HAVERAH PARK WITH BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL

 

 

MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Thursday 12 March 2020

 

 

Location:     Beckwithshaw Village Hall

 

Present:         Councillors – Cllr D Spence, Cllr A Ellis, Cllr M David and Cllr Miss V Oldham.

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Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway.

 

                    3 Members of the public were present.

         

 

1.       Apologies:    Cllr Mrs J Ryder, Cllr J Gordon Cllr T Muirhead and Cllr S Lumley.

 

 

2.       Declaration of Interest:    None.

 

 

3.       Exempt Information:       None.

 

 

4.       Minutes of the meetings held on 13 February 2020.

 

Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 13 February 2020 was proposed by Cllr Ellis, seconded by Cllr Spence and signed by the Chairman.

                   

 

5.       Matters arising not dealt with elsewhere:      None.

 

 

6.       Traffic and Highways:    

Cllr David reported that another traffic/speed logging exercise would be conducted for us, the logger will be located on B6162 near roundabout. The data from Lady Lane and Howhill Road to be sent to HAPARA.

Still a problem with Parish Portal. Problem has been resubmitted.

There is some confusion about the speed limit on the B6162.

 

 

7.         Urgent Business:  

 

a) Grass Cutting                Contract to be awarded to Simon Crossley, £55 plus VAT

per cut for Verge at Shaw Lane Junction and £44 plus

VAT per cut for the grass verge between the Shaw

Lane corner and the Smiths Arms.

 

Proposed by Cllr David and seconded by Cllr Ellis.

All Agreed.

b) Litter Pick                      Saturday 4 April 2020, information to be included on the

Spring Newsletter.

 

c) Bench                           Look into possibility of a Remembrance Bench (VE Day), Cllr Oldham may have a contact.

 

e) Emergency Plan             Iain Spiers to be contacted about a possible dry run.

 

f)  Knabs Ridge Fund          Apply for grant re data retrieval from Traffic Sign.

 

 

8.       County Councillor’s Report:      None.

                   

9.       District Councillor’s Report:      Council Tax for 2020/21 has been agreed.

The Local Plan has been approved by the Borough

Council.

 

10.     Planning Matters:           

                                                DECISIONS

20/00041/FUL                             Approved Subject to Conditions

Demolition of outbuilding and erection of garden room (Revised Scheme) at

Brathwaite Barn, Beckwith Lodge Farm, Beckwith (Mr D Hayton).

20/00060/TPO                            Permission Refused

Crown reduction(by 4m) of one beech tree at Apartment 1, Mansion House, Moor

Park, Beckwithshaw (Mr Irving).

 

 

11.   LDF Update:             The Plan has been adopted by Harrogate Borough Council.

 

 

12.   Finance:                            

          The bank balances at 12 March 2020 were reported to the Parish Council:

                                                                                                              £

                    Community Account                                                            1,874.95

                    Money Manager (Deposit Account)                                      1,434.69

                                                                                                              3,309.64

                   

                    The Chairman signed the printed Bank Statements.

 

                    To be paid by Bank Transfer – Clerks Expenses £79.38

                              Approved by Cllrs Ellis and David

 

                    Prior Approval for the items listed below, to enable inclusion in 2019/20 Finances:-

 

                    Clerk’s Salary                    Approx          £374.40

                    Clerk’s Tax                       Approx            £93.60

                    Website Hosting Fee                               £80.00

                    Payroll fees                       Approx            £72.00

 

The prior approval for payment of these 4 items was proposed by Cllr Ellis and seconded by Cllr Spence.

         

 

 

 

 

13.  Correspondence:     

 

i)       P Garnham             Email about road safety issues at the Charles Church development.

The temporary pedestrian crossing will be made into a proper traffic island when the remaining developments take place. The possibility

of  public buses along the B6162 is being looked into by a Harrogate

Borough Council Committee. A residents petition may help.

ii)     Newsletters and e-mails forwarded to councillors.

 

 

14.  Update on the Copse etc:   Winter Break. The verges of the B6162 between Harlow Hill

and Howhill road has been planted with daffodil bilbs.

 

 

15. Councillors Questions:        None,

 

16. Date & Time of next meetings:       Thursday 9 April 2020 – includes Parish (Open) Meeting

                                                  and     Thursday 14 May 2020 – includes Annual Meeting (AGM)

 

 

The meeting closed at 9.15pm

 

Please check the website for further information – www.beckwithshaw.org

 

 

SUMMARY OF ACTIONS REQUIRED

 

No.

Action

Responsibility

1

Reclaim VAT

Clerk

2

Broadband, continuous

Cllrs Spence and

Ellis

3

Speed on Lady Lane, Data Loggers

Cllr David

4

Parish needs for Traffic Management

Cllrs Spence, Ellis,

David and Gordon

5

Contact Highways

Clerk

6

Extract data from Traffic sign

Cllr David and J Parish

7