At  a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 29th October there were present :- Mr. S. Perks (Vice Chairman), Mrs. R. Herrivan, Mr. J. Blowers, Mrs. G. Soanes, Mrs. T. Townend, Mr. R. Leech and Mr. S. Rees. Waveney District Councillor Mr. P. Ashdown, Pc D. Boggis and CSPO S. Kershaw and 5 Parishioners also attended.
Apologies were received from Mrs. E. Hume, Mr. J. Nichols, Mr. S. Lewis, Mr. K. Wood and Ms. Wendy Dawson.
The minutes of the previous meeting held on 17th September were approved and signed.
There were no declarations of interest.
15 minutes for Parishioner input…….. There were no matters to discuss.
The Clerk read a statement from Ms. Dawson giving the up to date position with the development of the skate park.  During half term an average of 20 young people at a time used the new facility. Most of them are keen to keep the place tidy and a litter bin has been provided which will be emptied regularly by  a member of the Committee who are responsible for the running of the Park. The ramps have been built to the latest Rospa safety standards and have been inspected. Fund raising for Phase 2 of the ramps is well under way and Ms Dawson is keen to get these installed as soon as possible. There are four adults and nine youngsters on the Skate Park Management Group, one of the adults is our Community Support Police Officer.  Mr. Blowers said that since the Park had been used he had experienced no problem with noise generated there and none of the neighbours had reported any nuisance. The only negative feed back had been that the landowner whose farmland adjoins the site had asked the youngsters not to throw rubbish over the hedge and he had been verbally abused. Pc Boggis  had visited the Skate Park twice in the past week and had confiscated 3 bottles of alcohol from a youth who was from Bradwell, the boy had been old enough to purchase and drink the contents of the bottle, but as one broken bottle was scattered around the area the Police Officer had told the youth that the site was not a suitable one for such items. Concern was expressed by several Parish Councillors and the Police, that the whole surface had been flooded after the recent showers and the water did not seem to be running away as it should do, it was felt that after the whole area being very costly this problem should be investigated. The Police officer also thought that a path along the side of the football pitch should be considered, as during muddy weather the approach could become difficult and this could lead to the football pitch being spoiled.  Pc Boggis then gave the Police Report. 4 crimes had been reported, 1 was subsequently a no crime. 2 crimes were criminal damage to a domestic residence and two persons have since been arrested, one admitted these offences and another youth is on police bail and he has admitted two offences. He also reported that  a three piece suite had been dumped in Marsh Lane off B1074 and several complaints about speeding along the B1074 and Lowestoft Road had been received. District Councillor P. Ashdown had arranged for M. Daniels of W.D.C. to meet Mr. Perks at the site of the dumped tree trunks near Cockshoot, and it was announced that the rubbish at the old Fruit Farm site had been cleared. Mr. Blowers announced that the funding to purchase a set of junior goalposts had been received and these would now be purchased as soon as practicable. Mr. Perks had met with Mr. Ayers regarding the manufacture of a suitable shield for the emergency exit doors on the North Side of the Village Hall, the estimate for this was £684 plus the cost of galvanising which would probably be a further £100, it was decided that the job should be put in hand. Mr. Alderton did not attend the meeting so no further progress could be reported on the Notices for the banning of Ball games, Mr. Blowers agreed to see Mr. Alderton and report back to the Parish Council.
Planning    Mr. & Mrs. Tillett.  67, The Street. Construction of a two storey front extension.
It was proposed by Mr. Rees and Seconded by Mr. Leech that the application be refused. The Parish Councillors felt that the proposed extension was too large and out of keeping with the rest of the properties in that area.
Accounts
Payment for Goalposts (Grant received from S.C.C. for this amount)	£1745. 60
Nicholsons Solicitors Playingfield lease and Land Registry fees		   £216. 25
Correspondence
A letter inviting a team of 3 Parish Councillors to take part in the Village Quiz on Monday 5th November had been received Mrs. Soanes, Mr. Rees and Mr. Perks agreed to represent the Council. The next Northern Parishes meeting will take place on 21st January in Blundeston Village Hall. Two Copies of their magazine had been received from SALC along with various other information regarding courses etc. Defra had sent a book covering different ways to tackle Climate Change. Information regarding The Local Development Framework had been received from South Norfolk Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council and the Broads Authority. The Highways Agency had forwarded leaflets giving details of roadworks in the Eastern Area for September to December. A Copy of Waveney Community News, the information from Waveney Community Forum had been received. Waveney District Council had also sent information regarding Devolution to Town and Parish Councils, Community Engagement Strategy, Vacancies on the Standards Committee, Saved and expired policies on the Waveney Adopted Local Plan (November 1996) and an invitation to the Remembrance Service to be held on Royal Plain on November 11th, this would be refused as the Parish Council take part in the Service at St. Mary’s Church in Blundeston. .Go-East had sent information on the Consultation on the Appropriate Assessment and asked for any comments to be received by Friday 23rd November. Suffolk Roadsafe had forwarded details of a scheme which aims to share the responsibility for addressing speed related offences between the community and the Police, details of this will be forwarded to Mr. Wood. A copy of Sunrise Coast Cultural Network magazine had arrived. Waveney Community Forum sent details of Waveney Rural Community Partnership. The Standards Board for England sent information on Adopting the Code of Conduct for Members. A copy of Involve, the WDC Parish Bulletin had been received. Several copies of the S.C.C. booklet explaining when public meetings were being held regarding the School Organisation Review had been received, these were distributed to interested Councillors. SCC had also sent details of a Consultation on Suffolk Minerals Development Plan Documents, none of these were local to Blundeston and Flixton.
Other Matters. Mrs. Townend asked if the very poor state of the road surface on the corner of Church Road and the B1074 had been reported - this has been reported twice but the Clerk will ask for an inspection by the Highways Department. She also reported that the recent event held by the Picnic in the Park Committee had been poorly supported as it clashed with the England Rugby match, the event did however break even. Mr. Rees reported that the signs on the Millennium Green saying that Dogs should be kept on a lead need replacing. 
Mr. Edwards said that he was disgusted to find that a dog owner had allowed a dog to mess in the Footpath a mere 3ft away from the bin provided in The Street, he also said that this particular footpath was full of dogs mess, even though bins have been provided, lazy owners still do not clean up after their dogs.
There being no further business the meeting closed The next meeting will be held at 7.30, after the Village Hall Management meeting, on Monday 19th November.