At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 10th August, there were present, Mr. S. Perks, (Vice Chairman), Mr. S. Rees, Mrs G. Soanes, Mr. J. Blowers, Mr. K Wood, Mr. G. Wade, PCSO Kershaw, CCs C. Law and M. Barnard, WDC P Ahsdown, and 11 Parishioners also attended. 
Apologies were received from Mrs. T. Townend and Mr. J. Nichols 
Approval of minutes of previous meeting. The minutes of the previous meeting held on 13th July were approved and signed.
Declarations of Interest - there were no declarations of interest.
Mr. Perks said that it was good to see the Chairman up and about after his recent operation. Best wishes for a quick recovery would be sent to the Chairman from all the Parish Councillors.
15 minutes for Parishioner input.
Mr. Edwards complained that the 3 bags of rubbish he had reported at the last meeting which had been dumped on Lound Road were still there; Mr. Ashdown said that would pursue the matter again.
Mr Ffitch reported that a Parishioner had told him that on Thursday night at around 5pm there were a group of older teenagers who he thought were obviously under the influence of drugs loitering and laying around at the back of the Church.  PCSO Kershaw gave the Parishioner the telephone number to ring under similar circumstances. 
Other Parish Business (Parish Councillor)
Mr. Wade reported that the slow signs have not been replaced at the Lound Road, Flixton Road junction yet. He also reported that the hedge was still growing over onto Lound Road. Mrs. Soanes asked the Suffolk County Councillors if she could request a grant for the replacement of the boiler in the Village Hall, Mr. Law advised her to apply as soon as possible and he would endeavour to get a suitable grant. Mr. Blowers said that for many years Mr. N Jermy has asked permission to hold a motor cycle event and barbeque in the Village Pit and the Councillors agreed to give permission for this even this year. Mr. Blowers has been appointed Village Poppy appeal representative and asked to a volunteer to help, Mrs Browne offered to help. Mr. Wood showed the Councillors photographs of the bank at the roadside of his property which has been badly damaged by heavy vehicles and is being eroded to a great extent, and he said that there are now several cars parking in the White House Farm Lane near the entrance to the Lake and loud music is being played. Councillor Law offered to raise the matter of the Bank and the curtlage at a meeting at County level. Two vehicles a car and a quad bike speed on a regular basis and every morning around 7.30a.m. A motorcyclist roars along the B1074 at great speed.
Co-option of New Parish Councillor. Mr. Perks proposed and Mrs. Soanes seconded, that Mrs. Browne be co-opted this was unanimously agreed and she was given the appropriate documents.
Reports
Police Report.  July 6 recorded crimes 4 at HMP ……………. 
District Councillor Report. Mr Ashdown reported that fly tipping is still an ongoing problem, but Environmental Heath will provide a form to be filled in by anyone who has noticed fly tipping and enable them to catch up with the culprits. At the Northern Parishes meeting the C. Councillors were asked if they could provide a grant towards the purchase of the speed camera and equipment, for the northern parishes. Mr. Barnard said that the County Councillors would be prepared to get funding towards the setting up of the scheme. Within the Northern parishes the next step is for each Council to report back their willingness to partake to PSCO Kershaw and give the names of Volunteers, training will be given. Pothole outside Edelweiss has been filled and a permanent job will be done at a later date.
Skate Park update. Offer of £10,000 conditional on committee raising an equal amount, if go ahead is given in September, it is hoped that the new equipment will be installed in time for October half term.
New Playground equipment report. All finished last Wednesday, it seems to be a big hit with all the youngsters who flock there each day.  The manufacturers have said that if there are any teething problems they will come back; Mr. Rees said that the main thanks must go to Mrs Button and the Brownies who initiated the equipment and their drawings caught the eyes of the people who donated the funds for the equipment. Mr. Perks said that on behalf of the Parish council and the parish in general he would like to thank Mr. Rees and everyone who was involved. 
Northern Parishes Liaison Meeting.  Mrs Soanes reported that the Northern parishes meeting was mostly dealing with the implementation of the speed camera scheme, and passed the details about the scheme to Mr. Wood.

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Accounts
B.M. Shaw, Clerks Salary April May and June		300. 00
			1/3 telephone rental 			    9. 16		309. 16
J. Nichols Chairman’s Broadband Allowance 		  			  25. 00

Planning
Mr. & Mrs. Aldred, 62, The Street, Construction of a two storey rear extension. Approved.
Correspondence.
Letter from Parishioner re junction of 1074 and Church Road. Mr. Dimbleby had expressed deep concern about the speed of some drivers approaching the junction and he had contacted various authorities about this problem, Colin Law offered to organise a site meeting on a safety issue. Mr. Dimbleby agreed to attend and suggested that the meeting should be organised once the school is open again in early September, Mr. Law would liaise with Mr. Dimbleby.
WDC advised of a World of Planning session 2 on 1st October at Beccles and another on 15th October at Wangford.  Mr. Perks and Mrs. Soanes had attended these meetings previously and found them to be very helpful; no other parish councillor was interested in these particular meetings.
WDC Planning ahead workshop will be held on 8th September at the Orbis Conference Centre this will cost £45 per delegate which will include a buffet lunch.
WDC Gambling act 2005 a fully revised second draft has been prepared and once adopted this will be effective for a three year period from 14th January 2010. The consultation period is between 1st August and 14th October. 
WDC A five year partnership with NPS Property Consultants, Councillor Law explained that basically a partnership has been entered into with Norfolk Property Services, this is a positive step and will be a great asset to WDC. It will be run on similar line to their Waveney Norse partnership formed in 2008 and they will have staff based at the Town Hall.
WDC Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and Standards Committee Regulations 2008. This letter said that Parish Councils will be aware that complaints about District, Town or Parish member misconduct are now directed to WDC and it is for the Standards Committee there to decide whether or not action should be taken. The Committee comprises 5 District Councillors, 3 Independent members and 3 Town/Parish Council representatives.
Blundeston Parochial Church Council, sent a request for donation towards the upkeep of the Churchyard, those present said that they were very pleased with the standard at which the churchyard was kept. Mr. Blowers suggested a donation of £200 - the same as last year, Mr. Rees proposed £225, this second proposal was carried unanimously.
South Norfolk CC Gypsy and Traveller DPD outcome of Reg. 25 consultation - it had been agreed to allocate sites at Earsham and Wymondham.
There being no further business the meeting closed. 
The next meeting will be held 14th September at 7.30pm.

(The Vice Chairman asked that the following items be placed on the Agenda for next time Pond on Peto’s corner and Millennium Green Pond.) 

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