Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the
Penrice Community Council held
on Wednesday 9th November 2011
at the Horton Village Hall
at 7.30pm
Members Present: Councillor G Roberts (Chair)
Councillor M Williams
Councillor A Glass
Councillor T Methuen-Campbell
Councillor M Barnett
Cllr J Bowen
Five members of the public were also
present. Action
79/11 Apologies for
Absence.
None
Council decided to suspend standing orders in order to change the order
of business.
80/11 A
Presentation by Mark James regarding the set up of localized first responder
unit
within Oxwich /
Penrice / Horton Area or establishing boxes for Defibrillators.
Mark James gave an overview of his long term experience in the field as a
first responder and that he had trained the local Coastguard earlier in the
year and that he was also trainer for all of Gower and as far as Burry Port.
1
Rhossili had invested in Public Access Defibrillators
that would be put on Rhossili Village Hall and also the
National Trust Shop.
2 A First
Responder scheme would include a pack including a defibrillator and also
oxygen, which is more likely
to be used. Surveys had been taken
of the area of Oxwich and Horton in order to assess the need of one of these
units and the survey found that the area would need to be widened to include
Port Eynon, Rhossili and Scurlage.
3 Killay is
having a First Responder Scheme.
4 Through
the local Fire Service, the Ambulance
Service is only going to service cardiac cases and will not
service strokes, falls etc due to financial cut-backs.
5 Requirements
are; to commit 4hrs per week, no prior first aid experience is needed as full
training is given.
Work needs to be in teams of two.
The cost of the First Responder kit is £1300 including VAT.
6 Reynoldston
Fire Station has been scaled down, one of the crew is however a Community
Responder on a
Voluntary basis.
7 A
co-ordinator is needed to operate this service.
If all the areas mentioned above are involved it will be
easier to find more people to be involved in this proposed scheme.
8 J Ellis from
the floor asked: Who triggers the people to respond?
Ans from Mark James: Alerted by the emergency services. Each person will receive a response bag and
also
a mobile phone in order to be contacted.
9 S Osborne
from the floor: If the first person is not available then is there a back up?
Ans: Usually people work in teams
of two and can be on call on the same evenings every week as an
example.
10 Grants are available to
match fund for these units. A Charity
called Heartbeat UK will match fund.
80/11 A Presentation by
Mark James regarding the set up of localized first responder unit
within Oxwich /
Penrice / Horton Area or establishing boxes for Defibrillators cont..
11 S Osborne from the
floor: If the person does die is the
First Responder liable?
Ans: As long as the person has acted as per the recognized training courses
then they are protected by vicarious liability.
12 A P.A.D unit will cost £1750 but there is no
match funding available for this.
Council considered that the Scheme and cost could be shared between the
area Horton, Oxwich, Rhossili, Scurlage and Port Eynon and the relevant
community councils.
Steve Roberts is the First Responder Officer who was in charge of 54% of
Wales.
Council decided to contact all the other Community Councils and canvass
local interest with the view of holding a public meeting in January 2012. The Chairman to contact the Chairmen of the
other Community Councils concerned.
GR
Council thanked Mr Mark James for attending the meeting and explaining
the Scheme.
81/11 Declarations of
Interest
None
82/11 To confirm the minutes of the
Meeting held 19th October
2011.
Cllr J Bowen proposed that the minutes were a true
and accurate record of events, seconded by Cllr A Glass. Carried unanimously.
83/11 Matters
Arising from the Minutes.
Item 69/11
Sub item 62/11 Cllr M Barnett reported that he
was still awaiting a response from Steve Parry CCS, but will follow up.
Item 69/11
Cllr A Glass it would not be possible to get a
suitable newspaper kiosk for £200, so proposed that he would try and locate a
second hand unit and if this was successful the Council would again consider
this proposed service. Council agreed to reconsider if this proves successful.
Item 71/11
The Clerk reported that clarification had been
requested on the requirement for planning permission for solar panels in an
AONB. The original complaint that was written on behalf of Mr and Mrs Mumby had
been passed to a Team Leader for consideration.
Verbal advice
from the Planning Department was currently that Planning permission is not
required providing that the panels are not higher than the ridge height, that
they are placed on a pitched roof, that they do not exceed 200mm. Permission is however needed if they are on a
listed building and on a flat roof.
This information however, is in the process of being
updated.
Item 76/11 No 1
The Chairman reported: The Horton
Fireworks had once again been extremely successful having a good clear night
and was well attended. It was well run
with no incidents. Council decided to
send a letter of thanks to Courtney Grove.
SC
Item 76/11
Council had attended training on the Code of Conduct, which had proved
informative on certain issues. Mr
Roderick Jones, Deputy Head of Legal, Demographic Services had taken the
training session and had advised the Council that he would now report to the
Standards Sub Committee that this had been attended by the list of names on the
attendance list.
84/11 Community
Councils.
None
85/11 Correspondence.
1 CCS - Public Consultation on new Planning
Guidance for Swansea - Car Parking
Standards Noted
2 The
Big Lottery Fund – South Wales Events to help rural communities Noted
3 CCS
– Rural Business Plan and newsletters Noted
86/11 Financial.
Clerk Salary and expenses
Council had received a letter from the external auditor, Mazars advising
that there are no issues on the Annual Return for the year ended 31st
March 2011.
The Council approved the Annual Return and the RFO and Chairman signed
section 3 of the Annual Return.
87/11 Planning.
A Application
no: 2011/1328 Mr J Woodley Frog’s Hop, Oxwich
Council considered the application and were advised that the building was
500mm longer that what was originally given permission for. The Council had no objection to the amended
application.
B Application
no:2011/1484 Mrs S Owen Coastlands, Oxwich
Council were reminded that when the original application to build on the
land, that was the original plot, it was agreed that the bungalow would be
demolished. This did not happen and the
bungalow has since been sold and is now a holiday home.
Concern was raised that was this contrary to the original conditions of
the previous planning permission.
Council felt that there were no objections to homes being built in this
location, however there was objection to the style being proposed in this
application as the new bungalow seemed not to be in keeping with the area and
should be more like a traditional Gower Cottage.
Concerns were raised as flooding can be a problem outside this location
and could affect a property on this site.
Council felt that if a more vernacular proposal was re-submitted this
would be acceptable. The Council
highlighted that the character of the village will be lost if the style of the
new houses does not retain the character of the village properties.
88/11 Land adjacent to
Shore Cottage – Update.
The Chairman advised that the solicitor had quoted £250 +VAT to action
the ‘boundary agreement’. Council felt
that it could not spend any additional costs to progress the sale.
J Ellis from the floor advised that the reproduction of the plan
presented by the solicitor had not been satisfactory.
The Clerk suggested that to move forward the best course of action would
be for Ms Ellis to action the ‘boundary agreement’ with the Land Registry and
that would enable the sale to proceed.
The application form was quite straight forward and advice on completing
the form can be sought directly from the Land Registry.
J Ellis advised that she would contact Mr and Mrs Mumby to discuss this
further.
89/11 The Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee Beacons - 4th June
2012
Cllr M Williams had spoken with the Oxwich and Penrice Community Hall
committee and reported that they had not thought that far in advance and
therefore had no plans.
The December meeting of the Council would be a budget meeting and this
could be considered at this time.
Cefn Bryn was suggested as a possible location or a bonfire on the
cliffs.
Decided: All Cllrs to discuss with
people in the community.
90/11 A
warning sign to be located at Oxwich car park /beach to show that there is a
rip tide
and strong
offshore winds at this location have been requested.
Cllr T Mehtuen-Campbell agreed that it would be acceptable to erect a
warning sign in this location. He also informed the Council that a new boat
lane sign was planned to be erected.
The wording to be decided. Could
be produced on a fairly small budget.
Cllr G Roberts to action. GR
91/11 Matters Outstanding.
Cllr A Glass reported that the Broadband Project was progressing and that
he had received about 60 grant forms from Oxwich. More to be collected from Horton and Penrice
also.
92/11 Public Questions
relating to the Agenda.
None
93/11 The Date and Venue
of the Next Meeting.
14th December 2011
Oxwich and Penrice Community Hall
Date_______________Chairman__________________________