Lanner Parish Council.

Subject to Approval. 

Minutes of the meeting of the Parish Council held on Thursday 27 October 2011 in the Village Hall commencing 7.30pm.

Present:  Cllr Wood (Chairman), Cllr. Bray, Cllr. Deady, Cllr. Martin, Cllr. Thomas

Pat Willmore, Clerk.  Mr Rossignol (member of the public)

PC11/162: Apologies:

Cllr. Anson, Cllr. Allen

PC11/163: To accept declarations of personal and prejudicial interest relating to items on the agenda.

None declared

PC11/164: To accept minutes of the meeting held on 29 September 2011

It was resolved that the Chairman sign the minutes as being a true record.

PC11/165: Matters arising from the minutes of the meeting held on 29 September 2011

It was resolved that henceforward the reports of the community liaison officer and the county councillor will be attached to the minutes as appendices.

PC11/166: Report of the Community Liaison Officer

No report

PC11/167: Report from Councillor Kaczmarek, Cornwall Councillor

No report

PC11/168: Tree Warden’s Report

No report.

Members looked at an emergency application for a TPO on an elm tree at Strawberry Fields and resolved to support the application.

PC11/169: Footpath Officer’s report
Cllr. Bray reported that the footpaths appear to be in good condition. She has identified a couple of amendments to the cutting schedule which the Clerk will pass on to Penny Hodgson.

Cllr. Thomas will replace the footpath sign at the top of the steps in Rough Street and will attempt to locate the finger post marking the footpath from Pennance Road to Consols mine.

PC11/170: Tresavean/Coastline Development
Formal planning permission has still not been issued. Work on the spine road has ceased after breaking through the wall although Coastline does appear to be carrying out some sort of ground testing. The resident, concerned about losing part of his garden and car port, is aware of whom to contact should he have further concerns.

Cornwall Council broadcast an interview between Dennis Nightingale and a representative of St Keverne Parish Council which is experiencing similar difficulties with Cornwall Council’s interpretation of the Homechoice register. There is a feeling that other parish councils are also having the same experience when it comes to determining the number of homes needed to meet local housing need. It was resolved that Cllr. Wood should speak to Dennis Nightingale.

PC11/171: MVRG & CNP report of meetings held on 6 October 2011.

MVRG meeting - The grant application for the mining trails enhancement project has been submitted and indications are favourable! Cllr. Wood has been nominated as project leader. Lanner will need to draw up circular trails. Teams of 3 people should be sufficient and, subject to grant funding, there will be some remuneration for this work.

The new Historic Churchyards website has now gone live although there is a bit of a glitch with the site name – soon to be resolved. For some reason unstated all Stithians content has been removed by request. Cllr. Wood has asked John Calvert, Clerk to Stithians PC, to meet Janet Ivey and other Stithians councillors to try to sort this out. Cllr. Wood will check the information for accuracy.

CNP meeting - Deborah Boden, Cornwall Council’s World Heritage Site Co-ordinator, gave an interesting presentation on the current state of the World Heritage Status followed by a question and answer session.

Penny Hodgson was scheduled to talk about a review of the Definitive Footpath Map but it transpired that this was outside her remit as Countryside Ranger.

Cllr. Wood feels that the objectives of this group should be clarified.

PC11/172: Mineral Tramways Partnership Steering Group
A meeting was held on 13 October attended by Cllr. Wood.

No meeting of the Steering Group had been held since October 2010 in breach of its constitution neither had the sub-committee set up to review the Management and Maintenance Plan. Only Lanner Parish Council sent in submissions to the committee to which no acknowledgement or response has been received.

Mike Eastwood gave assurances that the sub-committee will convene and report to the Group in the Spring of 2012.

Scott James gave a presentation on Heartlands. It will be a cycling hub (proximity to the Great Flat Lode), retail/office space and heritage/museum centre. There will be car parking for 200 vehicles at a cost of £2 per day. Members have been invited to a tour of Heartlands on 6 December.

PC11/173: Toilets and Playing Field & other community spaces.

* It was resolved that the Clerk will convene regular meetings of the committee comprising Cllrs Thomas and Deady and possibly Patrick Trinder. This committee will report back to full council. It may be practical for this committee to oversee Church Green and, should ownership transfer to the parish council, Strawberry Fields open space as well. It would be helpful to continue trying to get community members involved.
* Mr Hall has agreed to undertake litter picking twice a week in the playing field at a cost of £7 per hour.
* Councillor Deady and the Clerk have carried out routine safety inspections. No serious problems identified.

* Clerk to speak to Cllr. Anson to find out whether she has sourced any suitable locking toilet roll dispensers.
* Cllr. Wood will attend a meeting regarding the future of Strawberry Fields open space on 1 November. The Parish Council will only be interested in taking it over provided the freehold is transferred and the field is put into good order prior to the transfer. For information, Malcolm Heather has been asked to provide a quote for grass cutting.

PC11/174: Highways

* A voluntary litter pick was carried out by Martin and Hope Cunningham and Cllr. Thomas. They will continue to carry out litter picks from time to time and hopefully involve more people. Clerk to write to Martin Cunningham expressing thanks.

PC11/175: Lawn Cemetery

* A price for cutting back the bracken in the unused section of the new cemetery is still awaited.

PC11/176: Christmas Lights – update on preparations for 2011
12 December is the provisional date for the switch-on. LDSB has been informed of this. Cllr Thomas is starting to make preparations. He has some lighting but is likely to want to draw down on his budget to improve the stock of lights.

PC11/177: Diamond Jubilee
LDSB wishes to hold a celebration event on the playing field next June. The Parish Council resolved to agree to this in principle subject to the necessary legal and insurance provisions being in place. The band would like some parish council representation to assist with preparations. It was suggested that there could be a link between the organising committee and the playing field committee.

PC11/178: Parish Plan

The steering group is willing to continue in the role of a monitoring group. A meeting will be arranged for early next year. The recent newsletter has generated some good feedback about the plan which will be passed to the monitoring group.

Vanessa Luckwell has asked whether Lanner would be interested in being a ‘pilot’ parish for producing a neighbourhood plan. With a possible cost implication of £7000 to £15000 it was decided to shelve this for the foreseeable future.

PC11/179: Remembrance Sunday
This falls on November 13 this year. It was resolved that Cllr. Anson (if available) and Cllr. Thomas will represent the Parish Council. The wreath is with the Clerk.

PC11/180: s137 grants

Having reviewed all applications for funding this year it was resolved to make the following grants:

Tanya’s Courage Trust                       £200

CRUSE Bereavement Care               £200

Marie Curie Cancer Care                   £200

Penhaligon’s Friends                         £200

LDSB                                                      £300

Assistance with funding a skateboard/BMX facility at Strawberry Fields will be discussed in the light of the outcome of the forthcoming meeting.

PC11/181: Financial Matters and Accounts for Payment

Mrs P Willmore                       October 2011 salary               102614                        697.72

The Post Office                       PAYE Oct 2011                         102615                        87.01

C A Young                               Cemetery drawings                 102616                        300.00

Viking                                       Stationery (newsletter)            102617                        59.36

Cornwall Council                   Labels for newsletter              102618                        36.00

Mrs Moon                                 Keyholder duties Oct               102619                        62.00

Mr Hall                                      Cleaning & litter picking Oct   102620                       254.00

RBL                                           Poppy wreath                            102621                        18.50

Tanya’s Courage Trust         s137 grant                                  102622                        200.00

Cruse                                       s137 grant                                  102623                        200.00

Marie Curie Care                      s137 grant                               102624                        200.00

Penhaligon’s Friends             s137 grant                                102625                        200.00

LDSB                                         s137 grant                                 102626                        300.00

Resolved these accounts be paid.

2011/12 Budget Performance

The council continues to operate within its budget. The draft budget/precept for 2012/13 will be circulated to members prior to next month’s meeting.

PC11/182: Correspondence

Mrs Pat Williams                     Report of the Lanner Festival. Clerk to respond.

Councillor Kaczmarek            2 letters of complaint. These will discussed in committee following this

                                                    meeting.

PC11/183:Date of next meeting
24 November 2011

PC11/184: Items for next agenda

None identified.

There being no other business the meeting closed at 21.50.

Pat Willmore 01209 200551

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