Minutes
of the Ordinary Meeting of the Penrice Community Council held
on Wednesday 18th September 2013 at Horton Village Hall at 7.30pm
Members
Present: Councillor M Barnett
Councillor M Williams
Councillor A Glass
Councillor
J Ellis
Councillor
G Roberts
Councillor
J Bowen
Councillor
T Methuen-Campbell
Action
There
were approximately 25 members of the public present.
68/13 Apologies
for Absence.
None
69/13 Declarations of Interest.
Cllr T Methuen-Campbell declared an interest in item 9 on the Agenda
relating to the Coalhouse on Oxwich Bay due to being the owner of the property.
70/13 To confirm the
minutes of the Meeting held 18th September 2013.
Cllr A Glass proposed that the minutes were a true and accurate record of
events, seconded Cllr G Roberts, carried unanimously.
71/13 Matters arising from
the minutes.
None
72/13 Community Councils
1 One Voice
Wales Notice of Area Committee Meeting 24th October 13 and also
minutes of the
previous meeting. Noted
58/13 Correspondence
1
CCS Public
footpath PR42 notification of
alteration. Noted.
2
The Tidal Lagoon –
Environmental Impact Assessment open day -
Noted.
3
CCS Local
Development Plan Planning meeting. –
Noted.
4
Rural Development
News – Noted.
59/13 Financial. £
1 Clerk salary Information
protected the Data Protection Act
Cllr B Richards proposed to pay, seconded Cllr G Roberts carried
unanimously.
The Fireworks Display was due to be organized next month and a donation
had been budgeted for.
Cllr M Williams proposed to pay this now in advance, seconded Cllr J
Ellis, carried unanimously.
2 Horton
Fireworks Display 250.00
The Clerk requested that the Council start considering the community
project that they had previously decided to spend the money raised from the
sale of land adjacent to Shore Cottage.
Cllr J Ellis to put forward ideas and Clerk to agenda next meeting.
A copy of the Annual Return had been sent to the District Audit and now
had been returned. The Council
considered the comments and The Statement of Accounts and certified and
approved the Finances for the financial year ending 31st March 13. The Statement of Accounts was signed by the
Chairman and the RFO.
60/13 Planning.
Cllr R Lewis declared an interest
in all items to be discussed under Planning due to being a Member of the CCS
Area 2 Planning Committee. Cllr Lewis
withdrew from the meeting during this section.
Cllr B Richards declared an interest in an item to be discussed under
Planning relating to Bank Farm due to being the owner of Bank Farm. Cllr
Richards withdrew from the meeting during this one item.
A Application number 2013/1281 Caravan Rally Bank Farm 80
caravans.
Following a discussion, Council decided to submit their normal comment
that there was no objection providing the CCS were monitoring the number of
caravans in Gower at any one time and that this number was not detrimental to
the area.
B Application number
2013/1177 Oxwich Leisure Park
Following a
discussion Council decided no comment as previous similar applications.
C Application number
2013/1110 Dr A Fowkes, Driftwood, Oxwich
Two storey extension
and minor alterations to existing site.
Council decided to
support.
D 2013/1196 P Jenkins
Greenways Leisure Park Caravan
decking
Council decided no
objection.
E 2013/0491 Mr Dale Hall, Mayals ‘Hill Top’ Oxwich Green
New
dwelling - Amended plans
Points that were raised
during discussions
The Boundary is still
not agreed.
The sewer location is
currently situated under the proposed new dwelling and there is no evidence to
advise what the situation is regarding this.
The plot
is now narrower than the existing application so the development is more intense
than the original.The Community Council suggest that the CCS hold a site visit.
The
proposed new dwelling will be over bearing and not in keeping with the area.
61/13 The Charter
between the CCS and local Community Councils.
Following a discussion the Council decided to sign
the Charter, unanimous.
62/13 The
Community Council’s Website.
£500 was being donated by the Welsh Assembly
Government to Community Councils to develop their own websites.
Cllr J Ellis had experience in this area so reported;
Options to consider were
1
To remain with
Gower website and not have an individual website.
2
OVW had negotiated
with Vision ICT who were offering to set up a website for a standard
contract at a charge of £500 +VAT for the first two years and then charge
£260 per annum thereafter.
3
Others were also
charging similar of £500 to set up followed by an annual charge.
4
To use the £500 and
for Cllr J Ellis to set up a PCC Website and maintain for 5 years.
Other points that were considered by the Council
were;
A The payments to the
Gower Website were £100, so in the first instance the minutes would be
duplicated.
B Pennard
CC were intending to do their own website.
C The
Gower CC Website was used by quite a few of the Councils now.
D Could
use links on the Gower Website to Councils own websites.
E Could wait for the next
invoice and decide then whether to continue to be involved with the Gower CC.
F If the £500 not used
then will have to be repaid, and would be a shame to waste this opportunity and
donation. So this would be a phased transfer to the Council having their own
website.
G After the 5 years,
Council could review the situation and possible future costs
regardless of provider chosen, rights over any domain name should be retained
and that a copy of any content should be kept so that transition to any future
provider would be more straightforward and could be instigated by the Council
should it so wish.
H Cllr R Lewis said that
there were many stories and historic records that would have a large public interest
of Horton etc that could be included in the website.
I There
would be no limit to the number of pages that could be uploaded.
J The current Gower CC
was not very user friendly and if there were problems then the Clerk has not
received support.
Cllr A Glass proposed to appoint Cllr J Ellis to
develop a website for and on behalf of the PCC at a cost of £500 for the set up
and maintenance for 5 years, seconded Cllr R Lewis, carried unanimously.
Cllrs wanted it recorded that in 5 years time the
cost of future maintenance would not increase to the extreme.
63/13 RNLI
Lifeboat House Horton
Cllr G Roberts declared an interest and withdrew from the meeting due to
being a member of the lifeboat crew.
The Council were updated on the details this was still ongoing. Noted
64/13 Atlantic
Array
Cllr J Ellis was
unable to register a view due to the Council not being to decide whether to
support or oppose it. This is because
the Council did not feel they knew fully the Communities view on the situation
and therefore could not make a representation.
A special meeting was
considered. There were a variety of
opinions within the Council, some were in favour and some were against the size
and location of the proposed wind farm.
64/13 Atlantic
Array cont…..
Cllr R Lewis reported
that the Atlantic Array open day had a large public attendance and many were
opposed to it.
Cllr A Glass pointed
out that many who would have attended would have been opposed to it and those
in favour probably would not have attended the meeting. This could not be a
true reflection of the view of the public.
Cllr M Williams
pointed out that in Denmark 20% of their power was from wind, but the wind
farms were not so obtrusive.
Some members did not
see the point of still discussing this as it had been on the agenda a few times
and discussed on more than one occasion and the Council still had not made a
decision whether to support or object, but had made the decision that due to
not knowing the correct view of the public to abstain from making a
representation.
Cllr M Barnett
proposed to put on the November agenda.
A vote was taken 3 against, 4 in favour and 1 abstained. Clerk to put the Atlantic Array on the agenda
in November. SC
65/13 Cllrs
Reports and Questions
The trees on Oxwich
Green need to come down and there is a children’s swing which could result in
an insurance claim if a child was hurt on the Green. The CCS had to give permission to remove
trees if they were dangerous. Steve Luko
CCS SC
The Council were
advised that a planning application had been submitted to the CCS for three new
dwellings on the Old Tennis Courts, land adjacent to the Haven in Horton. This will probably be received for discussion
in the October meeting. Details are on
the website.
66/13 Public
Questions relating to the agenda.
(limited to 10 minutes)
None
67/13 Date and venue of
next meeting.
16th October 2013
Oxwich and Penrice Community Hall
Date _________________Chairman_____________________