Present:   Mr. A Glass – Chairman             Mrs E. Wakeford

                 Dr. J. Hilliard                               Mr. A. Oliver

                 Mr. B. Richards                            Mr. I. Williams

Mr. T. Methuen-Campbell

Mr. G. Evans

County Councillor R. Lewis

Mr. B. Richards Declared an Interest in Planning Application 2006/1165.

Mrs E. Wakeford Declared an Interest in item 11 on the agenda – Caravan Decking.

The Minutes were agreed to be a true record.

Proposed by:     Mr. B. Richards           seconded by:    Mr. A. Oliver

a)  The Chairman welcomed Mrs Lyn Hussey, Community Co-ordinator at Swansea College, who attended the meeting to present a talk on the Needs and Problems regarding Adult Community Learning.

There are a large number of full and part time courses available and it was suggested that maybe a course on Welsh could be arranged, starting in September in the Hall at Oxwich or Horton. This has been successful in Llangennith.  Courses cost £64 per year with a 75% discount for concessions.  The Welsh Course is free of charge. 

The Clerk informed the Community Council that the Electoral Registration Officer had not received any applications about the vacancy in the Office of Councillor for Horton Ward. The Notice was posted on both Notice Boards in Horton and was there for over the required time of 14 days.

A Notice advertising the vacancy for a Co-opted Member of Penrice Community Council would now be posted on all 6 Notice Boards.                                           EJ

Mr. Gordon Evans had informed the Clerk that the Notice Board in Penrice had been damaged, and that Mrs. Edwards could not open it with the key.  Mr. I. Williams agreed to talk to Mr. Mike Clarke who would possibly resolve the problem.        IW

No Report.

Noted:

a)  From City and County of Swansea a letter and copy of an advertisement from the Swansea Leader advertising the post of Town/Community Councillor to serve on the Community Councils Standards Sub-Committee.

Mrs E. Wakeford had previously been nominated for the post and had been interviewed, she was very concerned that she would allegedly be expected to sit in Moral and Ethical judgement of people.  The Clerk to write to The Community Councils Standards Sub-Committee to ask what criteria they are looking for.   EJ

b)   From City and County of Swansea details of the Community/Town Councils Forum held on 2^nd May 2006 and details of the presentation on Swansea Futures.

Payable to:                   Purpose:               chq.No:   amount   VAT   Total

E. John – Clerk       Pay & Expenses        277        261.47      -      261.47

Clarion Computers   Maintenance            278          35.00    6.13    41.13  

Cash @ Bank               6420.08           opening Balance     4826.27

Less chqs not                                      additional receipts   3006.16

Presented 270                100.00                                           7832.43

Noted the following:-

*  City and County of Swansea: Letter regarding No Access Sign, Oxwich Green.

    Clerk to write a letter to Highways suggesting a ‘No through Road’ sign be erected.

                                                                                                                                   EJ

*   City and County of Swansea: Lord Mayor’s Civic Merit Awards – Clerk to write a

     Letter suggesting they contact the Halls at Horton and Oxwich  and Oxwich Castle

     As these are non council run buildings.                                                                EJ

*    City and County of Swansea: Invitation to Towards 2020 event to be held on

      Monday 19^th June in the Dylan Thomas Centre.  Mr. A Oliver agreed to attend.                       

                                                                                                                                   AO

 *   National Assembly for Wales:  Details of the South Wales West Regional

     Committee Meeting on Friday 9^th June 2006.  

*   National Assembly for Wales:   Electoral Arrangements for Wales.  Questionnaire

     to be completed  by Mr. A. Glass, Mrs. E. Wakeford and Mr. A. Oliver.            

*   Killay Community Council:  Re: Donation of £100 to the Save Our Sands Fighting

     Fund.

*   One Voice Wales:   Thanking the Community Council for renewing their                                                                                     

     Membership.  Mr. A. Oliver agreed to continue as Representative.

*    The Environment Centre:  Re: Recycling, Waste minimisation and the Fairtrade

Initiative.  The Clerk to contact them to arrange for someone to talk to the

Community Council.                                                                                         EJ

*    The Clerks Journal – May 2006.

The following New Planning Application was discussed:

Mr. I. Williams abstained.  Mr. B. Richards left the room.

a)                         Application No:   2006/1165

Location:             Field 0818, Bank Farm, Horton, Swansea.

Proposal:             Use of land for a caravan rally for a maximum of 20 units from

                            24^th June 2006 to 8^th July 2006 ( inclusive).

Applicant:           Mr. S. Kent.

Penrice Community Council supports this application.

Planning Application No:   2005/1581

Location:                             Greenways Holiday Park, Oxwich Green, Oxwich,

                                             Swansea.

Appellants Name:                Mr. & Mrs. M. & S. Mead

Proposed Development:      Use of clubhouse and ballroom premises without compliance with conditions 2 and 5 of outline planning permission 74/0896 and conditions (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 or tents.

The Clerk reported to the Community Council and members of the public who were present and very much concerned about this matter that the appellant had withdrawn the appeal. 

Much concern was expressed that the Notice of Appeal had not been posted on the Notice Board.  Some members of the public who had written letters of objection at the time of the original application had received letters about the Appeal but not all.

The original letters of objection would have been handed to the Planning Inspectorate by the City and County of Swansea. There would have been seven days to submit new letters of objection.

The Motion was carried unanimously that all Notices of Appeal would in future be posted on the Notice Boards within 5 days of the Clerk receiving them.

The point was noted that members of the public would have liked Mr. B. Richards to have abstained from discussions at the Special Meeting held on August 17^th 2005.  This was reported in Minute number 05/77 at the meeting held on Tuesday 6^th September 2005.

Mr. A. Oliver reported that the date set for the celebrations would be Friday 29^th September 2006, in the marquee at The Oxwich Bay Hotel.

Mrs E. Wakeford left the room.

Mr. A. Oliver was concerned at a report by the Gower Society stating that if anyone has a static caravan it can be replaced by a log cabin, and no planning permission is needed.  The Clerk to contact Mr. Bryan Graham Head of Planning for advice on this matter.                                                                                                                      EJ

Proposed by:     Mr. A. Oliver        seconded by:   Dr. J. Hilliard

Mr. A. Glass reported that the Public Inquiry was to begin on Tuesday 20^th June 2006. 

 The case for Save our Sands and the Coalition would be heard in week three.

No Report as Mr. T. Methuen-Campbell was not present at the meeting.

The Clerk reported that at the Annual General Meeting of the above held on 15^th May 2006 the Chairman had been very pleased about the way in which the Web Site was expanding.

There is still no news on the Grant Application from Lotteries of Wales.

The Events Page is up and running and information on local clubs and groups will be available once the Grant is received.

The Secretary is to contact BT about expanding Broadband to all areas of Gower.

d)   Audit – Discussion with One Voice Wales

There was no report as Mr. A. Oliver had been unable to attend the last meeting on May 2^nd 2006.

e)    Mr. I. Williams reported a dangerous incident where fireworks had been set off. Mr. Williams was anxious to prevent anyone thinking that the Hotel was setting them off and had informed the Police, who had sent an Armed Response Unit, who agreed to be present at weekends.

The Meeting closed at 10pm