HAVERAH PARK WITH
BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Tuesday 13 June 2023
Location: Beckwithshaw Village Hall
Present: Councillors – Cllr D
Spence (Chairman), Cllr A Ellis, Cllr J Parish, and Cllr
Mr S Swires.
Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway.
1
Member of the public was present.
The first 15 minutes were held in the Copse.
AGENDA
1
Apologies Cllr
M David and Cllr Mrs S Swires.
2
Declarations of Interest None.
3
Exempt Information None.
4
Approval of previous minutes –
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Annual Meeting
held on 9 May 2023 was proposed by Cllr Spence, seconded
by Cllr Parish and signed by the Chairman.
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 9 May 2023 was proposed by Cllr Spence, seconded by Cllr Parish
and signed by the Chairman.
5 Urgent Business – Defibrillator
at Squinting Cat – permission has been
granted
by Greene King for it to be sited at the Squinting
Cat
Pub. Exact location is under negotiation.
Grants – Working with
Organisations – Cllr Parish to
obtain
examples of Grant Forms. Criteria for grants to be
formulated
and also guidance to other funding be offered.
Bench – siting of, on Otley Road.
Reminder to be sent to
Persimmon
Homes (Copy to Cllr Ellis). Order Bench.
Notice Board – Apply to Cllr
Hull for a Locality Grant.
Commuted
Sums – Cllr Parish to follow up.
Standing
Orders - All Parish Councillors to
read then sign
declaration
at next meeting.
6. Finances - The bank balances at
13 June 2023 were reported to the Parish Council:
Business Current Account £1,584.09
Business Money Manager (Deposit
Account) £7,477.09
£9,061.18
Clerk to investigate
the possibility of a ‘Debit Card’ for some payments. – ongoing.
Bank Mandate partially
updated still need signatures (2 Cllrs details needed urgently)
Payments included Insurance £264.00
Data Protection Fee
£35.00
Approval for payment of
Clerk’s expenses proposed by
Cllr Ellis and seconded
by Cllr Spence £289.12
Prior Approval for
payment of Clerk’s Salary (£542.95) and tax (£135.80) was
approved.
Internal Audit – Cllrs Spence
and Ellis to attend at 7.00pm prior to next PC meeting
to carry out audit.
7 North Yorkshire Councillor Cllr Hull to follow up on information re the “Rural
Footpath”
from Beckwithshaw Roundabout to the Cricket Field.
Cllr Hull has also been asked to investigate
several
outstanding
items raised with Highways.
8 Planning Matters - Decisions
ZC23/01723/TPO Granted
subject to conditions
Felling
and replanting 2 trees at Long Lane House, Beckwith Head (Mrs Anna Byron)
Applications
ZC22/00721/OHL
Rebuild
of Overhead line at The Stables, Shaw Lane (Northern Powergrid)
The Parish Council has no
objections.
ZC23/02029/FUL
Erection
of first floor extension and formation of roof terrace at Delauney House,
Moor
Park (Mr & Mrs Bruce)
The Parish Council has no objections.
ZC23/02184/PBR
Prior
notification for the change of use of agricultural building to form2 dwellings
at
Wildside
Barn, Otley Road (Cardale Retreats Ltd)
“The Parish
Council does not object to or support the application but wishes that there is appropriate
access to this site.”
9 Local Plan The group have composed a letter to be sent to Cllr
Pat Marsh
about
the concerns of the local area.
10 Traffic and Highways Several outstanding items to be referred to NY Council.
20’s
Plenty – Survey Report from North Yorkshire Council
is
due on Monday 26 June 2023.
Problems can be reported to North Yorkshire on the following webpage:
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/report-online
11 Copse and Grass Cutting The Copse
was inspected at the start of the mmeting.
Actions required
- The lime trees need trimming at the
base.
Bramble
needs removing from base of tree
numbered
2434 (TPO number)
Paving
needs sweeping.
Ivy
needs removing.
Surface
trim or just trim border of paving with
a
path to Information Board. Clerk to
contact
Chevin Landscapes.
12 Correspondence Received reply from Richard
Flinton, Chief Executive of
NYC.
Should receive a response by 3 July 2023.
13 Councillors Questions Information received about a community Bus.
The
Parish was asked if the day of the meeting could be
altered
to a Monday evening as Beckwithshaw has
received
a new booking for Tuesday evenings.
The
Parish Council agreed.
14 Dates and time of next meetings
– Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 7.30pm
and Monday
11 September 2023
Monday 9 October 2023
Monday
20 November 2023
Please make note of
dates. All are booked in the village hall.
The meeting closed at 9.55pm
Please check the website
for further information – www.beckwithshaw.org
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS REQUIRED
No. |
Action |
Responsibility |
1 |
Defibrillator – Contact Squinting re location |
Cllr Spence |
2 |
Defibrillator – Source Demo |
Cllrs |
3 |
Commuted Sums - follow up |
Cllr Parish |
4 |
Grant form - examples |
Cllr Parish |
5 |
Bench – Contact Persimmon Homes |
Clerk (Copy to Cllr Ellis) |
6 |
Notice Board – apply for grant - Locality Budgets
NY |
Clerk |
7 |
Standing Orders please
read, to be signed at next meeting. |
All Cllrs |