There were no Declarations of Interest registered.
03.05.2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for Absence were received from Cllr. Fallon & Boro. Cllr. Furlong.
03.05 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF 8TH FEBRUARY 2005
The Minutes of the Meeting of 8th February 2005 were unanimously approved as a
true record on a proposal by Cllr. Owen, seconded by Cllr. Henley, and were
taken as read.
At this point, the Chairman elected to take Item 13 of the
Agenda and invited Mr Cook to address the Meeting.
03.05.13. BOOTHBED LANE PLAY AREA
Mr Cook reported on the meetings held with the "friends of the play area"
residents and their children which had been successful in providing further
information which had been incorporated into the final proposal which he then
outlined in detail with the help of layout plans. The Chairman then invited the
members of the Public to ask questions regarding the proposals which Mr Cook
duly answered and it was evident that there was general satisfaction with what
had been presented.
On a proposal by Cllr. Henley, seconded by Cllr. Ball, it was unanimously agreed
that the proposals be accepted and Cllr. Salmon thanked Mr Cook for his hard
work to date in getting to this position. In response, he confirmed that the
equipment would now be ordered as a matter of urgency with works commencing mid
April and completion by the end of May.
The Chairman thanked him for his presentation and he and members of the Public
left the Meeting.
03.05.4. COUNTY MATTERS
The Chairman asked Cty. Cllr. Oliver to inform the Meeting of any relevant
actions from the County Council and he reported that:
a). Cheshire minor roads had been voted by the Government to be the fifth best
in the country of shire counties which unfortunately had the result of the
Government reducing the highways subsidy by £1 million.
b). the County portion of the Council Tax for next year will be increased by
2.72%.
In conclusion he asked for the opinion of Councillors on the road gritting
service through the Village this year and received a very favourable response.
03.05.5. BOROUGH MATTERS
Boro. Cllr. Kolker reported that:
a). New Platt Lane would not be gritted as it does not qualify but undertook to
find out the cost of adding this to the route as the Parish Council may elect to
pay for this additional service as it already does for Church Bank.
b). The planning application by Barnshaw Bank Farm had been approved, albeit for
a trial period, and outlined the Borough Council's reasons for this.
03.05.6. COMMITTEE MEETING REPORTS
AMENITIES: Its Chairman took the Meeting through the Minutes of the meeting of
15th February, which had been circulated, but there were no issues which the
Parish Council were required to consider.
FINANCE: There had been no meeting since the last Parish Council and its
Chairman asked for the date of the next Meeting to be set for 14th April to
consider the end of year provisional accounts.
VILLAGE HALL: There had been no meeting since the last Parish Council.
03.05.7. PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Cllr. Leake took the Meeting through the latest Planning Application Report,
115.
03.05.8. PAYMENT SCHEDULE NUMBER 03.05.
Acceptance of Payment Schedule 03.05 was proposed by Cllr. Leake, seconded by
Cllr. Kennington and agreed unanimously.
03.05.9. CLERK'S REPORT
The Clerk referred to Appendix 03.05 listing his actions resulting from the last
Meeting and the correspondence received.
There were no questions on any of these but approval was given for the Clerk to:
a). approach the Graveyard maintenance contractor with a view to his also
including the cutting of Shearbrook Bank and the Youth Club hedges, Mr
Worthington no longer wishing to undertake these.
b). to discuss taking on litter collection with another young Resident who had
recently volunteered, the previous collector having been asked to be released
from this duty.
03.05.10. HIGHWAYS MATTERS
As indicated in Appendix 03.05., there were no Highways Matters to address but
concern was expressed regarding the recent accident which had involved a child
being struck by a car as she disembarked from a School bus opposite the Junior
School and Cty. Cllr. Oliver undertook to raise this with the appropriate
authority.
03.05.11. UPGRADE OF THE RAILWAY LINE
Cllr. Owen confirmed that he had now received written confirmation of the future
works on the line which he had reported at the previous meeting.
03.05.12. VILLAGE APPRAISAL & PARISH PLAN
Cllr. Salmon reported that a meeting of the Focus Groups was to be held on 17th
March to progress matters for inclusion in the Parish Plan.
03.05.14. VILLAGE HALL ROOF
The Clerk reported on the outcome of the discussions between the County and the
Village Hall Manager regarding the use of the Hall whilst this work was being
undertaken which is that the facilities can be used during evenings and weekends
but more definitive information is still required regarding usage during the
day.
03.05 15. POST OFFICE
Following detailed debate on this, it was agreed that nothing could be done to
reinstate this facility unless someone makes a formal application to undertake
the position of Postmaster and it was agreed that Cllr. Richardson would
approach the Chairmen of the Village organisations for the elderly to try and
identify the true extent of any serious difficulties caused by the closure.
03.05.16. ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
The Chairman reported that she is still trying to arrange for a Police
presentation at the Meeting which together with the launch of the Parish Plan
would form the non-business items of the Agenda.
03.05.17. GOOSTREY YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT
All members of the Parish Council had received an invitation from the G.Y.P.P.
Committee to attend a meeting with them on 16th March and it was agreed that all
would be present except for Cllrs. Ball, Henley and Richardson who offered their
apologies for absence.
03.05.18 MINOR ITEMS & ITEMS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA
a). Cllr. Richarson reported the concerns regarding road safety expressed by a
number of Residents regarding the lady who exercises her hounds by their being
attached to the side of her bicycle but it was felt that this did not provide
any more of a hazard to traffic than that of horse riders who travel two
abreast.
b). Cllr. Ball reported on the latest information regarding traffic speed signs
which is that the County have now purchased a number of these, both mobile and
static, and he has asked that Goostrey be included when allocation is
considered.
c). Cllr. Salmon suggested that there is a recording speed camera which is now
available for use by other than the Police about which he will get more further
information and asked that this be made an Agenda Item for the next Meeting.
03.05.19. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
It was confirmed that the date of the next Meeting would be 12th April 2005.
03.05.20. CLOSURE OF MEETING
The Chairman closed the Meeting at 9.40pm.
PUBLIC FORUM
There were no members of the Public remaining and there were therefore no issues
raised.
