January 2025

Roger Calfe
Jan 6, 2025
3 min read

ST HILARY PARISH COUNCIL Meeting Friday 3^rd January 2025

ATTENDANCE

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

APOLOGIES

Cllrs Ford, M Ryan.

C/Cllr MARTIN REPORT

I have received a response from Cllr Ollie Monk concerning the letter from Marazion Town Councils call for “no confidence” in the planning and Enforcement departments at Cornwall Council. I have asked for confirmation that this response can be made public.If so i will forward the statement to the clerk,

I will be expressing concern over the new government proposals for planning and the likelihood that Towns and Parishes may have to adjust their Neighbourhood Development Plans accordingly, We will be debating this next week.

The decision to transfer the running of some of the Councils car parks to a private company is concerning. We will be discussing this at the Economic, Growth and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee next week. Senior officers say that there is a clear rationale for this ,as Local Authorities cannot legally use ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras. We heard this morning that several Local Authorities ARE. So i will be calling for a delay in this policy action until this is clarified.

PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

Nothing Raised

DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS

Nothing Raised

MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

It was proposed by Cllr Vardy and seconded by Cllr Rule that the Chairman sign the minutes circulated prior to this meeting as being a correct record of that meeting, All Councillors Agreed

CHAIRMANS REPORT

Cllr Reed said that he had received a complaint from a member of the public concerning the security lights at the School and that one of the lights was shining up the Church road and was dazzling drivers, The Clerk was asked to contact the School. The Chairman also asked about copies of the finished Neighbourhood plan It was understood that there were a dozen copies of the plan that have gone astray, There is a need to follow this up. A member of the Parish has asked about allotments within the Parish, reply was that there allotments along the Avenue.

PLANNING

PA24/09231, After a detailed discussion it was resolved that the Parish Council has no objections to this application, But would like to see a 106 restriction put in place.

PA24/09369, After a long and detailed discussion it was decided unanimously to recommend refusal of this application on various grounds

CIL MONEY It was decided to forward this to the next meeting

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

Not Available.

SOCIAL HOUSING

Cllr Howells explained about the need for more affordable hosing in the area after a discussion it was decided to ask Sarah Hodges for more information and if needed carry out a survey of the Parish looking for possible sites that could accomodate some affordable houses.

REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION

Cllr RULE Nothing to report

Cllr WEST Asked about the footpath that runs through Friendship woods and who is responsible, The Clerk to contact the land owners.