HAVERAH PARK WITH
BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Thursday 14 November 2019
Location: Beckwithshaw Village Hall
Present: Councillors – Cllr D Spence, Cllr A Ellis, Cllr M David, Cllr
J Gordon and Cllr Miss V
Oldham.
.
Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway.
3
Members of the public were present.
1. Apologies: Cllr T Muirhead, Cllr Mrs J
Ryder and Cllr S Lumley.
2. Declaration
of Interest: None.
3. Exempt Information: None.
4. Minutes of the meetings held on 12 September
2019.
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 12 September 2019 was proposed by Cllr David, seconded by Cllr Ellis
and signed by the Chairman.
5. Matters arising not dealt with elsewhere: None.
6. Traffic and Highways:
It was proposed by Cllr David and seconded by
Cllr Gordon that the solar
Powered VAS (Details as follows) be purchased.
620mm
Round Dimension £3,193.75 (Plus Vat)
Data
Collection and Retrieval Option £291.50 (Plus Vat)
TOTAL £3,485.25 (plus Vat – reclaimable)
Funded by - £2,500.00 grant from Knabs Ridge,
£500.00 from budget and £485.25 from reserves.
All in favour.
Support pole has been installed by NYCC £500
(funded by a grant from Cllr Lumley).
Cllr Spence to contact Tony Sutcliffe re path
clearance.
The clerk now has revised instructions on
opening the Parish Portal.
7. Urgent Business:
a) Western Arc Group Cllrs Spence, Ellis, David and Gordon to
meet and
compose a ‘one sheeter’
on the Parish’s needs for traffic
management.
b) Pollution Cllr Gordon to contact the
school, HBC and NYCC about
the
pollution at the roundabout. Also to look into the
possibility of a sensor.
c) Litter Pick Held
on Saturday 2 November 2019, a total of 9 bags
of
rubbish collected and a wire grid. Thank you to all who
took
part.
Rock salt owned by Parish Council removed
from Village Hall Hut.
d) Emergency Plan Meeting
to take place to finalise the Plan.
8. County Councillor’s Report: None.
9. District Councillor’s
Report:
Stray repairs are under way. There
will be no cycling
events centred on
Harrogate next year.
10. Planning
Matters:
DECISIONS
19/03060/LB Approved Subject to Conditions
19/03059/FUL Approved
Subject to Conditions
Demolition
of Lean-to structure and erection of greenhouse, fencing and gates at
The Manor
House, Lady Lane (Mr Mark Hunt)
APPLICATIONS
19/04174/PBR NOW WITHDRAWN
Prior Notification for the
conversion of agricultural buildings to create 3 dwelling
Houses at Central House Farm,(Mr J
Ryder)
19/04128/FUL
Demolition of Conservatory.
Erection of single storey and 2 two storey extensions,
erection of entrance porch and
detached garage with studio over. Alterations to
roof pitch and fenestration at
Ingle Manor, Moor Park, Beckwithshaw (Mr & Mrs
Murphy)
The Parish Council has no objections.
19/04537/COU
Change of use of agricultural store
to ancillary residential (C3) at Shaw Green Lea,
Shaw Lane, Beckwithshaw (Mrs S
Borthwick)
The Parish Council has no
objections.
19/04364/FUL
Erection of first floor, two an
single storey extensions and conversion of
workshop/garage to form additional
living accommodation (Revised Scheme) at
Reservoir House, Haverah Park (Mrs C
McEwan)
The
Parish Council has no objections.
19/04538/COU
Change of use of land to domestic
curtilage at Braithwaite Barn, Beckwith Lodge
Farm (Mr D Hayton)
The
Parish Council has no objections.
19/00294/SCOPE
Request for an Environmental Impact
Assessment for Windmill Farm, Beckwithshaw
11. LDF Update: Waiting for plan to be agreed by the
Inspector.
Statement
dated October from HBC:-
HARROGATE
DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN: PARISH COUNCIL UPDATE, OCTOBER 2019
What progress has been made on the Local
Plan?
In
January and February a series of hearing sessions were held by the Inspector
examining the Council’s Local Plan. Following the close of the hearing
sessions, we have been preparing a series of modifications to the plan. The proposed modifications are designed to
address issues raised through the examination in order to ensure that the Local
Plan is sound. We recently ran a consultation
on these modifications that closed on 20 September.
What happens next?
All
of the comments received in response to the proposed modifications will be sent
to the Inspector who is examining the Plan.
He will take these in to consideration before he produces his final
report. We anticipate receiving his
report later this year following which, if he concludes that the Plan is sound,
the Council will then adopt the Plan.
What weight can we attach to the Local
Plan when making decisions on planning applications?
Planning
applications should be determined in accordance with the Local Plan unless
there are other material considerations that indicate otherwise.
Only
once the Plan is adopted can we give it full weight in making those
decisions. However, national planning
policy advises that increased weight can be given to emerging local plan policy
as it progresses towards adoption. We
are now at an advanced stage of plan preparation which means that whilst we
cannot give the Local Plan full weight we can give it significant weight in
decision making.
What does this mean for determining
applications?
Until
recently we have found it difficult to refuse applications unless we could
demonstrate that the harm was ‘significant and demonstrable’. This was as a result of not having an up to
date plan. This meant that in weighing
up the balance of impacts greater weight was given to the importance of
delivery new homes when compared with any harm caused by the scheme.
In
light of the significant weight that we can now give to the emerging local
plan, alongside our now healthy land supply position, this means that the
weight to be given to the importance of delivering new homes is lessened when
compared to harm caused. This is because
we now have an emerging plan that sets out allocations and development limits
that allows us to deliver the amount of new homes that are needed within our
district. Therefore proposals on other
sites outside of development limits are unlikely to be viewed favourably.
12. Finance:
The
bank balances at 14 November 2019 were reported to the Parish Council:
£
Community Account 7,609.25
Money Manager (Deposit
Account) 1,433.74
9,042.99
Includes 2nd half
of Precept £2,150.00
Includes Knabs Ridge Grant
£2,500.00
Internet Banking request to
be chased up at bank.
It was proposed by Cllr David,
seconded by Cllr Ellis and agreed by all that the grant
of £300 received last year
be used to purchase a tablet (with appropriate software
and accessories) to
assist with minute taking etc.
13. Correspondence:
i) Beckwithshaw Village
Hall Rock salt to be moved at
Litter Pick.
ii) Julian Smith MP Surgery Dates
iii) HBC Precept
Request
iv) Washburn Parish Council Request for information re grass
cutting etc
v) HBC Parish
Consultation Meeting 22 January 2020
vi) Newsletters and e-mails
forwarded to councillors.
14. Update on the
Copse etc: The crocus bulbs have been received and need
planting.
15. Councillors Questions: Concern about the continued use of heavy
goods vehicles and buses using narrow rural roads.
16. Date & Time of next meetings: Thursday
9 January 2020
and Thursday 13 February 2020
and Thursday 12 March 2020
and Thursday 9 April 2020 – includes Open
Meeting
and
Thursday 14 May 2020 – includes AGM
The meeting closed at 10.10pm
Please check the website
for further information – www.beckwithshaw.org
SUMMARY
OF ACTIONS REQUIRED
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No. |
Action |
Responsibility |
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1 |
Review
Signage |
Cllr
Spence |
|
2 |
Broadband,
continuous |
Cllrs
Spence and Ellis |
|
3 |
Speed
on Lady Lane, Data Loggers |
Cllr
David |
|
4 |
VAS
to order |
Clerk |
|
5 |
Tablet |
Cllr
David |
|
6 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
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