At a meeting of  Blundeston and Flixton Parish Council held on:Monday 16 July 2007 
There were present Mr. J. Nichols, (Chairman) Mr. J. Blowers, Mrs. G. Soanes, Mr. K. Wood, Mr. S. Rees, Mr. R. Leech, Mrs. E. Hume, Mrs. T. Townend and Mr. S. Perks.W. D. Councillor P. Ashdown and SCCouncillor M.Cherry,  Pc D. Boggis, CPO Sue Kershaw and 8 Parishioners were also in attendance.
The Chairman asked if the Council would like to have the public session at the beginning of the meeting instead of the end. Mr Perks said that he thought that public may like to have input at the end of the meeting, the Chairman said he thought that the input at the beginning would be more profitable than at the end. It was agreed that it could be given a trial. This would of course include planning issues. Mr Ffitch reminded the meeting that he had mentioned the footpath from Market Lane to the Street and this still needs work to cut back the nettle growth. The Clerk was asked to contact Mr. Jones to cut the nettles. Mrs Dawson had provided photographic evidence of the flooding in Lound Road. Mr Cherry said that all major Roads were flooded on that particular Thursday. It was agreed that Mr. Ashdown should take the Photographs to show to WDC.  Mrs Dawson gave an update on the Skate Park, the award from Biffa has been granted, the tarmac costs have been met by WREN. In order to get the Biffa award released other funding has to be in place, there will be a wait for around 8 weeks, a loan of £5,102 will be required for 5 weeks from the parish council.  Mrs Townend mentioned that the Car parked opposite Orchard Close was missing for a while but is now being parked there again, PC Boggis had visited the family concerned, he said it is not against law to park there it is really only against the law to park without lights after dark. The area really.needs double yellow lines. It was still felt to be dangerous for a vehicle to park in this position and PC Boggis said that he and CPO Kershaw would monitor the situation. Mr Cherry said that he would ask for double yellow lines once again for this site. Pc Boggis said that he was not satisfied that an obstruction had been caused to the point where a prosecution could be made. Mrs Soanes said that the hedge on the beginning of Lowestoft Road is overhanging the carriageway. There being no further public input the official Parish Council meeting was then opened.
Apologies: SCC Mrs Barron will arrive late
Approval of minutes… Mr Wood did not agree with the minutes as reported and wanted them altered, because he was interrupted by the chairman and not allowed to finish what he wanted to say. If he had been allowed the chance to finish - he would have said that if given the fees generated they would cover the costs of the officers being there with a speed camera. 
Mrs Herrivan arrived at this point.
Declaration of interests. Mr Rees on Shirvan Plan
Police report Reported crimes for the past month; Blundeston 6, none for Flixton, 2 HMP, 2 criminal damage in Lakeside Rise. 1 theft of mobile phone from Plough, 1 criminal damage at Bowls Club. For the 3 months April June there were 13 reported crimes, 6 related to HMP. CPO Kershaw reported that she had seen whilst on patrol a SCC monitor doing a survey of cars and the speed along B1074, these results are not prosecutable but just a survey. Police will monitor the speed in the Village once the camera, which is currently being repaired is back in action.  When the chairman surveyed the repeater signs recently the only sign which was partially obscured was the one nearest to Oulton, so in his opinion motorists should be fully aware that there is a 30mph limit along the road. Mr Ashdown reported on the Satellite dish application, at HMP Blundeston after receiving several letters and emails on the subject from concerned Lakeside Rise residents, he has requested a “call in” on the matter, which means that the application will not just go through under delegated powers but will have to go through the full Development Control committee. The chairman said that the Parish Council had received a letter from Mr. & Mrs. Symonds 2, Lakeside Rise, who strongly object on health grounds to the siting of the dish on the gatehouse, and they posed several questions. In answer to them it was pointed out that the Planning Department are responsible for contacting the residents and placing notification on the notice board. It did not appear on the published agenda for the last meeting because the application had been received by the clerk after the statutory deadline for publication of the agenda and a response was needed before the next meeting. The documents that the P.C received stated quite clearly that there are no health and safety issues in connection with the proposed dish. A letter will be sent to Mr. & Mrs Symonds. The Fruit farm rubbish dumping problem is still being discussed, what concerns Mr Ashdown is that at the end of the day he does not think WDC will not remove it. With regard to the trees at Cockshoot, the legality of the land is in the hands of Tony Rudd. The Clerk pointed out that we had already done a land registry search and established some years ago that WDC own the land. Woods Meadow development comes up again on Wednesday. Mr. Cherry apologised for missing a few meetings and now after holidays and a spell of ill heath he hopes to be able to attend most meeting every Saturday morning a surgery is held at the Library. First meeting of Waste Management Committee today, he challenged the responsibility of collection, and pointed out that fly tipping is definitely increasing.  Minor thing, he received notification from our MP that the Government (Treasury) are looking for sites for ATM machines. Eastern Daily Press Waveney named as the filthiest district as regards fly tipping. No news yet on the Northern Satellite rubbish centre. Someone had found a label with a name and address on the rubbish dumped last month in Marsh Lane and she had given it to Mr Perks, this evidence will be handed over to Mr. Ashdown. Mrs Herrivan had been told by WDC not to remove things from the dumped items as it can not be proved that the thing was actually at the site in the first place. Play area fence and age limit for balls games. After recent repairs had been carried out the fence is broken down again, Waveney Fencing have been asked to come again and fit a stronger straining wire. It was suggested that once the goalposts are purchased for the football field the problem with youths playing football on the play area will probably be solved, if Mrs Barron is unable to get funding Mr. Cherry will find out if he can fund the project. No-one has volunteered to run the Tennis Court and Club although the notices have been displayed now for several weeks. Three choices are, 1. to leave it open and anyone can play, 2. the tennis club could be closed and the court locked, or 3. a meeting can be called of all those interested in the Tennis Club. Mrs. Herrivan suggested that in Somerleyton the Post Office run all the public amenities in the Village, but there is no equivalent public service in Blundeston. It was decided that the best option would be to leave the court open. The matter of a laptop for the Parish Council should be deferred until next month and see how the experiment with Mr Nichols’ laptop runs. 
Planning
Mr & Mrs. Larcombe. Woodstock, Lowestoft Road, Construction of single storey rear extension and conservatory.  Approved
Mr. & Mrs Brown, Underlea, Lound Road, Construction of single storey side extension and front porch. Approved
Skate Park copies of letters from the planning department to persons objecting to the project had been received by the clerk.
Mr. & Mrs. Barham, Shirvan, Market Lane -Construction of single storey, hydrotherapy room to rear.
A copy of a letter from neighbour objecting to the plans for various reasons, not least was the size of the planned building and the noise and chemical discharge into the surroundings had been received. - It was felt that the planners should be asked to consider the noise from the pumps and fans, the chlorine smell as it would pervade the local environment. Mr. Perks said that the letter of objection was a most considerate missal and it was suggested that a more technical view of the machinery noise etc. would be needed before the building was viable. Mr. Wood proposed the application should be refused quite dispassionately and only on Planning issues, on the pure scale of the extension and over development of a site. The motion was passed with two abstentions.
HMP Satellite dish application dealt with at last months meeting. Development Control Department are looking into the matter.   
Chairman read out the objections to the Telephone mast application at the Plough as he had listed in a letter to LCC.
Accounts
Waveney Fencing 		£170. 38 repairs to fence on play area.
Councillor Barron arrived at this point
Correspondence.
Broads Authority - Planning Policies, in house planning and guidelines. 
SCC community safety officer. Crime and Disorder etc. School reorganisation review. Mrs Barron reported on this, she said that Lowestoft had their second stakeholders meeting last Thursday to give ideas, members can look at the documents and two more meetings will be held in September. Updated information is on the website for the public to see every two weeks. There will be a full public consultation before any decisions are made. Discussion ensued on the fact that any individual or Councils requiring more information should contact the relevant committee and information will be forwarded. WDC information had been sent on local Leisure needs, this did not however concern Blundeston. It was agreed that the Parish Council would loan the skate park project the relevant funds. 
There being no further business the meeting closed.