At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 12th June 2006 there were present - Mr. J. Nichols (chairman), Mr. R. Leech, Mrs. R. Herrivan, Mr. J. Blowers, Mrs G. Soanes, Mrs. T. Townend, Mrs. E. Hume, Mr. S. Perks, Mr. K. Wood and Mr. S. Rees. Councillor A. Barron, Pc Boggis and 8 Parishioners also attended.
Apologies were received from WD Councillor Paul Ashdown, SC Councillor Malcolm Cherry and Mr. S. Lewis.
Councillors handed in their Acceptance of Office and Declaration of Interests Forms.
Mr. Perks expressed an Interest in one of the Planning Applications, no other Interests were Declared.
The Chairman welcomed the three new Parish Councillors, Mr. R. Leech, Mrs. R. Herrivan and Mr. S. Rees.
County Councillor Allyson Barron gave her report - she said that she had attended the Flower Festival and Teddy Bear Parachute Jumping held at the Church over the weekend, and had thoroughly enjoyed the event.. She was in possession of a Draft copy of the new Rights of Way booklet produced by the County Council, the Clerk was informed that the Parish Council would also receive a copy in the next few days and comments would be welcomed. The document was an Improvement plan and the emphasis is on Bridleways and Cycle ways throughout Suffolk. The Chairman said that he had seen that new rights of way signs had been erected in the Village recently.  Mrs Barron reported that she is also on the Consultation panel regarding School re-organisation, every household should soon get a copy of a document explaining the options being considered with a reply form for personal opinions on the subject. It was mentioned that a survey had found that Children being taught in a two tier system did fare better than those in a three tier system. Several Councillors expressed concern that the general public had not yet received the leaflet and the questionnaire and the closing date for comments was in August. WD Councillor Ashdown had sent a letter giving his apologies and a brief report  Wendy Dawson was invited to give an up to date report on the progress with the Skate Park. Pc Boggis reported that the crime figures for May were 3 in total, two of these were offences with drugs with intent to supply at HMP and the other crime was breaking windows in an unoccupied property. The Clerk had received an estimate from W.D.C for the replacement of the two toddler swings on the Play area. This amounted to  it was unanimously agreed that this estimate be accepted and the work started as soon as possible. The Local Development Framework Site Specific Allocation item had been carried forward from the previous meeting, the clerk had furnished each member with an up to date Village Envelope map. The Chairman asked if the Councillors wished to extend the Village Envelope, concerns were expressed that if more houses were allowed the Primary School would not be able to cope, similar uneasiness was shown over the flooding and drainage problems already experienced in the Village. The chairman said that one area off Pickwick Drive has been offered by the owner for the purpose of building low cost, low density, smaller properties and this could be considered for inclusion. Discussion took place about the logical infill of the Village Envelope, and it was felt that the area along Pound Lane, which was within the Envelope until 1996 should be included once again. The Chairman proposed that the Parish Council should recommend the site off Pickwick Drive specifically for the development of  low cost, low density smaller properties, in the category of shared equity or discounted sale and not properties to rent though a housing association.. It was felt that the number of dwellings should be 15 or less. Mrs. Hume seconded this proposal, 4 Councillors voted in favour, 4 against and 2 abstained, the Chairman used his casting vote and the motion was carried. Mr. Wood proposed and it was unanimously accepted that the Pound Lane area should be included in the new Envelope. Mr. Nichols reported on the latest Northern Parishes Liaison Meeting held in Lound on 1st June, there had been a presentation by Louise Jordan-Hall, Deputy Chief Executive of WDC during this Ms Jordan-Hall said that Parish Plans were a very important tool to enable PC to find out what the local community want in their Village. She also gave more information on the centralisation proposals for the District Council, and described how the new Campus would be utilised, with other groups sharing the offices, making the whole thing more commercially viable. SCC Malcolm Cherry spoke about the ongoing problem of speeding along the B1074, with a disturbing number of motorcyclists travelling and very high speed along the road. Those present were told that a memorial stone will be laid in Somerleyton to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the development by Christopher Cockerell, of the Hovercraft which was tested in Somerleyton. During the meeting Brian Hunter was presented with a retirement gift from the Northern Parishes.
Planning.  3 plans had arrived shortly after the previous meeting and the planning sub committee had made the decision to approve these..
	Mr & Mrs  Browne, 57 The Street, Two storey rear extension
	Mr. J E Hewitt, 12 Barkis Meadow, Rear infill Conservatory 	
	Mr. & Mrs. N. Jermy, South View Lound Road, Single storey granny annexe, single storey rear extensions and alterations to existing porch structure.
A letter had been received from Mr. & Mrs. B. King who had submitted a planning application to be considered at the last Parish Council meeting for a Carport, this letter criticized and berated the Parish Councillors for refusing this application. The Clerk had received notification in the interim from WDC who had also refused this application.
Notification had also been received from WDC that the application by Mr. & Mrs. N. Jermy, South View Lound Road, for a single storey granny annexe, single storey rear extensions and alterations to existing porch structure had been refused on the grounds that it was over development of the site and as such was out of keeping with its surroundings and detrimental to the character of the area.

Accounts  The following accounts were proposed for payment by Mrs. Soanes and seconded by Mr. Perks.
	B.M. Shaw Clerk’s Salary, April, May and June			237. 50
			Plus 1/3 telephone rental			   9. 16		= 246. 66
	J. Nichols   Contribution to Broadband rental				     	     18. 00
	J. Nichols Gift for B. Hunter Retirement 					     24. 17
	W.J. Jermy 1 years rental for football field					   200. 00
	Allianz Cornhill Insurance for Marquee for Village Festival			     26. 25
Correspondence	
A letter from the Leader of SCC had arrived with a brochure entitled “A Better Way for Suffolk had been received.  WDC had forwarded the First Review of Local Development Scheme, and notification which had arrived too late for anyone to attend of further training on The World of Planning. The next Area Forum is due to be held on Tuesday 20th June in Blundeston Village Hall at 7.30pm. A letter had been received from the Waveney Primary Care Trust corroborating the news that the Health Secretary has confirmed there will be a Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT. Information outlining the School Reorganisation Review had been received from SCC - the Chairman took the questionnaire and will complete it. Suffolk Acre had sent a letter requesting a follow up to the Parish Plan, the Chairman agreed to work on that. The Clerk had received notification that SALC were holding a Networking Evening for Clerks on Wednesday 5th July at Kessingland with emphasis on Double Taxation, which has been a controversial point within the Parish Council for many years.
Other Parish Business. Mr. Blowers expressed his concern with the general behaviour of youngsters around the Village Hall, in the past few weeks someone had removed the net from the tennis court and thrown it over onto the grass verge and erected goal posts inside the court. These were removed and notices placed on the surrounding fence prohibiting the playing of football on the court. A Notice was also placed on the football field gate forbidding the riding of motorcycles and the exercising of dogs, although a dog banning notice had been on the gate for years, irresponsible owners were still allowing dogs to run loose and foul on the field. Boys had been riding motorcycles round the football field recently with young girls riding pillion creating a noise nuisance and a danger to other young people using the field, let alone the riders and passengers. Mr Blowers also came across 3 young boys hammering on the steel chute for the slide with large pieces of timber, they did stop doing this until Mr. Blowers was out of sight, but then continued.  Mr. Blowers had also been asked to bring the to the notice of the Parish Council the concerns of several Parishioners over the matter of the foul language used by young people in and around the Village Hall grounds. Pc Boggis said that he would make every effort to follow up any complaint with regard to young people if the individuals could be identified. The Chairman had recently had an altercation with some youngsters who had been kicking or hitting a ball incessantly against the Fire Escape doors on the side of the Hall during a time when the Hall was being hired for a meeting, when the young people were asked to stop and play on the football field, they commented that they could not play there because of the Dog mess.  Other irresponsible owners were allowing dogs to run free and foul on the Millennium Green even though there were notices banning this, Parishioners should be reminded that when the Green was first opened the vast majority of Parishioners wanted to ban dogs from the plot altogether, and the compromise was agreed that dogs would be allowed provided that they were kept on a lead. Mrs. Soanes reported that the Short Road name plate was missing. Mr. Wood thanked Pc Boggis for organising the speed cameras on the B1074 last week. A Councillor reported a motorcyclist riding at great speed and in a dangerous way along this road had involved her in a near miss situation, she had recorded the registration number of the bike, and gave it to Pc Boggis, 2 other Councillors had seen the same bike on separate occasions and one actually knew who the rider was. A great deal of Fly tipping had occurred on the site of the entrance to the old Fruit Farm and an address had been discovered among the rubbish which may be followed up. The Chairman reported that the Box hedge at the Street end of the footpath to Market Lane has been removed and a good fence erected in its place. The owners had been thanked for this. 
15 minutes for Parishioner Input.
A parishioner asked if signs could be erected each side of the Fruit Farm corner either stating it was a dangerous corner or a Slow sign. Another possibility could be a warning that large vehicles could be approaching over the centre of the road. Mr. Ffitch asked for another sign at the entrance to Pickwick Drive saying Leading to Micawber Mews. He also reported another hole in Pound Lane which needs filling in, the reeds in the pond in Market Lane are starting to encroach and need thinning out in the Autumn. Mrs Dawson expressed her concern that once more land was released into the Village Envelope, it would probably automatically mean that there WOULD be more building.