish Council meeting held on Monday 12th July 2010
100712-1 Present:
Tony Porter (Chairman), Pat Bell, Ann Thompson, Tony Ellis, Henry Robinson, three members of the public, Arthur Robinson (clerk)
100712-2 Apologies: none
100712-3 Acceptance of the minutes of the three previous meetings:
The minutes of the parish open meeting, the AGM and the ordinary council meetings held on 25-05-2010 were signed as true records.
100712-4 Chairman’s announcements
Tony Porter expressed thanks for his election to the post of chairman of the parish council.
Pat Bell was thanked for her many years as chairman and was presented with a thankyou gift.
The annual review of the job description of the parish clerk has been completed.
The main issues dealt with at the recent Upper Kent Forum meeting at Longsleddale were described:
(a) Volunteers are wanted for a composting trial run by SLDC
(b) A talk by a police support officer on neighbourhood watch schemes.
(c) A report of progress in the Kentmere Hydro scheme
(d) A talk by Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
(e) Discussion of whether the leader of SLDC should be a councillor elected by councillors or a mayor elected by the people.
(f) The next Neighbourhood Forum will be on Tuesday 5th October at Old Hutton.
100712-5 Declaration of interests: none
100712-6 Open session:
Five issues were raised by parishioners:
(a) Should New Hutton take part in the First Responders scheme? It was suggested that this should be discussed by the parish plan steering group which will be holding a parish open meeting in autumn to discuss several matters.
(b) Much work is currently being done on the church and more funds might be needed. The parish council will support applications for more grants.
(c) There was a query about whether more publicity was needed to increase the number of people using the library bus. [The frequency of mobile library visits was changed on 5th July; more information will be found about them.]
(d) The parish council was asked to enquire whether planning permission conditions are being disregarded in two cases in the parish.
(e) The parish council was asked to contact CCC again about the poor state of Fairthorns Lane and the road surface at the corner at Hayclose.
100712-7 Planning applications:
Applications submitted requiring council comments: none
The progress of applications submitted since the last meeting was noted:
SL/2010/0337 – Alterations to roof at Hawkrigg Hay, New Hutton – the planning application was approved
100712-8 Payment of accounts: none
100712-9 Financial report:
The financial report as at 06-07-2010 was noted to be satisfactory
100712-10 Correspondence:
The following items of correspondence received since the last meeting were noted:
19-05-2010 from CALC – agenda for the South Lakes District Association meeting on 17th June [forwarded to councillors]
24-05-2010 from SLDC – consultation about new arrangements for the leadership of SLDC [see minute 100712-15]
28-05-2010 from CCC – notification of road closures on various sections of A684 Kendal to Sedbergh due to re-surfacing in July 2010
28-05-2010 from Upper Kent LAP – minutes of the meeting on
20-05-2010 and availability for the September meeting [forwarded to councillors]
01-06-2010 from CALC – June circular [forwarded to councillors]
17-06-2010 from LAP – is New Hutton interested in a shared dog wardening scheme? [“No” agreed by e-mail]
21-06-2010 from LAP – re communication problems with CCC about highways maintenance [forwarded to councillors]
29-06-2010 from Cumbria in Bloom – questionnaire [see minute 100712-16]
30-06-2010 from CCC – local transport core strategy consultation [forwarded to councillors] [see minute 100712-17]
100712-11 Parish field:
(a) Work on the field has continued – 5 moles have been caught (and catching them will continue) and walls have been repaired. A date for installing new drains in part of the field will be fixed when farmers are free.
(b) It was decided to start the procedure to re-register the field because of new legislation.
100712-12 Change of mandate:
It was decided that Tony Porter, Tony Ellis and Henry Robinson will now be signatories for the parish bank accounts.
100712-13 Register of councillors’ declarations of financial and other interests:
Councillors completed the necessary forms to declare their financial and other interests
100712-14 Parish walks leaflet
It was confirmed that the copyright of the parish walks leaflet belongs to the parish council and should be on its list of assets as should the original copy of the parish map which hangs on the Institute wall.
100712-15 New arrangements for the leadership of SLDC
The issue is that under new legislation SLDC has to decide whether its leader should be a councillor elected by councillors for a maximum of 4 years or whether the leader should be a mayor elected by the people for 4 years, in which case the office-holder might not already be a councillor.
The parish council expressed concern that very little information had been sent about the options and asked for more before responding to the consultation.
100712-16 Cumbria in Bloom
A questionnaire about the future of Cumbria in Bloom was completed. The council feels that it should remain a floral competition.
100712-17 CCC local transport core strategy consultation
A draft response to this consultation prepared by the chairman was discussed. Its essence was that as reduced funds will be available for transport in the future, priority should be given to urban transport such as parking in Kendal and a Kendal north bypass.
100712-18 Parish plan
There was more discussion of issues referred to the parish council from the parish plan steering group. Transport and roads, communications and council issues were discussed. Six items remaining for discussion are to do with utilities, community and crime and will be discussed at the next parish council meeting.
100712-19 Date of the next meeting
The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Monday 20th September at the Institute.
100712-1 Present:
Tony Porter (Chairman), Pat Bell, Ann Thompson, Tony Ellis, Henry Robinson, three members of the public, Arthur Robinson (clerk)
100712-2 Apologies: none
100712-3 Acceptance of the minutes of the three previous meetings:
The minutes of the parish open meeting, the AGM and the ordinary council meetings held on 25-05-2010 were signed as true records.
100712-4 Chairman’s announcements
Tony Porter expressed thanks for his election to the post of chairman of the parish council.
Pat Bell was thanked for her many years as chairman and was presented with a thankyou gift.
The annual review of the job description of the parish clerk has been completed.
The main issues dealt with at the recent Upper Kent Forum meeting at Longsleddale were described:
(a) Volunteers are wanted for a composting trial run by SLDC
(b) A talk by a police support officer on neighbourhood watch schemes.
(c) A report of progress in the Kentmere Hydro scheme
(d) A talk by Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
(e) Discussion of whether the leader of SLDC should be a councillor elected by councillors or a mayor elected by the people.
(f) The next Neighbourhood Forum will be on Tuesday 5th October at Old Hutton.
100712-5 Declaration of interests: none
100712-6 Open session:
Five issues were raised by parishioners:
(a) Should New Hutton take part in the First Responders scheme? It was suggested that this should be discussed by the parish plan steering group which will be holding a parish open meeting in autumn to discuss several matters.
(b) Much work is currently being done on the church and more funds might be needed. The parish council will support applications for more grants.
(c) There was a query about whether more publicity was needed to increase the number of people using the library bus. [The frequency of mobile library visits was changed on 5th July; more information will be found about them.]
(d) The parish council was asked to enquire whether planning permission conditions are being disregarded in two cases in the parish.
(e) The parish council was asked to contact CCC again about the poor state of Fairthorns Lane and the road surface at the corner at Hayclose.
100712-7 Planning applications:
Applications submitted requiring council comments: none
The progress of applications submitted since the last meeting was noted:
SL/2010/0337 – Alterations to roof at Hawkrigg Hay, New Hutton – the planning application was approved
100712-8 Payment of accounts: none
100712-9 Financial report:
The financial report as at 06-07-2010 was noted to be satisfactory
100712-10 Correspondence:
The following items of correspondence received since the last meeting were noted:
19-05-2010 from CALC – agenda for the South Lakes District Association meeting on 17th June [forwarded to councillors]
24-05-2010 from SLDC – consultation about new arrangements for the leadership of SLDC [see minute 100712-15]
28-05-2010 from CCC – notification of road closures on various sections of A684 Kendal to Sedbergh due to re-surfacing in July 2010
28-05-2010 from Upper Kent LAP – minutes of the meeting on
20-05-2010 and availability for the September meeting [forwarded to councillors]
01-06-2010 from CALC – June circular [forwarded to councillors]
17-06-2010 from LAP – is New Hutton interested in a shared dog wardening scheme? [“No” agreed by e-mail]
21-06-2010 from LAP – re communication problems with CCC about highways maintenance [forwarded to councillors]
29-06-2010 from Cumbria in Bloom – questionnaire [see minute 100712-16]
30-06-2010 from CCC – local transport core strategy consultation [forwarded to councillors] [see minute 100712-17]
100712-11 Parish field:
(a) Work on the field has continued – 5 moles have been caught (and catching them will continue) and walls have been repaired. A date for installing new drains in part of the field will be fixed when farmers are free.
(b) It was decided to start the procedure to re-register the field because of new legislation.
100712-12 Change of mandate:
It was decided that Tony Porter, Tony Ellis and Henry Robinson will now be signatories for the parish bank accounts.
100712-13 Register of councillors’ declarations of financial and other interests:
Councillors completed the necessary forms to declare their financial and other interests
100712-14 Parish walks leaflet
It was confirmed that the copyright of the parish walks leaflet belongs to the parish council and should be on its list of assets as should the original copy of the parish map which hangs on the Institute wall.
100712-15 New arrangements for the leadership of SLDC
The issue is that under new legislation SLDC has to decide whether its leader should be a councillor elected by councillors for a maximum of 4 years or whether the leader should be a mayor elected by the people for 4 years, in which case the office-holder might not already be a councillor.
The parish council expressed concern that very little information had been sent about the options and asked for more before responding to the consultation.
100712-16 Cumbria in Bloom
A questionnaire about the future of Cumbria in Bloom was completed. The council feels that it should remain a floral competition.
100712-17 CCC local transport core strategy consultation
A draft response to this consultation prepared by the chairman was discussed. Its essence was that as reduced funds will be available for transport in the future, priority should be given to urban transport such as parking in Kendal and a Kendal north bypass.
100712-18 Parish plan
There was more discussion of issues referred to the parish council from the parish plan steering group. Transport and roads, communications and council issues were discussed. Six items remaining for discussion are to do with utilities, community and crime and will be discussed at the next parish council meeting.
100712-19 Date of the next meeting
The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Monday 20th September at the Institute.
