SANDHOE PARISH
COUNCIL
The minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on Monday 24
April 2006 at 7.00 pm in Beaufront County First School, Sandhoe.
Present
Councillor J Pennie (Chairman of the Council in the chair)
Councillors H Learman , R Macfarlane
Also Present
County Councillor J B Fearon
Bill Grigg - Clerk to the Council
3 residents of the Parish
Councillors A Winstanley, M Baxter
District Councillor N Fearon
1a. Opening
Remarks by the Chairman
Councillor J Pennie welcomed everyone
to the meeting with a warm welcome to the three local residents.
1b. The
Chairman of the Council's Report
Councillor J Pennie reported the main
concern of the Parish Council during the past year was the Egger application.
The Council had held a Special Council
to consider all local residents' concerns - this was followed up with a meeting
with the Chief Executive and Senior Officers at Tynedale Council and Parish
Councillors to seek their views and how they felt about the application and the
way forward.
Tynedale Council did fully explain they
had to follow Government guidelines.
After a full consultation in which the Parish Council fully objected,
Tynedale Council had the application referred to Government Office North East
who gave consent (with certain restrictions to the application by Tynedale
Council) to the application.
We have verbally been informed another
application is awaited to reduce the size of the chimneys but no official
confirmation has been given to date.
The issue of land ownership is not yet
sorted with at least three parties involved.
The Parish Council will be consulted on
any new application and will meet to view the planning application as soon as
it comes in and will respond taking into consideration the views expressed to
the Council by residents.
2. The Minutes of the Parish Meeting held
on the 21st April 2005
The minutes of the Parish Meeting held
on the 21st April 2005 were signed as a correct record.
3. Matters
Arising from the Minutes of the Parish Meeting held on the 21st April 2005
a) A69
Roundabout at Hexham
Concerns had been expressed to the
Council by a local resident in regards to safety issues at the roundabout. Apart from NCC forwarding concerns on to
Roadlink (which this Council had already done) requesting that the matter be
monitored, no further report has come to the Council.
4. Any
matters residents requested be discussed
A local resident has requested a mirror
be placed on St. Camilus Bank, Oakwood, to help traffic problems, especially
the buses which use the corner and have problems.
NCC to be contacted on this matter.
5. Any
Other Matters
a) Anick and Beaufront WI are closing
down. The Council noted this with great
sadness. The WI are in their 90th year
in Anick and Beaufront. They would like
to commemorate the WI with the placing of a seat within the Parish. They have asked for the Council's advice and
help. They would like to place the seat
on green land at Fairfield Crescent, Oakwood.
Providing Tynedale Council agree to
this, the Council have no problems with this request and would pay to have the
seat fixed etc.
A local resident did not agree with the
WI suggestion and proposed the seat be placed outside Greystones which would be
helpful for local walkers.
It was agreed the Clerk would discuss
the matter with the WI and decide which is best for everyone, but the Council
fully supported the scheme and thanks were expressed for all the years of service
to the community.
6. Close of Meeting
With no other matters to discuss, the meeting closed at 7.35 pm.