As there were no members of the public present, no issues were raised.

After further appointments the Committees of the Parish Council were made up as follows:

AMENITIES: Cllrs. Collins, Mitchell, Padley & Richardson
FINANCE: Cllrs. Nicholls, Richardson, Robertson & Sturman
PLANNING: Cllrs. Collins, Craggs, Mitchell, Nicholls, Padley & Sturman
VILLAGE HALL: Cllrs. Craggs, Richardson & Robertson

There were no Declarations of Interests registered.

Apologies for Absence had been received from Cllr. Salmon. Boro Cllr. Kolker was expected to arrive late due to Borough Council meetings.

Resolved to accept the Minutes of the Meeting of 13th June 2006 as a true record and to take them as read.

In the absence of Cty. Cllr. Oliver, there were no County Matters reported.

This item was deferred until later in the meeting but is reported here.

Boro. Cllr. Kolker reported as follows:

The outcome of the formulation of Development Plan Documents indicated no additional housing in Goostrey but several sites (some greenfield) in Holmes Chapel.

Cllr. Kolker was encouraged by the VHMC report relating to GYPP. He agreed that consideration could be given to the alternative site at the end of the school playing field and would see if the original surveyor’s report could be found. He repeated the fears that uniformed organisation would cease activities in the Village if no suitable accommodation could be provided and that GYPP would abandon the project if no progress could be made in the next few months.

AMENITIES: There had been no meeting since the last Parish Council. The Clerk reported that £140.60 had been collected from t he Gardens Open Day.
Actions:
i) The Clerk to write to each of the Open Day participants.
ii) The Clerk to arrange donations to Barnardos and MacMillan Cancer Relief.

FINANCE: There had been no meeting since the last Parish Council. The next meeting would take place on Wednesday 19th July.

VILLAGE HALL: There had been a meeting on 10th July and minutes were circulated. Cllr. Craggs had agreed to prepare recommendations for the September meeting regarding the problem of damp in the toilets. The lounge was due to be painted on 14/15/16th August. The committee recommended the purchase of stage backdrop curtains, to be funded (or part funded) by a donation from the Rural Touring Theatre Group.

There had been no Planning Committee meetings since the last Parish Council. There were 5 planning applications to be considered.

Resolved to accept Payment Schedule 07/06.
Resolved to allow Clerk to make essential payments in August, subject to the usual two cheque signatories.

The Clerk referred to Appendix 07/06. listing her actions resulting from the last Meeting and the correspondence received.
a) A telephone call from Beth Johnson Homes. They agreed to attend to the gardens at the Old Paddock before Rose Day and this had been done.
b) An e-mail from CHALC with information re. the Home Office decision to postpone and consult further about enforced mergers of police forces, to be circulated to Members.
c) A letter from CCC inviting the PC to nominate two representatives to attend and participate in future Locality Board meetings, passed to Cllr. Richardson.
d) Letter from CBC requesting permission to add Goostrey PC’s website address to the Borough Council’s website, the Clerk to confirm to CBC that this was in order.

The Clerk then tabled the following additional correspondence, received since setting the Agenda.
a) An e-mail from a Mr Brown of Hermitage Lane reporting damage caused by contractors vehicles.
Actions:
i) The Clerk to write to CCC Engineering Service to report the damage and ask them to take up with Balfour Beattie.
ii) The Clerk to reply to Mr Brown.
b) CCC’s interim response re. Highways Agency M6 Study, to be circulated to Members.
c) Request from an Environmental Planning student for information for his dissertation on Parish Plans, to be passed to Cllr. Salmon.

There were no Highways Matters to report.

Cllr. Craggs reported that Northern Rail were reluctant to allow inspection of the inside of the station building, possibly for safety reasons and had asked for specific reasons why access was required. It was reported that the seat on the station platform was broken.

The Clerk reported that there had been 2 responses to the article in the Parish Magazine seeking volunteers for ‘Friends of Goostrey Station’. One of these was a detailed plan for the formation of a Rail Users Group.
Action:
The Clerk to pass on this plan to Martin de Kretzne, after seeking the sender’s permission.

In view of the lack of interest from neighbouring parishes in sharing the services of a PCSO this matter could not be taken further at the moment.

Cllr. Robertson commented that it was important to have feed-back on the level and severity of any criminal activity in the Parish.
She reported a recent incident of vandalism at a house on Main Road where paint had been poured over a car and insults daubed on the garage door. Action:
An article in the Newsletter to express the Council’s abhorrence of the above incident and to encourage residents to be vigilant and report any suspicions to the Police Community Action Team, pointing out the phone numbers on the back of the Parish Magazine.

Cllr. Sturman reported her discussions with the Web Site Manager. The Web Site was to be upgraded to a system which made updating easier. Many of the pages had out-of-date information and needed to be ‘adopted’. It became clear that some computer users were unable to access the Web Site.
Actions:
i) Encourage the Manager to proceed with upgrade to ease updating and access.
ii) Cllr. Craggs to send photographs of Council Members to the Manager.
iii) Cllr. Sturman to collect a short word-portrait from each Member.
iv) The Council’s e-mail address to be included in the Newsletter.

Cllr. Collins reported that the planter at the end of Bank View was being used as a seat by residents waiting for buses and the plants were being flattened. She suggested supplying a bench.

Requests had been received for a picnic table & benches at the Booth Bed Lane play area.
Cllr. Nicholls asked about Speedwatch activity. The Chairman reported that a team meeting was to be arranged to assess the results so far and plan future sessions.
There was still a need for more volunteers. Cllrs. Collins and Sturman agreed to take part.
Action:
Another mention in the Newsletter, seeking volunteers.

Cllr. Collins commented on the difficulties of parking and manoeuvring outside the Trading Post due to the high curbs. Boro. Cllr. Kolker agreed to ask Highways to look at the problem.

Cllr. Richardson reported that representatives from Dane Housing were expected to conduct a survey of their Goostrey properties in the next few weeks to establish a strategy for possible refurbishment of the houses and future use of the garages.

Confirmed: Tuesday 12th September 2006.

The Chairman closed the Meeting at 9.25 pm.