LIMPSFIELD PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Meeting held on
in the school hall, Limpsfield CE
Infant School, Limpsfield at
PRESENT: Chairman Mrs A Williams (AW)
Councillors Mr B Alexander (BA), Mrs R Harris (RH),
Mrs
C Heijmer (CH), Mr J Jensen (JJ), Mr D Marnham (DM),
Mr
J Pannett (JP), Mr C Walker (CW), Mrs L Wingate (LW)
1.0 APOLOGIES
Apologies were received from Mrs Lucy Wingate. Mr John Pannett was not present at the
meeting.
2.0 MINUTES
The minutes of the previous meeting were
approved and signed.
3.0 MATTERS ARISING
Dog litter bins: Tandridge District Council
is prepared to install bins on sites where approval has been sought from nearby
residents and District Councillors, provided the sites in question are on
council adopted land. It was agreed to
ask the resident who had made the enquiry where a bin was required. Action: Clerk
Litter bin at bus stop adjacent to Sylvan
Close in High Street, Limspfield: TDC
is willing to supply a standard green litter bin at this location if the Parish
Council forwards a written request. Resolved: to go ahead with request. Action: Clerk
Tree on Tidy’s Green: the
Clerk is awaiting a response from Jonathan Bruce at TDC regarding the tree on
Tidy’s Green.
4.0
PUBLIC SESSION
There were no questions from the
floor.
5.0 COUNTY & DISTRICT COUNCILLOR REPORTS
There were no reports received.
6.0 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT (including
correspondence)
The Standards Board for
Action: Clerk
Corrrespondence:
·
LCAS –
Newsletter no
·
Burstow Parish
Council – the next meeting of ESPLG will be held in the Margaret Pavely Room,
Centenary Hall,
·
SCC – Minerals
Planning Meeting to be held at Godstone Baptist Church, High Street, Godstone
on Thursday, 7 October 2004, at 7.30 pm. Action: JP
·
TDC –
acknowledgement of Parish Council’s comments on Tomorrow’s Tandridge from Paul
Newdick.
·
·
GACC – copy of
response to consultation on night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and
Stansted airports, September 2004.
·
TDC – agenda
for forthcoming Standards Committee meeting. Action: CW
·
Draft Statement
of Licensing Policy – comments by
7.0 PARISH COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS
7.1 Parish Plan Update
CW reported that he had attended
an all day Parish Planning Workshop and had come away with a copy of Godstone’s
plan and plenty of literature to assist with Limpsfield’s plan. The steering group has agreed on a
Constitution and has opened a bank account.
A software package to assist with the preparation and analysis of a
questionnaire is being purchased at a cost of £75.00. It was suggested that the questionnaire could
be delivered with the Limpsfield Annual Report in February 2005.
The "Awards for All"
Lottery grants programme has recently awarded £5,000 to a
The Clerk has written to request
a Gatwick Community Trust grant application form.
7.2 Rights of Way
Upgrading
of footpaths 52 & 53 to bridleway status:
DM has inspected the 28 user evidence
forms (anonymous copies only) submitted to SCC by the British Horse Society. The users range in age from 49 years down to
8 years and all claim to be using the bridleway once a week. Mrs P Birch of SCC Rights of Way Group has
requested to see Parish Council Minutes dating back to 1930 as part of her
investigation into the rights of way claim.
Footpath
55: Philippa Gates does not consider there to be an immediate danger to the
public from the beech trees overhanging this footpath. DM has informed the resident concerned.
7.3 Planning
Correspondence:
·
Copy correspondence from the owners of Saffron,
TA/2004/1376 THE STABLES, CRABBETT WOOD FARM, ITCHINGWOOD
COMMON, LIMPSFIELD
CONVERSION OF EXISTING
MILKING PARLOUR TO PROVIDE 4-BED DWELLING.
TA/2004/1462
170,
ERECTION OF FIRST
FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION OVER EXISTING GARAGE WITH OVERHANG TO REAR AND SINGLE
STOREY SIDE ELEMENT TO PROVIDE COVERED WALKWAY.
TA/2004/1480 1, NEW
ERECTION OF TWO
STOREY SIDE & REAR EXTENSION.
TA/2004/1510/TPO 5, PADBROOK, LIMPSFIELD
TPO 152 (T) -
VARIOUS TREE WORKS TO ATLAS CEDAR
JJ declared
an interest in the following application and withdrew from the meeting:
TA/2004/1318 73,
ERECTION OF TWO
STOREY SIDE EXTENSION. Object on the grounds that this
contravenes policies 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4 and 13 of the Local Plan.
CH declared an interest in the following application and withdrew from the
discussion:
TA/2004/1364 5,
ERECTION OF SINGLE
STOREY REAR EXTENSION PROVIDING LINK TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING. Object on the grounds that
it is not of a sufficiently small scale within the Green Belt settlement. Policy RE3 refers.
TA/2004/1464 LAND AT PADBROOK CLOSE, LIMPSFIELD
ERECTION OF
DETACHED HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS (OUTLINE). Object on the grounds that
a house erected on this high land would be overbearing and severely reduce the
privacy of the houses and gardens it would overlook.
TA/2004/1495 9,
ERECTION OF FIRST
FLOOR FRONT/SIDE EXTENSION AND RAISED PITCH TO EXISTING ROOF. ERECTION OF
PITCHED ROOF ON EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SIDE/REAR EXTENSION.
Object on
the grounds that it will appear bulky and cramped on the end of a terrace.
TA/2004/1111 62 Stoneleigh Road, Limpsfield
Erection
of first floor side extension.
TA/2004/1136/TPO
Tree
works to two Corsican pines
TA/2004/1168 41 Park Road, Limpsfield
Demolition
of existing conservatory and erection of replacement rear conservatory.
TA/2004/1198/TCA Manor Cottage, High Street, Limpsfield
Fell
3 cupressus and reduce group of hornbeam/copper beech and beech by 30%.
TA/2004/1348/TCA Land fronting Sandstones, High Street,
Limpsfield
Reduction
on 5 sycamore and 2 holly by approximately 65%.
Planning Application Withdrawn
TA/2004/1349/TCA Land fronting Sandstones, High Street,
Limpsfield
Fell
5 sycamore and 2 holly.
Planning
Appeal Dismissed
TA/2002/979 188
Bluehouse Lane, Limpsfield.
Appeal against an enforcement notice issued by Tandridge District Council
ENF/2001/618. The appeal is
dismissed and the grant of planning permission refused. However the period for compliance is
increased to three months.
7.4
Highways
Correspondence:
·
RH reported on the following highways matters:
Safeway Traffic Lights: RH
commented on the tail-backs at the lights at all times, not only peak
periods. It was agreed to ask Highways
to review the current sequence. Action: Clerk
Old style street column: the Clerk has chased Highways to paint the column. The Clerk has also reported the damaged
street column opposite.
Water Lane posts: CW
reported that two posts have been knocked down.
7.5
Publicity
CH agreed
to write an article for the village newsletters on ‘How to Comment on a
Planning Application’. Action: CH
7.6 Trees & Parish Property
Notice board for Limpsfield
Chart: after much
discussion it was agreed that BA and CH would investigate the suitability of
installing a notice board on the bus shelter opposite the Carpenters Arms.
Action: BA / CH
Landscaping area adjacent to
Memorial Stores: Mr
Wright of Sandstones has now received permission to cut back the sycamore and
holly trees by 65%. RH agreed to ask Mr
Hayward to submit an estimate for installing the granite setts and rotavating
the soil with a view to planting in the Spring once the trees have been cut
back. Verbal confirmation has been
received from the Local Committee that the Parish Council has been successful
in its bid for an £800 grant to assist with landscaping.
Action: RH
Station Road East bus shelter: repairs are now
complete. CW agreed to attend to the
graffiti.
Action: CW
Detillens Lane Bus Shelter
repairs: resolved: to accept Old Oxted Landscapers’ estimate of
£73.00 to repair the bus shelter in
8.0
REPORTS FROM REPRESENTATIVES ON OUTSIDE BODIES
8.1 Limpsfield Common
Mark
Richards reported that Yalden Spring had now been cleaned out. New display panels have been installed on the
National Trust notice boards.
8.2
JJ has been appointed ICT
Governor and attended a half day seminar about ‘embedding’ ICT into schools.
8.3
Police Community Partnership Group
A secretary for the PCPG has
now been found. There is, however, a
move towards Neighbourhood Panels chaired by the local police constable and it
is unclear how these will integrate with the existing PCPG. The next meeting is
at the Hurst Green Community Centre on
9.0
FINANCE
9.1 Grants – Resolved: i) to grant £50 to East Surrey Community
Mediation; ii) to grant £100 to the Surrey
Hills “Inspiring Views” Project.
9.2 Accounts for Payment
·
Clerk’s salary £393.75
·
Clerk’s expenses & broadband
(chq 260) £20.47
·
Old Oxted Landscapers (grass
cutting & repairs to bus shelter)(chq 261) £154.00
·
Surrey County Council (ROW
evidence forms)(chq 262) £30.55
·
TDC Parish Office Rates (second
half)(chq 263) £97.00
·
East Surrey Community Mediation
(chq 264) £50.00
·
Surrey Hills Partnership (chq 265) £100.00
Part
II Pursuant
to Section 1 (2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings ) Act 1960, it is
resolved that, because of the confidential nature of the business to be
transacted, the public leave the meeting during consideration of the agenda
item 10.0.
10.0 ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE
See
appendix I.
11.0 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Members
agreed to DM’s suggestion to make enquiries into reinstating Limpsfield as a
recognised postal address. Action: DM
12.0 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Next meeting:
December meeting: Tuesday,
January meeting:
February meeting:
March meeting:
Annual Parish Meeting:
The meeting closed at