The minutes of the Council Meeting held on Wednesday
12th September 2007 at 7.00 pm in Beaufront County First School,
Sandhoe.
Present
Councillor R Macfarlane (Chairman of the Council in
the Chair) Councillors M Baxter, H Learman
Also
Present
County Councillor Mrs J B Fearon, Bill Grigg - Clerk
to the Council, Nick Barrett, Head of Public Protection Tynedale Council, Wendy
Chiodo, Environmental Health Officer
16 Residents of the Parish
Apologies
Councillors Mrs E Rodger, J Pennie, District
Councillor N Fearon
Declarations
of Interest
Councillor R Macfarlane, Agenda Item 8 (Egger UK)
County Councillor J B Fearon, Agenda Item 6, Bill
Grigg, Agenda Item 6, (Both as Members of Tynedale Council)
1. Discussion with Residents of the Parish
The main discussion with residents
was a debate on the problems being caused by Egger UK Ltd. Problems with noise, lighting and dust were
all discussed. All of these concerns
are disturbing the lives of local residents and causing problems which they
would like to see action taken on to relieve the concerns.
Tynedale Officers explained the
present set up and the transfer to the new factory and the closing of the
present one, and they were busy preparing and agreeing the integrated permits
for the new factory and site.
Egger UK Ltd have appointed their
own consultants with regard to the noise problems and it is hoped they will
consult with Tynedale Council within the next 6 - 8 weeks.
Tynedale Officers will liaise with
the Enforcement Section at Tynedale Council Development Control Dept in regards
to conditions within the planning consent to seek better working arrangements
which should benefit the community and working arrangements with Egger UK Ltd.
The Parish Council Chairman and
Clerk have been awaiting a date for a meeting with Egger UK Ltd for some time
now. It was agreed the Clerk write
again to Egger and request this meeting as quickly as possible and also ask them
to host a meeting on site for the residents of Sandhoe Parish to update them on
their commissioning of the new site and to talk to residents.
If they refuse this proposal a
request for a public meeting with them will be requested as it is felt they
should fully consult with the residents of the Parish.
2. The Minutes of the Council Meeting held
on the 13th June 2007
The minutes of the Council Meeting held
on the 13th June 2007 were signed as a correct record.
3. Matters
Arising from the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on the 13th
June 2007
(a) Ref
2b Mirror, St. Camillus Bank
We are still awaiting the appointment
of a contractor who will do the work with it being such a small amount of
work. There could be some extra work to
do clearing the overgrowth. Councillor
R Macfarlane, Chairman of the Council, agreed to check this before proceeding.
A possible suggestion by the Clerk to
get this work completed is to ask Hexham Town Council if their Stonemason could
do the work and recharge the Parish Council.
Councillor R Macfarlane will speak with
the Clerk once the overgrowth problem has been resolved. If we must remove it then it could all be
done by the Contractor or Hexham Town Council.
(b) Ref 6a David Dodd Memorial Seat
The seat is now repaired and
awaiting re-fixing. Councillor M Baxter
agreed to check the brackets etc to see if he could do the re-fixing. He will inform the Clerk after his site
visit. If not we will ask Contractor or
Hexham Town Council Stonemason to do the work.
(c) Ref
10 Proposed Changes to Local Government in Northumberland
The Government recently announced
its findings on this issue that they have decided in favour of a One Unitary
Authority for the whole of Northumberland.
The Council noted the contents of the memo from NCC.
4. Village Plan (Implementation of
Delivery of Letters to Residents)
Councillor R Macfarlane and
Councillor M Baxter agreed to organise the distribution of the letters to all
residents. They would contact residents
who had agreed to help with delivery. A
further report will be discussed at the Council meeting in November 2007.
5. Planning Matters
a) Applications
There were no applications to
the date of the meeting.
b) Planning
Decisions
(i) Refs 20070623/20070625
This includes
Listed Building Consent
Mr & Mrs P
Henderson, 2 Beaufront Woodhead, Sandhoe.
Construction of
conservatory (at above properties)
Refused consent under delegated powers dated 07/08/07.
(ii) Ref 20070702
Mr & Mrs
Bradbury, 1 Cornwall Gardens Court, SW7 4AD.
Construction of single storey extension
to form porch and w.c./cloaks at Anick House, Anick, Hexham.
Granted
permission under delegated powers dated 26/07/07.
(iii) Ref 20070597
J N Croft, Middle Barn, 4 Beaufront
Woodhead, Sandhoe.
(This is Listed Building Consent).
Replacement of middle window and door
to rear and replacement of front door at above location.
Granted
permission under delegated powers dated 01/08/07.
(iv) Ref 20070608
B Condren, Hillside House, Anick.
Construction of single storey extension.
Granted
permission under delegated powers dated 31/07/07.
(v) Ref. 20061133
Mr Turner, Oakwood Cottage, Oakwood,
Hexham.
Construction of two storey dwelling
with double garage on land adjacent and construction of new vehicular access at
above location.
Refused
permission - notice undated.
(vi) Ref 20070800
Oaklands, Anick Road, Hexham.
Construction of detached property to
form new graded rehabilitation annex for residential care home.
Application
withdrawn dated 29/08/07.
6. Tynedale
Council's Site Allocations
The Council's comments on the following
sites to be submitted are:-
a) SA220 East Oakwood Riding Estate
Do not support any development on this
site. Not suitable for local areas and
the villages surrounding the site are not sustainable.
b) SA060 Fewster’s
Site
Support the use of the land for mixed
use but would support a retail project again such as the previous applications
for DIY stores etc.
c) SA104 Land
at Sandhoe
Do not support.
No support for any form of new development
within Sandhoe.
d) SA106 Land
at Oakwood
Do not support.
We do not support this proposal in
Oakwood.
e) SA107 Land
at Anick
Do not support.
As in previous comments we do not
support any new buildings within the Parish of Anick.
f) SA256 Land
East of Oakwood
Do not support.
Once again, same comments as previous
one. We support no building or
development in Oakwood. The entire
Parish would not be able to sustain development; we have no shops or Post
Offices, a very limited bus service, most of the village is in the green belt
and needs and must be protected.
g) SA265 Reduced
Safeguarded Land East of Egger (Local Plan Policy EDQ)
This site should not be developed for
any purposes at present and if not in the green belt should be placed in the
green belt so it can be safeguarded from any development use in the
future. This land should be used for
farming land or similar only - not employment land or housing etc.
7. Financial
Matters
a) Income
27/06/07 Bank Interest £ 10.32
14/07/07 VAT Refund £ 86.07
b) Payments
01/07/07 W C Grigg (fee) £
200.00
01/08/07 W C Grigg (fee) £
200.00
01/09/07 W C Grigg (fee) £ 200.00
12/09/07 NCC (rent of room) £ 15.00
12/09/07 W C Grigg (administration costs) £
45.00
(telephone/stationery/postages)
12/09/07 J Robinson & son (printing) £ 39.00
12/09/07 John Wyzell (grass cutting etc) £ 190.00
c) Reconciliation
Current a/c balance at
01/09/07 £1190.00
Deposit a/c balance at
01/09/07 £1252.72
8. Update/Residents
Concerns in Regards to Egger UK Ltd
This
item was dealt with at the beginning of the meeting and reported there.
The main points this Council will
continue to pursue are for the meeting with the Council Chairman and Clerk, and
for Egger UK Ltd to host an open meeting for the residents of Sandhoe for them
to explain and update residents on their working arrangements and plans for
working with the community in the future.
9. Correspondence
a) Notice from Tynedale Council re. Review of
Polling Stations. The Council noted the
contents of the report.
b) Letter from Tynedale Council re. proposed
sites for a bottle bank. The Council
felt there was no suitable site for the size of bank proposed.
c) Notice from Tynedale Council re. The
Licensing Act 2003. The Council noted
the contents of the review of Statement of the Licensing Policy.
d) Letter from Tynedale Council's Head of
Personnel & Training Services re. The Comprehensive Equality Scheme. The Council noted the contents of the letter
and the scheme.
10. Any urgent business allowed by the
Council's Chairman
a) The Chairman Councillor R Macfarlane
requested that copies of the planning comments made by Councillors between
meetings should not be copied and circulated, as had been sent out with the
papers for the September meeting. It
was agreed not to send them out in future.
b) Format of Meetings - It was agreed the
format of future agendas/meetings would follow the same as the September
meeting until further notice.
11. Date
of Next Meeting
It was confirmed the date of the next
meeting would be 14th November 2007.
The
meeting closed at 9.05 pm.