Minutes 6th August 2020
Parish Council meeting on Thursday 6th August 2020 at 8 p.m.
Due to COVID-19 this meeting was held remotely via video conferencing
- MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr G. Hall (Chairman), Mr D. Berry, Mrs J. Mitchell, Mrs P. Colthorpe (District Councillor), Cllr M. Squires (County Councillor)
- APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Mr. M. Lake (Family emergency) Mr P Lake (Couldn’t connect to zoom)
- NON-ATTENDANCE
Mr. R. Hill, Mr G. Kingdom
- MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The minutes of the meeting held on 9th July 2020 had already been circulated prior to the meeting.
Proposal: Agreement to the content of the minutes was proposed by Mr Berry and seconded by Mrs Mitchell and was unanimously agreed by the meeting. Minutes will be signed by the chairman in due course.
- DECLARATION OF INTEREST
None
- MATTERS ARISING
Parish Councillor vacancy
The clerk stated that 2 applications had been received for the vacancy and that copies of the applications had already been forwarded to the meeting. A short discussion took place.
Proposal: Mrs Mitchell proposed and Mr Berry seconded co-opting Mrs Theresa Grant as a Parish Councillor and the meeting unanimously agreed.
Buzzard Wood access update
The chairman reported that the chairman of Cadeleigh meeting had contacted him about as he had received complaints from the public as the landowner had closed access to his land at Buzzards Wood which has always been accessible. It appears the owner had closed the access at Buzzards Wood due to the public not following the designated path. The National Trust, who owns some of the land, had refused to put up any signage.
Several members of the public had now contacted Devon CC to requested a public right of way/bridleway through the owner’s land due to the many years it has been open to use.
- PLANNING APPLICATION (20/00594/MFUL) – Erection of 5 poultry units; biomass boiler unit; attenuation pond; access track; hardstanding; landscaping and associated infrastructure at Edgeworthy Farm, Nomansland
An environmental statement had now been received for this application which was not available at the time it was first discussed.
Proposal: Mr Berry proposed and Mr Lake seconded that the original comments made about this application would stand and no further action was required, and the meeting unanimously agreed.
- HIGHWAY PROBLEMS
Mr Berry asked for grit to be filled up in the grit bin at Way village, the clerk will contact Devon CC.
Meeting closed 8:23p.m.