HAVERAH PARK WITH BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL

 

MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Monday 8 January 2024

 

Location:     Beckwithshaw Village Hall

 

Present:         Councillors – Cllr D Spence (Chairman), Cllr A Ellis, Cllr Mr S Swires,

Cllr Mrs S Swires and Cllr M David.

 

Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway.

 

                    5 Members of the public were present.  

 

 

1        Apologies                                  Cllr J Parish

 

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 8 January 2024 was proposed by Cllr Mrs S Swires, seconded by Cllr S Swires and signed by the Chairman.

 

5        Urgent Business –           The Defibrillator – Cllr S Swires to liaise with Jon Bryant

Re care of defibs. New Management at the

Squinting Cat, awaiting catch up details.

 

                                                  Grants – Working with Organisations – review the grants

and grant form for following meeting.

 

                                                  Bench – bench received, site management company has

not yet taken over site, contact again re

details.

                                                                     

                                                  Notice Board - Grant approved – fill in forms and order

Notice board.

 

Commuted Sums – Cllr Parish is in contact with NYC.

 

Hedges         Overgrown hedges have been trimmed.

                    Thank you to Steven Swires for hedge

cutting and thanks to Steven McEwan for

edging the path and clearing all arisings. Fantastic job.

 

                                                            Newsletter    Send out in Spring. Think about content.

 

                                                            Website        Awaiting reply from Rural Computer

Services. Cllrs Ellis and David to continue

researching new hosting services and obtain

quotes.

 

6       Finances

 

The bank balances at 12 February January 2024 were reported to the Parish

Council:

                    Business Current Account                                                         £738.60 

                    Business Money Manager (Deposit Account)                        £6,569.87

                                                                                                                £7,308.47

              

New bank mandate filled out, as previous was on the wrong form.

 

     Quarterly Internal audit to be carried out at next meeting.

 

 

7     North Yorkshire Councillor                     Awaiting reply from Cllr Hull re shredding

old PC papers.

 

8         Planning Matters

                                                Decisions

          21/03877/FULMAJ                                          Granted Subject to Conditions

                Construction of internal spine road to serve future development plots at Beckwith

                Head Road. (Beckwith Knowle Developments Ltd)

 

                ZC23/03669/FUL                                             Granted Subject to Conditions

                Erection of ground mounted solar array adjacent to Beckfield Grange, Shaw Lane.

                (Mr M Cheek)

 

                ZC23/04094/FUL                                             Granted Subject to Conditions

                Erection of single storey side and rear extensions with extension and alteration to

                existing garage to link to dwelling at Howe Cottage, Howhill Lane. (Mrs Martin-

                Wright)

 

                    ZC23/04261/FUL                                             Granted Subject to Conditions

                    Installation of replacement door at Vocalink, 4 Cardale Park (Mr Richard Jones)

 

                    ZC23/04317/FUL                                             Granted Subject to Conditions

Change of use of paddock land to garden. Proposed garage and carport with storage

above. Outbuilding to house renewable energy equip and boundary wall extension at

Jackland House Farm, Lady Lane (Mr & Mrs Edington)

 

                                              Applications

                ZC24/00350/FUL

                Erection of first floor extension and formation of roof terrace (revised) at Delauney

                House, Moor Park (Mr & Mrs Bruce)

 

The Parish Council has no objections.

 

9    Local Plan        Consultations still ongoing.

 

10  Traffic and Highways                     Report potholes on Norwood Lane at

                                                            What3Words – Spicy.mint.cape   and

                                                                                Solar.rapid.coins.

 

                                                            Meet and walk round to identify highways

                                                                      problems to be reported to NY (Cllr Ellis

to arrange).

                                                                     

Problems can be reported to North Yorkshire on the following webpage:

 

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/report-online

 

11       Copse and Grass cutting           Chevin Landscapes 2024 quote of £632.25 plus

VAT (an increaseof 5%) for junction verge cutting,

verge from junction to The Old Post Office and leaf

clearing in autumn. 

Proposed by Cllr David, seconded by Cllr Mrs S

Swires and agreed by all.

 

12       Correspondence              Letter from NY re 2024 Garden Waste programme. 

 

13       Councillors Questions/Comments     

                                                  Comment was made about walkers letting dogs “off leash”

                                                  in fields containing livestock. Placing of “polite” notices

was suggested.

 

14       Dates and time of next meetings at 7.30pm –          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 8.55pm

 

                                       

 

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