| Minutes of Bridford Parish Council meeting at Bridford Village Hall on Monday 6th June 2016 at 7.00pm | |||
| Present: Cllrs F Miles (Chairperson), G Hearnden, E Price, A Lord, R Dowding, T Evans, Mrs J Banks (Clerk) Dst Cllr A Ford attended for part of the meeting, Jackie Thomas, representing Acorn and David Wood, representing Teign Valley First Responders. No other members of the public were in attendance. | |||
| AGENDA | |||
| 1 | Apologies Cnty Cllr J Brook (via Cllr Ford) | ||
| 2 | Declarations of Interest – none | ||
| 3 | Short Presentation by David Wood, Teign Valley First Responder re First Aid training and Defibrillators. David confirmed that first aid courses can be tailored to whatever is required. He brought along a defibrillator and explained how it works, providing the additional information needed to make a decision regarding the purchase of a machine. | ||
| 4 | Public Discussion – the Clerk introduced Jackie Thomas who came along in the absence of their Chair Jo Clunie, to give a short presentation about the work of Acorn serving the elderly and vulnerable. | ||
| 13 | District Councillors Report brought forward on the agenda from item 13 Cllr Ford reminded everyone of the meeting at TVCH on Friday June 10th, to meet with Teignbridge CEO Nicola Bulbeck and to ask any questions they may have.
The Broadband meeting held at TVCH on 3 June was attended by about 40 from the Teign Valley. The presentation gave an overview about Broadband services in the Valley in the future. It is proposed that Airband will go live in September. To be eligible to apply for a £500 voucher to upgrade your service, your Broadband speed must be less than 2. Superfast is classed as 24 and above. |
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| Dst Cllr Ford left the meeting at 8.00pm | |||
| MATTERS ARISING | |||
| 5 | Minutes – the Parish Council resolved to approve the minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Parish Council Meeting held on 9th May 2016 as a true and accurate record of the meetings | ||
| 6 | Allotments – two half plots still vacant. Nothing else to report. | ||
| 7 | Play Area – nothing to report | ||
| 8 | First Aid Course and Defibrillator – following on from item 3, the Parish Council agreed that it would arrange a first aid course in September, the topics to include, Recovery, CPR, Bleeding & what to have in your First Aid Kit at home. The Clerk will liaise with David Wood to arrange a date and will put the details in Unity to see how much interest there is. Attendees would be invited to make a donation. The Parish Council agreed that it will pursue the idea of the purchase of a defibrillator. The Clerk will make enquiries regarding possible grants available. | ||
| 9 | Village Garden – Cllr Miles has been in contact with both families regarding the transfer of the Garden to the Parish Council and they are both of the opinion that this is what their respective parents had intended to happen. They would be content for the land to be transferred and the Parish Council has agreed to cover their costs involved. Cllr Miles will contact them again to get things underway. Public Liability cover will need to be extended to include the Village Garden if it is to be transferred to the Parish Council ownership. | ||
| 10 | Casual Vacancy in the Parish of Bridford – there has not been any interest from anybody wishing to be co-opted on to the Parish Council. | ||
| 11 | Road between Laployd Barton and Blackingstone Rock – Simon Pearson (DCC Highways) has confirmed that he will take a look at the road in question and issue details of any safety defect potholes to the contractor for repair | ||
| ANY OTHER MATTERS ARISING | |||
| 12 | Meetings attended by Parish Councillors – Cllr Dowding attended the recent Village Hall meeting and circulated a copy of the Annual Report. Cllr Dowding also attended the last TALC meeting, nothing of great importance to report 20 | ||
| 13 | District Councillors Report – brought forward and dealt with earlier in the meeting | ||
| PLANNING
For Discussion |
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| 14 | Establishing Bridford Parish Council’s Planning Policy – this has now been deferred until after the end of the summer | ||
| 15 | Tor Croft, Bridford – re proposed modifications and extension to existing dwelling (DNPA ref 0232/16) deferred from last meeting pending site visit and observations submitted prior to June meeting. “The Parish Council supports the application believing that it will result in a much improved house, both visually and structurally.” | ||
| 16 | Unit 2, Bridford Mill, Bridford – re change of use from (B2) Offices to (A1) Hairdressers (DNPA ref. 0244/16). Details circulated to Councillors and dealt with between meetings due to short timescales for responses. “The Parish Council has no objections to the application” | ||
| 17 | West Birch Farm, Bridford – re proposed removal of existing static home and construction of garage buildings (DNPA ref. 0257/16). The Parish Council supported the original planning application but changed this to ‘no objection’ on the current application due to the new revised position of the building being more visually intrusive. | ||
| 18 | Any planning items for discussion received since publication of the agenda – none | ||
| For Information | |||
| 19 | The White Barn, Weeke Barton, Bridford – Grant of Conditional Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent re refurbishment and alterations (DNPA ref. 0161/16 & 0162/16) | ||
| 20 | West Park Cottage, Bridford – Grant of Conditional Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent re extension / alterations (DNPA ref 0168/16 & 0169/16) | ||
| 21 | Burnicombe Farm – application re erection of agricultural barn has been withdrawn (DNPA ref 0186/16) | ||
| 22 | Any planning items for information received since publication of the agenda
Little Lowton Farm, Bridford – Grant of Conditional Planning Permission re change of use of Land to site residential caravan to serve at temporary dwelling to house an agricultural worker for three years (DNPA ref 0172/16) |
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| FINANCE & ACCOUNTS | |||
| 23 | NALC 2016-2018 National Salary Awards
New pay scales for 2016/17 to be implemented immediately and backdated to 1st April 2016 New pay scales for 2017/18 to be implemented from 1st April 2017 |
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| 24 | Internal Audit – has been completed and there were no issues to report requiring Attention. Annual Return will now be forwarded to the external auditor Grant Thornton for approval and signing off. A revised Notice of Date of Commencement of Period for the Exercise of Public Rights has been published. | ||
| 25 | Account balances as at 9th May 2016
Current account Investment account |
£5,816.18 £3,341.80 £9,157.98 |
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| (Balances Include earmarked funds £165 refundable allotment deposits, £659
Play Area, £43 Village Garden and £458 textile bank) |
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| 26 | INCOME
Bank interest re April 2016 Bridford Village Hall Skittles – Learners Team re Village Garden £43 Play Park Team re Play Park £36 HM Revenue & Customs re VAT refund Proceeds from textile bank – Bag2 School 21 |
£ 0.28
£ 79.00 £ 43.01 £ 44.00 £ 166.29 |
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| 27 | EXPENDITURE
Clerks salary for May 2016 including pay increase backdated to 1 April 2016 Cllr E Price re photocopying £ 2.25 re refreshments for Annual Parish Meeting £ 7.00* Mrs J Banks re refreshments for Annual Parish Meeting £20.23* CCV Risk Solutions t/a Morgan Brokers re renewal of Parish Council insurance Mrs P Clapham re completion of internal audit * Refreshments for Annual Parish Meeting to be authorised as S137 payments |
£ 194.54
£ 9.25 £ 20.23 £ 821.22 £ 50.00 £1,095.24 |
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| 28 | Account balances as at 6th June 2016
Current account Investment account
The Parish Council resolved to accept the accounts and approve the expenditure. Cllr Dowding (delegated by the Chairperson) checked the invoices to the cheque book and the reconciliation to the bank statement. |
£4,886.95 £3,342.08 £8,229.03 |
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| ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION | |||
| 29 | Establishing Bridford Parish Council’s Planning Policy – duplicated item see 14 | ||
| 30 | Any items for discussion since publication of the agenda – none | ||
| ITEMS FOR INFORMATION | |||
| 31 | Annual Rural Skip – will be in the lay-by at the top of Pound Lane,16th July from 10am – 4.pm | ||
| 32 | Electoral Review of Teignbridge
Have your say. Consultation closes on 4 July 2016 |
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| 33 | Reminder – Invitation to meet Nicola Bulbeck CEO Teignbridge with our District Councillor Amanda Ford on Friday June 10th, 10.30am at TVCH Christow | ||
| 34 | Any items for information since publication of the agenda
Warnings – be aware of bogus notifications regarding winners of the postcode lottery. DNPA Communities Fund 2016/17 now opened for applications |
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| 35 | Public Discussion – no other items for discussion | ||
| 36 | Date of next meeting – Monday 4 July 2016 in the upstairs room at Bridford Village Hall at 7pm | ||
| Original copy of minutes signed by Cllr F Miles, Chairperson 4 July 2016 | |||
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CIRCULATION
Newsletters, Reports and Circulars – Dunsford PC and Christow PC approved April minutes 22 |
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