NOTICE OF
MEETING (Local
Government Act 1972)
You are invited to attend
the Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council in Freshford Village Hall on Monday 9th April 2018 at
7.00pm
AGENDA
1. Welcome
and Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations
of Interest and Requests for Dispensations
3. Minutes
of the Meeting held on 12th March 2018
4. Open
Forum
5.
Finance and Personnel:
6.
Payments and receipts.
7.
Correspondence received
8.
Planning Applications:
·
18/01166/TCA Laurel House, Station Road. Fruiting cherry tree,
Trim Crown laurel hedge – Removal and replan with yew hedge.
·
17/05741/LBA
Ivythorpe
bathroom renovation
·
18/01402/FUL
Rosemary
House, Church Lane 3 car garage
9. Decision
Notifications/Further News
· 17/05969/FUL Avonlea House: Permit
· 18/00216/FUL The Hive, Pipehouse Lane: Permit
· 17/06106/FUL Hinton House helipad: Site visit 3rd
April, DMC 11th April
· 17/04322/LBA
Peipards Farm: Permit
· 17/04323/LBA
Peipards Farm: Consent
· 18/00630/TCA
Clearing Tyning view – No objection
10. Update
on ex-Clerk (AO)
11. Appointment
of temporary Responsible Financial Officer
12. Agreement
to change passwords on bank and email accounts
13. Approval
of Budget for 2018/19
14. Migration of the Community Database to MailChimp (TM)
15. Update
on preparation for the Annual Parish Meeting (All)
16. Land
behind The Glebe – discussion (JH)
17. Commitment
to support Village Fête – 9th June
18. Consideration
of proposal to site bench by bus stop near Hall car park entrance
19. Review
of MOU between FPC and FVMH
20. Update
on temporary closure of Freshford Surgery (AO)
21. External
Meetings:
· VPA
Highways Sub Committee, ? (NS)
· Bathavon
South Forum, 11th April (JA)
· Parish
Liaison Meeting, 30th May (AO)
· Bath
Preservation Trust, ? (RP)
22. Exchange
of Information
23. (Private
session) New Clerk Recruitment (PK, JA)
24. Date of
Next Meeting: 14th May 2018
Chairman’s
Report
Freshford
Surgery
Following a ‘health and safety’ inspection, the Beckington Family
Practice has had to close the Freshford surgery temporarily while remedial
works are carried out. During the temporary closure a limited service for
requesting and collecting prescriptions will be provided at the Galleries shop.
I have offered, on behalf of FPC, to help the Practice with communicating
information about the temporary closure to the community, using the Community
Database and PC notice boards.
Freshford
and Limpley Stoke Fête
Limpley Stoke PC has queried the fact that all proceeds from the
Fête go to Freshford Village Hall and none to Limpley Stoke Village Hall. The
Freshford Hall is, of course, the community hub defined in our joint
Neighbourhood Plan and serves both Freshford an d Limpley Stoke residents. I
have responded to LSPC saying that it is too late to change things for this
year: much work has already been done by volunteers and sponsors have been
signed up on the understanding that proceeds will be going to the Freshford
Hall. However, if a team of enthusiastic volunteers from Limpley Stoke were to
come forward at the beginning of the planning cycle for next year’s Fête they
would be welcomed and the combined community could hope for a bigger and even
more successful event in the future.
Memorandum
of Understanding between Freshford Village Memorial Hall and FPC
This was agreed four years ago and is now due for renewal. I
propose that we agree to renew it, subject to some revision of the permitted
usage by FPC. In particular, FPC will be liable for costs of running
by-elections in future. The potential use of the Hall as a polling station
should not be charged to FPC. Other councillors may have further comments. A
copy of the current agreement will be circulated.
Proposed
bench serving bus stop near Hall car park entrance
Maryann Cohen has proposed asking FLiSCA for funding for a bench
and is asking for FPC comments. Councillors will need to consider the
specification of the bench and its base, the location, the ownership of the
site, liaison with B&NES Highways, any financial contribution that might be
required, who might be responsible for ongoing maintenance etc. Councillors
have already seen Maryann’s emails on the subject.
Planning application notes 9 April 2018
Ivythorpe Church Hill
17/05741/LBA
This application provides for the conversion of an existing
family bathroom into two new smaller shower rooms, in a changed first floor
internal arrangement with new stud walling. The application is very short and does not provide much
detail. As an internal
change to a listed building,
consent is required.
The Parish Council will expect the detail of the Villages Design Statement
in respect of listed buildings to
be followed in the work carried out.
Recommendation: Comments submitted as above.
Rosemary House
Church Lane 18/01402/FUL
Erection of a three car garage, following demolition of a
summer house.
The Council has previously supported an application for the
construction of a new detached house in the garden of Rosemary House; permission was granted in 2016 (16/03319/FUL). At that time an
already existing summerhouse in the garden remained as part of the new building
proposal, which also included parking spaces for three cars. It
is now proposed to demolish the summerhouse and build a new three car
garage. It is stated that this new
garage will be of a similar mass and volume to the existing summerhouse being removed; it will be further to the northeast on
the site. The previously
agreed drive will be extended to provide access to the garage. The three original parking spaces will
remain. In terms of building
in the Green Belt, it appears unlikely that any volume changes issues will
apply, and this replacement building will not further jeopardise the openness
of the site. In terms of materials
and building style the Council will expect the Villages Design Statement to be
followed. Contractors’
traffic must also be carefully controlled and minimised.
Recommendation: Support.
2 April 2018
