At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 17th October 2005 in the Village Hall there were present - Mr. J. Nichols (Chairman), Mr. P. Offord, Mr. J. Blowers, Mrs  T. Townend, Mrs G. Soanes, Mrs. E. Hilton, Mr. S. Lewis, Mr. S. Perks. 4 Parishioners and Councillor M. Cherry also attended.
Apologies were received from Councillors Barron and Hunter, Pc Boggis, Mrs. E. Hume and Mr. K. Wood.
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved and signed.
There were no declarations of Interest.
The Police report which had been delivered to the Clerk was read out by the Chairman. The report covered two months in August there were 4 actual crimes and one of these was detected in September there were 3 crimes reported and all 3 were detected.  The deficiencies in the 30mph signing on the B1074 has been noted and now the Roads Policing Unit has hinted that this will be addressed in the near future. Councillor Cherry reported that the next round of road works in the area would involve Back Lane and The Street in Lound, which would lead to some closures and subsequently to increased traffic through Blundeston. This work is due to take place between 7th and 28th November. The Chairman reported on his evening at the Local Development Frameworks Workshop, he said that many of the documents seem to be still at an early stage as yet. Mr. Blowers reported on the Waveney Local Forum Meeting held recently, he said that most of the discussion seemed to be concerned  with Oulton and there was not much of interest to Blundeston residents. He had been to see the people concerned about the Hedge at Queensway, they seemed to believe that the hedge was the property of the Parish Council and they have previously removed a length of the hedge and replaced it with fencing. As the gentleman was getting older and he was now unable to cut the hedge, he proposed that if the Parish Council would pay to have the remaining part of the hedge removed he would replace it with a fence to match the rest. A contractor has estimated that the cost of removing the hedge would be £250. The Chairman said that he would like to inspect the site before a decision was made and Mr. Blowers agreed to see the Parishioners in question and tell them of this. 
Accounts the following account was approved for payment, proposed by Mrs. Townend and seconded by Mr. Lewis.
	J. Blowers  Gas for Beacon		£15. 50
Planning, the following plans were approved 
Mr. J. R Smith - 5, Barkis Meadow, Blundeston, - erection of a rear conservatory.
Mr. & Mrs. Edwards, Iss-Hoggai, Lound Road, - construction of a two storey side extension. This was approved on the condition that the window on the West Side of the extension was glazed using opaque glass to protect the privacy of the next door residents.
Correspondence. Notification of a change in the format for the Suffolk Police Forums had been received. The Broads Authority had forwarded a copy of its Tourism Strategy for the Broads. The Village Quiz team is to be made up of Mrs. T. Townend, Mr. S. Lewis and Mr. S. Perks. A letter complaining about youngsters riding Quad Bikes on a field in Pound Lane had been received from a Parishioner, the Clerk had replied on receipt of the letter explaining that the young people used the field with the permission of the farmer for a few weeks each year until the field was cultivated again, and Mr, Perks pointed out the boys only rode around for about 3 hours during the afternoons at the weekend. The Chairman had received an invitation to attend the W.D.C. Remembrance Service , but had replied to say that Blundeston held a Remembrance Day Service and he would be attending that. Suffolk Preservation had forwarded a copy of the East Of England Draft Plan for Public Examination and they were strongly objecting to the duelling of the Acle Straight. A request for a donation had been received from Waveney Women’s Aid, but the Parish Council are unable to donate Public Money to such causes. The Next Northern Parishes Liaison Group meeting will be held on 15th November at Somerleyton Village Hall. S.C.C. had sent details of Open Access areas in Suffolk - details of the contact regarding rights of way - a directory of Officers Contacts - notification of a temporary closure of a right of way - a Diversity Access Plan questionnaire - details of Suffolk Local Transport Plan. Another proposal from S.C.C. was the implementation of an advisory 20mph zone at Blundeston School, the members of the Council who were also School Governors reported that this had been discussed at a meeting there earlier in the day, the Governors were of the same opinion as the Parish Council that when all the cars were parked for picking children up from the Primary School, motorists could not reach a speed of 20mph and that the scheme was a waste of money, the local Policeman had also agreed with this opinion. Mrs. Hilton agreed to deal with the reply to the County Council. AALC had sent details of the launch of the Heavy Goods Vehicle Incident Reporting leaflet, and Mr. Perks took this to pass on to Mr. Wood. A letter had been received from the Parochial Church Council asking for a donation towards the upkeep of the graveyard in the Village, Mr. Nichols pointed out that years ago the Parish Council would have been responsible for the upkeep of the Village cemetery, Mr. Perks suggested that £100 should be donation, and this was seconded by Mr. Alderton. Atkins Highways and Transportation  wanted to carry out a Stakeholder Survey, but it was decided that the information requested was not relevant in Blundeston and Flixton. A letter had been received from Suffolk C.C. asking for details of the maintenance the Parish Council had previously had in respect of the footpaths in the Villages, Mrs. Soanes agreed to contact the person in question and inform him that the Parish Council would consider the matter more fully at the next meeting and furnish him with the relevant information afterwards. The Parish Plan Steering Committee will meet in the next few weeks and finalise the details to be presented to the Parish Council.
Other Parish Business. Mr. Offord asked if any further information had been received regarding the satellite refuse site once Wilde Street is closed - nothing had been heard about this. Mr. Blowers reported that S.C.C. had awarded a grant to the Bowls Club to purchase an automatic watering system for the Green and he wanted to publicly thank Councillors Cherry and Barron for their help in this matter. He also reported that the Slide Steps had been replaced. Mrs. Townend said that a parishioner had expressed concern about the wall alongside the play area. The Chairman said that it had been inspected by two builders and was reported to be stable. Mrs. Soanes said that the 30mph repeater sign which had been bent in Lound Road, had now disappeared altogether. Mr. Lewis reported that the new steps for the slide had been donation by R.G. Cooper Engineering, the Clerk was asked to write and thank the company for this generous donation, at the moment the company are making two more steps for the lower part of the ladder as the height to the first step is rather too much for smaller children at present. Mr. Perks suggested that a contractor should be instructed to cut back the hedge and nettles along the footpath from Market Lane to The Street and the bill sent to the appropriate agency. 
15 minutes for Parishioner input.
Mrs. Oldman asked when the yellow lines were going to be painted at the junction of The Street and Orchard Close, Councillor Cherry agreed to look into this matter. Mr. Ffitch reported that the nettles are very invasive along the footpath again and he congratulated the Parish Council on getting the promise of a road sign for the corner of Pickwick Way which states Leading to Macawber Mews, this will be erected in the near future.
There being no further business the meeting closed.