13 May 2024
HAVERAH PARK WITH BECKWITHSHAW PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON Monday 13 May 2024
Location: Beckwithshaw Village Hall
Present: Councillors – Cllr D Spence (Chairman), Cllr A Ellis, Cllr Mr S Swires,
Cllr Mrs S Swires and Cllr J Parish.
Parish Clerk – Mrs J H Galloway.
4 Members of the public were present.
Following the Annual Meeting the meeting commenced at 7.41pm
1 Apologies Cllr M David.
2 Declarations of Interest None.
3 Exempt Information None.
4 Approval of previous minutes –
Approval of the Minutes of the Parish (Open) Meeting held on 8 April 2024 and the Parish Council Meeting held on 8 April 2024 were proposed by Cllr Ellis, seconded by Cllr Parish and signed by the Chairman.
5 Urgent Business – Bench – Site management company will contact us
when they take over the site.
Notice Board – delivery May 2024.
Commuted Sums – New list received with same amounts.
Still awaiting response from Cllr Hull
re monies for cricket ground Otley
Road.
Newsletter – Ready for distribution
Website Changeover in progress.
- Finances
The bank balances at 13 May 2024 were reported to the Parish
Council:
Business Current Account £4,589.29
Business Money Manager (Deposit Account) £6,601.33
£11,190.62
First half of precept received £3,860.00
Paid Data Protection fee by DD £35.00
New bank mandate completed to be handed in to Bank.
Internal audit for the quarter and year ending 31 March 2024 completed and approved by Cllr Spence and Cllr Mrs S Swires.
External Audit Papers to be completed at the June meeting.
- North Yorkshire Councillor A extended list of items the PC wanted to discuss
with Cllr Hull will be compiled and forwarded by Cllr
Spence.
8 Planning Matters – Decisions
ZC24/00994/FUL Withdrawn
Erection of 3 Cabins, Land adjacent to Moor Park, Beckwithshaw (Mr G Swires)
TPO no 65/2023 Notice of confirmation
TPO at Bradbury House, Moor Park, Beckwithshaw
Enforcement
24/00116/PR15
Possible breach of planning control at Squinting Cat, Whinney Lane, Harrogate.
Use of public house car park for motorhome parking.
Applications
ZC24/01054/FUL
Proposed agricultural building at Whin Hill Farm, Hampsthwaite (R and S Swires)
Prior consultation – The Parish Council has no objections.
ZC24/01089/FUL
Erection of single storey domestic storage unit at Bradbury House, Moor Park (Mrs D
Manton)
The Parish Council objects to this planning application because the size of
this storage unit cannot be described as “domestic storage”. The length, width
and height of the building are disproportionate to the size of the house. The
cross section shown on the drawings indicate that it’s real purpose is a garage
for a motor home.
ZC24/01201/FUL and ZC24/01202/LB
Part retrospective, proposed double garage at Shaw Green Farm, Shaw Lane (Mr
C Lupton)
The Parish Council has no objections.
ZC2401232/FULMAJ
779 Photovoltic panels and new fence at Vocalink, Cardale Park. (Mr R Jones)
The Parish Council has no objections.
20/01706/EIAMAJ
224 dwellings and new school – cumulative transport and arboricultural Assessments.
(Banks Property Ltd)
The Parish Council objects on the planning grounds as below:-
Objections to Planning application 20/01706/EIAMAJ
Cumulative Transport Plan
- No integrated transport plan
- Mitigations to accommodate increased traffic in our Parish are only identified as potential and from examining the documentation we conclude them to be inadequate and do not meet our interpretation of future needs in particular. You acknowledge Lady Lane, Whinney Lane, Howhill Road, Beckwith Head Road, and Hilltop Lane are can only accommodate two cars to pass safely but do not offer any meaningful long term solution to this problem. No additional footpaths or street lighting are proposed. These roads are already used as cut through at peak times by workers from Cardale Park.
- This document has been prepared by Developers for Developers with no apparent input from NYC or sign off of the final Document by Stakeholders such as this P.C..
- The document is not mandatory what guarantees do we have that the proposals will actually be executed
- No time table for carrying out the Mitigation works. The road improvements should be carried out before house building commences.
- No indication of Construction traffic routes all current access routes are defined as ‘Lanes’ and as such are unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles
- A lack of alternative arrangements if Banks/Gladman developments are not constructed simultaneously. It could take a maximum of 10 years to build out these developments causing long term disruption if the link road joining the two developments is not constructed and opened before major house building commences.
- The WHIDS document should be finalised, open to consultation and signed off by NYC before any Planning Applications, Outline or Final are granted
Drainage Strategy
- Will the SUDS system be an underground attenuated tank or surface storage? We are not convinced that Clark Beck has sufficient capacity to carry any addition loading as currently Whinney Lane suffers localised flooding in severe rain conditions.
9 Local Plan Still no local input being used with regard to
all the new housing developments.
10 Traffic and Highways NYC have confirmed that the highways
maintenance issues forwarded to them will be
checked by the highways officer.
Problems can be reported to North Yorkshire on the following webpage:
11 Copse and Grass cutting Copse review to be done before meeting and
checked with last years report. Actions to be
decided at June meeting.
12 Correspondence Information received from NY re Standards.
Information received about Funds available re digital
hubs.
Email received about links nor working properly on
website.
13 Councillors Questions/Comments Report that there was some damage to
the land at the Shaw Lane Junction.
14 Dates and time of next meeting at 7.30pm – Monday 17 June 2024 commencing
in the copse.
Please make note of new dates. All are booked in the village hall.
The meeting closed at 8.50pm
Please check the website for further information – www.beckwithshaw.org
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS REQUIRED
| No. | Action | Responsibility |
| 1 | Commuted Sums – follow up | Cllr Hull |
| 2 | VAT refund | Clerk |
| 3 | Grant form – examples | On hold |
| 4 |