At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 19th March 2007 in the Village Hall there were present, Mr. J. Nichols, (Chairman), Mr. J. Blowers, Mrs. G. Soanes, Mr. R. Leech, Mr. S. Lewis, Mr. S. Rees, Mrs. T. Townend and Mr. K. Wood. W.D.C. P. Ashdown, SCC M. Cherry, Pc M. Leggett and 11 Parishioners also attended
There were no apologies from Parish Councillors, SCC A. Barron would arrive later
The Minutes of the previous meeting held on 26th February were approved and signed.
There were no declarations of interest.
Pc Leggett gave the Police report, he said that 19th March was the first day of the Safer Neighbourhoods Scheme, under this heading Police Officers would cover each others beats, so that there will be someone able to represent Pc Boggis at Parish Council meetings. There had been 2 reported crimes since the last Police report one was a theft of a number plate, he also said that the Police were aware that young boys were riding motorcycles around the village without tax, licences, lights and protective headgear and steps were being taken to confront the culprits. Pc Leggett had copies of two leaflets which he distributed - these gave more information of the Safer Neighbourhoods Scheme and ways to contact the police via the web as well as up to date telephone contact numbers. Mr. Nichols said that the scheme had been discussed at the Northern Parishes Liaison meeting when Sgt Guymer had explained that things would not be changing as much as was at first thought and local Policing will not deteriorate in fact it should improve. Councillor Ashdown said that the local elections this year had been cancelled as under new Government procedures the next elections are due take place in 2010. He is still pushing to get a satellite Waste disposal site in the Northern area and as had been expected more cases of fly tipping are occurring now, but prosecutions are taking place once the culprit can be detected. It had been brought to his and other Councillors notice that the staff at the South Lowestoft Waste Disposal site are turning away householders who bring more than two bags of rubbish a month and Mr. Blowers asked if this was a rule made up by the operators of the site themselves or was it a set of rules presented to them by WDC Officials, Mr. Ashdown did not know the answer but said he would find out. SCC Cherry said that the Schools reorganisation review will be discussed by a full council on Thursday 22nd, he had received 137 emails at the weekend supporting his stance of keeping the status quo. He does not think that the full case has been made for things being left as they are. He had made contact with children who are a Middle Schools in the Area now and he met Ryan Holt who of his own initiative had involved his peers at Lothingland Middle School in a debate and even circulated a questionnaire he had devised amongst them. M. Cherry was so impressed he asked Ryan if he could circulate the same form to other schools and in the end the two of them had 1800 completed questionnaires and handed them over to the relevant authorities at Endeavour House.
Mr. Nichols gave a report from the Northern Parishes Liaison Meeting Kelly Smith of the Broads Authority had outlined the changes to their Planning procedures. They have taken the decision to process their own Planning Applications in house and they would like to change the way they consult with Parish Councils in relation to Planning applications, they would like to be more involved with Local Communities possibly by holding surgeries in various Villages The Broads Authority had been consulted about the floodlights at Rookery Park but they did not have enough clout to stop the erection of the lights. Mr. Fosdel gave an update on the progress with the Music Festival due to be held in Somerleyton in the Summer, this will take place 20-22nd July and things are going according to plan except for a minor problem with the Alcohol licence. Bio Diesel Generators will be used throughout and recycling will be paramount in all areas. They are anticipated that 10,000 adults will attend, 3,000 14-17 year olds and 3,00 7-14 year olds. There will be 3,999 staff and personnel. The volume has been considered and will be monitored every 15 minutes and it should be less than last year, websites will be available from this week for more information and each Parish will be offered 50 tickets to sell at reduced prices, Parish Councils have been advised not to have anything to do with the sale of the tickets but a Parishioner could be designated to handle them. All children’s play equipment and rides will be free. A representative from Hopton did confirm that a Great Yarmouth Borough Council dustcart did call at the Village on regular Saturday mornings to allow residents to dump their extra rubbish. Norfolk Police are training locals in the use of a Radar Gun and if a driver is caught twice they do receive a warning letter. SCC Allyson Barron arrived and was given the floor, she spoke about the problems of fly tipping and also the long debate which had taken place regarding the Schools reorganisation review. Councillors and Parishioners were reminded that the Annual Parish Meeting will take place on Monday 16th April at 7p.m.
Planning. The following plan was approved.
Mr. J. Caines - 8 Orchard Lane, Blundeston, erection of a pagoda to rear.
Mr. Nichols had received an email from a Parishioner complaining about the contractors working on Sundays at the new property being built at the rear of Virginia Cottage.
Two Parishioners had forwarded a copy of a letter they had written to the Planning Department regarding the building of houses in The Street and other parts of Blundeston, they outlined the very unpleasant and frequent problems they and other householders encountered with the Sewerage Pumping Station which is opposite to their house  in Lound Road, and asked that before any future development takes place these problems are dealt with.
A letter had been received from another Parishioner who was opposed to the provision of a skate board park on the sports field at the rear of the Village Hall. 
Mr. Nichols said that he had discovered that the submissions made for outline planning permission in the recent 
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Waveney Local Development Framework Document had not been made by the owners of the land and he apologised for the written comments he had made to the Planners regarding these proposed sites.
Accounts - the following accounts were proposed for payment by Mrs. Soanes and seconded by Mr. Rees.
B.M. Shaw - Clerks Salary Jan/Feb/March	=237. 50 + 1/3 telephone rental =£9.16	£246. 66
J.H. Nichols Chairman’s allowance for Broadband costs					    18. 00
W.D.C. Annual inspection of Play Equipment by RoSPA					    64. 63
K. Jones ground work carried out in Barkis Meadow						    50. 00
Correspondence Suffolk Acre had forwarded information on a petition against VAT for Charitable organisations. There were also details of an Awards Scheme - 2007 Community Empowerment Awards. The Broads Authority informed the Parish Council of the Changes to the Planning Services in the Broads from 1st April. SCC sent details of the Mobile Library Service in Suffolk. WDC had forwarded the latest Sunrise Coast Network News, a copy of Involve - a new Parish Bulletin. There were also details of the new Waveney Play Partnership, which the chairman had discovered was not applicable to Blundeston and Flixton Parish Council. There was a copy of the full report from the RoSPA Inspector on the Play Equipment, the Clerk agreed to copy this and give a copy to Mr. Wood who is the Parish Councillor responsible for weekly inspection of the equipment. There was also a letter accompanying the report asking what inspection cover the P..C. would require for the coming year, it was decided that as last year WDC should be asked to do a Quarterly Inspection, RoSPA an annual inspection and Mr. Wood would carry on with the weekly inspection. There was a copy of the new Byelaws for the seashore and promenades. 1Suffolk offered free websites. The Audit Commission had reappointed Messrs Lubbock Fine as the External Auditor for the Financial Year 2006/7. Suffolk Preservation Society sent details of a Heritage White Paper.
Other Parish Business
The Chairman reported that there were some serious flaws stopping progress so far with the Skateboard Park development, the principal funders were concerned that the Planning Department had only given planning consent for a period of 5 years and that the land was only leased for 10 years, Ms. Dawson was investigating other possibilities.  Mr. Lewis announced that tickets were available for the Barn Dance on 14th April in aid of the Picnic in the Park funds, these can be purchased from Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Townend and Mrs. Prettyman. Mr. Wood said that he had had an altercation with a vehicle on the B1074 and he had given the registration number to the Police who had visited the owner. He questioned whether it was legal for shooting to be going on all night as he had heard this recently, someone said that it was probably a bird scarer, but no-one could shed any light on the matter. 
15 minutes for Parishioner input
A parishioner complained about the amount of litter scattered around the village. Someone else said that they were disgusted over the amount of plastic bags containing dogs mess left at the end of footpaths and even hanging in trees, everyone was amazed that people who bothered to pick the mess up could not be bothered to take it home and dispose of it in their own bins. It was agreed amongst the Parishioners present that they would arrange a litter pick up day for the morning of Saturday April 28th, Mrs. Wells, Mr. Ffitch and Mr. Edwards agreed to head the committee, The Chairman said that the morning could not be organised by the Parish Council as they would be held legally responsible should anyone be injured in any way. A parishioner asked what if any progress had been made with the clearing up of the Charity Trustee land at the rear of the Pippins, the Chairman agreed to speak to the Parishioner later.
There being no further business the meeting closed.

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