Bridford Parish Council minutes of July 2016 meeting

7.00pm

(Clerk) and three members of the public.   Cnty Cllr J Brook and Dst Cllr A Ford attended for part of the

meeting

on 9th May 2016 as a true and accurate record of the meeting

letters or phone calls.  Letter to be sent to tenant advising in the absence of payment or contact,

the Parish Council will take back possession of the plot and the deposit will be forfeited.

Grass cutting contractor to be asked to strim and keep tidy plots 2b, 3 and 4b

and look at comments contained in the recent RoSPA report.

of a defibrillator or with the payment of legal fees to transfer ownership of the Village Garden to

the Parish Council

Purchase of a defibrillator.  The first aid course will take place in the Village Hall on 12th

September at 7.00pm.  Two places have been booked.   The Clerk to prepare A4 flyers to be

given out by Cllr Dowding at the Village Fete.

legal costs will be which the Parish Council will pay.  The Parish Council will need a solicitor to

act on its behalf with regard to the conveyance of the land.  A local professional has been

recommended.  The Parish Council will contact him to see if he would be willing to  help and

what the costs would be.

Continue to advertise in Unity

that repairs have now been undertaken on this section of road.

as far as the second gate, normally cut twice a year

at a meeting arranged by Dst Cllr Ford with Nicola Bulbeck, CEO at TDC, held at Christow.

All found meeting interesting and beneficial.  Cllrs Miles, Hearnden and Dowding attended the

AGM of Bridford Trust.  Bridford Trust relies heavily on one person in particular and plans are

underway to mark his service and to find out how he would like this done.

Broadband update following recent public presentation at TVCH which gave a complete

overview of current and future superfast Broadband provision in the Teign Valley.  It is hoped

that the extensions to the mobile phone signal mast at Woodlands Farm will extend the coverage

at Bridford.  There are no other plans to install any other masts in the Teign Valley.   TDC has

published its ten year strategy.   The Chairman thanked Dst Cllr Ford for all the work and effort

she has put in towards the Broadband and mobile phone signal projects.

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Dst Cllr Ford was ‘brilliant’ and nobody was in any doubt about what was and what was not

possible.

DCC was recently awarded additional funds from the Government for potholes and road repairs.

In the Chudleigh Rural patch, this amount was £37,018.  Some of this money will be used at

Bridford to repair the Laployd Barton Road and Neadon Lane.  Potholes will be filled, followed

by tar and chipping next spring to make good the road surface.

The contract for Highways comes to an end in 2017 and tenders are in the process of going out.

Successful tenders will be invited to negotiate.  In the longer term, it is aimed to try and release

DCC from some of its long term responsibilities.  We will see more road closures to enable

work to be completed much quicker.

The Minerals Plan which has been out to consultation effectively went through unscathed subject

to minor modifications.  Highways, working with Somerset to make savings in the administrative

process.

Cllr Lord  advised that the temporary barriers at Leigh Cross have again been knocked

into the river and asked if Cnty Cllr Brook could find out if these could be replaced with concrete

ones until such time that a permanent repair / redesign can be undertaken.

Cllr Hearnden asked if there is a long term plan for roads and if so, where does Bridford Hill fit

into the plan.  Cnty Cllr Brook replied that there are two areas – slippage and potholes.  The plan

is that all A and B roads are to receive priority, then the main arterial routes to communities.

The sooner the problems are addressed, the less it will cost to repair.  Cracks along the side of

Pound Lane (Bridford Hill) are serious and need to be reported to Highways and monitored.

For Discussion

existing use re occupation of building as a residential dwelling (DNPA ref. 0301/16).  The

Parish Council has no objection but suggests that DNPA should apply the appropriate planning

rules and regulations when considering the application.

of building and associated land as a single dwelling (DNPA ref. 0323/16).  The Parish Council

has no objections but suggests that DNPA should apply the appropriate planning rules and

regulations when considering the application.

(DNPA ref. 0320/16).  Comments deferred pending a site visit

to improve their property

Standing Orders were resumed

Parish Council undertook a site visit and commented that it is a sympathetic development which

improves the quality of the housing stock and has no negative visual impact upon others.

Rockside, Bridford Road, Christow – re proposed erection of two storey extension to dwelling

and replacement garage (DNPA ref 0337/16).  Comments deferred pending a site visit.

Withdrawn

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Existing garage/store wall, doors and roof.  Rebuilding to same footprint with new roof, cladding

and doors.  (DNPA ref. 0195/16)

DNPA has appointed Bill Hitchens as its new Chairman and the Vice Chairman has been

reappointed.

Current account

Investment account

£4,886.95

£3,342.08

   £8,229.03

Area, £43 Village Garden and £458 textile bank)

Bank Interest re May 2016

£       0.27

£       0.27

Mrs J P Banks re Clerks salary for June 2016

Mrs J P Banks re admin expenditure 1 April – 30 June 2016      £126.55

re use of home as office 1 April – 30 June 2016  £  54.00

HMLR re Clerk’s PAYE re Quarter ended 5 July 2016

Mr G Dicker re grass cutting Jan/Feb/March 2016    £152.49

re 4 cuts at allotment 2                         £  20.00

re grass cutting April/May/June 2016  £152.49

£   192.56

£   180.55

£   144.40

£   324.98

£   842.49

Current account

Investment account

£4,044.46

£3,342.35

£7,386.81

Cllr Dowding, delegated by the Chairperson, checked the invoices to the cheque book

and the reconciliation to the bank statement.  It was suggested that this information

should in future, be sent to Cllr Dowding in advance of the meeting to allow him time

to look at the information.

that events such as this should be self funding, the Parish Council resolved to award a grant of

£100 from the textile bank funds.  It is hoped that this may be an annual event and the Parish

Council will suggest that a proper tea tent is set up to raise funds to go towards organisation

costs for next year.  As there will be no meeting in August, the cheque was issued and signed,

the Clerk to establish the payee (cannot be a individual and fill in the details. This amount will be

shown in retrospect on the agenda for September.

Bridford Twinning Association – Bridford has invited its French friends to visit this month.  The

Parish Council confirmed that this was a separate group and nothing to do with the Council.

It was suggested that the Twinning Association should be invited to write an item including

photographs for the Parish website.

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at 7pm.  The Parish Council will not meet in August.

CIRCULATION

Newsletters, Reports and Circulars –

Dunsford PC approved May minutes

Christow PC approved May minutes

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