Wednesday 30 October 2019

Parish Council Minutes - August 2019


                                                                                                                        05 August 2019 (1)
LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 5th August 2019
Leigh Village Hall commencing 7.45pm.
Following the Public Participation which commenced at 7.30pm
Present
                        Councillor       E Beaman
                        Councillor       J Beaman         Chairman
                        Councillor       T Collins
                        Councillor       E Durose
                        Councillor       A Raby

                        District Councillor      Councillor C Whittaker

                        Parishioners     Mrs W Lewis,  Mrs V Johnson,  Mrs P Bowers, Mr & Mrs Wilson

                        Clerk               B A Boughey

19/051             Apologies                    Councillor       M Snowden    (Holiday)        

19/052.            Chairman’s Announcements           None

19/053.            Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Personal Interests, other Interests
19/053.1          None declared.

19/054.            Minutes
19/054.1          COUNCIL RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting
                        of 1st July 2019 be signed by the meeting Chairman.

19/055.            Outstanding Matters
19/055.1          Safe for storing Parish documents.   No progress.
19/055.2          Parking outside Church Leigh School.
                        Referred to PCSO Sean Elliott for clarification.
                                   
19/056.            Finance
19/056.1          Financial Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.
                        Check of Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.
19/056.2          Invoice   Cropper Grounds Maintenance   Recreation Ground Mowing
                        July  £191.66 + £38.33 VAT   Total  £229.99 1976 LG(MP)A s19.1b
                        RESOLVED to pay the invoice.
19/056.3          Invoice.  Howards Accountants. Payroll Services 2018 / 2019.  £90.00 + £18.00VAT.
                        Total £108.00.  LGA 1972 s111.
                        RESOLVED to pay the invoice.
19/056.4          Invoice.  ESBC. Payment of May 2019 Parish Council Election Charges. £96.02.
                        RESOLVED to pay the invoice.        LGA 1972 s111
19/056.5          Invoice. 1&1 Ionos. Website provider via Carol Astbury.  £43.95 + £8.79VAT
                        Total £52.74.  Including 24 months Domain name cost.   LGA 1972 s142.
                        RESOLVED to reimburse Carol Astbury.
19/056.6          Invoice.  Woodward’s Printers  Product Show Schedule Printing £188.00.
                        RESOLVED to pay the invoice.  LGA 1972 s137



                                                                                                                                    05 August 2019 (2)
19/057             Planning Applications
19/057.1          Applications returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited
19/057.1.1       P/2019/00271              Mallions Croft, Church Leigh. Detached Stable Block
19/057.1.2       P/2019/00371              Log Cabin, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath.  Replacement dwelling

19/057.2          Application Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council
19/057.2.1       P/2019/00527  Permit 8 Bents Lane,  Church Leigh.  Erection of side and rear extension

19/057.3          Applications received by the Parish Council for Consultation
19/057.3.1       P/2019/00590              Calfcroft,  Leigh Lane,  Bramshall.  Side extension with dormer.
19/057.3.2       P/2019/00686              2 The Barn,  Checkley Bank, Checkley.
                                                            Replacement of windows & doors
19/057.3.3       P/2019/00731              Wellcroft Cottage, Withington Lane,  Church Leigh.
                                                            Menage including drainage & fencing and change of use of land                                                     from agricultural to equestrian for private use.
19/057.3.4       P/2019/00745              Land adjacent to Windy Fields Farm,  Middleton Green
                                                            Erection of Agricultural Building for Cattle and Storage
19/057.3.5       P/2019/00762              Church View, Church Leigh.  LBC int. & ext. alterations.
19/057.3.6       P/2019/00892              Field House,  Parkhall Lane.  Paddock / Stable / Access

                        RESOLVED not to raise any objections to the six Planning Applications.

19/057.4          Planning Appeals        None in progress.
19/057.5          Planning Queries         Access at Parkhall Lane / School Lane junction & Chebsey Bank

19/058             Correspondence
19/058.1          County Council           None

19/058.2          East Staffordshire Borough Council
                        Fly Tipping on Brook Lane (off Parkhall Lane)  The tyres had now been collected.

19/058.3          Staffordshire Parish Councils’ Association
19/058.3.1       Weekly updates forwarded to Member Councillors for information.

19/058.4          Royal British Legion.  Remembrance wreath and ten large poppies order confirmed.

19/059             Matters raised by Member Councillors / Clerk
19/059.1          Councillor Collins         Flooding issue on Intakes Lane.  To check blockage.
19/059.2          Councillor J Beaman.    Question for Highways - when will there be a second cut.

19/060             Date of Next Meeting
                        Monday 2nd September 2019.  Councillor Raby submitted his apologies - Holiday
The meeting concluded at 8.10pm. 

                                                                                    Signed             _______________      Chairman



                                                                                    Date                ______________.



Public Participation Meeting
Notes of the meeting held prior to the
Parish Council Meeting of 5th August 2019

Public Participation prior to the Meeting.  Commencing at 7.30pm.  Concluding at 7.45pm.

Present
                        Councillor       E Beaman
                        Councillor       J Beaman         Chairman
                        Councillor       T Collins
                        Councillor       E Durose
                        Councillor       A Raby

                        District Councillor      Councillor C Whittaker
                        Parishioners  Mrs W Lewis,  Mrs V Johnson,  Mrs P Bowers, Mr & Mrs D Wilson
                        Clerk               B A Boughey

Mrs Bowers               Raising a query regarding the legitimacy of men with hounds on her land.
                                    Without permission, considered to be trespass, a Police matter.

Mrs Johnson              Fole Highway problem due to overgrown roadside hedge.
                                    Mr Wilson undertook to cut the hedge as the adjoining land was family owned.

Mrs Lewis
                        1          Grit Box at the junction of Farm Lane and Withington Lane, Withington.
                                    Damaged.  Probably resulting from road traffic accident.
                        2          Block Drain.  Withington Lane, Withington.  At Brook House Farm

                        Both Highway issues.


Public Participation Meeting
Notes of the meeting held following the
Parish Council Meeting of 5th August 2019

Public Participation following the Meeting.  Commencing at 8.10pm.  Concluding at 8.12pm.

Present
                        Councillor       E Beaman
                        Councillor       J Beaman         Chairman
                        Councillor       T Collins
                        Councillor       E Durose
                        Councillor       A Raby

                        District Councillor      Councillor C Whittaker
                        Parishioners  Mrs W Lewis,  Mrs V Johnson,  Mrs P Bowers, Mr & Mrs D Wilson
                        Clerk               B A Boughey

Mr Wilson      Comment on the behaviour of aggressive groups of cyclists posing a risk to other
                        road users.


Sunday 27 October 2019

Parish Council Minutes - September 2019


                                                                                        02 September 2019 (1)
LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 2nd September 2019
Leigh Village Hall commencing 8.30pm.
Following the Public Participation which commenced at 7.30pm
Present
                        Councillor       E Beaman
                        Councillor       J Beaman         Chairman
                        Councillor       T Collins
                        Councillor       E Durose
                        Councillor       M Snowden
                        District Councillor      Councillor C Whittaker
                        Parishioners     Mrs P Bowers,  Mrs V Johnson,
                        Clerk               B A Boughey

19/061             Apologies        Councillor       A Raby            (Holiday)        

19/062.            Chairman’s Announcements           None

19/063.            Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Personal Interests, other Interests
19/063.1          None declared.

19/064.            Minutes
19/064.1          COUNCIL RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting
                        of 5th August 2019 be signed by the meeting Chairman.

19/065.            Outstanding Matters
19/065.1          Safe for storing Parish documents.
19/065.1.1       Discussion on cost of a new safe against buying second hand, the size required and
                        where could it fit in the Village Hall. To be pursued.
19/065.2          Parking outside Church Leigh School.
                        PCSO Sean Elliott clarified the situation regarding parking on the yellow zigzag lines.
                        No parking at any time, for any duration, unless signs state otherwise.
                       
19/066.            Finance
19/066.1          Financial Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.
                        Check of Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.
19/066.2          Invoice   Cropper Grounds Maintenance   Recreation Ground Mowing
                        August  £191.66 + £38.33 VAT   Total  £229.99 1976 LG(MP)A s19.1b
                        RESOLVED to pay the invoice.

19/067             Planning Applications
19/067.1          Applications returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited
19/067.1.1       P/2019/00271              Mallions Croft, Church Leigh. Detached Stable Block
19/067.1.2       P/2019/00590              Calfcroft,  Leigh Lane,  Bramshall.  Side extension with dormer.
19/067.1.3       P/2019/00731              Wellcroft Cottage, Withington Lane,  Church Leigh.
                                                            Menage including drainage & fencing and change of use of land                                                     from agricultural to equestrian for private use.
19/067.1.4       P/2019/00745              Land adjacent to Windy Fields Farm,  Middleton Green
                                                            Erection of Agricultural Building for Cattle and Storage
19/067.1.5       P/2019/00762              Church View, Church Leigh.  LBC int. & ext. alterations.
19/067.1.6       P/2019/00892              Field House,  Parkhall Lane.  Paddock / Stable / Access

                                                                                                                        02 September 2019 (2)

19/067.2          Application Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council
19/067.2.1       P/2019/00371  Permit Log Cabin, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath.  Replacement dwelling
19/067.2.2       P/2019/00686  Permit 2 The Barn,  Checkley Bank, Checkley.
                                                            Replacement of windows & doors

19/067.3          Applications received by the Parish Council for Consultation
19/067.3.1       P/2019/00887              Browns Cottage,  Church Leigh.
                                                            Retention of land as part of the Domestic Curtilage,
                                                            New Access, Fence and Gates.
                        RESOLVED to raise a query regarding the position of the access.
19/067.3.2       P/2019/00923              Land Opposite Elms Farm,  Dodsleigh Lane,  Godstone,
                                                            Extension to existing Agricultural Building.
                        RESOLVED to raise the issue that one section of this building was subject of a
                        permitted application for change of use to a dwelling on the basis that it was a
                        redundant building although 3 years has now elapsed since permission was given.
19/067.3.3       P/2019/00937              Church View,  Church Leigh.  LBC Replacement windows and
                                                            Secondary glazing installation.
                        RESOLVED not to raise any objections.

19/067.4          Planning Appeals        None in progress.
19/067.5          Planning Queries         No new queries

19/068             Correspondence
19/068.1          County Council           None
19/068.2          East Staffordshire Borough Council              None

19/068.3          Staffordshire Parish Councils’ Association
19/068.3.1       Weekly updates forwarded to Member Councillors for information.

19/068.4          Staffordshire Police.  Notice of new Website - Single Online Home

19/069             Matters raised by Member Councillors / Clerk
19/069.1          Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner.  Arranged for Saturday 14th December.
19/069.2          Councillor Snowden.   Fridge Freezer dumped on the verge of The Crossways to
                        Fole road.
19/069.3          Councillor Whittaker.  Report of lying water issue in Lower Leigh.

19/070             Date of Next Meeting            Monday 7th October 2019.
The meeting concluded at 9.05pm. 

                                                                                    Signed             _______________      Chairman



                                                                                    Date                ______________.






Public Participation Meeting
Notes of the meeting held prior to the
Parish Council Meeting of 2nd September 2019

Public Participation prior to the Meeting.  Commencing at 7.30pm.  Concluding at 8.30pm.

Present
                        Councillor       E Beaman
                        Councillor       J Beaman         Chairman
                        Councillor       T Collins
                        Councillor       E Durose
                        Councillor       M Snowden

                        District Councillor      Councillor C Whittaker

                        PCSO  Sean Elliott
                        Parishioners     Mrs V Johnson,  Mrs P Bowers, Mr M Johnson,  Mr & Mrs R Johnson
                                                Mr & Mrs

                        Clerk               B A Boughey


Bagots View Residents

Raising concerns about plots of agricultural land around the village changing ownership and where that leads to in relation to their use and future development.
What are the limits on use of agricultural land ?
Sustainability and environmental concerns.

Planning system outlined by Councillors regarding safeguards in relation to change of use from agricultural land.
Leigh does not have a Neighbourhood Plan in place as an “attachment” to East Staffordshire
Borough Council’s Development Plan.

The two specific Planning Applications in Church Leigh concerning change of use of agricultural land are currently being considered by East Staffordshire Planning Department.

The Bagots View residents left the meeting following the discussion.

PCSO Sean Elliott

Introduction to his work which involved 12 villages within the Uttoxeter Rural Area involving 3 District Wards.  Leaflet outlining crime statistics presented.

Specific issues and questions raised :-
1          Yellow zigzag lines outside the School in Church Leigh.
            Without any accompanying signs parking is not permitted at any time including dropping or
            picking up children.   PCSO to visit and issue notices if necessary.
2          Parking around the Parkhall Lane / School Lane junction.  PCSO to visit.
3          Query regarding trespass on land raised at the August meeting.  Police Wildlife Officer to
            make contact.
4          Aggressive groups of cyclists using the Parish roads.  Cycling clubs to be contacted.