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Minutes 11th June 2020

 Parish Council meeting on Thursday 11th June 2020 at 8 p.m.

Due to COVID-19 this meeting was held remotely via video conferencing

 

  1. MEMBERS PRESENT 

Mr G. Hall (Chairman), Mr D. Berry, Mrs J. Mitchell, Mr. G. Kingdom (phone call), Mrs P. Colthorpe (District Councillor) 

  1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 

Mr P Lake (Unable to join remote meeting) 

  1. NON-ATTENDANCE 

Mr. M. Lake, Mr R. Hill 

  1. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 

The minutes of the meeting held on 14th May 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. 

  1. DECLARATION OF INTEREST 

Mrs Mitchell declared a personal interest for Planning Applications 20/00755/FULL & 20/00722/FULL 

  1. MATTERS ARISING 

The clerk stated that she had received an email from Mid Devon DC concerning some 222 documents on the parish council website that are non-compliant with the EU Accessibility standards and needs correcting.  Mrs Ray will contact Richard Galt (MDDC) shortly to discuss how best to rectify this problem. 

The chairman mentioned that Nick Baker had resigned as a parish councillor.  The clerk stated that the vacancy had been advertised on the website and requires parishioners to ask for an election within 14 working days.  If no election is requested then someone can be co-opted onto the parish council. 

  1. INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT 

The clerk stated that she had received the internal audit report signed and there were no issues reported. 

  1. PLANNING APPLICATION (20/00742/FULL) - Erection of an agricultural storage building on land opposite Menchine Farm, Nomansland. 

A discussion took place about this planning application. 

Proposal: Mr Berry proposed and Mr Kingdom seconded agreement to this planning application and the meeting unanimously agreed. 

  1. PLANNING APPLICATION (20/00755/FULL) – Erection of a block of stables (revised Scheme) and (20/00722/FULL) – Erection of an equestrian feed and wash bay building at Coombeland, Pennymooor 

Mrs Mitchell left the remote meeting 

A discussion took place concerning these applications. 

Proposal: Mr Kingdom proposed and Mr Berry seconded agreement to these planning applications and the meeting unanimously agreed. 

Mrs Mitchell re-joined the remote meeting 

  1. HIGHWAY PROBLEMS 

The following potholes were reported:

- At the top of Cruwys Morchard woods on B3137

- Near Lower Lugsland on B3137 

 

Meeting closed 8:42p.m.

 

Signed (Chairman)…………………………………………………. Date…………………………….

 

2020 Minutes