HORTON KIRBY AND
MINUTES of the MEETING of the PARISH COUNCIL held on
Present: Cllr P Bradley (Chairman)
Cllrs
A Burchmore, D Payne, G Piller, M Powsey, D Snape, G Tripp,
R
Valentine and I Wescombe
In attendance: C Allart, Parish Clerk
P McGarvey and T Searles, District councillors
8 members of the public
Apologies for Absence: R Gough, County councillor
Declarations of Interests: As cleaner of the village
hall, Cllr D Payne declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Minute 129
Minute 94. Cllr P McGarvey asked that the word ”shared” be added to the second line of the third
paragraph before the word “purchase”.
Minute 98. Cllr Wescombe asked that the words “they
claim” be inserted after the word “need” in the last line of the first
paragraph.
RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on
117 VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE
The Minutes of the meeting of the Village Hall
Committee held on
Cllr
Wescombe submitted the following motion for consideration:
“This
council will instigate a consultation with the residents of
Cllr
Bradley proposed and it was seconded, that each of the 2 sentences in the
motion be considered separately.
Proposal carried.
The first part of the motion was put and it was
RESOLVED that this council will
instigate a consultation with the residents of
Cllr
Wescombe proposed, and it was seconded, that an amendment to the second motion
be put forward by inserting the words “considered for development” after the
word “location” in the second motion. Amendment
lost.
The motion that “this council and its officers will have
no further discussion of any nature with
At
Cllr Wescombe’s request the voting was recorded as follows:
FOR: Cllrs Payne, Valentine and Wescombe.
AGAINST:
Cllrs Bradley, Burchmore, Piller, Powsey, Snape and Tripp.
Cllr
Bradley asked that it be recorded that he had objected to Cllr Wescombe’s
comment that it was significant that it was the South Darenth members who had
voted for the motion and the Horton Kirby members who had voted against.
119 VILLAGES DESIGN STATEMENT
Cllr
Burchmore submitted various proposals for printing the booklet and recommended
that the one for fold and stitch binding from S & M Printing be accepted.
RESOLVED that the quote for the printing of 250 copies of the Villages
Design Statement in the sum of £1256 from S & M Printing be accepted.
There was further discussion on the loss of the bus
service up East Hill before
Cllr McGarvey suggested that it would be useful to find out what bus services were needed and it was agreed that a questionnaire should form part of the next parish council newsletter.
RESOLVED
that
1. in the light of comments
made by Arriva that inconsiderate parking had made it too difficult for buses
to pass safely, the request to KCC to widen part of East Hill by removing some
of the grass bank be renewed; and
2. an invitation be extended to
Arriva to send a representative to a meeting of this Parish Council to present
the Company’s reasons for cutting this service.
The
clerk reported that since the closing date for receipt of applications (30
September) only 7 applications have been received.
RESOLVED
that
1. a new deadline of 31
December be set; and
2. applications be considered in January.
Members received notice that the audit of the 2004/5 accounts had been successfully completed and that there had been no issues arising from the audit.
Members received a schedule of budget v actual income and expenditure to 5 December together with forecasts and estimates for 2006/7. They were asked to give detailed consideration to all headings at this meeting to allow a more accurate schedule to be prepared for the January meeting.
Members were asked to decide if a separate meeting would be held in January to set the precept and to agree a date, if necessary.
RESOLVED that the special meeting to consider estimates and decide the precept for 2006/7 be held on Monday 16 January.
To consider the next edition of the Parish Council Newsletter.
Members
were informed that no Autumn newsletter had been
issued due mainly to time constraints.
It was suggested that with the imminent purchase of Heathside and other
issues that needed public consultation, it would be sensible to wait until this
had happened. The clerk asked if Parish
Councillors would compose a press release on the acquisition of Heathside for
inclusion in the newsletter. The
Chairman said he would do this.
SE/05/02862/CIR14
Land East of Cricket Club land,
The erection of 2 HV wooden
poles within an existing line.
The parish council has no comments to make on this
application.
SE/05/02875/FUL
Little
Tew,
First floor side extension
to southern elevation above existing garage.
The parish council has no comments to make on this
application.
SE/05/02941/FUL
19
East Hill
Single
storey rear extension and front porch
The parish council has no comments to make on this
application.
SE/05/02975/FUL
Convert
existing double garage to part annexe of main building to form bedroom/lounge
dining kitchen/bathroom
The parish council objects to this application on the grounds of over development contrary to Green Belt policies.
The following decision notices have been received
for information:
SE/05/01191/FUL
Fairhavens,
Detached single storey dwelling to replace existing
fire-damaged building
REFUSED
SE/05/019154/FUL
Grassed area between 13 and
WITHDRAWN
Cllr Searles reminded the parish council that if the proposal is resubmitted, it will be a new application and it will therefore be necessary to re-state all concerns.
SE/05/02121/OUT
Garages West of Oakview Stud Farm,
Two semi detached houses or two detached houses
REFUSED
SE/05/02370/FUL
Boyneswood,
Demolition of existing bungalow and build new single
storey cottage
REFUSED
126 REPORTS OF COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
100 Year Wood – Meeting with
Cllrs Piller and Bradley reported that the
representative of the Trust had continued to assert that the wood was
developing as they would hope and expect.
He did however say that the Trust would not stop the Parish Council
cutting the “rides” (paths) used by walkers.
It was noted that an amount would have to be included in next year’s
budget for this purpose.
Parish Councils Consortium
Cllrs Bradley and Tripp reported on the meeting on
29 November in Crockenhill. They said
that Otford and Shoreham share a PCSO which they do not pay for and yet they
have an input in his duties and rotas.
It was also mentioned that the training for SID was now out of
date. The next meeting would be in
Eynsford in April.
127 REPORTS OF DISTRICT COUNCILLORS
Budget / Service Cuts
Cllr McGarvey mentioned that there would be budget
cuts next year.
Christmas / New Year Rubbish Collections
It was noted that the Monday and Tuesday collections
in this parish would be one or two days later than usual so there would be no
undue problems like last year.
128 REPORT OF
Grants
The clerk reported that the
Clearing of the River Path from
Tarmac surface for Fireman’s Run; and
Clearing / improving various open spaces (
129 SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS
RESOLVED that the schedule of accounts, as submitted, be approved and payments made accordingly.
130 NEXT MEETING
Members were reminded that the next meeting would be on
131 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Parking Outside The Queen
Public House, New Road
Cllr Wescombe asked that a letter be written to the
publican of The Queen asking him to speak to his customers and visitors about
their inconsiderate and obstructive parking outside the premises. It was suggested that the PCSO should be
asked to go and have a look at the problem.
The meeting ended at
Chairman
Date