WIVETON PARISH COUNCIL

Chairman:  Mr Godfrey Sayers

 

                                                                                                                                    ClerkÕs Address:                                                                                                                                 Morning Flight

                                                                                                                        42 High Street

Blakeney

                                                                                                                        NR25 7AL

                                                                                                                        Tel:  01263 741576

E-mail: wiveton@glavenvalleycouncils.co.uk

12th February 2008

 

The next Parish Council Meeting will be held on TUESDAY 18th MARCH 2008 in the Parish Room at 7.30pm.

 

A G E N D A

 

1          Reports for information:

            Councillor Brettle (if present)

Councillor Derek Baxter (if present)

            PC Ken Durrant (if present)

 

2          Apologies

3          Declarations of interest relating to items on the agenda

4          Minutes of the last Meeting

 

5          Matters arising for information                      

6          Correspondence

 

7          Finance

 

            7:1       Web Page

 

8          Planning

           

9          Village Green Surface Repairs – Progress Report

 

10        A O B

 

11        Parishioners Question Time

 

            The next meeting will be held on TUESDAY 15th APRIL 2008 AT 7.30PM 

 

                                                          Tricia Temple-Crowe         

Clerk to the Parish Council

Minutes of Wiveton Parish Council Meeting held on Thursday 19th February 2008 at 7.30pm

 

Present:                      J Ramm (Vice Chairman), G Woodhouse, R Allen, S Beal and M Wakelin

In attendance:           Councillor Derek Baxter, Councillor Brettle and the Clerk

Apologies:                  G Sayers

 

Declarations of Interest   Steve Beal declared an interest in item 11 Parish Land.

 

1            Minutes  

 

The Minutes of the last meeting held on the 15th January 2008 having been distributed in advance were approved as a true record and signed by the Vice Chairman.

 

2          Matters Arising

 

2:1       Affordable Housing  No further progress to report.

 

2:2       Pumping Station

 

The Clerk informed the Councillors that a site meeting has been arranged for 27th February with a representative from A W A to discuss the problems incurred when the pumping station regularly backs up which is affecting a number of properties.

 

2:3       Village Green   A site meeting was rescheduled for Monday 25th February at 5.45pm

 

2:4       Flood Warning / Consultation Report 

 

The date for the meeting re the flood warning review is still to be agreed.  It was agreed that a letter would be sent to Norman Lamb MP expressing the Parish Councillors concerns at the lack of response from the Environment Agency.

 

3          Correspondence

 

N R C C         Post Office Closure - Meeting 26th March

N R C C         Field Days Training Sessions

 

N C A P & T C          Retirement of Stuart Chapman

 

N C C   Norfolk Matters

 

 

4          Parish Land      

 

A meeting has been arranged for Thursday 21st February at 5.15pm

 

5      Planning

 

Wiveton Hall Farm, Marsh Lane – Erection of single-storey extension to Cafˇ and Shop – The

 Councilllors had no objection to this application.

 

 

 

6            A O B    

 

FUTURE MEETING DATES FOR 2008

 

Tuesday 15th April

Tuesday 20th May

Tuesday 17th June

No meetings in July and August

Tuesday 23rd September

Tuesday 21st October

Tuesday 25th November

No Meeting in December

 

Report from Councillor Brettle

 

Councillor Brettle had very little to report to them meeting other than to inform the Council that discussion are taking pale regarding the unitary boundaries and that recently a meetings had taken place following the recent flood and the continued provision of flood sirens.

 

Report from Councillor Derek Baxter

 

Minerals & Waste Development
Norfolk people are being given the chance to have their say on minerals and waste issues that will literally change the shape of some of our county's countryside.

Over the next decade and beyond, the strong growth expected in Norfolk will place heavy demands on the raw materials of development - minerals dug from the ground - and place further pressure on waste disposal.

Norfolk County Council, as minerals and waste planning authority, is required to produce plans with an aim of ensuring that in the years up to 2021 demand can be met in ways that minimise the impact on quality of life and the environment, while meeting the requirements of development, such as new homes and job opportunities.

A six-week consultation period, beginning 15th February and ending 28th March gives people a chance to comment on broad strategies for the county and the development control policies affecting mineral and waste management site; comment upon over 100 possible mineral extraction sites and 64 possible waste management sites (the sites included in the consultation have been put forward by landowners and mineral and waste operators).

Any of the sites listed chosen after the consultation will still have to apply for planning permission and undergo detailed examination in the normal way, including further opportunities for comment.

For minerals, a landbank (reserve) of seven years for sand and gravel and ten years for carstone is proposed to be maintained. Around 3 million tonnes a year is extracted, mainly for the construction industry. Most of the potential sites put forward by operators are for sand and gravel workings.

For waste, by 2016, some 2.56 million tonnes a year will need to be dealt with, with at least 75% being recycled or recovered instead of going to landfill. Waste management sites therefore need to take account of increased recycling, composting and energy recovery facilities, with additional landfill sites only being allowed in exceptional circumstances.


The strategy suggests that larger minerals sites and waste facilities should be close to the main growth areas of Norwich, great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Thetford, with smaller facilities serving growing market towns.

Free museums entry for school parties
All children in Norfolk school parties are to get free admission to the county's 12 museums after county councillors agreed the budget on February 18th.

Councillors backed a late addition to the budget tabled by Norfolk County Council Leader Daniel Cox to allow pre-booked school parties free admission to museums operated by the Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service during the summer and autumn terms this year and spring term next year.

The Authority hopes free entry will encourage thousands more schoolchildren to use the excellent countywide services and fire the imagination of the younger generation with free visits to places such as Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Time and Tide at Great Yarmouth and Norwich Castle Museum.

At Home Not Alone is leaving a lasting legacy
Norfolk's highly successful £3.6m project to pilot prevention and well-being services is set to leave a lasting legacy for the county's growing population of older people.

At Home Not Alone is part of the Government's Partnership for Older People's Project and was\ set up after Norfolk was awarded £3.6m to pilot new prevention services.

Older people have been helped to live at home for longer thanks to the new services such as teleshopping, teleclub, Night Owls, Swifts and Home Security.

As well as developing the new services, the project has brought together a range of partners who have not traditionally worked together and opened up opportunities for further joint work.

When At Home Not alone formally ends on March 31st there will be £834k unspent that will carry forward into 2008/9 and form the beginning of a joint prevention fund for the county. Initially this will see some of the projects continue into 2008 but eventually will form the beginning of a joint prevention fund for the county.

Move to Unitary Authorities
Now that the Boundary Committee has had its terms of reference agreed, there is more information forthcoming about the process and timetable.

Phase 1 will run from 3rd March to 11th April. This will see the Committee consider concepts for change and talk with authorities about them.

Phase 2 will run from 14th April to 4th July. This will involve further discussions between and within authorities and the Boundary Committee to help the Committee formulate a proposal or set of proposals for consultation.

Phase 3 will run from 7th July to 26th September. The Committee will publish its proposals by 7th July and then consult on them. It may publish one set of proposals, or more, but, if so, must indicate its preferred option.

Phase 4 will run from 29th September to 19th December. The Boundary Committee will consider all the responses received and then provide its advice to the Secretary of State in the form of a recommendation.


There is then a four week period in which people can make further representations to the Secretary of State who will then either agree to implement the recommendation either as it stands or with some modifications, or reject it, or ask for further information.


If the decision for unitary change is made, it will be swiftly followed by an electoral review to agree the wards or divisions of the new unitary council or councils. The intention is that any new authority commences on 1st April 2010.

The Boundary Committee has no powers to decide earlier whether or not the county council elections planned for May 2009 will go ahead, only the Secretary of State can do so when the decision about any changes has been made.