Minutes of the Meeting
of Penrice Community Council held on Thursday 10th November 2005 in
Horton Village Hall at 7.30pm.
Present:
Mr. A. Glass –
Chairman
Mr.
Mr. G. Evans Mr. A. Oliver
Dr. J. Hilliard
Mrs. E. John (formerly Hatcher) - Clerk
05/96 Apologies for absence
Mr. I. Williams
Mrs. M. Iles
Mrs. E. Wakeford
05/97 Declarations of
Interest
There were no Declarations of Interest relating to this Meeting. Dr. J. Hilliard was given a Member’s Register of Interest form.
05/98 Minutes of the Meeting held on
5th October 2005
There were two amendments:
05/92c Financial: 2005/2006 was changed to 2006/2007
05/96d Matters Outstanding/Benches: Mr. T. Methuen-Campbell requested that the remainder of the sentence after the word Oxwich should be deleted.
The Minutes were then approved by Mr A. Oliver and seconded by Mr. T. Methuen-Campbell.
05/99 Matters Arising
a)
Message in a Bottle
Dr. J. Hilliard reported that the shop in Horton had stored the bottles during the summer, but the shop has now closed.
Suggestions were made that perhaps the bottles could be obtained from the Village Hall on a Friday or the Surgery in Scurlage. Dr. Hilliard to establish if either of these suggestions is viable. J.H.
05/100 Minutes of the Special Meeting held on
Thursday 27th October 2005
The Minutes were agreed to be a true record.
Approved by: Mr. A. Oliver - seconded by: Mr. G. Evans
05/101 Matters
Arising
Mr. Andrew Oliver reported that approximately 60 to 70 people attended the display at Horton to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Guy Fawkes. There is interest in staging events in the future, and an Official Sub-Committee could be set up on an annual basis.
05/102 County Councillor R.
Lewis
No report.
05/103 Community
Councils
a) Mr. A. Oliver and Mr. A. Glass reported on the meeting in Reynoldston which was held on Tuesday 8th November about Swansea Unitary Development Plan Deposit Draft. Seven members attended from Reynoldston Community Council and three from Penrice. Members were not unduly impressed with the presentation and they were concerned that the Plan could be a waste of tax payer’s money.
b) A vacancy has arisen on the Community Councils Standards Sub-Committee. It was agreed that Mrs. E. Wakeford should be put forward as a candidate for the vacancy. E.J.
c) Noted: From City and
d) A letter from One Voice Wales regarding
the forthcoming 50th Anniversary of the designation of Gower Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty. Penrice Community Council are interested in
organising events to commemorate the Anniversary. The two village halls Oxwich
and Penrice, and also St. Andrew’s Church Penrice,
E.J.
A.G.
A.O.
e) Noted: A letter from The Curator of Swansea Museum regarding the 50th Anniversary of Gower AONB. Mr. T. Methuen-Campbell will attend a meeting in the Museum on November 21st about a temporary exhibition which will run from May to August 2006 celebrating the Anniversary. T.M-C
05/104 Financial
a) Accounts approved for payment as at
10th November 2005
Payable
to
Purpose
Cheque No:
VAT
Total
Courtney Grove Fireworks (T/D) 248 400.00
Oxwich Bay Hotel 249 cheque cancelled
E. John – Clerk Pay & Expenses 250 247.48
Oxwich Bay Hotel Dinner (T/D) 251 1091.11
The Clerk pointed out that her surname was now John and not Hatcher.
b) Balance as @ 10th November
2005
Cash @ Bank 6946.93 opening balance 2152.80
Less cheques not
Presented 240 250.00 additional receipts 7612.79
248 400.00 = 9765.59
Less payments to date 3468.66
Balance
£ 6296.93
Balance £ 6296.93
The Clerk explained that £1,485 of the current balance was money collected for Trafalgar Day Celebrations. £247.50 had been banked after receiving the above bank statement,with an amount of £378.71 to come in. Also, a donation of £10 has been received from Mr. C. Grove. The Trafalgar Day Celebrations were totally self-funding and although an exact figure can not at this time be determined it is calculated that there will be a substantial profit to share between the four charities, namely, RNLI, Air Ambulance and Oxwich and Horton Village Halls. E.J
c) Budget
2006/2007
In addition to the planting of trees it was agreed that an extra figure should be added for the planting of bulbs in the Villages. A sum of £300 was agreed for planting and a sum of £200 for signage i.e. Oxwich Youth Hall. E.J
d) Valuation of Land
Mr. A. Glass is to contact Mr. Martin Jenkins about a cost for valuing land owned by The Community Council. A.G
05/105 Correspondence
Noted correspondence from the following:
05/106 Planning
New Planning
Applications
a) Planning Application: 2005/2102
Location: 2, The Cross,
Reynoldston,
Proposal: Two storey side
extension attached garage and rear conservatory.
Penrice Community Council supported the application.
b) Planning Application 2005/2082
Location: The Hayes – Horton,
Proposal: New vehicular
access
Penrice Community Council supported this application, however they did not receive the documentation in time to discuss the application before the Area 2 Control Committee Meeting on 8th November 2005. There is a site visit on Tuesday 15th November.
c) Decisions made by the Local Planning
Authority
i) Application No: 2005/1049
Location:
Cliffs View, Oxwich,
Proposal: Retention of stable block and construction of new stable block.
Decision: Approved with conditions.
ii) Application No: 2005/0177
Location:
The Retreat – Horton,
Proposal: Retention of vehicular access and 1.5 metre high gates.
Decision: Approved with conditions.
iii) Application No: 2005/1339
Location:
Ash Cottage – Oxwich,
Proposal: Removal of condition 2 and amendment to condition 3 of planning permission 2003/2550 dated 26th October 2004 for front porch, two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and change of use of part of ground floor to provide granny annex/tourist accommodation to allow for any part of the building to be used as a granny annex/tourist accommodation and the retention of the existing stone outbuilding.
Decision: Approved with conditions.
Application No: 2005/1581
Location:
Proposal: Use of clubhouse and ballroom premises without compliance with conditions 2 and 5 of outline planning permission 74/0896 and condition c and e of reserved matters consent 75/1482 to allow use outside the hours of 11am and 11pm and use by persons not staying on site in caravans and tents.
Decision: Refused.
05/107 Bin at
Oxwich
Mr. T. Methuen-Campbell gave consent for the galvanised bin situated near Oxwich Crossroads to be moved to a less prominent position.
05/108 Review of Policy Documents 2005
Mr. T.
Methuen –
It was agreed that the public could get information e.g. under The Freedom of Information Act from the City Council website.
05/109 Matters
Outstanding
a) Trafalgar Day Celebrations
21st October 2005
Mr. Alan Glass thanked all involved especially Mr. Gavin Roberts, Mr. Andrew Oliver, Mrs Kate Lewis, Mrs Kath Laws and Courtney Grove for their hard work in making the day a great success despite the weather. The barbeque and the African drums gave the children plenty of involvement.
The Fireworks and the bonfire (The Beacon) were very successful also. This was followed by an excellent dinner at The Oxwich Bay Hotel.
Mr. G. Evans thanked Penrice Estate for allowing the event to take place. The event was funded by money taken for the dinner, a raffle, an auction and some donations. To date we have not received all monies but there will be a generous surplus which will be divided between Oxwich Youth Hall, Horton Village Hall, RNLI and The Air Ambulance.
The Clerk would like to thank Mr. A. Glass for all his hard work selling tickets for the dinner, and collecting the money.
b) Gower
Website for Community Councils
The Clerk reported that the website was up and running, there were a few teething problems but gradually the difficulties which were being experienced by some Community Councils were being overcome.
c)
Benches
Councillors agreed that winter is not a good time to construct benches but would like the Clerk to contact Mr. Emrys Humphries, stating, that the two benches are being funded within this financial year, therefore, the Community Council would like them to be constructed before April 2006. E.J
The meeting closed at 10pm.