Minutes of the meeting of the Penrice Community Council held on ~
At Horton Village Hall at
Members Present: Councillor A Glass – Chairman
Councillor G Davies
Councillor T Methuen-Campbell
Councillor B Richards
Councillor I Williams
Councillor G Roberts
Councillor J Bowen
43/07 Apologies for Absence.
Councillors A Oliver and M Barnett
44/07 Declarations
of Interest.
Councillor B Richards declared that he may
have a personal interest in
45/07 To
confirm the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 11th July 07.
The Minutes of
Proposed Cllr G Davies. Seconded Cllr A Glass.
46/07 Matters
arising from the minutes.
42/07 Financial - Clerk advised members that the additional premium from the Insurance Co was not as originally quoted, but £ 53.59 A refund cheque was due for the difference.
41/07 Mr Chris Dale had accepted an invitation to attend the October meeting.
Council decided to alter the order of business to consider the application for the vacancy for the position of Councillor.
47/07 Vacancy for the position of the Office of Councillor.
Council decided to suspend standing orders in order to discuss the meeting held with
Mrs J Bowen, who was present and who had applied for the vacancy for the position of Councillor.
Following a discussion on procedure, Cllr G Roberts proposed that the Council co-opt
Mrs J Bowen to the position with immediate effect, seconded Cllr I Williams carried unanimously.
48/07 County Councillor R. Lewis.
County Councillor Richard Lewis gave a verbal report:-
48/07
49/07 Community
Councils.
One Voice
One Voice
Community and Town Councils Forum presentations – noted
50/07 Correspondence.
51/07 Financial.
Balance as @ 31st August 07 £ 8482.13
52/07 Planning.
Council considered and viewed planning applications:
2007/1515 - The Brackens, Horton Two storey side extension
2007/1633 - The Pines, Slade Two storey extension over existing garage.
2007/1897 - Ash Cottage, Horton Provision of new pitched roof over kitchen and a single storey rear extension.
2007/1922 - Robins Rest, Horton Variation of condition on original approval 2004/2041
2007/1747 - The Hollies,
extension over garage
Councillor T Methuen-Campbell declared a personal interest in item 2007/2006 and 2007/1989 withdrew from the meeting and did not vote on these items.
2007/2006 - Land adjacent to Hilltop, Oxwich Green, Oxwich New detached dwelling
2007/1989 -
existing house
Council decoded that there were no objections to any of the applications and to support all planning applications as presented.
53/07 Election
of Vice Chairman.
Following a discussion, Councillor A Glass proposed Cllr G Roberts for the position of Vice Chairman, seconded Cllr I Williams, carried unanimously.
54/07
Council decided to defer this item to the end of the meeting.
55/07 Sewers
in Oxwich.
This was discussed earlier in the meeting. A foul drain had overflowed, caused by a build up of fat, but had been cleared by Kelda.
56/07 Reported
incursion into Oxwich Marsh.
A new house had received permission to cut back the shrubbery on the marsh. The CCW had cut back on their area. The Gower Society had reported to CCW who had investigated and found that this was not intruding on the SSSI area so no action to be taken. For information, this shrubbery removal was permitted.
57/07 A5
leaflet.
Jan Ellis suggested that current issues such as dredging be included in the leaflet.
New Vice Chair- to be listed
Council decided to print and circulate.
Council offered thanks to Jan Ellis and Cllr G Davies who had put this together.
Council decided to print 200 copies. Cllr G Roberts offered to print the documents.
58/07 Matters
Outstanding.
SLCC Model contract for Clerks to be sent to Cllr T Methuen-Campbell for consideration. TMC
The Oxwich Youth Hall sign on the crossroads is pointing to church and not to the Youth Hall. AG
Broadband in Gower – The general problems of accessing broadband in areas known as ‘notspots’ along with general connection issues were discussed. Points raised:
Ceri Fitzpatrick of BT would come and discuss any issues.
Forum for discussion.
Publicize the problem to ascertain full extent of lack of service to all areas.
Council decided that Cllr G Roberts and G Davies along with Jan Ellis to put on leaflet, to see if PCC can find out extent of problem.
54/07
A statement was read by a member of the public:
“ I am speaking on behalf of the residents of Oxwich Green and
Slade. We have recently had several
meetings to discuss the planning applications approved by
As a council you rightly acknowledge, as
recorded in your previous minutes, that there has been a lack of action re the
enforcement of planning decisions and of monitoring arrangements. But this has not been followed up to ensure
that the