HAVERAH PARK WITH
BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Tuesday 18 July 2023
Location: Beckwithshaw Village Hall
Present: Councillors Cllr D
Spence (Chairman), Cllr A Ellis, Cllr J Parish, Cllr Mr S
Swires, Cllr M David,
Cllr Mrs S Swires and Cllr N Hull.
Parish Clerk Mrs J H Galloway.
1
Member of the public was present.
1
Apologies None.
2
Declarations of Interest None.
3
Exempt Information None.
4
Approval of previous minutes
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 13 June 2023 was proposed by Cllr Spence, seconded by Cllr Parish
and signed by the Chairman.
5 Urgent Business Defibrillator
at Squinting Cat Electrical
requirements
passed
to the Squinting Cat, awaiting further contact. Anyone wishing to attend
defibrillator training at Ripon Bowling on Tuesday 22 August 2023 at 7pm should
register to do so.
Grants Working with
Organisations Cllr Parish to
draw
up a form. Amounts of grant and budget to be
decided.
Bench Contact Persimmon
Homes with preferred site for
bench.
Notice Board Cllr Hull to
forward the forms for a Locality
Grant.
Commuted
Sums Cllrs Parish and Hull to follow up.
Standing
Orders - All Parish Councillors have
accepted
the
Orders and have signed a copy.
6. Finances - The
bank balances at 18 July 2023 were reported to the Parish
Council:
Business
Current Account
£608.22
Business Money Manager (Deposit
Account) £7,486.41
£8,094.63
Clerk to investigate
the possibility of a Debit Card for some payments. ongoing.
Bank Mandate updated
and will be passed to HSBC.
Paid Clerks Salary £543.15
and tax £135.60
A quarterly Internal
Audit has been carried out and agreed by Cllrs Spence and Ellis.
A Financial Management Statement
was presented to the PC showing percentage of
Budget spent in first
quarter of year.
7. North Yorkshire Councillor Cllr Hull was asked about the possible availability of
Training
for Parish Councillors.
8. Planning
Matters - Decisions
23/01098/FUL Granted subject
to conditions
Site
2 rows of solar PV panels on ground mounting at back of paddock field at
Woodside
Farm, Otley Road, Beckwithshaw (B Khan)
Applications
ZC23/02123/FUL
Replacement
of existing south roof covering for solar PVT panels to existing cottage,
installation
of 4 solar PVT panel array to planted roof to existing single storey
extension,
installation of external ASHP screen in place of existing oil tank at 3
Springhill
Cottages, Haverah Park (Mr U Rietschel and Mrs M Rieschel)
Prior response The Parish Council
has no Objections
ZC23/02206/LB
To
replace one timber, painted, heritage slim double glazed stormproof window. The
new
window being to the exact same specification as the existing window at Court
House,
Moor Park (C/O Agent)
Prior response The Parish Council
has no Objections
ZC23/02256/FUL
Proposed
2 storey side extension to the existing dwelling fenestrations, stone
cladding
to exterior, installation of2 chimney stacks and loft conversion including
dormer
window to rear at Leckhampton House, Hill Top Lane (Mr Matt Welsh)
Prior response The Parish Council has no Objections
Appeal
23/00044/NREFPP
Appeal
against decision on Demolition of existing House and associated outbuildings
and
the erection of a replacement dwelling at Leckhampton House, Hill Top Lane (Mr
Matt
Welsh)
9. Local Plan The Western Arc Coordination Group (of which we are a Member) are
asking that the West Harrogate Infrastructure Study and Infrastructure
Delivery
Schedule are completed and ratified by NYC and will impact on the
imminent
planning applications to be considered for Windmill Farm and Bluecoat
Park.
Cllr Spence to join a West of Harrogate Stakeholders meeting with NYC on
3rd
August to be updated on the current situation.
10 Traffic and Highways Direction sign on approach to village from Leathley
has
now
fallen off, report via Portal
Overgrown
30mph sign near Harlow Carr to be reported.
Meeting
with Chris Blackburn (NY Highways) to include
the
positioning of the crossing and dropped kerbs on
B6162
approach to mini Roundabout, proposed
reinstatement
of footpath to the cricket field and request
that
NYC write to 2 residents re overgrown hedges
blocking
footpaths and obscuring road signs.
Problems can be reported to North Yorkshire on the following webpage:
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/report-online
11 Copse and Grass Cutting Review
Copse in September.
12 Correspondence The Parish Charter has been
agreed by North Yorkshire,
please
read for discussion at next meeting.
13 Councillors Questions Further information received about the community Bus.
20s
Plenty Bin Stickers to be ordered by Cllr Parish.
14 Dates and time of next meetings
Monday 11
September 2023 at 7.30pm
and Monday
9 October 2023
Monday
20 November 2023
Monday 8 January 2024
Monday 12 February 2024
Monday 11 March 2024
Monday 8 April 2024
Monday 13 May 2024
Please make note of new
dates. All are booked in the village hall.
The meeting closed at 9.35pm
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 |
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