Minutes of the Meeting of Great Cornard Parish Council held

in the Stevenson Centre on Monday 12^th June 2006.

PRESENT              Councillors       P.K.Beer                                 Chairman   

                                                            D.C.Allen

                                                            Mrs.C.J.Baker

                                                            M.Fryer                      

                                                            Mrs.F.A.Jackson

                                                            N.MacMaster

                                                            J.R.A.Sayers

                                                            H.N.Todd

                                                            D.R.G.Thomas

                                                            Mrs.P.White

                    Council Manager           Mr.M.J.Fitt                                                     

                    Clerical Assistant          Mrs.N.C.Tamlyn

1.      Apologies for Absence

      Apologies were received from Councillors A.C.Bavington and Mrs.C.A.Beer-Todd.               

 2.  Declaration of Interests, Gifts and Hospitality

      Cllr.J.R.A.Sayers declared a personal interest with regards to his

      membership of Sudbury Town Council and Babergh District Council.

      Cllr.P.K.Beer declared a personal interest with regards to his

      membership of Sudbury Town Council, Babergh District Council and

      Suffolk County Council.

      Cllr.H.N.Todd declared a personal interest with regards to his membership of Babergh District Council.     

      Cllr.Mrs.F.A.Jackson declared a personal interest in item 6, as Cllr.Mrs.Jackson is a patient at the Walnuttree Hospital. 

      Cllr.J.R.A.Sayers declared a personal interest in item 6, as Cllr Sayers is a member of the PCT Steering group.

      Cllr.D.C.Allen declared a personal interest in Item 9, as Cllr Allen is a member of the West Suffolk Association for the Blind.

3. Chairman’s Address

      Cllrs J.Sayers and N.Proctor, as well as the Council Manager attended  

      the Cornard Dynamo’s presentation day and awarded trophies to the

      Children.

      At 6pm on Friday 16^th June, St.Andrew’s Church will launch their appeal

      to raise funds to replace the roof and build a kitchen, meeting room and

      toilet within the church. The Chairman encouraged as many members as

      possible to attend the weekends event and announced that he will be

      presenting the vicar with a cheque for £3000.00 from his County

      Councillor’s locality budget.

4. Minutes of the Meeting held on 8^th May 2006

    RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Council meeting held on

    8^th May 2006 be confirmed and signed as a true record, subject to  

    the following changes

5.  Police Beat Officers Report 

     PC 110 Peck presented the Police report covering the period from the

     4^th April 2006 through to the 12^th June 2006.

     NOTED 

 7.47pm Cllr.R.Sims arrived at the meeting.

6. Items Brought Forward

    Council

    Walnuttree Hospital: threatened closure

    Cllr.M.Fryer confirmed that the matter has gone to Judicial

    Review.

    Sound System

    The sound system is now on order and should be installed by the first

     meeting in September.

     Recreation and Leisure

     Blackhouse Lane Pavilion

     Cllr.R.Sims declared a personal interest.   

     The Chairman confirmed that the meetings between the three main users

     of Blackhouse lane had now taken place and that the reports would be

     submitted to the Recreation and Leisure Committee for consideration.

     Shawlands: Local Nature Reserve

     BDC has confirmed that the PC would need to obtain from the DC its

     authority to delegate the power to declare the land as a local nature

     reserve under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act

     1949. The Council Manager to pursue the matter. 

     Development and Planning

     Anglia Estate

     The land in front of Hartest Way is currently being landscaped and will be

     completed by September.

     North Cornard Regeneration Group

     Cllr Mrs.White confirmed that work on Clover Court would start in July.

     AGREED the minutes for the North Cornard Regeneration Group to be

     circulated to all members.

     Policies and Finance

     Stevenson Centre

     The Council Manager advised that no formal offer from BDC had been

     received yet, however, a meeting between the Architect and Builder will

     take place shortly to arrange a time frame for the work to take place.

7.  Fifteen-Minutes Adjournment for the Public To Ask Questions

8.  Correspondence  

a)       Suffolk County Council: Suffolk Schools Organisation Review,

           Consultation Request. 

           Cllr.H.N.Todd declared a personal interest as Cllr Todd is a Governor

           at Great Cornard Middle School.

           The Chairman advised that SCC is at the very early stages of

            reviewing the current three tier education system

           AGREED all members to send in individual responses.

b)      LCC Ltd: Enquiry re mobile phone mast at Shawlands

AGREED to refuse their request on the grounds that the proposed site is too close to a residential area and that a mast does not fit in with the Council’s plans to turn the area into a local nature reserve. However, the Council appreciates the need for such masts and would propose the water tower or the Industrial estate as an alternative.

c)       Babergh District Council: Local Development Framework, Statement of Community Involvement: Consultation request.

AGREED to invite Sudbury Town Councillor’s to a joint meeting with Riche Cooke from BDC to discuss the matter further.

9.  Grant Applications received by the Council for consideration

     Under Section 142(2A) of the LGA 1972

a)       Citizens Advice Bureau

RESOLVED to support the application with a grant of £600.00.

     Under Section 137 of the LGA 1972

b)      St Andrews Church

           RESOLVED to support the application with a grant of £1000.00.

c)       Home Start Babergh

RESOLVED to support the application with a grant of £500.00.

d)      Relate

RESOLVED to support the application with a grant of £300.00.

e)       Suffolk Accident Rescue Service

RESOLVED to support the application with a grant of £250.00.

f)         West Suffolk Association for the Blind

RESOLVED to support the application with a grant of £100.00.

g)   East Anglian Ambulance Trust (Sudbury Responders)

           RESOLVED to support the application with a grant of £500.00.

10.  Financial Matters: Cheques issued, credits received to date

Meeting closed at 9.00pm

                                                                        Signed                                             

                                                                                                P.K.Beer  : Chairman