HARTSHORNE
PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the ordinary meeting of Hartshorne Parish Council held at
7.00 pm on Monday, 12th July 2021 at Hartshorne Cricket Club.
Present: Councillors A Jones (Chair), D Stretton,
D West, G Tubey, M Mycock,
J Slawson, K Coe, N Landsborough, N Jenkinson, P
Smith, P Redfern
Parish Clerk, M Blyton
In attendance: County Councillor D Muller and Borough
Councillor M Dawson
None
Councillor C Muller discussed the free port and explained that a committee had been formed. The Parish Council would receive reports form the committee.
Councillor C Muller explained that a new highways team had been formed in Matlock called “Do it now”. The team’s remit was to deal with potholes and other issues. Councillor C Muller said that members of the Parish Council were welcome to contract him direct regarding highways issues that could be addressed through the new team. He said that work had now been carried out on the road between Ticknall and Melbourne.
Councillor C Muller said he would be keeping a close eye on developers in the village and would address any resulting highways issues.
Councillor P Smith passed on his thanks to Councillor C Muller for his efforts in achieving the road improvements between Ticknall and Melbourne.
Councillor J Burley
Councillor S Shirland
Borough Councillor M Gee
None
Councillor
N Jenkinson declared an
interest in the item on the website (agenda item 10)
Councillor A Jones disclosed
an interest in the payment to SDCVC due to his position as a Trustee (agenda
item 12)
072/2021 To confirm
the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 14th June 2021
073/2021 Recreation
Grounds
The RoSPA Play Safety Inspection Reports were
discussed. Several Councillors expressed
surprise and concern regarding the number of issues identified in the reports which
were considered more extensive than they recalled had been identified in
previous reports. Councillor M Mycock noted the poor condition of the changing rooms at
Gosley recreation ground. Councillors discussed
the need for a policy which would set out when work would be carried out, based
on the risk matrix included in the RoSPA inspection reports.
Councillor
P Smith suggested that the Council should look at the provision of gym equipment
at Mount Street recreation ground. It
was noted that this was a possibility depending upon receipt of S106 money.
RESOLVED
An onsite meeting of the Recreation Working Group
would be convened and a decision regarding what work would be completed, considering
the RoSPA inspection reports, would be delegated to the working group.
RESOLVED
That the Recreation Working Group would produce a policy
on when work needed to be commissioned on play equipment, based on the risk
matrix included in the RoSPA inspection reports. This policy would be submitted to the Council
for approval.
It was noted that the Council had received
a complaint from a resident regarding an overgrown silver birch on Dunsmore Way
recreation ground.
RESOLVED The Recreation Working Group would
review this issue as part of their on-site meeting and report their conclusions
back to the Council.
As part of this agenda item the
issue of the proposed fete on a council recreation ground was discussed. It was noted that the two members of the public
that had proposed the fete appeared to have made no progress on issues such as parking
and risk assessments. They had also not yet
put forward any dates for a meeting with members of the Recreation Working
Group. It was therefore not clear at this
stage if the fete would be able to go ahead on the date proposed.
074/2021 Planning
Applications
(a) National Forest Application to Changing Landscape
Scheme (Development of woodland) Land off Manchester Lane.
Councillors welcomed
this woodland development.
(b) Subject:
Application ref. DMPA/2021/0909: Notification of planning application the
erection of extensions at 93 Sandcliffe Road, Midway,
Swadlincote, DE11 7PJ
RESOLVED No Objection
(c) Retrospective application for engineering operations to strip and store topsoil, conditioning of subsoil including removal of rubble, before replacement of subsoil and seed for grazing at 2 Coal Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, DE11 7FN
RESOLVED The Parish Council are not satisfied with the current condition of the site and require the site to be returned to its original condition (the condition it was in prior to any of the works listed in the planning application being undertaken)
075/2021 Highways and
Public Footpaths
No issues
raised.
RESOLVED: Approved with the following comments:
The intention to produce a newsletter in September was noted.
It was agreed that the Clerk would investigate options for a virtual landline linked to his mobile number, as an alternative to a dedicated mobile phone.
The clerk reported that there were two vacant plots and he had one person who had expressed an interest to date.
078/2021 Finance
(a) Bank Signatories
It was RESOLVED to add the following bank
signatories to the Parish Council mandate
with HSBC:
·
Councillor Alan Jones
·
Councillor Maureen Mycock
·
Councillor Derek West
·
Councillor Neil Jenkinson
·
Parish Clerk Mark Blyton
(b) Online
Banking
It
was RESOLVED to add the new Parish Clerk, Mark Blyton, to HSBC online banking
(c) Schedule
of online payments
RESOLVED
the schedule of payments was approved. The
Parish Clerk was asked to circulate by email details of the payment for work on
the changing rooms.
.
079/2021 Date of Next meeting
13th September 2021 at 7pm
Signed:
Parish Council Chairman…………………………………….. 29th
July 2021