HAVERAH PARK WITH
BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Tuesday 10 April 2018
Location: Village Hall, Beckwithshaw.
Present: Councillors – Cllr M Nicholson (Chairman), Cllr T Muirhead,
Cllr Mrs K Wilson, Cllr D Spence and Cllr Miss V Oldham.
Parish Clerk – Mrs J H
Galloway
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Members of the public were present.
Following the
Open Meeting the meeting commenced at 8.05pm
1. Apologies: Cllr M Clark, Cllr Mrs J Ryder and Cllr S Lumley.
2. Declaration of Interest: None.
3. Exempt Information: None.
4. Minutes of the meeting held on 13 March
2018:
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 13 March 2018 was proposed by Cllr Muirhead and seconded by Cllr
Nicholson.
5. Matters arising not dealt with elsewhere:
i) March
minutes, quote for £500 should read £517.
ii) The defibrillator is covered by the
Parish Council’s insurance
(Assets
covered to the value of £10,000)
iii) The newsletter has been circulated
6. Traffic Working Party Report:
Below is the record of the meeting with Darren
Griffiths North Yorkshire CC Highways and Jonathan Hunter, Traffic Management
Officer NYP on Monday 19th March 2018 at 2pm in the Smiths Arms Car
Park. Also present: Mark Nicholson (Chair BPC), Derek Spence (BPC), Jim Gordon
(BSW), Andy Ross (BSW), Jo Parish (BSW)
We were informed that the Parish Council
cannot erect our own flashing signs as these would not conform to current NYCC
Highways regulations. Nor can we attach anything to any existing roadside
poles. This may change as a result of
the ongoing consultation of Parishes but it will be later in the year before
things change – if at all. It was mentioned that the data output of the sign we
had been considering was also very difficult to sift through and we may not be
able to subject it to any form of analysis.
It seems the best way to slow down
through traffic is by having parked vehicles along the roadside – some villages
had considered buying an old vehicle and parking it permanently in an area
where they wanted traffic calming!
The Parish Council could ‘hire’ a
flashing sign from NYCC on a rotational basis for £6,000 plus VAT over four
years. This cost would include the
provision of the sign, the siting of it, a socket and post and officer time to
install it each time. For this the
village would get 6 weeks on and 12 weeks off and it would thus be deployed 3
times a year costing approx. £77 per week it was working in our village. This would be guaranteed to work during all
that time and any downtime due to lamps failing would be made up by NYCC.
Records show that we have had no
accidents in the village over the past 2 /3 years. This was explained as ‘no
reported accidents causing injury’. The
fatality at the roundabout seems to be considered a possible ‘suicide’. All sites are visited after an accident to
see if road layout has been a factor. Thus it would appear that a ‘collision
with no report of injury’ would not be taken into account. These could be happening regularly but the
police would be unaware of them.
The Highways representatives were then
asked what we ‘could’ do to move things along.
Beckwithshaw would be eligible for another data logging event from April
and suggested that we apply for this straight away to get it in the
pipeline. We are to contact them again
if we are asked to wait for any length of time.
We can request a particular site for the data logger (small box attached
to an existing roadside pole) but not the full data output as we do not have
the software to ‘decode’ it. If the result showed that we are consistently
seeing speeds in the mid 30’s we would be eligible for visits by a speed van or
a bike! But nothing else as we have not had ‘accidents’.
Alternatively, or additionally, we can pay NYCC £120 for data tubes laid
across the road at either end of the village for seven days and nights which
would log all vehicles and peak times and all speed bands. We would receive all
the data and be able to analyse it and could use this
to back up any future requests for road improvements. This can be done at any
time we ask for it.
A point of note is that through NYP
Operation Spartan, dash-cam footage is acceptable when reporting a speeding
offence. Dash cam footage showing poor driving habits of any sort can be
emailed directly to OpSpartan@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
Regarding moving the speed limit signs
and getting 20mph near the school this would also appear to be a negative
option at the moment. We were pointed
towards a Govt website which explains how local speed limits are set and which
can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/setting-local-speed-limits. The following extract may give us some hope
but the whole publication requires reading through.
Traffic authorities set local
speed limits in situations where local needs and conditions suggest a speed
limit which is lower than the national speed limit. Traffic authorities have
the flexibility to set local speed limits that are appropriate for the
individual road, reflecting local needs and taking account of local
considerations.
Speed limits should be
evidence-led and self-explaining and seek to reinforce people’s assessment of
what is a safe speed to travel. They should encourage self-compliance. Speed
limits should be seen by drivers as the maximum rather than a target speed.
Traffic authorities are asked
to keep their speed limits under review with changing circumstances, and to
consider the introduction of more 20 miles per hour limits and zones, over
time, in urban areas and built-up village streets that are primarily
residential, to ensure greater safety for pedestrians and cyclists, using the
criteria contained in this guidance.
Unfortunately we are among many parishes
who are increasingly concerned about slowing down the traffic through their
villages.
7. Urgent Business: Data
Protection. The renewal notice has been received – May 2018.
Emergency
Plan. Waiting for papers from the officer from Harrogate
Borough Council. Have
received one offer of help in an emergency.
Parish Council
Elections. There was an uncontested election for our Parishes. Need 2 more
councillors for Beckwithshaw Parish.
There is to be a litter
pick on 14 April 2018, more volunteers requested.
8. County Councillor’s Report: None.
9. District Councillor’s Report: The District Council Election is to be held
on Thursday
May 3.
There is a new round of
funding available.
10. Planning Matters:
i) Decisions
18/00471/FUL Approved Subject to
Conditions
Demolition of existing conservatory and porch
and erection of single storey extension, porch,
detached garage block and alterations to fenestration and parking area at
Central House Farm, Hampsthwaite (Mr
Stainsby)
ii) Applications
18/00348/FUL
Erection of single storey extension
and fencing, formation of external stairway and associated groundworks at
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Church Row, Beckwithshaw. (Rev John Smith)
Cllr
Mrs K Wilson declared a pecuniary interest and this
item was discussed at the end of the meeting after Cllr Mrs
Wilson had left the premises.
The Parish
Council objects on the planning grounds as below:-
Inappropriate design for the surrounding area and not in keeping with
the Church, village hall and the village.
11. LDF Update: The next thing will be when the
Planning inspector has the inquiry.
The main problem remains infra structure
especially capacity on Otley road and an insistence
by HBC to only look at traffic impact of each individual development and not of
them all together. The response to over capacity at Otley
road junctions is to say the country roads and residential streets will cope. It
is felt that Beckwithshaw residents don’t appreciate how badly this is going to
affect them on a day to day basis.
12. Highways: The large direction sign on the approach to
the village roundabout from Killinghall has been
turned sideways.
There are numerous
potholes along Norwood Lane, between the entrances
to Crimple Head Farm and Pheonix farm, plus at the Otley road end.
13. Finance:
The
bank balances at 10 April 2018 were reported to the Parish Council:
£
Community Account 2,954.53
Money Manager (Deposit
Account) 1,429.79
4,384.32
Approval
for payment for inclusion in 2017/18
Clerk’s
Salary £343.20
Clerk’s
Tax and NI £110.95
T
P Jones £54.00
Clerk’s
Expenses £36.26
Cllr
Nicholson Expenses £31.00
The
papers for the Annual Governance and Accountability returns has been received.
14. Correspondence:
i) Leaflet on Radar Speed
Signs Passed to Cllr Nicholson.
ii) Letter from Julian
Smith MP Re Highways
iii) Newsletters and e-mails
forwarded to councillors.
15. Update on the Copse:
A Spring Clean
up to be arranged.
16. Councillors Questions: Cllr Mrs Wilson was thanked for all her
support.
Cllr Spence asked about
the trees cut down on the housing site on Otley Road.
17. Date & Time of
next meetings:
Tuesday 8 May 2018 at 7.45pm with
the AGM.
The meeting closed at 9.30pm
Please check the
website for further information – www.beckwithshaw.org
SUMMARY
OF ACTIONS
No. |
Action |
Responsibility |
1 |
Review
Signage |
Cllr
Nicholson Cllr
Spence |
2 |
Photos
for website |
All
after AGM |
3 |
Litter
Pick 14 April 2018 |
All |
4 |
New
funding re Broadband, continuous |
Cllr
Muirhead |
5 |
Knabbs Ridge next funding 21 May 2018 CC
funding May 2018 |
All |
6 |
|
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7 |
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