Lanner Parish Council.

Subject to Approval. 

Minutes of the meeting of the Parish Council held on Thursday 28 April 2011 in the Village Hall commencing 7.30pm.

 

 

Present:  Cllr Wood (Chairman), Cllr. Allen, Cllr. Anson, Cllr. Bray, Cllr. Martin and Cllr. Thomas

Pat Willmore, Clerk.

PCSO Karen Morley

 

PC11/062: Apologies:

Apologies Cllr. Deady.

 

PC11/063: To accept declarations of personal and prejudicial interest relating to items on the agenda.

Parish Planning application PA11/2662     Cllr. Anson and Cllr. Thomas

  

PC11/064: To accept minutes of the meeting held on 31March 2011

It was resolved that the Chairman sign the minutes as being a true record. It was noted that Cllr. Kaczmarek had written to say that his reported comments on the line of communication with Cornwall Council staff had been misinterpreted. Council is grateful for his clarification and confirmation that Council should continue to contact staff whenever necessary, but that he is on hand to facilitate site meetings if called upon.

 

PC11/065: Matters arising from the minutes of the meeting held on 31 March 2011

The new notice board at South Downs is now in use. However, the Clerk will look into the feasibility of realigning it for ease of access.

The Parish Council response to the Core Strategy consultation has been submitted. The CPIR response favoured low level development broadly following employment.

At the recent CNP meeting a discussion took place with the Cornwall Council Procurement Manager. Cornwall Council’s approach to food procurement did not seem to differ from its procurement policies for other commodities. Some other EU countries, notably Italy, Scotland and Wales, take a much more positive approach to local food procurement for schools and other public services. Cllr. Wood is constructing a response to the Cornwall Council document ‘An Approach to Small & Local Businesses’.

The Historic Churchyards Group has secured funding through the relevant Parish Councils and the Mining Villages Regeneration Group to upgrade its website. The Group’s other activities will then be mothballed until new volunteers come forward.

 

PC11/066: Report of the Community Liaison Officer

For the period 17 March 2011 to 28 April 2011 there were 38 logged calls compared with 33 for the same period last year: harassment (2), loose/lost animals (3), domestic (5), RTC (3), obstruction (1), drunk in charge (1), theft (1), abandoned 999 (1), assault (1), nuisance motorcycle (4), neighbourhood dispute (1), missing person (1), threats received (1), stolen vehicle (1), antisocial behaviour (2), concern for welfare (1), suspicious activity (2), abandoned vehicle (1).

For the period 17 March 2011 to 28 April 2011 there were 14 recorded crimes compared with 16 for the same period last year: burglary (1), assault (3), criminal damage to vehicle (2), theft non specific (3), unauthorised taking of motor vehicle (1), non crime domestic (2), theft/steal from person (1), theft from vehicle (1).

Lanner now has an additional PCSO, Jenny Northcote, who has joined the team after working as the gypsy and traveller PCSO for the past 18 months and before that in Redruth North for 6 years.

As approximately 90% of enquiries to the police are made by telephone several station enquiry offices are closing including Redruth. However, neighbourhood officers will continue to work from the station and the policing of Lanner will be unaffected with patrol officers on duty round the clock. Camborne and Truro enquiry offices will open 10am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 2pm on Saturdays.

Several PACT boxes have been distributed and are in the service station, post office and shop in Lanner. Residents are invited to make comments on the cards provided on all community matters – not just police related. These will be collected fortnightly and forwarded to the appropriate authority.

 

With the forthcoming redeployment of police personnel it seems likely that Stuart Church will remain as Beat Manager for Lanner.

 

PC11/067: Report from Councillor Kaczmarek, Cornwall Councillor

No report.

 

PC11/068: Parish Planning

The following applications were considered:

 

PA11/02392    Lower Tretharrup Farm, Tresavean    Continued use of former domestic store as self contained annexe/holiday let.

The Parish Council has no objection provided consent is given only for holiday accommodation with an appropriate s106 agreement to enforce it.

 

PA11/02599    1 Bears Terrace, Lanner

                            2 storey extension and alterations to dwelling

No objection

 

PA11/02617    27 May Gardens, Lanner

                           Erection of extension to dwelling

No objection

 

PA11/02662    1 Bellvean, Lanner

                           Extension of time for the erection of 2 detached dwellings (PA08/00132 dated 8 April 08)

No objection

 

Decision Notices

 

PA10/06847    Leona Villa, 9 Bears Terrace, Lanner Moor,

                          Conversion & extension of dwelling to create 2 dwellings

                        Conditional permission granted.

 

PA10/08279    Phoenix Cottage, Pennance Road, Lanner

                          Retention of conservatory on front elevation

                           Application withdrawn

PA10/07650    East Trethellan Farm, Trethellan, Lanner

                           Erection of animal welfare building

                           Conditional permission granted

 

PA11/00031    18 Lanner Moor, Lanner

                            Demolition of existing single storey extension & construction of 2 storey rear extension.

                            Conditional permission granted.

 

PA11/00976    Land opposite Cotswold, Trevarth Terrace, Lanner

                          Installation of fibre optic modular cabinet

                          Application withdrawn

 

PA11/01265    Calabar, 2 Ankervis Lane, Lanner

                           Raising of ridge height to provide additional living accommodation & associated alterations.

                          Conditional permission granted.

 

PA11/01025    Bolivar House, Pennance Road, Lanner

                          Extensions & alteration to dwelling

                          Conditional permission granted.

 

PA11/01242    Pennance Villa, Higher Pennance, Lanner

                           Conversion, extension & alterations to existing outbuildings to form annexe accommodation.

                           Conditional permission granted.

 

PA11/00155    1 Pentreath Close, Lanner

                           Construction of conservatory on side elevation.

                           Conditional permission granted.

 

PA10/08127    Casa Mia, Bell Veor, Lanner

                           Replacement of flat roof with pitched & replacement of entrance porch to dwelling.

                           Conditional permission granted.

 

PA11/01090    2 Trevarth Terrace, Trevarth

                           Extension & alterations to dwelling (amended design).

                          Conditional permission granted.

 

Decision notices noted by the Parish Council.

 

PC11/069: Parish Plan

The local GP practice has agreed to produce a draft submission on local health service provision for incorporation into the Parish Plan. Cllr. Thomas will chase this up.

Following a meeting of members of the Parish Plan steering group on 27 April a draft plan has been circulated to relevant community groups for consultation. Four weeks will be allowed for a response.

 

PC11/070: Tresavean/Coastline Development

A telephone conference with counsel took place on 20 April following which it was agreed that Follett Stock should write to Cornwall Council to request further information. The formal grant of permission and s106 agreement is still unavailable. Once all this information is available the Parish Council will consider its next step in this matter.

 

PC11/071: Parish Office Agreement

The Clerk is still awaiting information from the Village Hall Trustees.

 
PC11/072: Financial Matters and Accounts for Payment

Mrs P Willmore                       April 2011 salary                                         102570                        690.92

The Post Office                       PAYE April 2011                                          102571                        82.43

Playsafety                                Play equipment inspection 2011             102572                        108.00

Mrs Moon                                Keyholder duties                                          102573                        56.00

Mr Hall                                     Cleaning & litter picking April                     102574                        212.00

 

Resolved these accounts be paid.

The 2010/11 accounts will be presented for approval at the May meeting.

PC11/073: Playing Field

Cllr. Thomas will meet Malcolm Heather on 3 May to discuss a quote for the removal of the walls which obscure the entrances to the public toilets. This is being considered to reduce vandalism to the toilet block. Cllr. Thomas will speak to neighbouring residents once plans are finalised.

Playsafety has submitted its report on the play equipment. Some repairs are required. Cllr. Thomas will study the report and a work schedule will then be produced.

 

 

PC11/074: Footpath Officer’s Report

No problems have been reported.

It was resolved to accept Cornwall Council’s grant offer of £1875 towards the cost of cutting the footpaths in 2011/12.

It was resolved to ask Mr Strick to cut the Valley View to Lanner Hill path as before.

 

 

PC11/075: Tree Warden’s Report

Nothing to report.

PC11/076: Lawn Cemetery

There have been no interments in April.

PC11/077: Highways

Proposed lay-by at Murtons Terrace – No response to the questions raised has been received from Andy Bartle. Clerk to contact him again.
Rough Street Bridge – The white paint has been removed from the underside and abutments of the bridge. The cleaning process has effectively lightened the walls somewhat. The Parish Council welcomes the resurfacing of Rough Street but would like to know why the road under the bridge has not been resurfaced.
Road resurfacing - The Parish Council is pleased to note that many of the roads in the Parish have been resurfaced to eradicate the potholes. Chapel Hill above the tramway is still in an extremely poor state. The Clerk will ascertain if it is on the schedule for resurfacing.

Treviskey speed limit – The Parish Council wholeheartedly supports the efforts of Cllr. Kaczmarek to get the speed limit reduced on this stretch of the A393. However, it appears that a speed reduction here would be resisted by the Transportation Client Team as it does not conform to national guidance and could expose Cornwall Council to the risk of being challenged by motorists fined for breaking the speed limit. The Parish Council expressed surprise at this as it this is not consistent with other road speed limits in the area. Clerk to investigate this further.

Sandy Lane bus shelter - Now that this is virtually redundant due to the cut back of the 540 bus service to one every two hours the Clerk will investigate the cost/planning implications of moving the shelter to another site eg Trevarth or outside the Band Room.

 

PC11/078: Correspondence

Cornwall Council                                             Review of Face to Face services. Closure of

                                                                             Redruth One Stop Shop.

Built4U                                                             Expression of interest in developing a site in Pennance

                                                                           Road for affordable housing. Clerk to respond stating

                                                                           that it is premature to look at other sites given the

                                                                           permission granted to Coastline at Tresavean.

Lindsey Haydock-Clemo                              Offer to advise Parish Council on discrimination compliance.

These items were noted

 

PC11/079: Parish Council, Committees and Outside Bodies

It was resolved that existing Parish Council appointments and membership of outside bodies be nominated for continuance en bloc at the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council.

 

PC11/080: Items for next agenda

See minute PC11/079.

           

PC11/081: Date of next meeting

The annual meeting of Lanner Parish Council will be held on 26 May 2011

There being no other business the meeting closed at 22.05.

 

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