Minutes of the meeting of the
Penrice Community Council held on ~
Wednesday 15th April 09
at Horton Village Hall 7.30pm
Members Present: Councillor
G Roberts – Chairman
Councillor
J Bowen
Councillor
B Richards
Councillor
M Barnett
Councillor A
Glass
Councillor
A Lewis
Councillor
T Methuen-Campbell
Five members of the public were also present. ACTION
169/09 Apologies
for Absence.
Cllrs R Lewis and A Oliver.
170/09 Declarations of
Interest.
None.
171/09 To confirm the minutes
of the meeting held on 17th March 09.
Cllr A Glass congratulated J Ellis
on a superb effort in producing the minutes. He added that useful to have
Councillors initials used, but thought that members of the public should have
the full names stated.
Item 155/09 para 6 to read Hannah Davies.
Item 161/09 No. 4 AG advised…to
replace AO.
Item 161/09 to read …At the end of
this discussion RL apologised for his early departure and left the meeting.
Item 167/09 no. 1 Phil Davies to replace PD, no.2 Jeremy Bowen, No 3 Shirly Osborne and
omit the word is, No 4 Brian Richards to replace BR.
Also replace ssc with ccs throughout.
With the above amendments the
minutes were a true and accurate record, proposed Cllr J Bowen, seconded Cllr T
Methuen-Campbell.
172/09 Matters
arising from the minutes.
Item no 157/09 -
(147/09) The lighting at The Oxwich Bay
Hotel had been altered and was much better.
Agreed: Cllr G
Roberts to phone Mr I Williams and thank him for rectifying this. GR
Item 166/09 No
1 The pot holes at Pitt Farm had been
filled in.
However there are pot holes between the Sanctuary and
turning off to Oxwich and outside Prospect Cottage, Slade the road was
collapsing. CCS are circling in yellow
paint the problem areas and rectifying.
Decided: The Clerk
to write letter to CCS to advise of these areas. SC
Item 166/09 No 2
Litter problem not yet rectified. SC
173/09 County
Councillor R. Lewis.
None.
174/09 Community
Councils.
1
One Voice Wales – Minutes of 12th Feb 09
meeting. Noted.
2
One Voice Wales meeting 9th April 09 Cllr J Bowen
reported:
a.
Swansea and Carmarthen Bay Shoreline Management Plan –
Clerks need to register on the website to be included in receiving information
on this future project and for the Council to be represented.
b.
CCS Unitary Development Plan is to be replaced with
the Local Development Plan. CCS has to
consult with the Community Councils.
The LDP will be better for the community.
175/09 Correspondence.
1. CCS – Local Development Plan (
Delivery Agreement) – Comments due 29th May 09. Decided Cllrs A Glass and T Methuen-Campbell
to read and report back to next meeting with any recommendations. Clerk will
try and obtain e mail copy to send to all Cllrs. AG / TMC /SC
2. CCS
- Castle Hill Cottage App No. 2008/1576 & 2008/1548 Notice of
Appeal hearing 6th May 09 at 10am at the Guildhall.
Following a discussion Council
decided the Clerk to write letter to the Planning Inspector re-iterating the
original objections. GR will try and
attend. SC / GR
Cllr M
Barnett queried that traffic some coming from the Castle Hill were not aware of
the one way system and
travelling
up the hill, due to the lack of appropriate signage. Decided: Agenda signs next
meeting. SC
3. CCS
High Kiln Bank – App no. 2008/2262
Notification of Approval. Noted.
4. CCS
Greenways Holiday Park App no 2008/0061 Retention of caravan decking
and access ramps -
Notification that the WAG had
refused to consider the Appeal made due to the appeal not include a valid
Access Statement. As a consequence, the
local Planning Authority must now reconsider the application.
Cllr B Richards advised the Council
that a licensed caravan site does not require planning permission for this as
it is written into the Model Standards for Caravans. Noted.
5. Welsh Assembly Government – Loss of
Sand on the Gower Beaches –
Cllr M Barnett surmised the letter
– The letter was in response to previous queries raised by the PCC, and advised
that the money is paid to the Crown Estates, the amount is confidential. Dredging will cease at the Nash Bank
February 2010. PCC have written to WAG
to ask for further details and to see if the baseline survey has been
submitted. The license starts from the
time that dredging commences, which is 1st August 09, and 150,000
tonnes per year will be extracted.
6. PACT
Meeting - notification of meeting 20th
April 09 7.30pm Reynoldston Hall.
7. CCS Lord
Mayors Inauguration 8th May 09. Acceptances by 17th April
09 Noted.
8. Information
Commissioners Office – Instructional CD Noted.
9. Royal Welsh
Agricultural Society – Financial request. Noted.
10. The Clerk
Magazine - Noted
11. The Gower
Society Newsletter – Cllr A Glass and T Methuen-Campbell to read.
12. CADW
Heritage Magazine – Cllr A Lewis and M Barnett to read.
176/09 Financial.
Details Chq
no Amount
Clerks salary and expenses 381 information protected under the Data
Protection Act
Proposed to pay Cllr J Bowen seconded:
Cllr B Richards
Cllr J Bowen expenses 382 94.78
Proposed to pay Cllr A Glass seconded: Cllr B Richards
Cash @ bank 31st March 09 £10, 341.51
177/09 Planning
A Application
no 2009/0355 Driftwood, Oxwich
2 storey extension and minor
alterations to existing house.
Decided: To support
the application with no objections.
178/09 The
Rural Development Plan ( Cllr JB)
Cllr J Bowen reported:
There is a lot of money available. The next two years has been allocated, however ideas are being
sought for the years following. There
are 8 separate areas that ideas will be considered from. A folder is available which Cllr J Bowen
will try and locate that identifies and outlines the criteria required. When folder received Cllr J Bowen will
notify the Clerk to agenda next meeting. JB/SC
179/09 Letters
received from Eastern Slade Farm, Mr And Mrs Beynon dated 23 Feb 09
and 17th
March 09.
The Clerk advised that the Council should consider amending Standing Orders so that letters received within 3 days prior to the meeting should be deferred until the following meeting, with a discretionary clause allowing the Chairman to include if he feels necessary. Decided: agenda this next meeting. SC
a) Cllr A Glass thought that Cllr A Oliver should have the right of reply to the letter as the comments were made regarding his comments minuted and actions taken.
b)
The Clerk advised that two areas were being discussed
at the same time and due to her not living in the area was unable to
differentiate in the two areas being discussed at the same time, which caused
the minutes to read incorrectly.
c)
Cllr J Bowen advised that the meeting was held in Slade
and not on Eastern Slade land and was to discuss the collapsing road and
illegal parking. Eastern Slade land was
not discussed. The Community Council
was aware of the meeting and Cllr Bowen was attending in representation of the
Community Council and also the community.
d)
Council felt that due to the inclement weather that was
experienced last summer and winter caused surface water to aggravate erosion on
the coastal footpath.
e)
Cllr J Bowen advised that at the first meeting referred
to, she was not a Community Councillor
and this meeting had been arranged by the CCS and that Cllr Hague had
invited her to attend.
f)
Cllr A Glass felt that the tone of the letter was not
constructive and this should be included in the reply, even though the Council is
apologising for the confusion.
g)
Cllr J Bowen felt that the comments made ‘maverick and
unprofessional’ were untrue and unfair.
Following a discussion on details contained in the minutes, Council was satisfied that Cllr A Oliver had not said or implied that Eastern Slade Farm had changed the water course.
Decided :The Chairman draft a letter apologising for the oversight of the minutes which have proved confusing in this instance. The Draft to be circulated to all Members, prior to being sent. GR/SC
180/09 The
Exemption of Caravan Rallies from Planning Permission – update
A sub-committee meeting had been arranged for 24th
April 09 with Kim Flanders at 2 pm venue tba.
Decided; Cllrs G
Roberts, A Glass and J Bowen to attend. The Clerk to also attend. GR/AG/JB/SC
181/09 The Local
Inquiry to consider the Appeal made by Greenways Leisure Park against
the
Enforcement Notice issued by the CCS .
- Summary of the Hearing (Cllr JB)
a. The Report from the Planning Inspector had been received and had been sent to all Members prior to the
meeting. The CCS Enforcement Notice had been upheld.
b. The Chairman commended the Local
Residents Group and the Gower Society for collecting evidence and representing
the community.
c. Cllr B Richards queried that there
could be more traffic problems on the hill if 430 tents were to be allowed onto
the site. However local residents
reported that there had not ever been that number of tents on the fields in question
at Greenways.
d. Cllr J Bowen reported that at the
hearing the PCC minutes were very important for the appeal and the CCS thought
that it was helpful that the PCC had discussed this issue so frequently.
182/09 Sale
of land adjoining Shore Cottage, Horton update.
Some information had been received from the Solicitor
which J Ellis had not yet seen so Council decided to defer until the end of the
meeting to hold this item in camera.
183/09 Horton
Green -
1
Cable supporting the telegraph pole in centre of
green.
Decided: Cllr G Roberts to speak to Keith Woodruff to see if a post could be sunk deeper in the ground to enable this cable to be removed. GR
2
Removal of Sycamore Trees.
Following a discussion it was decided that Cllr M Barnett to produce a specification on the removal / thinning of the sycamore trees on the green by the next meeting. Agenda next meeting. MB / SC
Decided: Council wished to use a local person/s to complete this work to
keep the money in the community.
184/09 Oxwich
Green Maintenance.
a. Peter Fuge had said that he is not interested in the work of cutting the green.
b. David
Llewellyn had submitted an expression of interest.
c. Due to the grass now urgently needing
cutting, Council decided that Cllr A Glass to contact and instruct him to cut
it once with a one off payment and thereafter provide a quotation for the work
needed in maintaining the area outlined in the notice. Proposed Cllr J Bowen, seconded Cllr T
Methuen-Campbell. AG
d. Members discussed the benches in Oxwich, Horton and Slade trying to ascertain which benches the PCC own. Two are still being queried outside Oxwich Church. J Ellis from the floor suggested replacing the benches on a rolling programme. Members thought this was a good idea. Also suggested was to alter the design and have stone benches that would need minimum upkeep.
185/09 Matters
Outstanding.
Cllr R Lewis had approached the Chairman to advise that he had been contacted by a member of the public to request if a bench could be donated and placed in Horton to commemorate the loss of his daughter in an accident. A discussion followed and further details would be sought.
Cllr M Barnett made the observation that the bench outside Penrice Church was very good and Shirley Osborne from the floor added that it was owned by the WI and finance was needed to repair.
186/09 Public
Questions relating to the agenda.
(limited to 10 minutes)
1 Shirley Osborne from the floor asked what the PACT Meeting was. Following a discussion explaining that it was to improve community policing, Council decided to put a notice up advertising the meeting and advising that public are welcome. SC
2 Jeremy Bowen
from the floor reported that motor homes had been seen over the Easter weekend
at Oxwich
Camping
Park. It was possible that they had
been turned away from another campsite and that the Park had
merely
accommodated distressed tourists.
Following a discussion Council decided that Cllr A Glass to
speak in the first instance to Malcolm Cromby. AG
3 Phil Davies
from the floor reported that Sealands had 3 more tourers that they were
entitled to site.
187/09 Date
and venue of next meeting.
19th May 09 Tuesday at Horton Village Hall
182/09 Sale
of land adjoining Shore Cottage, Horton update.
This part of the meeting was held in camera and the
public were excluded.
Meeting ended 9.20pm