Minutes - South Staffordshire Council

Meeting of Pattingham & Patshull Parish Council,
Crown Room, Dartmouth Arms, Burnhill Green
Wednesday 7 th March 2012 at 7.30pm
Minutes
Present
Cllr K Whalley (Chairman)
Cllr Mrs V Taylor
Cllr M Finch
Cllr Mrs S Brinkman
Cllr Mrs C Broxton
Cllr Mrs A Mazzone
Cllr J Tomlinson
Cllr J Thorne
Cllr D Baldwin
Also present, Mrs B Hodgetts (parish clerk), Mr S Hobbs – South Staffordshire District Council
Public Forum
No members of the public present
148/11 Apologies
Apologies received and accepted from, Cllr D Billson, Cllr S Ponder
149/11 South Staffordshire Council
Locality 4 Voluntary Car Scheme - Mr Simon Hobbs
Simon thanked the Parish Council Members for the invite to attend the meeting and for considering
the previous paper submitted in respect to the voluntary car scheme. He said that none of the Parishes
were willing to sign up to the previous scheme which was why amendments had been made and the
plan re-presented. Simon provided an overview of the new positioning document. The new scheme
suggests that the cost to Pattingham would be £200 with the anticipation that this will be reduced in
the first year.
RESOLVED to accept the scheme in principle for 12 months following a vote with 8 in support and 2
against. Additionally Cllr Mr M Finch will continue as Parish Council representative on the steering
committee.
150/11 Allotments
Unfortunately no representative was available for the meeting, but the clerk had spoken to the
secretary Mrs Linda Robinson prior to the meeting regarding contributions towards something
memorable for the Best Kept Village competition and Jubilee.
Mrs Robinson felt that the allotment committee would not really be able to help as they only had
experience with soft fruit and vegetables. It was suggested that the council contact Mr & Mrs Watkins
and see if they could suggest something.
The displays in Bilbrook were highlighted as very good displays and something the council could look
at.
The allotments would like to present the parish council with a Jubilee Oak tree that they have received
from the Sandringham Estate. The council suggested approaching the Crown Estate to see if they
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could provide one for Burnhill Green.
Resolved Clerk to contact Crown Estate, Bilbrook Parish Council and Mr & Mrs Watkins.
151/11 Police Report
Police are no longer able to produce a report for the meetings. The new Inspector has stated that the
website www.police.uk will be updated every 4 weeks in time for meetings and will show all incidents
that have been reported.
Unfortunately there were no figures available for February. The Council is very unhappy with this
RESOLVED Clerk to express our immediate concerns and invite Inspector Donna Gibbs to attend the
Annual Parish Meeting in March.
NON EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER 101
Any questions or info contact the Neighbourhood Police Team on voicemail box no., 0300 123 4455
PC Duncan Lampitt x04259, PCSO Ashley Tooth x16722 or PCSO Teresa Wilkes x8861.
152/11 Signing of minutes
Minutes of meetings held on Wednesday 25 th January 2012, previously distributed were signed as a
true and correct record.
153/11 Declarations of interest
The following declarations of prejudicial interest were made:
Cllr Tomlinson - Item 150/11, 162/11 – Pattingham Playing Fields Committee
Cllr Mrs J Burton - Item 162/11 Pattingham Village Hall & Pattingham Playing Fields Committee
Cllr Mrs S Brinkman - Item 162/11 Pattingham Village Hall Committee
Cllr A Mazzone - Item 162/11 Pattingham Preschool & Pattingham Village Hall Committee
Cllr Baldwin - Item 162/11 Pattingham Village Hall Committee
Cllr M Finch - Item 162/11 Pattingham Playing Fields Committee
154/11 Clerks Report
Nothing further to add to attached report
155/11 Chairman’s correspondence
No correspondence received
156/11 Christmas lighting
Nothing to update
157/11 Highways
158/11 Footpaths
Resolved clerk to report the following potholes:
‣ Wolverhampton Road – Nurton Hill Farm
‣ Orchard Close junction with Wolverhampton Road
‣ Finger post corner, Patshull Road to Burnhill Green
Signs asking for walkers to use the public paths only have been put up. The farmer is delighted. Thank
you to Cllr Tomlinson for putting them on boards and thank you to Cllr Burton for installing on the
footpaths.
159/11 Burnhill Green
Nothing to report
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160/11 Campaign to Protect rural England
Resolved Not to provide additional contribution this year, but would continue to subscribe
161/11 South Staffs Work Club
Resolved to donate the £50 requested
162/11 Precept Request
Precept request
amount
End of year balance
Pattingham Village Pre-School £1400 £12,043 - yearly surplus £1,544
Pattingham Village Hall £3,500 £82,178 - yearly surplus £821
Pattingham Playing Fields Comm. £1,000
£ 6,546 - yearly surplus £990
(£500 fabric fund)
Cllr Mazzone explained that the balance for Preschool was a buffer for redundancies and illness. For
the next academic year Ofsted have advised that the staff to pupil ratio but increase so staffing costs
will increase. The village hall are further subsidising room hire charges. Parish council to review
precept for 2012/13
Cllrs Burton and Brinkman explained that the surplus for the Village hall was needed to cover any
unexpected large repair bills.
Clerk – Mrs Hodgetts as treasurer for the playing fields committee explained that £3850 is grant
money to be allocated.
163/11 Insurance renewals
Playing Fields
‣ Tennyson £1598.32. Clerk is waiting for another quote. With the councils agreement costs
will be e-mailed to all councillors for a decision.
164/11 Planning
Youth Forum
‣ BJK £88.71
12/00142/FUL
12/00148/FUL
11/01018/FUL
Applications for comment
16 Letchmere Lane, Pattingham, WV6 7AH
Two storey side extension
Morrell Brook, Marlbrook Lane, Pattingham, WV6 7BS
Extension and alterations to bungalow
Applications returned since last meeting
Patshull Park Hotel & Golf and Country Club, Patshull Park, WV6 7HR
16 Bedroom extension
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Planning cont’d
11/01018/FUL
11/00991/FUL
11/01015/FUL
12/00023/FUL
Applications approved
Patshull Park Hotel & Golf and Country Club, Patshull Park, WV6 7HR
16 Bedroom extension
3 Westbeech Road, Pattingham, WV6 7AQ
Internal alterations and extension to existing residential dwelling
Great Moor Cottages, Great Moor Road, Pattingham
Two First floor rear balconies
36 Snowdon Road, Burnhill Green, WV6 7HU
Dormer Window
Applications withdrawn
None received
11/00932/FUL
11/00948/FUL
Applications refused
Nurton Hill Farm, Nurton Hill Road, Pattingham, WV6 7HQ
Convert an existing barn to stables, extend access track to new car park
and remove existing stables.
Tuters Hill Barn, Patshull Road, Pattingham, WV6 7DU
New timber garden store
165/11 Finance
To sanction payments below:
‣ Flix in the Sticks loss of revenue £183.00
‣ CCTV annual electricity running costs £89.94
Chq. No
Payee
Amount
£
BACS R Hodgetts – February Salary 514.60
722053 South Staffordshire District Council 1,217.75
722054 South Staffordshire District Council (to replace 722053 lost in the post) 1,217.75
722055 Inland Revenue 88.20
722056 A Horton - gardening 87.00
722057 Viking Direct 120.00
722058 Turner - lost cheque no. 701728 25.00
722059 E.on – Electricity xmas lights 94.08
722060 Pattingham Village Hall Committee 3,772.94
722061 Pattingham Village Preschool 1,400.00
722062 Pattingham Playing Fields Committee 1,000.00
722064 R Hodgetts 74.24
722065 South Staffs Work Clubs 50.00
March total 9661.56
Cheque 722063 – Playing fields fabric fund transfer.
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166/11 Councillor Reports
District Council Report
The Fraud squad have been very busy this year and have so far recovered £224,000
167/11 Any other Business
‣ The problem of dog ‘mess’ was commented on. It was suggested that everyone report it to
environmental as the more people that report it the better.
‣ A photo shoot to publicise the tennis courts funding has been organised for 31 st March with
the MP. Everyone welcome to attend. There is an initial meeting to discuss the best way
forward on 13 th March again everyone welcome to attend.
‣ Clerk to invite Dr. Hall to receive a plaque on his retirement in July.
‣ Clerk to invite rural housing to 18 th April meeting for update.
168/11 Date of next meeting
Wednesday 28 th March 2012 – Precept Pattingham Village Hall - 7.30pm
Wednesday 18 th April 2012 - Pattingham Village Hall - 7.30pm
Meeting closed 9.55pm
Signed: ………………………………..................
Dated: ………………………….....
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