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Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of Churchill and Blakedown Parish Council held on Wednesday, 13th April 2011, at 9.45 pm, in Blakedown C of E Primary School.

PRESENT    Cllr P A Dearden (Chairman)
        Cllr Mrs S Cartwright
        Cllr S D Charman
        Cllr Mrs P L Coley
        Cllr Mrs P V Hayward
        Cllr J W Long
        Cllr B A Pitt
        Cllr Mrs V J Swindells
        Cllr R J Whiston

In attendance:    R D Gurney, Clerk to the Parish Council

64/11    CHAIRMAN’S REMARKS
The Chairman welcomed Councillors and members of the public and thanked them for staying on after the Parish Meeting.
 
65/11    APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
    None.

66/11    DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
    None.      

ADJOURNMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
(One member of the public was in attendance, but no matters were raised).

67/11    PLANNING APPLICATIONS
(1) It was resolved that the comments on the following applications, as detailed, be sent to Wyre Forest DC.
(1) Applications received
WF/11/0105 (revised plans)    Conversion of brick agricultural barns into 2 dwellings: demolish and clear former farm buildings, Churchill Farm, Churchill

No objection to the revised plans.

WF/11/0197    Stable conversion to one 3 bed dwelling, Common Farm Barn, Crown Lane, Iverley
No objection

(2) Planning decision
WF/11/0064    First floor side and rear single storey extensions, 19 Brookside Way, Blakedown – GRANTED


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(3) Appeal Update
WF/10/0428    Access and 4 detached houses, etc, Castle Ash, Birmingham Road, Blakedown. The Hearing will be held on Friday 6th May 2011, at 10.00am, in Duke House, Clensmore Street, Kidderminster.

These details were noted. Cllr Long confirmed that he will attend and speak at the
Hearing.

(4) Appeal notification
    Erection of 2 wind turbines, plus access track, temporary compound, etc, land adjacent to Roundhill Sewage Treatment Works, Gibbett Lane, Whittington. South Staffs DC has notified that a Public Hearing is to be held and comments received by 10th May 2011.

It was agreed that the Parish Council’s comments be adhered to and that the Planning Inspectorate be informed of this.

68/11    FINANCE
Accounts for Payment
It was proposed by Cllr Mrs Hayward, seconded by Cllr Mrs Cartwright, and resolved,
that the following accounts be approved for payment:
Staples UK Ltd (March)    £66.70 + £10.60 VAT                £  77.30
        Blakedown Parish Rooms (Nov/Jan/Feb)                £  48.00
        Wyre Forest DC (for Parish Games)    £45.00 + £9.00 VAT        £  54.00
        Worcestershire CALC (Clerk’s meeting, 23.03.11)            £    7.50
        R D Gurney (reimbursement for web site domain name)
                             £23.76 + £4.75 VAT        £  28.51
        Mark Jones    Handyman                        £320.00
                Lengthsman                        £160.00
        Npower Ltd (Jan-March)        £189.65 + £9.48 VAT        £199.33
                                            £894.64

69/11    REPORT FROM PACT MEETING
This meeting was held on 4th April. It was reported that WCC has re-surfaced part of A.451 at Five Ways, following recent accidents. It was noted that no progress appears to have been made regarding a 20 mph limit outside Blakedown School and the Clerk was asked to write to County Cllr Clee to ascertain what progress is being made by WCC.
Following a serious crash at Churchill crossroads, when a cyclist was hit by a lorry and was airlifted to hospital by the Air Ambulance, the problem of poor visibility and the need for a flashing sign was highlighted. The Clerk was asked to follow this up with County Cllr Clee.

70/11    CLOSURE OF POLLING STATION AT CHURCHILL
Cllr Mrs Coley reported that, in spite of strong objections from the Parish Council, Churchill Village Hall will not be used as a polling station at the forthcoming elections.   
There are offers of lifts for Churchill residents who have no means of reaching the polling station in Blakedown.

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71/11    DATES FOR MEETINGS IN DECEMBER 2011 AND APRIL 2012
It was agreed that the December meeting be held on the second Wednesday, namely 14th. It was agreed that the venue for the December meeting and the date and venue for the April 2012 meeting, be discussed at a subsequent meeting.

72/11    PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS
The Clerk reported that 3 nominations had been received for the 3 seats at Churchill and, therefore, no poll will be held. He reported that 9 nominations have been received for the Copies of emails, relating to attempted break-ins at a property in The Avenue, received 6 seats at Blakedown and an election will be held.

73/11    URGENT ITEMS
There were none.

74/11    DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The Annual Meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Wednesday, 18th May 2011, in Blakedown Parish Rooms.
   

The meeting closed at 10.05 pm.


Dated this 18th day of May 2011            ………………………………............
                            Chairman