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

14th April 2008

 

The next Parish Council Meeting will be held on TUESDAY 22nd APRIL 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

 

8          Planning

 

9          A O B

 

10        Parishioners Question Time

 

The next meeting will be the ANNUAL REPORT TO PARISHIONERS to be held on

TUESDAY 20th MAY 2008 AT 7.30PM 

 

                                                          Tricia Temple-Crowe        

Clerk to the Parish Council

Minutes of Wiveton Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday 18th March 2008 at 7.30pm

 

Present:                     G Sayers (Chairman), J Ramm (Vice Chairman), G Woodhouse, R Allen,

S Beal, P Adcock and M Wakelin

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

 

Declarations of Interest   There were no declarations of interest.

 

1            Minutes  

 

The Minutes of the last meeting held on the 19th February 2008 having been distributed in advance were approved as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

 

2          Matters Arising

 

2:1       Affordable Housing  No further progress to report.

 

2:2       Pumping Station

 

The Chairman informed the Councillors that he had met Anglian WaterÕs representative at the pumping station on the 27th February along with the residents affected by pump failures.  As far as the Chairman could judge it was a constructive meeting, it emerged that the equipment in the pump house is about forty years old and that a case could be made to upgrade it.  The engineer said she would find out more about this and come back to us.  The Chairman asked that she uses the Parish Council as the contact point and we now await her findings.

 

The Chairman expressed his concern that Anglian Water are a private company with share holders and profits to consider and that the cost of a new pump (bound to be considerable) set against the relatively small number of properties affected may result in a promise to send out engineers whenever it happens rather than fixing the problem.

 

2:3       Signage

 

The Chairman informed the Councillors that he has supplied East Coast Casting Co Limited with a specification of the signage.  The pattern will cost £221.00 and each sign will cost £120.

 

2:4       Flood Warning / Consultation Report 

 

The date for the meeting re the flood warning review is still to be agreed.

 

3          Correspondence

 

Tracey Bayfield PTA re signage on Wiveton Road  - The Chairman had sent the following response:

 

The speed of traffic through Wiveton has been of concern to the Wiveton Parish Council for sometime now.  However, the consensus at the moment (obtained through our VDS questionnaire) is that the absence of the many entrance and repeater signs that come with speed limits is one of the reasons that Wiveton retains its very special character.

 

The other issue that concerns us with speed limits is that because there are so many now, (almost every village now has one) is that they just do not work; unless there is a clear indication that transgressors will be caught the limits are ignored by those who drive too fast. 

 

Nevertheless, Wiveton Parish Council have not given up and are currently in the process of obtaining new signs commissioned and paid for by the Parish Council that offer a more original approach.  These we think will catch peopleÕs attention, make them think, and thereby act to curb their speed.

 

You also mention the speed of traffic entering Blakeney from Wiveton, this of course is a different matter as this traffic is travelling along an open country road where the speed limit is 60mph. Traffic engineers when making appraisals for speed limits look for traffic to be travelling at what is called the 85th percentile speed of what is safe for that particular stretch of road, in other words if 85% of the traffic is travelling at 30 mph or less they will recommend a speed limit. Clearly the traffic along this stretch is far in excess of that so a speed limit for this stretch of road would probably be quite difficult to obtain.

 

Having said all this however, I am sure that Wiveton Parish Council will be sympathetic to your concerns and will discuss this matter thoroughly; it may be possible to modify or extend the new signage we are obtaining to help.

 

Norfolk Constabulary Safer Neighbourhood – Details of the Wells Team

The Boundary Committee  -  Structural Review of Norfolk and Suffolk

N N D C Recycling for Norfolk – You rubbish your choice

N N D C – Waste collection review

Mineral Waste Review

 

4          Finance 

 

The Councillors unanimously approved reimbursement to the Chairman of £125 towards the cost of the purchase of software to enable upgrading of his computer for the provision of the Parish Council web page.

 

5      Planning

 

Wiveton Hall Farm, Marsh Lane – Variation of Condition 6 of planning permission 20061710 to remove requirement for planting of hedge and trees.  -  The Councillors agreed that the requirement for the planting of a belt of trees should be amended as they felt the planting of a few trees would suffice rather than a complete belt of trees.

 

6            A O B    

 

FUTURE MEETING DATES FOR 2008

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

 

Unitary Proposals – The Boundary Committee has now provided leaflets and posters to be used to publicise the Local Government Review in Norfolk and Suffolk.  All Parish Councils will be contacted and they and the public will be consulted.

 

The District Council has sent out letters to all Parish Councils concerning the street name signage asking to be notified of any defects or deficiencies.

 

Norfolk County Council is at present consulting locally on Mineral and Waste Local Plans.

 

Flood Sirens – the most useful meeting and discussions have now been completed.  A report will be available as soon as possible.

 

The Post Office will submit their list of proposed closures in the area 25th/26th March.  Then there will be a six week consultation.