HAVERAH PARK WITH
BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Monday 9 October 2023
Location: Beckwithshaw Village Hall
Present: Councillors – Cllr D
Spence (Chairman), Cllr A Ellis, Cllr Mrs S Swires and
Cllr M David.
Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway.
1
Member of the public was present.
1
Apologies Cllr Mr S Swires,
Cllr J Parish and Cllr N Hull
2 Declarations
of Interest None.
3 Exempt Information None.
4 Approval of previous minutes
–
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 11 September 2023 was proposed by Cllr Mrs S Swires, seconded by
Cllr Ellis and signed by the Chairman.
5 Urgent Business – The
Defibrillator for the Squinting Cat to be collected
ready
for installation.
Instructions
for the regular maintenance to be obtained for
use
by the replacement custodian of the Smiths Arms
defibrillator.
Grants
– Working with Organisations Ongoing.
Bench – siting of, on Otley Road. Awaiting delivery
of
bench (Nov 2023) and contact with the
site
management.
Notice Board - Grant application refused. Apply to Knabb’s
Ridge.
Commuted Sums – Approx £41,000 to be spent before
2031
(Cricket Field, Otley Road)
Can
any of this amount be diverted to
the
current Beckwithshaw Cricket
Club?
Cllr Parish to report to next
meeting
6
Finances
- The bank balances at 9 October 2023 were reported
to the Parish
Council:
Business Current Account £3,911.72
Business
Money Manager (Deposit Account)
£6,517.60
£10,429.32
Second half of precept
received.
Clerk to investigate
the possibility of a ‘Debit Card’ for some payments. – ongoing.
Bank Mandate has been
passed to HSBC.
Payment of Clerk’s
Expenses £291.57 Approved by Cllrs Spence and Ellis.
NJC pay award not yet
approved - possible increase of £275 pa to Clerk’s Salary.
September
quarter’s Audit - Cllr Spence and Cllr Mrs S Swires completed and
approved the Internal
Audit.
7
North Yorkshire Councillor Cllr Hull to be asked for any progress re hedgerows
and
cricket footpath.
8
Planning Matters
Decisions
ZC23/03025/FUL REFUSED
Demolition
of 2 agricultural barns and erection of one dwelling at Beckwith Barn,
Beckwith
(Jenny Cairns)
ZC23/02625/FUL Granted
Subject to Conditions
Demolition
of 2 barns and erection of 1 dwelling at Beckwith Barn (J Cairns)
Applications
20/01706/EIAMAJ
– Amended
Outline application with access off Whinney
Lane for the erection of 230 dwellings, school etc – Amended details and
updated environmental statement (Banks Property Ltd)
The Parish Council wishes to object to this application based on the
issues and concerns raised below. The planning decision should not be made
until the Parameter Plan is in place, reviewed and agreed by the planning
committee of North Yorkshire Council and the affected Parish Councils.
Traffic and Transport
· Lack of an integrated plan featuring suitable transport links.
· No planned road or pavement improvements for Whinney Lane or Lady
Lane.
· The traffic assessments are not based on current usage; the Jacob’s
Report is 5 years out of date.
· Whinney Lane, Lady Lane and Hill Top Lane have little capacity to accommodate
increased traffic flows at the levels predicted.
· The Whinney Lane/Pannal Ash roundabout currently suffers from
congestion at peak periods and there is no proposal to include footpaths and
cycle lanes on Lady Lane or Hill Top Lane, despite there being a national drive
to reduce trips by car to induce trips on foot and cycle.
· In the YWG Castle Hill West Transport Assessment, Section 9.10 states
that “residual traffic impacts are not severe”; this is incorrect.
· No consideration has been given to the wider aspects of the traffic
flow to/from the immediate sites under consideration, how it will affect the
villages of Beckwithshaw, Pannal, Burn Bridge and North Rigton, or its
subsequent impact on access into Harrogate via Pannal Ash and Otley Road.
· Section 8.5 of the YWG Assessment states that “At the Pannal Ash
Roundabout, Otley Road/ Pannal Ash Road/ Cold Bath Signals and the Prince of
Wales Roundabout the effect of development is to increase queues and delays to
some extent, but that increase is not considered to be severe.” The Parish
Council does not believe this to be an accurate assessment.
· The existing network is insufficient to carry current loads and yet
Section 7.24 of the YWG Assessment states that overall the impact of
development generated traffic is low - compared to committed development and
traffic growth - and the impact is not severe.
· No capacity to widen Whinney Lane due to existing housing.
Water Supply and Drainage
· Negative impact on the supply/pressure of the local water supply.
· No design data to prove that the proposed surface water drainage
solution is adequate and based on agricultural land flooding history, rather
than the output from a developed site with its inherent hard surfacing.
Sustainability
· Lack of sustainable housing.
· Lack of a developed approach to the design of the properties with
their impact on global warming.
Education Provision
· Lack of holistic planning. Included in the three large sites of the
Western Arc Development (Windmill Farm, Whinney Lane West and Gladmans) ,
provision has been made for 3 Primary Schools but no provision for Secondary
Education, indicating that all those pupils of secondary age would need
transportation which would further add to the burden of the transport
requirement/network.
· There is no certainty offered that the capacity of the proposed new
schools will be available to meet demand in anticipation of the occupation of
these properties.
Community Facilities
· Local Retail.
· Medical Facilities.
· Community Centre.
· Transport Hub.
· No defined Play Areas.
· No defined Sports Areas.
· No indication of ratio of Social Housing.
· No indication of a management plan for the ongoing maintenance of
public spaces.
Ecology
· No assurance that the proposed housing will relate to its rural
setting with the use of materials sympathetic to the rural location.
· Absence of proposed climate change initiatives.
· No provision is given to protect existing and future wildlife
habitats.
· Protection is required for the existing trees, hedgerows and Public
Footpaths.
ZC23/03635/FUL
Extension to residential curtilage at
Bradbury House, Moor Park (Mrs D Manton)
That the domestic curtilage does not include
the existing wooded areas (details stated by the applicant), thus ensuring that there will
be no need to secure the preservation of these trees.
9 Local Plan Consultations still ongoing.
10 Traffic and Highways Another request for the double yellow lines outside
the
Village
Hall be replaced was to be made, but new
notification
dates now 11 and 12 October 2023.
Problems can be reported to North Yorkshire on the following webpage:
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/report-online
11 Copse and Grass cutting An autumnal
review is needed of work required.
12 Correspondence A letter from the Executive Headteacher of Beckwithshaw
CP
School asking if there was anyone who would like to
be
a Federation Foundation Governor. Reply that all our
Councillors
are fully committed with Parish Council
Activities,
but should anyone come forward we would
inform
her.
13 Councillors Questions/Comments
Everyone was reminded to get their Covid jabs.
It
was reported that there seems to be a problem along
Beckwith
Head Road with Horse and Dog Droppings.
Contact
Cllr Hull.
14 Dates and time of next meetings
at 7.30pm – Monday
20 November 2023
Monday 8 January 2024
Monday 12 February 2024
Monday 11 March 2024
Monday 8 April 2024
Monday 13 May 2024
Please make note of new
dates. All are booked in the village hall.
The meeting closed at 9.35pm
Please check the website
for further information – www.beckwithshaw.org
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS REQUIRED
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No. |
Action |
Responsibility |
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1 |
Defibrillator – Contact Squinting re installation |
Cllr Spence |
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2 |
Defibrillator – Source Demo |
Cllrs |
|
3 |
Commuted Sums - follow up |
Cllr Parish |
|
4 |
Grant form - examples |
Cllr Parish |
|
5 |
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6 |
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7 |
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