At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 7th August 2006 there were present - Mr. J. Nichols, Chairman, Mr. J. Blowers, Mr. S. Perks, Mr. S. Rees, Mrs. E. Hume, Mrs. G. Soanes, Mr S. Lewis, Mrs. R. Herrivan, Pc Boggis, District Councillor P. Ashdown and County Councillors Barron and Cherry.  12 Parishioners also attended.
Apologies were received from Mr. K. Wood, Mrs. T. Townend and Mr. R. Leach..
The minutes of the previous meeting held on 10th July were approved and signed.
Mr. Blowers declared an interest in the British Legion item and Mrs. Hume declared an interest in the Suffolk Heritage Housing Association revised plan. There were no other declarations of interest. 
Pc Boggis informed the meeting that there had been 5 reported crimes in July, 1 was a theft which was a family issue, 1 was of driving under the influence of alcohol, 2 crimes were at HMP and the fifth was the theft of a Ladies blue Falcon pedal cycle. A complaint had also been made to the Police by the Primary School Headmistress that youths were gathering on the School Playing field in the evenings. Mr Paul Ashdown gave the District Councillors Report. He asked if the PC had received any complaints from parishioners bothered by the recent Concert at Somerleyton, he was informed that there had not been any official complaints. He be will be involved in the planning of next years event which will take place at a similar time of year, he felt that the event had been well organised and properly controlled, there is due to be a final meeting regarding this years event on August 30th and Mr. Ashdown will pass on any information to the organisers. He went on to say that the next Area Forum will take place at Oulton Community Centre on 19th September  at 7.30p.m. SCC Allyson Barron informed those present that the deadline for the return of the completed Suffolk School re organisation review questionnaires had been deferred  until 30th September, several Councillors said that they had not received a copy and Councillor Barron agreed to obtain some more to be distributed. Councillor Cherry had attended a conference on Household Waste Procurement at Ipswich at which various ways were discussed of dealing with Waste in the future, most would involve the building of enormous structures to cope. It has been discovered since the closure of the Wilde Street Site that the land is contaminated and the proposed building for this site may now not take place, it raises the question, why was this not discovered earlier? and then the site could have remained in use. After a general discussion on the progress with the clearing of the fly tipping at the old Fruit Farm entrance during which the Clerk reported that the Environmental Heath Department had inspected the rubbish and found evidence as to where some of the dumped foodstuff had originated from, they had informed the clerk that they would contact the owner of the property, as it would be her responsibility to have the offending rubbish cleared. As nothing had happened so far after a lapse of 4 weeks, the Clerk was asked to contact the owner to arrange to have the rubbish cleared, or the Parish Council could arrange to have it cleared for her and send her a bill. She would also be asked to consider having a chain across the entrance to discourage further tipping. The Clerk had been contacted by WDC refuse department in connection with the letter sent to the Chief Executive regarding the remains of the Silver Birch trees deposited on WDC land adjacent to Cockshoot, the gentleman in question was going to inspect the site, but the Clerk was asked to contact the Chief Executive once again to hear what progress had been made. 
Planning. 
 No 1 Suffolk Heritage Housing Association - revised proposed development of 10 units on land North of Micawber Mews, Market Lane.
No 2 Mr. & Mrs. Sturman, 89, The Street, - Construction of a detached dwelling, Wentworth House, The Street,.
No 3 Blundeston & Flixton Parish Council,  - Proposed Skate Park 
No 4 Mr. S. Dix and Miss J. Dyball, The Mill House, The Street -  Conversion of existing mill to residential use and provision of a double garage.
No 5 Mr. Betts, 5 Orchard Close, - erection of a rear conservatory.
The formal meeting was closed to allow the public a chance to speak on the above proposed plans.
Mr. Nichols informed those present that he had spoken to Chris Green at the Planning Department and had been informed that the Micawber Mews development would be discussed at the Development Meeting on 16th August. The re application had come about as some houses had moved and bungalows placed near bungalows already in existence in surrounding developments. In the Waveney area it is a provision of this sort of development that 3 out of 10 properties should be for rent, and there is not way round this proviso. A parishioner asked how the people were chosen to have these houses and the Chairman reiterated what he had explained at last months meeting. Mr. Nichols also explained that the Skate park committee will now apply for the park be sited  at the far end of the Football pitch and he wished his appreciation to be expressed to David Jermy for agreeing to this proposal on the land which he leases to the Parish Council. There being no further public input the formal meeting was resumed.  
Plan no 1 A Parish Councillor said that WDC were out of line with their 30% of housing being made “affordable” this ratio is much higher than other Local Authorities. The Chairman asked if any Councillor would like to attend the Planning meeting on 16th August, but it was felt that the PC’s views had been satisfied and put forward sufficiently that there was no need to be represented at this meeting. The application was approved. 
Plan no 2 was approved
Plan no 3 Mr Rees said that as a member of the Blundeston Shooting syndicate he was concerned about the proximity to shooting areas and the effect that the noise would have on the game which was raised in an adjoining field. It was pointed out that shooting should not take place in close proximity to this field anyway as it is a public open space, but consideration should be taken of the livestock in the area. Mr. Blowers proposed that the application should stand as it is and this was seconded by Mr. Lewis, a vote of 6 for and two against resulted in the application being carried. The Chairman agreed to contact the landowner. Mr. Perks was concerned about the height of the fence along the south side of the sports field.
Plan no. 4 was approved.
Plan no. 5 was also approved.
Correspondence. A request had arrived from the Blundeston and District Branch of the British Legion for funding for a wreath for a Canadian airman buried in St. Mary’s Churchyard, Blundeston on Remembrance day, the Clerk was asked to write to the Secretary and inform him that regretfully the PC are not allowed to make donations, although they will still provide a wreath from the Parish Council for the ceremony.  A Sunrise Coast Cultural Network newsletter had been received. Various leaflets and information had arrived from Suffolk ACRE. A letter had been received from Oulton PC which gave the information that the title of the Broads Area is now to be “The Broads National Park”. WDC had sent their Approach to Future Development in Waveney to 2021 - the chairman took this book to read and report back to the next meeting. SCC had provided details of their Minerals and Core Strategy, Mrs. Herrivan took this information to report back to the Parish Council. Mrs. Soanes took the SCC Footpath Priority questionnaire  to study. 
Other Parish Business.
Mrs. Herrivan praised the Local Fire Service for their quick and efficient response to a recent field fire close to Decoy Farm. Mrs. Hume reported that the 30mph signs approaching Flixton from Lound are obliterated by trees now. Mr. Lewis asked who was responsible for cutting hedges along the footpath from Market Lane to The Street, he was informed that it was the sole responsibility of the owners of the properties and this appeared in the covenants to the deeds of the properties, the Clerk was asked to contact the owners of 5, Micawber Mews and remind them of this and inform them that if they do not carry out the work the Parish Council will have to have the work done and forward the bill to them. Mr. Lewis also informed the meeting that there will be a 6 a side football tournament, on 16th September, each time will consist of 3 men and 3 women, this will be to raise funds for the Picnic in the Park next June, during the evening it is hoped that a band will play at The Plough Inn and this will raise funds for the Skate Park. Nothing had been heard with regard to the 2nd Oulton Broad Scouts having their meetings in the Village Hall. Mr. Rees reported the smashed car which had been parked outside the Garage in The Street for several weeks, it did have no tax disc originally, but now has one valid until October, Pc Boggis will make further enquiries. Mr. Perks said that he felt that the Parish Council were spineless and not doing the job that they should be, (this was mainly in reference to the fly tipping at Cockshoot). The chairman asked him to make a specific proposal, general discussion took place. The clerk informed the meeting that she had put underway a repair to the Playground fence which had been damaged by children climbing the tree adjacent and standing on top of the chain link. The Chairman reported that the road surface from Blundeston to Herringfleet is in a terrible state of repair. The clerk was asked to report the pothole in Pound Lane once again..
15 minutes for public input. Mr. Ffitch asked what would be done if the landowner refused to clear up the fly  tipping, it was proposed that we should wait and see what happened after the Clerk had contacted the owner. There being no further business the meeting closed.