HAVERAH PARK WITH
BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Tuesday 14 March 2023
Location: Beckwithshaw Village Hall
Present: Councillors Cllr D
Spence (Chairman), Cllr M David, Cllr A Ellis, Cllr J Parish, Cllr
Mr S Swires and Cllr N Hull
(arrived after start of meeting).
Parish Clerk Mrs J H Galloway.
2
Members of the public were present.
1
Apologies Cllr
Mrs S Swires and Cllr V Oldham.
2 Declarations
of Interest None.
3 Exempt Information None.
4 Minutes of the meetings held on 14 February 2023
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting was proposed by Cllr Parish, seconded by Cllr Steven Swires and signed
by the Chairman.
5 Urgent
Business
The Parish Council
Vacancy,
Cllr Mr Steven Swires to
complete Declaration of
Interest etc forms.
Bench Email received from
Persimmon Charles Church,
Siting
of bench passed to their technical department .
VAS - Continue to seek funding.
Grass Cutting Agreed for NYC to continue Verge cutting.
Draft Parish Charter The Parish Council has considered
the
Charter and have no comments.
Defib Grant - Grant Approved. Agreement proposed
by
Cllr
Spence, seconded by Cllr J Parish and carried by all.
Newsletter and Litter Pick Litter Pick on 25 March at
10.00am,
meeting in Village Hall Car Park.
Newsletter
ready for delivery
Coronation Any ideas Budget of £200, proposed by Cllr Sally
Swires,
seconded by Cllr Parish. Cllr J Parish to investigate
Coronation
Mugs.
Wish List - Consider items to be included, eg: Renewal of
Rural
Footpath to Cricket Ground, VAS.
6 Finances The bank balances at 14 March 2023 were reported
to the Parish Council:
Business Current Account £2,283.83
Business Money Manager (Deposit
Account) £5,456.24
£7,740.07
Clerk to investigate
the possibility of a Debit Card for some payments. still trying.
Received NYC grant £904.80
Paid Chevin Landscapes
£300.00
Approval for Clerks
Expenses £170.76 - Approved by Cllrs Spence and Ellis
Prior Approval For
Wages and Tax - Proposed by Cllr J
Parish and
Seconded by Cllr David, carried by all.
TP Jones Increase in fee for salary preparation -
Approved
7 & 8 County
and District Councillors Work on Kex Gill has Started.
New
Locality Fund available from 1 April 2023
9 Planning Matters Decisions
23/00377/FUL Granted Subject to
Conditions
Two storey extension to side/rear at
Thackray House, Moor Park, (Lois Manton)
Withdrawn
23/00261/PBR
Prior notification for
conversion of agricultural buildings to 1 dwelling and annex at
Beckwith
Barn, Beckwith (Jenny Cairns)
Applications
23/00642/TPO
Works to Trees at Bluecoat Wood Nurseries (Horticap)
The Parish
Council has no objections.
23/00781/PBR and 23/00793/PBR
Prior notification for conversion of
agricultural buildings to 1 dwelling and annex at
Beckwith Barn,
Beckwith (Jenny Cairns)
Further
discussion required
23/00860/FUL
Proposed detached
single storey garage at Snell House Farm, Otley Road (Mr Robert
Fearnley)
Further discussion required
10 Local Plan
Local group still in contact re plans
locally
11 Traffic
and Highways Clerk attended Highways workshop at Boroughbridge
and
will make report when Highways forward the slide show
information.
Report
list from village survey via Portal.
Problems can be reported to North Yorkshire on the following webpage:
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/report-online
12 Copse
and Grass cutting Request
revised quote from Chevin Landscapes
13 Correspondence None.
14 Councillors
Questions Question about Commuted Sums re spend dates and
locality.
15 Date & Time of next meeting: At 7.30pm Tuesday
11 April 2023 Parish and PC
Tuesday
9 May 2023 Annual and PC
The meeting closed at 9.32pm
Please check the website
for further information www.beckwithshaw.org
SUMMARY
OF ACTIONS REQUIRED
|
No. |
Action |
Responsibility |
|
1 |
Reclaim
VAT - ongoing |
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 and David |
|
5 |
Contact
Highways - ongoing |
Clerk |
|
6 |
Extract
data from Traffic sign - ongoing |
Clerk |