At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 8th September in the Village Hall, Blundeston, there were present: - Mr. J. Nichols, Chairman, Mr. P. Offord, Mr. J. Blowers, Mrs. T. Townend, Mrs. E. Hume, Mr. T. Prettyman, Mr. S. Lewis, Mr. S. Perks and Mr. G. Alderton. 15 Parishioners also attended. 
Apologies were received from Councillor Brian Hunter and Pc Hill.
The minutes of the previous meeting held on 11th August were approved and signed.
There were no declarations of interest.
Mr. Keith Wood had agreed to be co-opted onto the Parish Council as a representative for Flixton, this was proposed by Mrs. Hume and seconded by Mr. Perks, this proposal was voted for unanimously and Mr. Wood was given a Declaration of Interest and an Acceptance of Office form to fill in and return next month.
James Leach, Theo Socratous and Luke Salmon had drawn up a petition and had had this signed by approximately 250 adults asking for a skate boarding area to be provided for young people in the Village. This was discussed in detail and it was pointed out that the Parish Council would have the final say in where the area would be sited, the Clerk had contacted the Volunteer Bureau and they had discussed the matter with W.D.C who seemed interested in helping with the project. The Clerk would have to contact the Parish Council Insurers to discover if the present Public Liability Cover would be sufficient for this proposed facility and contact Councillor Hunter re funding from the Locality fund. It was felt that the boys would need adult supervision to be able to obtain the funding and co-ordinate the whole scheme. In principle it was felt that it would be an asset to the community and may stop the youngsters from using the road or the Village Hall Car Park area to play on. The Clerk agreed to find out more details of surfacing and size required. Mr. Blowers reported that the inmates from Blundeston Prison had made an excellent job of redecorating the Village Hall, and a letter of thanks to the Governor had been sent. She had replied to this mentioning that she is willing for the Prison to be involved in other community projects in the future. The Clerk made it known that Mr. Blowers had been responsible for most of the preparation of the Hall ready for the Prisoners to start work and he and Mrs. Blowers had removed and then replaced all the pictures radiator guards etc., he had also renewed several spent light tubes and generally liased with the work force on a daily basis making the exercise run smoothly. The new pavement in Market Lane is now finished and Mr. Alderton suggested that the Highways Dept. should be contacted to paint slow signs on the road surface at the approaches to the corner. The Chairman had tried to contacted Louise Wilby with regard to the Village Survey but had not been able to; he agreed to try again at a later date. Mr. Perks had inspected the Seesaw and he agreed to undertake the repair of the plank of wood. 
Planning.
The following plans were approved.
	Mr. A.M. Hyde 34, Lakeside Rise, Single storey side extension.
	Mr. C.M. Ffitch, 1, Micawber Mews, Construction of a rear conservatory.
	Mrs. S. Fisher	12, Meadowlands, Erection of a log cabin for use as a nail studio.
Accounts
The following account was presented for payment
	Waveney Fencing (Peto’s Pond repairs)    £674. 29
Mr. Perks said that he felt that payment should be withheld for the moment, as he was aware of some modifications, which needed to be done to the fence before the work was satisfactory. He agreed to meet the contractor and point out the adjustments required.
Correspondence.
Blundeston Bowls Club had requested permission to construct a new entrance to the Green on the Village Hall side; this would be sited on western side in between the Tennis Court and the Village Hall Boundary. Children sliding down the bank into the ditch had eroded the present entrance and the pathway had become dangerous to use. Permission for the new entrance was granted. Defra had forwarded details of the new Rural Services Standards for 2003. The next Area Forum would take place on Monday 13th October at Oulton Community Centre. The next Northern Parishes Liaison meeting would be held at 7.30 on 25th September in Somerleyton Village Hall. A copy of Waveney Community News had arrived, as had a copy of Suffolk Acre Annual report. S.C.C. Local Transport Plan progress report for 2003 had been received. Councillor Hunter had informed the Clerk that he had been endeavouring to bring about a speed reduction on the Flixton Road from the Church Road Crossroads to Lound. The Parish Councillors unanimously voted to support him in this matter as the Parish Council had requested that this road be included in the 30m.p.h limit when this was first introduced to the area, and they felt that they would be happy with either the speed limit or the traffic calming measures or both. The Chairman read out a letter of complaint from a Parishioner regarding a Planning application approved last month, he had been to see the lady concerned and explained how the Parish Council is only asked for an opinion and then the actual decision to approve the development of the site would be taken by W.D.C Planning Committee. Awards for All Eastern had contacted the Chairman and asked to inspect the Parish Council’s accounts concerned with the project that they had made a grant towards, they also wished to inspect the site, this visit would take place on 25th September and Mr. Alderton agreed to attend the meeting.
Other Parish Business
Mr. Offord asked if other councillors had seen an article in the Local Press which intimated that in future Parish Councils could be held responsible to clearing up after fly tippers, Mr. Nichols agreed to raise the matter at the next Liaison Group meeting. Mrs. Townend asked if the Chairman had ascertained whether the minutes of the Charity Trustees meetings could be made public, the Chairman had not managed to do this at present. The Clerk was asked to contact W.D.C. to ask for the sand level under the slide to be topped up. Mr. Lewis informed the Councillors that the Party in the Park Committee had agreed on two dates for fund raising dances, the first would be held on 15th October and the second on February 14th with the Party in the Park being held on 12th June 2004. Mr. Perks reported that he had heard that Oulton Street was to be given a 20m.p.h. limit. He also reported that someone had set fire to a straw stack in Pound Lane in August. He had been informed that the public footpath from The Pippins to Meadowlands and The Street was now impassable, because of the amount of vegetation along there and the garden rubbish which had been dumped over the hedge from gardens. The Clerk was asked to contact Adrian Clarke about the matter, and ask again for the footpath from Market Lane to The Street to be cut back.  Mr. Nichols had contacted W.D.C. with regard to them repairing the outlet pipe brickwork frame at the Barkis Meadow pond. A site meeting took place and everything was arranged for the work to commence then the next day Mr. Beldon rang from W.D.C. and said that the repair work was not the responsibility of Waveney but of Anglian Water, Mr. Alderton agreed to contact the relevant parties concerned and report back. The Clerk was asked to write to the Highways Department and ask for the repairs to be carried out on the carriageway on Lowestoft Road, where it had been promised that the water would be ducted into Cockshoot pit, and that bodged repair would be done again properly, it was also suggested that the Clerk include the dire state of the pavement in Lound Road once again. The Clerk reported that a young boy had asked permission to ride his motor bike off road in the pit at Queensway and he also asked if it would be possible for him to ride his quadbike there. Councillors agreed that this should be granted and the clerk was asked to write and confirm this permission. 
15 minutes for parishioner input.
Mr. Sturman reported that he had managed to get hold of two revised plans for the land adjacent to Brambles in Lound Road. The Clerk had not received any of these. 
Mr Sturman also asked for an update on the sale of the Charity Trustees land behind Meadowlands. The Chairman referred him to the minutes of the last meeting and also expanded on some of the detail for him.