Beckham East and West Parish Council

  • Did you know?

    Parish Plan2 (2nd draft Fri 2711)

    What would you do with £100,000?

    This is once-in-a lifetime chance for the residents of East and West Beckham to dramatically improve our surroundings for the benefit of the present community and future generations.

    You are all invited to put forward your ideas for a plan on how to spend the income of £10,000 per year for ten years (i.e. possibly £100,000) which is made available from Hall Farm Solar. This income is to be used for the benefit of the parish.

    The Parish Council have started to formulate a Parish Plan but this must involve all the village, both young and old, as this is your money.

    An Active committee will need to be formed as soon as possible to move plans forward and if you feel that you can spare the time to become a committee member please inform one of the parish councillors or email the clerk (see below). If you feel unable to become a committee member but would like to help in some other way it would be most appreciated. This especially includes young people.

    These plans must be progressed by everyone in the village, not just by the Parish Council.

    It is proposed to hold an open day at Bodham Village Hall on Saturday 28th March 2015.

    This will be a drop-in meeting where any ideas, suggestions or proposals you may have to improve the parish plan can be fully discussed and considered.

    If you have an e-mail address perhaps you will send a short message to [email protected] so we can keep you up to date on our progress

    We would urge you to become involved in this wonderful opportunity for us all.

     

    Don`t miss this golden opportunity.

    Thank you

    E&W Beckham Parish Council

     

     

  • Minutes 8th January 2015

    61 EWB Minutes 8th January 2015

     

        Page 122

     

    Minutes of East and West Beckham Parish Council

    Held on Thursday 8th January 2015

     

    Present:          Cllrs. R. Wilson, (chairman),   J. Dovey,   T. Driver.  R. Moreton, G.Place. B. Powell,   R. Simpson, PCSO G. Bridges Mr. & Mrs J. Berry          J. Stibbons (clerk)

    The chairman opened the meeting at 7.30pm.

    Apologies   County Cllr. M. Baker. Dist. Cllr. A. Sweeney

    Comments from the floor. The chairman asked if there were any comments on items in the agenda from members of the public. Mr. Berry suggested that a new War memorial was needed.

    Agenda items.

    Reports. The meeting agreed to take this item first to allow PCSO Bridges to leave early.

    Police report. The report was for calls to the police between January and December 2014.

    East Beckham – There were two thefts and one report of a dangerous dog (charges brought).

    West Beckham – One theft, one harassment, one criminal damage and one firearms incident. Eight calls concerned neighbour disputes.

    Many calls are reported some time after the incident which makes detection difficult.

     

      Declarations of Interest    None

     

     The minutes of the meeting of Thursday 13th November 2014. It was proposed by Mr. Moreton that the minutes be approved as correct. This was seconded by Mrs. Dovey confirmed by the members. The Chairman then signed the minutes.

     

    Matters arising from the minutes. There were no matters arising.

     

     Parish Plan. The wording of a letter setting out the decisions to be made and encouraging members of the parish to contribute their ideas was approved by the meeting. The letter also said that a walk-in event will be held on 28th March 2015 for all interested parties to put forward their proposals. An invitation is to be sent to all households one week before the meeting. It was decided to have an informal meeting on Friday 16th January to decide on the section of the parish to be covered by each council member and to collect the printed letters.

     

     

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    Planning.

     PF/14/1218   Approval for extension at Lower Farm, Back Lane, W.Beckham

    PF/14/1326   Approval for conditions to permit fell time residential occupancy.

    PF/11/0983 Notice of Appeal hearing. Erection of Wind Turbine at Pond Farm, Bodham.

    The hearing will be held on 26th February 2015 at NNDC offices, Cromer. It was agreed that

    Mr. G. Place should attend and state the objections of the Parish Council.

     

    Vehicle Activated Signs. This item is to be included in the Parish Plan meeting.

     

    Correspondence.  

    • Norfolk Constabulary. Suggestion that the parish council should contribute towards an extended coverage by PCSO`s.
    • Light Pollution questionnaire – not relevant.
    • Sheringham Re-cycling centre – to have restricted access while drainage work is in progress.
    • Time table for elections – all nominations must be returned by 4th

     

    Matters for information only.

    Mr. Berry elaborated on the condition of the War Memorial. The soft stone is crumbling and in a poor state. Mr. Driver has recorded all the names on the memorial and felt that the names of people from the village who were involved in the Second World War should also be included on any new memorial. It was agreed that this should be another item to be included in the parish plan discussions.

     

    Cheques signed:-

    No. 100404      J. Stibbons       Salary and expenses (Aug-Oct)           £500.74

    No. 100405      Bodham Village Hall   Hire of room                           £16

     

    There being no further business the chairman closed the meeting at 8.53

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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