At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 4th September there were present Mr. J. Nichols, (Chairman), Mr. R. Leech, Mrs. T. Townend, Mr. J. Blowers, Mrs. E. Hume, Mr. S. Perks and Mr. K. Wood. Pc Boggis, County Councillor M. Cherry and 16 parishioners also attended.
Apologies were received from Mrs R. Herrivan, Mrs. G. Soanes and WDC P. Ashdown. Mr. S. Lewis and SCC A. Barron had sent notice that they would be arriving a little later.
The Minutes of the previous meeting held on 10th July were approved and signed.
Declaration of interests. Mr. Leech declared an interest in The Mill House planning application.
Police Report. Pc Boggis informed the meeting that during the past month 6 crimes had been reported in Blundeston and Flixton, of these 3 were drug related within H.M.P., 1 was of obtaining property by deception, but was classed as a domestic offence, another was of the theft of two pedal cycles from The Street and the last was a case of arson at White House Farm when a straw stack was set alight. Pc Boggis told those present that he had spent two separate days carrying out speed checks on vehicles in the Villages recently one was along Hall Road, where a speed related accident had happened earlier in the month of August, and the other was along the B1074. Pc Boggis also reported that after some dialogue with the owner of the seemingly abandoned vehicle in The Street, this had now been removed. The Chairman read out a report from Paul Ashdown who updated the Councillors with the progress on the fly tipping at The Fruit Farm entrance which he had managed to get cleared shortly after the last meeting, he was still trying to resolve the Silver Birch tree problem. Mr. Ashdown said that the had attended a meeting with the organisers of the Eastern Haze concert and this had resulted in the agreement that much more local liaison would take place at an early stage before next years concert which it is hoped will be held on about the same weekend, input from Local Councils will be welcome at these meetings. Councillor Cherry gave his report next, he told those present that he will vigorously pursue the issue of the provision of a waste site for the residents of the Northern side of the Waveney, and to this end he has arranged a meeting with S.C. Councillors, as those involved with the process had promised a site North of the Bridge would be up and. running before the closure of Wilde Street.  He also said that in view of the new development in Oulton there will be a new configuration to the roundabout at the junction of Hall road and Gorleston Road to deal with the extra traffic the development would bring. Mr Cherry said that Lound Parish Council had invited a representative from WDC to speak to them about the problem of fly-tipping, the Clerk had received notification that this representative would be making a presentation at the next Northern Parishes Liaison Meeting. The Chairman then proposed that a Planning sub committee should be set up to deal with Planning applications which arrived during the Clerks absence, he suggested that out of 6 Councillors any 4 could meet and deal with these if they needed a decision before the next full Parish Council meeting. This was seconded by Mr. Perks and agreed unanimously and Mr. Perks, Mr. Leech, Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Townend, Mr. Rees and Mr. Nichols volunteered to be on this sub-committee. Planning.
Mr. S. Dix and Miss. J. Dyball - the Mill House, The Street, Outline planning application for 2 plots at the rear of the Mill House.
Mr. S. Beales, 5 Dickens Court, Construction of single storey side and rear extensions, raising of roof and provision of car port to existing garage. 
The Chairman then closed the official meeting to allow members of the public to comment on the two planning applications being considered. Mr. Oldman asked, in connection with the Mill House application, if the stability of the retaining wall had been established, the Chairman replied that structural engineers had approved the wall during the Virginia Cottage application, so it can only be presumed that there will be no problem with this. As there were no other comments the Chairman re-opened the meeting.
Mr. Blowers asked if the approval of an outline planning application gives permission to develop the site? The answer to this question was yes, and eventually there will be plans for the two specific dwelling houses on that site. However under current guidance the Planning Officers could pass such an application without referring it to either the Development Control Committee or to Parish Council although it seems unlikely in this case.  Both applications were approved.
Accounts
The following accounts were proposed for payment by Mr. Perks and seconded by Mr. Rees.
LubbockFine		Annual Audit				199. 75
B.M. Shaw  Clerks Salary July/Aug/Sept	237. 50
	Plus 1/3 telephone rental 		    9. 16	246. 66
J. Nichols Chairman’s Broadband Allowance		  18. 00 
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Correspondence.
A letter from 2nd Oulton Broad Scout Group had been received requesting that the Parish Council allow them to hire the Village Hall each Friday evening during School term times. Mr. Nichols had had a meeting with Mr. Buck and several of the Leaders of the group at the Village Hall, the storage problem could be resolved by them purchasing a container and siting it at the rear of the Hall. Mr. Wood added his support, and Mr. Blowers asked if the activities would be supervised closely. He was assured that the leaders are very enthusiastic and professional, all have scouting warrants and all have been police checked etc. All the councillors agreed that the group would be an asset to the community and the members of the Parish Council serving on the VH Management Committee were instructed to pass this on to the other members. The Councillors were assured that this would be a long term booking and it was hoped that the youngsters would become involved in Community activities. The Clerk had received information from SALC about applying for a free laptop and printer for Parish Councils, it was decided that Blundeston and Flixton should apply, this item would be very useful at Parish Council meetings and as suggested in the accompanying information other community groups could have loan of the machine for meetings. Details of trainings days, Parliamentary Briefing, Freedom of information act, copies of the newsletter and an invitation to Shadingfield Village Hall were also included in the package. Copies of the School Organisation review questionnaires had arrived and were distributed. The Environment Agency had sent the Broadland Rivers Draft CFMP Consultation. EnCams had sent a folder and 2 booklets giving information on Local environmental quality. Suffolk Hedgerow Survey Newsletter had been received. An invitation to attend Suffolk Acre AGM had arrived and there was a notice of a 1 day conference on Climate Change and a copy of the newsletter of Suffolk Preservation Society. The next Northern Parishes Liaison Meeting will take place on 28th September in Somerleyton Village Hall at 7.30p.m, the Clerk to the group had sent a copy of the agenda. A letter had been received from Mr. Ffitch of Micawber Mews informing that the footpath at the rear of his property was becoming very overgrown with nettles once more, he also said that there had been a substantial amount of litter thrown into the pond on the corner of Barkis Meadow recently, but he and Mr. Edwards had cleared this, another matter of great concern which he pointed out was that some vulgar graffiti had been drawn onto the footpath at the rear of the pond and he asked for it to be cleared. The Chairman had taken a brush and some water and removed the offensive writing earlier in the day. Wendy Dawson had written giving an update on the Skate Park project, this stated that the revised plans had been submitted on 13th August, but as yet had not been received back with the P.C., it is expected that a reply from the funding agencies will be received by mid September. The next Area Forum Meeting will take place at Oulton Community Centre on Tuesday 19th September at 7.30.
Councillor Barron had arrived during the meeting and was invited to speak, she said that the questionnaires regarding the Suffolk School re-organisation had a new extended deadline of 30th September. She also informed those present that there was a flood warning which had been distributed by the Environment Agency as there are some exceptionally high tides expected on September 9th and 11th and also on 7th and 10th October. 
Other Parish Business. Mrs Townend informed the meeting that the Picnic in the Park committee had cancelled the proposed 6 a side Football contest. Mr. Perks said that he was very concerned about the increase in arson attacks on farms and asked the public to be vigilant. Mr. Rees reported that a pile of building materials was on the road in Orchard Lane and had been there for some time, the Clerk was asked to write to the householder concerned and ask for it to be cleared away. It was reported that the 30mph signs on the entrance to Flixton were now completely obliterated by foliage from the surrounding trees, it was suggested that the landowners in question be asked to cut back the offending branches. 
15 minutes for Parishioner input. Mr. Edwards reported that a similar situation existed in Lound Road, the Clerk was asked to contact the landowners there too. 
The next meeting will be held on Monday 23rd October.
There being no further business the meeting closed.

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