Sandhoe Parish Council

 

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Council held on Wednesday 21st April 2004 at 7:30pm, Beaufront County First School, Sandhoe, Hexham.

 

Present

 

Councillors M. Baxter H. Learman R. Macfarlane J. Pennie A. Winstanley

 

Also Present

 

W.C. Grigg (Clerk to the Council)

 

Apologies

 

County Councillor Mrs. J. B. Fearon

 

District Councillor N. Fearon

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

1.             Election of the Council Chairman for 2004/2005

 

Councillor A. Winstanley was nominated as chairman by Councillor H. Learman and seconded by Councillor J. Pennie. It was therefore agreed Councillor A. Winstanley be elected chairman.

 

2.             Election of the Council’s Vice-Chairman for 2004/2005

 

Councillor J. Pennie was nominated as vice-chairman by Councillor H. Learman and seconded by Councillor A. Winstanley. It was therefore agreed Councillor J. Pennie be elected vice-chairman for 2004/2005.

 

3.             The Minutes of the Council Meeting held on 8th January 2004

 

The minutes of the Council meeting held on 8th January 2004 were signed as a correct record with the following correction being made, requested by Councillor M. Baxter, re: Village Plan

The minute should read 2 for the proposal and 3 against and the minutes were corrected at the meeting, the correction signed before the minutes where signed.

 

4.             Matters arising from the Minutes of the Council Meeting held 8th January 2004

 

Ref: 7.8 Public Footpath/ bridleway no.12

 

NCC have carried out the work requested, work is now required at the Wyns and Bothy Bank, Anick. Councillor M. Baxter agreed to walk the area and give the clerk a report of the work required.

 

5.             Planning Matters

 

A)    Planning Decisions

 

Ref: 20031489

 

Mr & Mrs D Geary, the Coach House, Sandhoe

 

Construction of detached double garage (at above location)

 

Granted permission (dated 6/2/04)

 

Ref: 20031472

 

Northern Trust Company LTD, Lynton House, Chorley

 

Installation of 2.4 metre high palisade fencing and gate Bridge End Industrial Estate, Hexham

 

Granted permission (dated 6/2/04)

 

Ref: 20031321

 

C. Brunton, Clinton, 9 Fairfield Crescent, Oakwood

 

Construction of side and rear extension; together with first floor balcony and pitched roof over existing flat roof. (At above location)

 

Refused permission (dated 26/1/04)

 

Ref: 20040223

 

Castlebeck Care (Teesdale Ltd), Chesterholme Day Unit, Bridge End, Hexham

 

Construction of two-storey Bedroom/day care unit attached to existing care home and internal alterations.

 

Granted permission (dated 20/4/04)

 

6.             Financial Matters

 

Income

 

Bank Interest

 

27/1/04                 C/A                      £0.06

 

27/2/04                 C/A                      £0.04

 

27/3/04                 C/A                      £0.02

 

27/3/04                 D/A                      £0.96

 

27/4/04                 Precept 2004/05     £3,500.00

 

Payments

 

5/2/04          W.C Grigg    Fees           £120.00

 

5/3/04          W.C Grigg    Fees           £120.00

 

5/4/04          W.C Grigg    Fees           £120.00

 

21/4/04        Election Costs                £72.34

 

21/4/04        NCC Rent of Room          £15.00

 

21/4/04        W. C Grigg (admin)          £20.00

 

21/4/4          J. Johnson (repairs)         £40.00

 

21/4/04        Hexham Courant             £22.37

 

21/4/04        Alliance Cornhill              £286.38

 

7.             Correspondence

 

1.    Notice from DEFRA re Broadband to rural communities the Council noted the contents of this report.

2.    Letter received from NALC in regards to their submission to the Boundary committee in regards to reorganisation of local authorities and the creation of the democracy commission and the appointment of Norman Dunn to the commission to represent Northumberland.

3.    Notice from the office of the Deputy Prime Minister in regards to the Standards Board for England. Draft guidance to monitoring officers.

4.    Letter from Tynedale Council re: Parish Council members’ expenses. The Council noted the contents of the letter and fully agreed to take no action.

5.    Letter from Tynedale Council re: update on the review of the Tynedale District local plan would be delayed until late 2004/early 2005 as the office of the Deputy Prime Minister is replacing the local plan with a local development Framework and requesting the new system is introduced fully by summer 2004. The Council expressed concern that by changing the name from local plan to Development Framework this should be only a name change and that there will be no legal changes in the Framework. The clerk was requested to seek clarification.

 

8.             Any Other Business

 

1)    Hexham Waste Transfer Station

 

The Council is very concerned at the way certain domestic vehicles and people walking to the transfer station are being refused entry under their new systems to try and control and charging for business waste.

This is causing residents and users from all over the district problems, also people are fly-tipping within the parish most of the time on private land which means the landowner having to remove it or pay to have this removed. The clerk was requested to write a very strong letter of complaint to NCC.

 

2)    Stone Gateway, Sandhoe Road

 

This has been knocked down and residents have requested it to be placed back in its normal site, as it is part of the history of the area. It was agreed by the Council to carry out this work itself with local help. Councillor A. Winstanley agreed to organise the reciting of the gateway.

 

3)    Blocked Drains Rat Bank

 

NCC to be asked to clean the gullies on Rat Bank as the bank is flooding during heavy rain storms.

 

4)    Highways Matters

 

A)    NCC are to be requested to look at the signs on the Hexham road belonging to various traders, to see if they could control them any better as they look out of place.

B)   They are also to be asked to carry out an audit of all road/highway signs in the parish and repair/re-new and resite the various signs which are now in the roadsides following damage to them.

C)   The roads and footways in Anick village are in urgent need of attention and NCC are to be asked to inspect and carry out the necessary work.

D)   Three trees are on the roadside, two at Fernhill Farm House and one at Davey’s Well, NCC are to be asked to remove as soon as possible.

E)   The Junction at Blackhall bank, Sandhoe road needs resurfacing.

F)    The recent work carried out on the B6318 road at Davey’s Well is still holding water and causing problems for drivers. NCC to be asked to try and rectify this problem

G)   The signs on the B6318, Oakwood – Hexham needs replacng. NCC to be asked to replace this should come under the request for a signs audit.

 

5) Noticeboard Oakwood

 

The broken glass has been replaced, the damage seems to have been done by British Gas Contractors, Councillor R. Macfarlane has spoken to British Gas customer service section and they have asked for the invoice. This has now been sent and hopefully they will refund the cost of replacing the glass.

6)    Future Council Agendas

In future Council members are asked to send any agenda items to the clerk in advance of the meeting if possible. Any other business will be removed from the agenda and the item replaced with any urgent business at the chairman’s discretion.

9.             Date of next meeting

It was confirmed the date of the next meeting would be Wednesday 21st July 2004 at 7pm.

The meeting closed at 8.45pm