Apr PC Mins

HUNSDON PARISH COUNCIL

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Minutes of Parish Council Meeting held at

8.00pm on Monday 19th April 2010 i= n the Village Hall, Hunsdon

= Present: - = Cllr D Gibbs (Chairman)

= ; &= nbsp; Cll= rs D Kitching (Deputy Chairman), H Brown, B Toll, S Oliver, M Newman=

= In attendance: - = J Robinette (Clerk), John Ashley (PPP Warden), D Clark (PP)

= ; &= nbsp; = ; 1 member of the public

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1. Apologies for absence.

Cty Cllr R Beeching

2. Approval of minutes of GP Working = Party meeting held 15th March.

Minutes approved by cllrs and signed by Chairman.

3.&= nbsp; Matters arising.

VOTY. Cllr = Newman asked all councillors to read his E Mail concerning the VOTY application a= nd comment if necessary.

Allotments. Amendments have now b= een made to Clause F of the tenancy agreement to include polytunnels. Clerk to confirm with Mrs. Batten that the polytunnel can remain on her plot. =

4. Reports from members representing the P= arish Council on outside organisations and

= attending meetings on behalf of the Council

(a) Hunsdon = JMI School Gove= rnors. Nothing to Report.

(b) Parish Paths Partnership. Nothing to report.

= ; (c) Council for the Protection of R= ural England (CPRE). Nothing to report.

(d) Poor’s Land and St= ock Charity. Not= hing to report.

(e) Village Hall Management Committee. Cllr D Kitching informed the councillors that the extension for the village hall was on schedule. The Murder Mystery fund raiser had raised £600 and the Rea= dy Steady Cook evening raised £400. The VHMC had also secured a grant from STA= CC of £5000.

(f) Allotments. Nothing to report.

(g) Police Liaison. Cllr D Kitching informed the council of the monthly crime figures. There had been 3 reported crimes in Hunsdon this month. ( 2 theft= s and 1 drink drive). Unfortunately due to the rural team inspector having been = transferred to Stevenage, the meeting scheduled for= 22 April to recruit a Special constable has had to be postponed.

(h) SHN. Nothing to report.

(i) Dist Council. Nothing to = report.

(j) Cty Council. Nothing to = report

5.&= nbsp; Parish Plan. Hastoe is to carry out the Housing Needs Survey in the near future. = Help will be required with the distribution of questionnaires. A presentation by Hastoe will take= place at the council meeting in June at 7.30pm.The Welcome Pack is going to prin= t in the next 2 weeks. The Parish Plan leaflet needs to be di= stributed to interested parties. A list will be drawn up and given to the clerk.

6. Village Infrastructure.

The Dell. The cou= ncil has been granted permission from EHDC to erect a new fence along the boundary = of the Dell at the High Street. Quotes will now be obtained. Chairman D Gibbs will liaise with Herts Highways regarding the repositioning of the chevrons.

7.Planning

i. Decision by EHDC Development Control on earlier applications.

i. 71 High Stre= et: 2 X 6 bedroo= m dwellings : Granted

ii. New Applications:

i. 6, Paddock Close: Insertion of rear dormer window to match existing.=

ii. 34, Wicklands Road<= /st1:address>: 2 storey side ext and 1^st floor rear ext.

iii. 7, Drury Lane<= /st1:address>: Replacement dwelling

2. Finance

i. Spending for approval

Clerk’s salary for April	£221.32
Rent for the Dell	£50.00
PCC (donation towards maintenance of lower churchyard) Section 137 <= /span>	£500.00
Village Hall (donation towards maintenance of hall) section= 137	£1000.00
AON yearly insurance	£950.70
J Franklin grass cutting&n= bsp; for March	£172.49
V Patel ( Shop Initiative) ( April-June) SECT 137 **	£80.00
Cash litter pickers	£100.00

All chqs were signed by Cllrs H Brown and S Oliver

8. &= nbsp; Correspondenc= e.

None recd.

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Village Fete. Cllr D Kitching asked all cllrs for their donations for the Tombola at the forthcoming fete.

Legal Charge. It was stated by the chairman that all councillors had been consu= lted with on Friday 16^th April concerning the executing of the Deed = of Legal Charge for 47 High Street= in relation to the mortgage application sought by the VHMC. Both the clerk= and chairman signed the deed on behalf of the Parish Council.

BMX Track D Clark suggested that there still seemed to be a need in the vill= age for a track by teenagers. This would need to be discussed further with the parish plan committee for an alternative site to be found.

Meeting c= losed at 08.45m

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Minutes are always available on the village web sit= e - www.hunsdon.org.uk .