Mungrisdale Parish Council

Mungrisdale Parish Council

Clerk / RFO: Mrs Suzanne Smith

Troutbeck Camping and Caravanning Club Site, Hutton Moor End, Troutbeck, Penrith, CA11 0SX

Tel: 017687 79149

(Draft) Minutes of the Mungrisdale Parish Council held on Monday 10^th May 2010 in Mungrisdale Village Hall

Present

Chair Lesley Smith

Councillors Adam Beeston, Alan Bird, Mike Bohling, David Huxley, Jennifer Stevenson, Ernie Teasdale, Bob Watt, Ronnie Wilson

Eden District Council Roy Fisher

Cumbria County Council Bert Richardson

Cumbria Police Andy Holliday

10/039 Apologies for absence

Mungrisdale Parish Council Michael Bohling, David Huxley, Ronnie Wilson

10/040 Minutes

Resolved by unanimous agreement that the minutes of the meeting held on 8^th March 2010 be signed by the Chair as a true record

10/041 News from Cumbria Police / Cumbria County Council / Eden District Council

Cumbria Police

Cumbria Police have received reports of burglaries and thefts at the Troutbeck Hotel and Whitbarrow Holiday Village

Scrapdealers have been looking around Mosedale and Mungrisdale

Swineside is quiet at the moment with the cold weather keeping people away

The police are liaising with Graham Standring (Park Ranger) about the trail bikes accessing the area

Eden District Council

Eden District Council has a new leader Eddie Martin after the sudden illness and death of former leader Jim Buchanan
Main focus at the moment is the ongoing highways maintenance required in the county. Additional funding has been received to address these issues but it is far from enough. Alan Hewer does go round filling in reported holes with tarmac.

10/042 Public Participation

The Chairman adjourned the meeting to allow electors present an opportunity to raise issues of concern or interest.

A resident of Hutton Roof requested a garden waste skip to be stationed within the hamlet. The clerk will contact Kevin Beattie at Hilltop as he deals with the one at Mungrisdale.
The question of mixed plastics in recycling bins was posed to Roy Fisher from Eden District Council who confirmed that they do get separated further down the chain.

This marked the end of public participation and the Chair reconvened the meeting.

10/043 Declarations of interest

No interests were declared.

10/044 Accounts

Payments

Resolved that the following accounts be paid:

Clerk wages and expenses As detailed separately to councillors

Insurance renewal £353.56

(Changed from Allianz to AON due to takeover)

Report on income received and current financial position – as per accounts in Annual Parish Council Meeting

Recent final invoices were as follows:

CALC Annual Subscription Fee £115.00 (Clerk used delegated powers to pay the additional £3.00 on top of the £112.00 agreed at the 8^th March meeting)

Income Received:

Monies received from car parks £244.63

10/045 Planning Applications Received

7/2010/3010 – Chapelside, Mungrisdale, Penrith – Provision of a new first floor structure to provide en-suite shower room to guest bedroom. No objections raised.

7/2010/3025 – Wham Head Farm, Hutton Roof, Penrith – Roof over existing feeding yard. No objections raised.

10/0114 – Cape Farm, Berrier, Penrith – Proposed agricultural building. No objections raised.

10/0304 – Cape Farm, Berrier, Penrith - Proposed extension to existing animal feed area

7/10/3044 – Melfell View, Greenah Cragg, Troutbeck – Cattle Housing

10/046 Planning Decision Notices

7/2009/3126 – The Mill Inn, Mungrisdale – proposed extension to form kitchen and 2 bedrooms and alteration to fenestration. External alterations and enlargement of store to form dining room. Internal alterations to include disabled facilities and revised car parking layout. Permission granted with 5 conditions.

10/047 Townend Bungalow, Mosedale – Site visit by Lake District National Park on 14^th April was also attended by mike Bohling on behalf of Mungrisdale Parish Council. The parish council’s previously stated views were reiterated. Since then the application has been refused on grounds of the size of the development.

10/048 Northern Fells Group Trustees - Jennifer Stevenson was unanimously elected as Parish Council representative for the Northern Fells Group, taking over from Lesley Smith.

10/049 M Sport Activities in Greystoke Forest – a meeting has been arranged between Mungrisdale Parish Council and the executives of M-Sport at Dovenby Hall to discuss activities and impact on local residents.

10/050 Noticeboard Update

The new noticeboard for Berrier is in situ. Invoice was £538.00 as opposed to the £510.00 quoted. The Bowscale noticeboard will be the same price and will be sited on the opposite side of the road to where it is now. The planners have been notified and have agreed to its new position.

10/051 Highways Update

Some residents of Hutton Roof have requested funds from the Parish Council to recover the cost of cleaning out Hutton Roof village pond. Last year the Lake District National Park scheduled some work for the village green in Hutton Roof which the Park would fund but due to the poor weather conditions the work was never done. The subject was raised again this year but due to lack of funding it has slipped down the Park’s priority list. The residents involved in the work wanted to make headway on cleaning the pond while the weather was good and managed to dredge 84 tonnes of sludge and sluice themselves. The total cost of the work undertaken by residents is £110.00 and was kept to a minimum by the hands-on approach of those involved. Bert Richardson suggested that the project should be entitled to funding from the Eden Neighbourhood Forum and the clerk will investigate this. It was unanimously agreed by councillors that if such a grant is not forthcoming then the Parish Council will fund the costs incurred.

10/052 Clerk Annual Review – A review of the clerk’s roles and responsibilities was conducted by the Chairman and Vice Chairman as per the clerk’s contract. No issues were raised.

10/053 Correspondence

CALC Circular

Letter from Messrs Hunter of Berrier to confirm tenancy of Parish land for 2010/2011

Lake District National Park Local Development Framework Consultations on Allocation of Land Development Plan Document – Issues and Options. Consultation period closes 1^st June 2010.

Natural England – Invitation to a briefing meeting about the Lakes to Dales Designation Project, Thursday 13^th May 2pm – 4pm at the Quaker Meeting House, Kendal

10/054 Date of Next Meeting Monday 12^th July at 7.30pm at Mungrisdale Village Hall