April 2024

ST HILARY PARISH COUNCIL Meeting  Friday 5th April  2024.

ATTENDANCE

Cllrs  D Reed, (Chairman),  J Howells, P Rule, M Ryan, W Searle                  T Thomas, L Vardy.

APOLOGIES

Cllrs  Behrens, West

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

None

C/CLLR  MARTINS  REPORT.

Cllr Martin reported that the new waste distribution service has been launched in north Cornwall and it was thought that this scheme will come to West Cornwall in July this year when we will all receive new bins, Cllr Martin said that the rollout was going well and most people seemed satisfied with the new regime.

An engineer from Cormac has been out to Gurlyn Hill to assess the situation and will report back later, There then followed a discussion covering various issues relating to Relubbus including the lack of a Bus stop on the road at Relubbus. Cllr Rule asked about planning enforcement or the lack of it, Cllr Martin stated that things are very difficult with the enforcement team at this moment in time, Discussion.

DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS

Nothing Raised.

MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

Cllr  Ryan said that there were some inaccuracies in the minutes the name of the applicant under planning was spelt wrong, The Clerk replied that this will be corrected,

It was proposed by Cllr  Thomas and seconded by Cllr Ryan that the Chairman sign the minutes circulated prior to this meeting as being a correct record of that meeting,  6 Councillors agreed with 1 Councillor abstaining(Cllr Vardy not at last meeting)

CHAIRMANS REPORT

Cllr Reed stated that he had nothing to report apart from the item concerning the Alice Dale charity which he will make his statement when it comes later on the agenda.

FINANCE & ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT

The Clerk asked for the following cheques for payment.

1      CALC   ,   After a discussion it was proposed by Cllr Ryan and seconded by Cllr Howells that we should renew our subscription for another year,  All Councillors agreed

It was then proposed by Cllr Ryan and seconded by Cllr Thomas that the Council accept payment of all cheques, All Agreed.

PLANNING

PA24/01622,  Hudson.   A letter from the applicants was readout to the Council By Cllr Reed.

After a long and detailed discussion it was proposed by Cllr Reed and seconded by Cllr Howells that the Council recommend refusal of this application, All Councillors Agreed,                                        Details of reason for refusal.

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN UPDATE.

Cllr Ryan  reported that we had received the draft report of the external examiner which required us to make some amendments before the plan could proceed to referendum.  The draft report will remain confidential until any corrections have been made and agreed by the external examiner.

The role of the external examiner is to ensure the legal conformity of the NDP both in its wording and in the consultation process underpinning it.  Her role is not to attempt to “improve” the NDP but to  ensure that the draft plan as presented is a clear and reliable guide to decision making that reflects the views expressed by the local community.

The NDP Steering group has planned to meet on 10/04/2024 to agree a response to the examiners report.

ALICE DALE UPDATE

Cllr Reed  proposed that the Council has a working group of four Councillors who would in charge of the day to day running of the charity but would ultimately be answerable to the full Council.All Councillors agreed four names were put forward and will be ratified at the next meeting.

SCHOOLROOM/MEMORIAL GARDEN

The Clerk reported that all the trees have been planted at the Memorial garden and Badcocks green

Nothing to report regarding the Schoolroom.

PARISH WEBSITE

The Clerk stated that half of the fee for upgrading the webite has been paid(£650.00) the other half to be paid on completion of the work.

REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION

Cllr Rule                                      Nothing to report

Cllr Ryan                                     Nothing to report

Cllr Thomas                               Nothing to report.

Cllr  W Searle    Reported that there has been flooding along Trescowe road near the old phone box, report to Cllr Martin.

Cllr Reed                                         Nothing to report

Cllr Howells          Asked the Clerk to chase up Cormac re thepoor quality of the white lines at Millpool.

Cllr Vardy                                        Nothing to report.

The Chairman then closed the meeting at21.18pm