Beckham East and West Parish Council

East and West Beckham Parish Council

Parish Council Meeting

To all members of the Council

Your presence is requested at a Meeting of E. & W. Beckham Parish Council on

Thursday 14^th July  2016 at 7.30 pm at the Bodham Village Hall.

J. Stibbons   Clerk to the Council

6^th July 2016

The Public are invited to attend the above meeting

AGENDA

1.    Apologies

2.    Co-option of candidate to fill the casual vacancy.

3.   Defibrillator   Presentation by Mr. Martin Render

(chairman of the Community Heartbeat Trust)

4.    To receive declarations of interest.

5.    To approve the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 

       Tuesday 24^th May 2016

6.    Matters arising from the Minutes.

7.   Any reports from the Police, County or District Councillors

8.     Community Fund.  Committee report

9.   Financial matters.

Bank Balances at 14/7/2016 Community a/c £2410.50  Premium a/c £22464.10

Invoices for approval and signing:-

R. HarrodAllotment roadway£1080 (incl. VAT)

Aylsham ComputersSupply laptop and printer£494.80 (paid by grant)

10. Planning :-

Ref PO/16/07771  Site for erection of two, two-storey detached dwellings Land off Sheringham Road, West Beckham.   

11.    Correspondence

12.  Matters for information only or for the next agenda.

Annual Parish Meeting

Called by: Mr. R. McNeil Wilson, (Chair),E&W Beckham Parish Council

The Annual Parish Meeting for E&W Beckham will take place on

Tuesday 24th May 2016 at 7.30  pm,

at the Bodham and Beckham Village Hall.

Agenda:

1. To read and approve the minutes of the E&W Beckham  Annual Parish Meeting held on 14th May 2015

2. A report by the Chairman of Salthouse Parish Council on the year 2015 -2016.

3. General Public Questions

East and West Beckham Parish Council.

Annual General Parish Council Meeting

To all members of the Council

Your presence is requested at a Meeting of E. & W. Beckham Parish Council on

Tuesday 24^th May 2016 at approx.7.50 pm –

-to immediately follow the Annual ParishMeeting

at the Bodham Village Hall.

J. Stibbons   Clerk to the Council

14th May 2016

The Public are invited to attend the above meeting

AGENDA

1. Apologies

2. To elect a chairman for the year.

3. To receive declarations of interest.

4. To approve the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 10^th March  2016.

5. Matters arising from the Minutes.

6 Any reports from the Police, County or District Councillors

7. Planning (Revised design)  to PF/15/0102 Glabri, Back Lane, W. Beckham

8. Allotments.

To consider quotations for track improvements.

To consider application for permission to erect a shed and greenhouse

8. Solar Community Fund Committee.

(a)  Committee report.

(b) To discuss the installation of  entrance gates to the village.

(c)To consider the survey report of E. Beckham Common and Nature Area W. Beckham

9. Financial matters.

To approve the accounts of 2015/2016 for audit.

Bank Balances at 30/3/2015 Current a/c £4350.29  Savings a/c £22461.30

To approve the following payments and sign cheques:-

U. Sheringham PC (share of cost of VAS)£2708Cheque signed 26/4/16 as payment required

G. WrightGrass cutting£50

Mrs. J. DoveyInk and Papet£42.50

D. McNeightWeb site reg.£53.14

ChavertonPrinting£90

J. Stibbons Salary/expenses£486.29

HMRCPAYE deduction£92

10. Correspondence

• Parish Paths Seminar
• AWA – Help reduce pollution.
• Norfolk Records Office.

11. Matters for information only or for the next agenda.

A representative from The Heartbeat Trust will address the next meeting on 14^th July

Minutes of the East and West Beckham Annual Parish Meeting held on Thursday 14th May 2015 at Bodham Village Hall.

Present: Mr. R. Wilson (Chairman), five parish councillors and six parishioners.

The meeting opened at 7.30pm.

Apologies. None.

Minutes.
The minutes of the East and West Beckham annual Parish Meeting, held on Monday 10th May 2014 were read to the meeting and confirmed as correct by all present. The chairman then signed the minutes.

Matters arising from the minutes.

It was asked if the Community bus was still operating.
The bus is still operating but travellers wishing to use the service have to pay a subscription to join.

East and West Beckham Parish Council. Chairman’s Report 2014 – 2015

It has been an interesting, eventful and busy year for the Parish of East and West Beckham.
Many thanks to our Parish Councillors, Geoffrey Place (Deputy Chairman), Tim Driver, Roy Simpson, Dick Morton, Barbara Powell for their help and regular attendance over the year and welcome to Julia Dovey who joined the Council during the year. I would like to thank in particular both Tim and Roy, two of our longest serving Parish Councillors who both stood down at the election. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Anthea Sweeny to the Parish Council. At this point it is worth mentioning that we have a vacancy on the Parish Council, that East Beckham does not have a its own representative and that both Dick and Barbara have indicated a desire to stand down. So I would ask that everybody gives some thought as to who might suitable and willing to join the Parish Council.
My thanks go also to County Councillor Mike Baker and retired District Councillor Anthea Sweeney for attending our meetings and for keeping up the pressure on the County Council for improvement to the dangerous junction of Sheringham Road with the A148 at Lodge Hill. It is very frustrating to note that despite the increase in accidents at Lodge Hill over the last year in that there appears to be an indifference to improving or even reviewing this section of the A148 by highways.
I am pleased to report an occasional increase in the number of Parishioners attending the meetings and hope to see them on a more regular basis in the future.
Over the year three various planning applications for wind turbines two in Bodham and one in Selbrigg have cast a large cloud over the local villages. I am pleased to report that the first of the three most recent applications has now been withdrawn, the second refused by the District Council. We must be vigilant and continue to resist the last application for the wind turbine at Selbrigg.
The year saw the first of ten, proposed £10,000 annual payments to the Parish from Hall Farm Solar. The desire by the Parish Council to see this money used in a wise and innovative way in the two villages has given rise to the idea of formulating a Parish Plan. An Information letter and invitation to a Parish Plan drop in day were distributed in the early part of the year culminating in a well-attended day on the 28th March. Lots of ideas came forward and some prospective volunteers. The challenge now is to form a Parish Plan Committee, to keep the interest and drive going forward, to bring some of these ideas to fruition. With the help of some additional grant funding there are some really exciting projects on the horizon. Thank you to everyone who helped to make the day such a very positive and enjoyable experience.
And finally, I would like to extend my particular thanks to John, our Parish Clerk for his stalwart work during the year, his ongoing interest in the village and contribution to the Parish Plan drop in day which helped to make it such a success.

Any Other Business none

The chairman thanked everyone for attending and closed the meeting at 7.45pm.