MINUTES OF THE TANSLEY PARISH COUNCIL MONDAY 14 MARCH  2005

Present:  Councillors R Whitworth,  K Gray, N Johnson,  I Spencer, J Spink, B Taylor,

Also present DDDCouncillor Steve Flitter

100/05                 APOLOGIES

Cllrs R Bourne and N Whitworth

101/05        DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Councillor Johnson declared an interest in the Fete Field item and informed the meeting that he would take no part in the discussion.

102/05        MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 14  FEBRUARY  2005

The Minutes of the Meeting held on Monday 14 February 2005 were approved and signed as a true and accurate record.

103/05        MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES

There were no matters arising

104/05        EXCLUSIONS

There were no items to be taken in exclusion.

105/05        CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Footpaths in the village

The Probation Service has started work on the path down The Knoll to the Scout Hut, although there had been problems with the workers actually finding the location, so not a lot of work had been done, but a start has been made.

Opening of Tenders for Cemetery Path

Four tenders had been sent out and three received back, theses were opened as follows:_

          R G Millward           1,480

          G F Fox                 2,232.50

          Johnson Surfacing  3,331,13

RESOLVED:

To accept the lowest tender but and enhance the specification.

The clerk would notify G F Fox and Johnson Surfacing of this decision and Cllr Taylor would contact Millwards to inform them of the result and also regards to the enhanced specification required.

The clerk would notify a representative of the church that work will soon be carried out and that they would need to post notices in the church informing users of that, after gaining permission to do so.

East Midlands in Bloom Seminar

There had been an informal workshop on 17 February which the clerk had attended giving useful information about the involvement of the competition.

A letter had been sent to DDDC about the sweeping and the gulley emptying within the parish, as there does not seem to be enough resources allocated to the task to complete the job.

Sweeping did take place one day last week, but again, this is not enough to complete the job.  Cllr Flitter reported that there was ‘in village’ gulley plan and an ‘out village’ plan, this would appear to be where some confusion is arising.

As yet, we are still awaiting a reply from DDDC.

Review of Fees and Charges Burial Ground

It is more than one year since the charges were reviewed, the clerk had received charges from a couple of other authorities and The Church of England fees, Tansley are quite a bit lower then these.

The charges are now to be:

Parishioners                              £150.00

Outside of the parish but

With associations                      £300.00

Headstone                                £ 40.00

Stone Tablet                             £ 40.00

There has been a lot of bad publicity with the laying of headstones, although the churchyard is the jurisdiction of DDDC.

106/05        FETE FIELD PROGRESS

The Parish Council has not signed the contact, although the builder has yet to sign.  The work should commence in a matter of days, the immediate neighbours to the works had all received an informative letter, last weekend.

The National Playing Fields Association representative is to come on Monday 21 March to review the state of the field.

Longcliffe Quarries have donated 3 x 30 tonnes of stone.

The cutting of the ‘first sod’ is to take place on Sunday 20 March at 12.30pm.

There were some concerns from residents, regarding commencement of works, hours of work, possible damage to their property, damage to the lane and subsequent utilities.

This had all been discussed at the first meeting of the Architect, Builder and Parish Council representatives, and all fears have been allayed.

107/05        PLANNING MATTERS

There were no planning matters dealt with under delegated powers.

The following planning matters for consideration:

04/08/0690 Full Planning Permission – single storey extensions to Heather View White Lea Lane – minor amendments – no comments

05/00058/FUR Extension to retirement home (lounge and basement flat) renewal of planning permission 00/04/0265) at Tansley House Residential Home Church Street Tansley – no comments

TPO 115 – Felling of Tree (Sycamore) The Grounds of the Old Tavern Car Park, Tansley – comments as follows that ‘should try and preserve this tree, unless an independent tree specialist agrees that it is diseased’

Derbyshire Dales District Council Decision Notices

TPO 145 –1998 Trees situated in an area of woodland to the north-east of Sunnybrook Whitelea Lane Tansley – selective felling of a maximum of 30 Pine Trees

TPO 122 – 1995 1). crown lift 4 sycamores and a hawthorn between 28 and 24 Riber View Close, 2). Prune back sycamore adjacent to 34 Riber View Close – conditional consent granted

04/09/0843, 04/09/0844, 04/09/0845 – Outline Planning Permission for Plots 1, 2 and 3 land off Alders Lane Tansley – permission refused. 

05/00018/ADV Advertisement Consent – Resignage of premises – Plumb Centre Brookfield Way, Tansley for Wolseley UK – permission granted

108/05        Correspondence

The Greenwatch Award Scheme was discussed – but nothing to recommend for an award.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest – the clerk had written to DDDC to gain information of the SSIs’ within the village, but had received a reply that stated there were none.  The clerk would write back and query this. 

109/05        Application for Grant –Tabalink

A letter had been received from Tabalink regarding funding of a visit to Tabalink in the Summer, there were no costings or values within the letter.

RESOLVED:

To bring further information to the April meeting

110/05        ACCOUNTS  were received as follows:                                                             

Hellison Trophies (rose bowl for post mistress)         30.00

Francis Staley Religious Trust (grant The Link)         150.00
S A Cumberland

          (Clerks Feb salary 141.15)                           141.15

Inland Revenue (Tax Mths 10,11,12)            119.43

Footpath Officer (claim & expenses)             159.78

The Meeting Closed at 8.45 pm  Signed………………………………………….