March 2003
UPLOWMAN PARISH COUNCIL: MINUTES OF MEETING
Held on 6th March 2003 at the Village Hall,Uplowman, starting at 8.00pm
Minutes taken by Mr R Hodgson, Clerk to UplowmanParish Council with assistance of Mrs Veen.
Action points in bold. 3 members of the Public were present
Matters raised during the public session included tidying of the churchyard and financing repairs to the church, the lack of maintenance of the bus shelter and concerns raised over a proposed wind farm development to the north of the parish.
1. MEMBERS PRESENT
1.1 Mr J White (Chair), Mrs L. Veen, Mr A Barlow, Mr R Adcock, Mr R Burman, Mr D Aggett & Mr R. Branton.
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2.1 None received. All members were present
3 MINUTES OF LAST MEETING (10th January 2003)
3.1 Minutes of the meeting had been circulated prior to the meeting. They were approved without amendment and signed as a true record by the Chair.
4 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
4.1 There were no matters arising that would not be covered by other Agenda items.
5 FINANCES
5.1 Current Balance: £525.07
Income since last meeting £Nil
5.2 The following payments were approved and cheques signed to cover them:
Clerk's Expenses: £4.52
Audit fee 2002: £58.75
5.3 The annual subscription to the Devon Association of Parish Councils (£37.00)was approved for payment. It was agreed that this would be deducted from the Annual Precept.
6 PLANNING/LICENSING APPLICATIONS
6.1 Church Lighting: Mr Adcock had details of the lights and the Clerk would pass these on to MDDC.
6.2 Tolcarne, Whitnage: erection of conservatory. UPC had raised no objection
6.3 Package WW plant: UPC had requested that the plant be screened with trees.
7 CORRESPONDENCE
7.1 Mr Aggett would review the DCCStructure Plan. Summaries of thiswere distributed.
7.2 DCC were surveying Internet Access.
7.3 MDDC had sough views on their budget. MrWhite thanked Mr Aggett for his help in drafting a reply.
7.4 MD Tourist Information Centre requested funds. It was decided not to support this on principle because the outcome would be simpLy a shift from one public purse to another.
8 HALL AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION
8.1 Computers would be installed duringthe summer. A space for the ParishCouncil would be beneficial to enable display of public documents such as localplans.
8.2 The Clerk had received a complaint concerning the numbers of cars parked around the Crossways during football matches on Sunday mornings. Mr Adcock would contact Uplowman Athletic to ask them to remind participants to park at the Hall.
9 EMERGENCY PLANNING AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
9.1 It was agreed that a list of private water supplies that could be used in the event of a terrorist attack on public systems would be held by the Clerk. All councillors should provide information to him.
9.2 A new Neighbourhood Watch coordinator hadbeen appointed; otherwise there was little to report on this.
9.3 MDDC were surveying flooding of properties. All councillors would give information on recent flood events (dates and properties affected) to theClerk who would return these to MDDC.
10 JUBILEE PROJECTS
10.1 Mr Adcock had identified a suitable type of light. The Clerk would pass on details of the lights to MDDC. Mr Adcock would install the first light within the coming month.
11 SEWERAGE
11.1 The Triangle site was still favoured.
12 CONDITION OF ROAD/TRANSPORT IN THE PARISH
12.1 Holes in the road to Tiverton had been patched recently. The road to Whitnage was deteriorating, as were most other roads in the parish.
13 COUNTRYSIDE ACCESS
13.1 The Clerk informed the meeting that the Countryside Agency road show would be in Devon during May-June.
14 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting would be the Annual Meeting on Thursday 15th May in the Hall, starting with questions from the Public at 7.30pm. This would include inauguration of the new council after elections to be on May 1st.
The meeting closed at 9.40pm