HAVERAH PARK WITH
BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Monday 20 November 2023
Location: Beckwithshaw Village Hall
Present: Councillors – Cllr D
Spence (Chairman), Cllr A Ellis, Cllr Mr S Swires, Cllr J
Parish, Cllr Mrs S Swires,
Cllr M David and Cllr N Hull.
Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway.
2
Members of the public were present.
1
Apologies None.
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 9 October 2023 was proposed by Cllr David,
seconded by Cllr Mrs S Swires and signed by the Chairman.
5 Urgent Business – The
Defibrillator - for the Squinting Cat to be collected
ready
for installation. The instructions for the regular maintenance to be obtained
for use by the replacement/custodians of the Smiths Arms and Squinting Cat defibrillators.
Grants
– Working with Organisations – grants and form to
be discussed
at next meeting.
Bench – siting of, on Otley Road. Awaiting delivery of
bench
and then to contact the site management.
Notice Board - Grant application refused. Apply to Knabb’s
Ridge
– from Feb for upto £700 and Cllr
Hull’s
NY grants in April.
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.
Hedges Hedges again overgrown, await a
“walkthrough
of village”
Newsletter Send
out in Spring.
6
Finances
- The bank balances at 20 November 2023 were reported
to the Parish
Council:
Business Current Account £1,612.15
Business
Money Manager (Deposit Account)
£8,530.68
£10,142.83
Clerk to investigate
the possibility of a ‘Debit Card’ for some payments. – Clerk to check with Bank
as to whether the new mandate has been implemented.
NJC pay award approved
- increase of £260 pa to Clerk’s Salary.
Prior
Approval needed to pay Clerk’s Dec Quarter Salary (and Tax) plus back pay.
Approved
by Cllr Mrs S Swires and seconded by Cllr Parish.
Precept/Budget 2024/25
Following a discussion
the Precept Calculation Request 2024/2025 of £7,720.00 was
proposed by Cllr Spence,
seconded Cllr David and agreed by all.
7
North Yorkshire Councillor In future Parish Councils may be asked to bear the
costs
of Bye Elections. Cllr Hull to enquire about costs.
Some more areas have been
allocated recycling
bins
to replace existing bags, our area has not been included.
8
Planning Matters
ZC23/030061/FUL Granted Subject to
Conditions
Single storey rear lounge extension
and two storey side extension containing utility
room and storage at The Mistal,
Higher Shaw Farm, Beckwithshaw (Mr R Hiley)
Applications
ZC23/03669/FUL
Erection
of ground mounted solar array in field adjacent to house at Beckfield Grange, Shaw
Lane, Beckwithshaw (Mr M Cheek)
The Parish Council has no
objections
Withdrawn
ZC23/03173/PNG
Change
of use of one agricultural building to commercial flexible use at Central House
Farm (JH and J Ryder)
TPO
65/2023(HAR)
Placing
of a TPO at Bradbury House, Moor Park.
9 Local Plan Consultations still ongoing.
10 Traffic and Highways Arrange for leaves and debris to cleared near
roundabout.
Figures
gathered from the permanent traffic monitoring
Installation
have been received.
Trees
overhanging restricting a 40mph sign. Investigate
In
spring when leaves back on trees.
Problems can be reported to North Yorkshire on the following webpage:
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/report-online
11 Copse and Grass cutting None.
12 Correspondence None.
13 Councillors Questions/Comments Forward defibrillator maintenance details to
Cllr
Mr S Swires.
14 Dates and time of next meetings
at 7.30pm – 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 9.30pm
Please check the website
for further information – www.beckwithshaw.org
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS REQUIRED
|
No. |
Action |
Responsibility |
|
1 |
Defibrillator – Contact Squinting re installation |
Cllr Spence |
|
2 |
Defibrillator – Source Demo |
Cllrs |
|
3 |
Commuted Sums - follow up |
Cllr Parish |
|
4 |
Grant form - examples |
Cllr Parish |