HAVERAH PARK WITH BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE OPEN MEETING HELD ON Tuesday 12 April
2022
Location: The
Village Hall, Beckwithshaw
Present: Councillors – Cllr
D Spence (Chairman), Cllr A Ellis, Cllr Ms J Parish, Cllr Mrs S Swires and Cllr
S Lumley.
Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway
Commencing at 7.30pm the Open Meeting was held and 1
member of the public was present.
1. Apologies:
Cllr M David and Cllr
Miss V Oldham.
2. Minutes
of the last Open Meeting:
The minutes of the last Open Meeting on 13
April 2021 were incorporated into the immediately following Parish Meeting (18
May 2021).
3. Chairman’s
Report:
Thank you for attending our Open Meeting and a
warm welcome to you all.
I would like to start by thanking my fellow
councillors and the Parish Clerk for their continuing support and hard work
over the past year. I would like to welcome Jo Parish and Sally Swires our
newest councillors both of whom are already very active in P.C. activities.
During the past year Jane Ryder and Tom Muirhead, two of our longest serving
Councillors, have retired and I would like to thank them both for their dedicated
support.
It is with sadness that I have to report the
passing of Jim Gordon who over the years has been an enthusiastic supporter of
the P.C.. He will be missed by all of us.
Thank you also to Rachel McEwan for leading a
training evening to demonstrate how to use the defibrillator and to Jon Bryant
for managing the defibrillator.
During the past year the P.C. has carried out
the following activities:-
·
The
grassed area at the end of Shaw Green
lane and the verge up to the Smiths Arms
have been cut and maintained.
·
We
have held two litter picks – thank you to everyone who joined in.
·
Planted
a tree on the grass area at the end of Shaw Green Lane to commemorate the
Queens Platinum Jubilee – thanks to Steve McEwan for his help. We have also
planted daffodil bulbs in the same area.
·
We
have contacted the Chief Executive of N.Y.C.C. to resolve an issue with the new
fence erected by the School between the Copse and the School.
·
With
help of Rachel McEwan we have held a defibrillator training evening. Rachel has
also volunteered to be our defibrillator co-ordinator for our local Emergency Plan.
·
We
are working with HBC and other agencies to get the overgrown hedges and trees
adjacent to South View and Snuffys Wood cut back.
During the recent storms we had to call out the Emergency Services to deal with
a broken branch on one of the trees.
·
We
have worked actively with the Western Arc group in support of efforts to ensure
that the ‘Parameters Plan’ recently published by HBC for the housing
developments in our Parish are designed in a cohesive and structured way. We
have called for the houses to be constructed to meet the governments zero
emissions target and to be future proofed in terms of insulation and reduced
energy use.
·
We
are working with the same group to influence the Infrastructure Delivery Plan,
expected to be published by HBC in the summer, to mitigate the expected off
site traffic implications.
·
Cllr
Parish is working hard to obtain a 20 M.P.H. speed limit through the Village.
Jo is our representative on the 20’s Plenty initiative. This is a group of like-minded
Parishes and other Groups working together to reduce speed limits through
Villages like ours.
·
Cllr
Ellis has worked with Open Reach and has had a positive impact on the
improvement of Internet availability and signal strength to all our
Parishioners.
·
We
have reported pot holes, broken road signs and localised drainage issues to
N.Y.C.C. through the Parish Portal.
·
We
have reported issues in connection with the temporary roadworks on Otley Road
to the Harlow Grange developers who have made safe some of the temporary street
lighting pits and have assured us that the temporary pedestrian crossing will
be removed and permanent works completed by the end of May – we will monitor
progress.
·
We
have continued to review Planning Applications within the Parish.
Looking forward to the year 22/23 we are
currently planning the following activities:-
·
Monitor
changes and explore possibilities to extend opportunities to run our local
affairs following the changed to a single unitary Council.
·
Carry
out refurbishing/planting works in the Copse.
·
Purchase
flower boxes to support the Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.
·
Organise
litter picks.
·
Continue
to support the 20’s Plenty campaign.
·
Continue
to work with the Western Arc Group.
·
Follow
up concerns reported by Parishioners.
All residents of the Parish are invited to join
in the activities of the P.C. and to attend our monthly meetings.
4. Comments/Questions
from the floor: None.
The Open
Meeting closed at 7.40pm