MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DRONFIELD TOWN COUNCIL

HELD AT GOSFORTH LODGE, CLIFFE PARK, DRONFIELD

ON MONDAY 5^th FEBRUARY 2007 AT 7.30 pm

 

Present

 

Councillors G Baxter : M Brader : N R Foster : T Furniss : Mrs Kathy Marr (Town Mayor):  C A Gill : F Higgins : D Hill :  W I Pryce : Mrs C A Smith : J Sorrill : Mrs W M Temple : S Temple : J Williams : M Wing : J M Stocks.

 

 

Public Forum on Planning Matters

 

No items raised.

 

 

Model Code of Conduct

 

Members were reminded that any changes to their Declaration of Interests should be declared.  Members were also advised to declare, at this point, any items of the agenda where they may consider themselves to have a particular or prejudicial interest in the matter to be conducted

 

163.     RESOLVED   That the information be received and noted.

 

 

Apologies

 

164.     RESOLVED

 

That apologies be received and accepted from the following Members for the reasons stated in brackets.

 

Councillor M Emmens	Other Business
Councillor D Cheetham	Other Business

 

 

Youth Matters

 

No items raised

 

 

Police Matters

 

Due to other duties, no police office was in attendance for this meeting and no crime statistics had been received for circulation.  Councillor Brader produced a schedule of crime statistics from the police website which was informative and showed that Dronfield has a relatively low crime rate when compared to other areas.

 

 

165.     RESOLVED   That this report be received and noted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Council Minutes

 

Members considered the minutes of the ordinary meeting of Dronfield Town Council held on 8^th January together with all the appendices (Pages 71 – 81)

 

166.     RESOLVED

 

That these Minutes be received and accepted as a true record of events and that the Town Mayor be duly authorised to sign them as such.

 

 

Planning Matters

 

Councillors T Furniss, F Higgins and S Temple left the meeting at this point so did not therefore comment upon any applications for consideration by Members.

 

 

Planning Applications

 

Members considered a schedule of planning applications submitted by North East Derbyshire District Council for comment.

 

167.     RESOLVED

 

That Application 07/000016/FL by Sainsburys Ltd.  Section 73 application for continued use of the development without complying with condition 11 (hours of delivery) on planning permission reference NED/397/198 be objected to as members would not wish to allow unrestricted access by heavy goods vehicles at all times of the day and night.  The condition of delivery hours was imposed such that neighbouring and adjacent residential dwellers were not subject to noise pollution at unsocial hours.

 

168.            RESOLVED

 

That application 07/00086/TPO by Mr I Collins of Green Lane for the felling of 4 trees and pruning of trees covered by NED TPO 10 on land adjacent be strongly objected to and NEDDC be informed that this Councils Policy states that only dangerous or diseased trees should be given consent for felling.

 

169.            RESOLVED

 

That  application 07/00096/CATPO by Mr Western of Stone Road – Notification of intention to fell one conifer within Coal Aston Conservation Area, be objected to unless the tree in question is in a dangerous or diseased state.

 

 

Planning Decisions

 

Members considered a schedule of planning consents and refusals submitted by North East Derbyshire District Council submitted for information.

 

170.            RESOLVED   That this report be received and noted.

 

 

Town Clerk’s Report

 

Members considered a reports of various initiatives and projects being undertaken.

 

 

Outside Services

 

171.     RESOLVED   That this report be received and noted.

 

Bus Shelter Damage

 

172.            RESOLVED  That this report be received and noted

 

 Offender Management Bill.

 

Members consider the response of the Home Office to the Councils letter of objection sent after last months meeting.

 

173.            RESOLVED That this report be received and noted

 

The Barn High Street 

 

Members were informed of certain difficulties being faced by the Peel Centre Trustees regarding acceptable safe access to the site, which may be subject to a planning application in the near future.

 

174.            RESOLVED  

 

That this Council would await sight of any future planning application and then invite the Peel Centre Trustees to attend and speak in support of such application.

 

Vandalism – Lea Brook Valley

 

Members were informed of recent vandalism at Lea Brook Valley and also that PC Murfin had contacted the Town Council stating that the installation of streetlights had exacerbated the problem along these pathways.  He requested that these streetlights be extinguished.

 

175.            RESOLVED 

 

That Inspector Mark Fitzpatrick be invited to a meeting of the Properties Working Group and, asked for the police services official views on the benefits/disbenefits of installing street lighting for safer and securer routes to school for scholars.

 

Code of Conduct for Local Authority Members.

 

Members considered a report of the Standard Board for England outlining proposed changes to the Code of Conduct for Local Authority Members following a substantial consultation exercise.  Many of the proposals are a direct response to those consultations and seek to clarify one or two ambiguous matters.

 

176.            RESOLVED   That this report be received and noted.

 

 

 

Dates of Council Meetings (2006/2007)

 

Members considered an amended schedule of Town Council meetings for this current civic year.

 

177.            RESOLVED  

 

That the cycle of Council meetings be amended such that the meeting scheduled for Monday 2^nd April 2007 be brought forward by one week to Monday 26^th March 2007 and that an additional meeting be scheduled for Monday 30^th April 2007.  This meeting will be the last meeting of the Council prior to elections on Thursday 3^rd May 2007 and the Annual Meeting will be Monday 14^th May 2007 at 7.30pm.

 

 

Reports of Town Council Representatives

 

No points raised by Members.

 

 

Schedule of Payments

 

Members considered a schedule of payments in the amount of £119,345.65 for the month of December 2006 drawn on the Council’s No 1 Account.

 

178.     RESOLVED

 

That the schedule of payments in the amount of £119,345.65 for the month of December 2006 be received, accepted and approved.

 

 

Schedule of Receipts

 

Members considered a schedule of receipts on the amount of £20,985.74 for the month of December 2006 and paid into the Council’s No 2 deposit account.

 

179.     RESOLVED

 

That schedule of receipts for December 2006 in the amount of £20,985.74 be received, accepted and approved.

 

 

PLANNING APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL

	Appendix 2

 

ON MONDAY 5^th FEBRUARY 2007

 

Reference	Applicant	Location	Details
06/01296/FL	Mr & Mrs Barker	Land between 16 & 22 Hilltop Road	Construction of a three/four storey detached house and installation of a private drainage system (Revised Scheme of NED/05/00095)
06/01480/FL	Mr & Mrs Flude	Barnard Avenue	Construction of a conservatory to rear
07/000016/FL	Sainsbury’s Supermarket	Wreakes Lane,	Section 73 application for continued use of the development without complying with condition 11 (hours of delivery) on planning permission reference NED397/198
07/00037/FL	Mr A Mason	253 Chesterfield Road	Conversion of existing semi detached property into three self contained flats with off street parking
07/00039/AD	Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust	Land To The Rear Of Manor House (Library)	Applicant for advertisement consent for the display of two non-illuminated advertisements (Conservation Area)
07/00052/FL	Mr Edwards	210 Holmley Lane	Raising of roof height and construction of front facing dormer windows to create rooms in roof space and construction of a rear conservatory
07/00066/FL	A Izhac & S Birido	53 Coniston Road	Construction of a first floor extension over existing ground floor to rear
07/00073/FL	Mr & Mrs Wood	216 Eckington Road	Removal of existing garage and construction of a two storey side extension and a single storey rear extension
07/00076/FL	A Tranmer	Wilson House 105 Chesterfield Road	Change of use from office to residential (Conservation Area)
07/00086/TPO	I Collins	The Holme, Green Lane	Felling of 4 trees and pruning of trees covered by NED TPO 10 on land adjacent
07/00096/CATPO	Mr Western	16 Stone Road	Notification of intention to fell one conifer within Coal Aston Conservation Area
07/00097/FL	J Sweeney	Accident Repair Centre, Wreakes Lane	Extension to existing workshop to provide an extended workshop and a tyre and exhaust fitting bay

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS - DECEMBER 2006 MONTH 9
PRESENTED TO COUNCIL MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2007
Cheque	Payee	Details	Amount
6572	C Robinson	C/P Goods	578.58
6576	C Robinson	C/P Goods	369.98
6573	ATC	Grant	75.00
6574	St Johns Band	Grant	75.00
6575	Salvation Army Band	Grant	150.00
BACS	Salaries	December 2006	16,469.10
2343	Allen & Orr	Materials & Timber	71.90
2344	Arden Winch	Janitorial	57.09
2345	Ben Shaws	Cliffe Park	61.50
2346	Booker Cash & Carry	Stock Cliffe Park	405.36
2347	British Gas	Gas Supplies	2,117.98
2348	BT	Phones	717.07
2349	Burial Committee	Precept	20,000.00
2350	D F Crooks	Electrical Works	1,238.45
2351	Derbyshire County Council	Computer Services	117.11
2352	Derbyshire County Council	Superannuation	2,374.81
2353	Dronfield DIY	Materials	77.55
2354	Dronfield Motor Spares	Tools & materials	236.68
2355	Dunham	Materials	77.41
2356	Elf Energy	Gas Supplies	2,227.17
2357	Eyre & Elison	Cabling etc	303.10
2358	G&L Fletcher Ltd	Rent Workshop	5,385.37
2359	GTS	Boiler servicing etc	4,300.60
2360	Halls Sound Systems	Sound Hire	200.00
2361	Heron	Dronfield Eye	2,937.50
2362	NEDDC	Rates & Sundries	4,847.54
2363	Npower	Electricity Supplies	11,623.66