At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 12th September 2005 there were present - Mr. J. Nichols (chairman), Mr. G. Alderton, Mr. P. Offord, Mr. J. Blowers, Mrs G. Soanes, Mrs. T. Townend, Mrs. E. Hume, Mr. K. Wood, County Councillors Mrs. A. Baron and Mr. M. Cherry and four Parishioners.
Apologies were received from Mrs. E. Hilton, Mr. S. Lewis and District Councillor B. Hunter. 
The Minutes of the Previous meeting held on 15th August were approved and signed apart from the fact that Mrs. Townend had sent her apologies and this had been omitted.
There were no declarations of interest.
County Councillor Cherry reported that SCC had had a speed detection van around the area during the last week and it is hoped that this exercise will be repeated at regular intervals from now on. He also said that he and Councillor Barron will be holding regular surgeries in the area and are having one on Sunday 18th at Oulton Broad Library between 11 and 12 am. In the absence of a Police Officer the chairman gave the Police report from the recent Northern Parishes Liaison Meeting. In the Northern parishes area there had been 125 reported crimes since the last NPL meeting, 14 of which were committed at HMP it also was confirmed that there had been a considerable increase in crime in rural areas during the last 12 months. Pc Boggis informed the meeting that he had recently had training in the use of a laser speed gun. The Chairman then gave a report on the rest of the Northern Parishes Liaison Meeting which had been held on 1st September. The new Chief Executive of WDC, Glen Garrod gave a presentation on his role and the role of Parish Councils in partnership with WDC he also told those assembled of his perception of the Strategic Direction of Waveney District Council. He explained that Government Budgets have been cut and therefore some Departments in the Local Council have had to be restricted or even closed. He said that in the future WDC would become an enabling authority. A question and answer period was held at the end of Mr. Garrod’s presentation. The Clerk gave a report on the Open Space Stakeholders Workshop held on 16th August. This had taken the form of a presentation by RBA research and was to develop an idea of what people living in the Waveney Area wanted the future of Parks and Open Spaces to become. The researches had carried out an independent survey of all open spaces and play areas in Waveney and it was gratifying to find that Blundeston Millennium Green was one of the 3 best “Amenity Green spaces” in the area. 
Planning the following plan was approved.
Mr. & Mrs. S. George, Blundeston Hall, Lowestoft Road,
Replacement of two storey extension, replacement of garage, extension of existing store and provision of a car port.
Accounts. The following account was proposed for payment by Mrs. Townend and seconded by Mr. Blowers.	- Newsons Boat builders Ltd. Repairs to roundabout		£675. 76 
Correspondence.
The Broads Authority had sent details of their Planning and Development Teams work over the last year. They had also forwarded a copy of their Local Development Framework, which the Chairman had read but he found no reference to Blundeston and Flixton within. An invitation had been received from WDC to attend a Local Development Frameworks Workshop session. There were two available and Mr. Alderton and Mr. Nichols agreed to attend. A note on Affordable Housing implementation had been received Mr. Nichols had read through this and it was passed to Mr. Alderton. Confirmation that the Village Hall Application for a new Entertainment Licence had been accepted had arrived. SCC had send fact sheets about the present Industrial Action by the Fire Brigades Union. They also informed the Parish Council that free Road safety posters and leaflets were available. The Chairman agreed to acquire several of these. Information had arrived regarding the Local Channel, free website. The next Area Forum will be held on Wednesday 12th October at 7.30 at Oulton Community Centre. Various leaflets giving information about courses and details of the AGM had been received from Suffolk Acre. Suffolk C.C. had sent details of a series of road shows which they will be holding during September. Arrangements for lighting Beacons etc. on the weekend of the Trafalgar Celebrations had arrived it was requested that the beacon be lit at 7.15 on Friday 21st October and a discount token had been received to help with the provision of food at any organised  party or event being held during the weekend. This was handed to Mrs. Townend for the Party in the Park Committee to use at their Barn Dance to be held on Saturday 22nd October in the Village Hall.    Suffolk Preservation society had sent a letter regarding the East of England Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS14) Examination in Public (EiP) Weekly information and update. The Sustainable Communities Bill was the subject of a letter from Local Works with an invitation to attend a meeting at the Community centre in Sheringham of Friday 7th October. As no one could attend this meeting two forms were filled in and would be passed on to our Local District Councillor and the Local MP. A letter had been received from a Parishioner living at Queensway asking for a repetitive of the PC to call and discuss the overgrown hedge alongside their property, Mr. Blowers agreed to undertake this task.
Other Parish Business.
Mr. Blowers asked what progress had been made with the Parish Plans project, the Chairman said that he had received information from Mr. Pawson, and they were deciding what the next step should be. Mrs. Soanes reported that one of the repeater signs in Lound Road had been damaged recently - the Clerk was asked to inform the Highways Department of this. Mr. Wood reported that there had been an accident at the entrance to Flixton House on the B1074 on Wednesday 7th September involving a horse and 3 cars. He also reported that some of the 30mph repeater signs had been replaced recently along this road. 
15 minutes for Parishioner input.
A Parishioner reported that the nettles along the footpath from Market Lane to The Street were rampant again, and that the hedge at The Street end was now overhanging the footpath making it almost impossible to pass. Another parishioner complained about the state of the footpath from The Pippins to The Street. The Clerk was asked to write to WDC to ask for something to be done about both these sites. A Parishioner complained about the hedge at Pear Tree Cottage which did not give motorists coming out of Short Road a clear view of traffic coming from Market Lane. He also said that the How Heath footpath was now impassable
There being no further business the meeting closed.