At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 20th November there were present, Mr. J. Nichols, Mr. R. Leech, Mrs. R. Herrivan, Mr. S. Lewis, Mrs. G. Soanes, Mr. J. Blowers, Mr. S. Perks, Mr. S. Rees and Mr. K. Wood.  District Councillor P. Ashdown and County Councillor M. Cherry  and 5 Parishioners also attended.
Apologies were received from Mrs. E. Hume, Mrs. T. Townend, SCC Barron and Pc Boggis. 
The minutes of the previous meeting held on 23rd October were approved and signed.
There were no declarations of interest.
Pc Boggis had sent a written report in which he explained that Mrs Susan Kershaw had been appointed as a Community Support Officer for the Rural North Area of Lowestoft and after her first 4 weeks training she will start work in this area, although it is not yet certain what mode of transport Mrs Kershaw will be using! Crime figures for the month of October for Blundeston were 9 reported crimes, of which 3 were subsequently ‘no crimed’ and 1 was a domestic argument, of the 5 remaining crimes all were detected, these were described in detail in Pc Boggis’ statement. Mr. Ashdown said that he had not much to report except that the Area Forum had had no applications from organisations in Blundeston for grant help recently and that there was money available for suitable distribution. Mr. Cherry reported that he had attended a meeting on Tuesday regarding the School Reorganisation review, and he had met with the Portfolio Holder at SCC in regard to a suitable satellite site in North Lowestoft for Household Waste Recycling but no progress had been made. The gentleman in question had said that he had no record of the many requests made by several councillors but especially Brian Hunter that a replacement site should be secured before Wilde Street closed. Mr. Cherry had sifted through the various minutes of meetings and had found written evidence that this matter had been discussed at SCC meetings. Councillor Barron had spoken to the Clerk and said that she was concerned about the extra development that was to take place in Oulton and the impact that it would have on the surrounding areas and the extra traffic along the B1074 and was supporting residents over their concerns. She and Councillor Cherry were also supporting residents over the development at Pegasus Boatyard. Mr. Rees, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Perks had represented the Parish Council at the recent Village Quiz and reported that they had enjoyed the evening even though they were placed 2nd from last! Mrs. Soanes said that thanks should be expressed to Miss. G. Bailey, Mr. P. Ashdown and Mr. F. Taylor for the success of the evening.  Mrs. Soanes reported on the Area Forum held on 14th Nov. at Oulton, she said it had been a relatively quiet meeting with not much to report on. The next item on the agenda was the election of 2 Charity Trustees, the term of office of Mrs. Dawson and Mrs. Reed had expired, although both were willing to be re-elected, Mr. Perks proposed that Mr. S. Downing should also be considered for election to the Board. A written ballot was taken and Mrs. P. Robertson was nominated to act as teller for the voting.
Planning 
Information had been received that the two recently completed properties in The Street will be known as 66 and 66a The Street.
Accounts.	Mr. Perks proposed and Mrs Soanes seconded the following accounts for payment.
	Royal British Legion	(Poppy Wreath)		20. 00
	K. Jones Grasscutting				          614. 00  this included 2 extra cuts which the Parish Councillors agreed to pay although Mr. Jones had not invoiced for these, as he had decided that due to recent weather conditions the grass was still growing and he did not want the areas to become untidy. The bill also included 2 cuts of the nettles along the Footpath from Market Lane to the Street. Mr. Jones had also provided a tender for grass cutting for the next 12 months, it was unanimously decided that this should be accepted. The costs were as follows Play area - £210. Football field £266. Round the Pound and Village Sign £78 worked on an average of 14 cuts during the year. 
Mrs. Robertson brought the results of the Charity Trustee election, which was that Mrs Reed and Mrs Dawson were re-elected, the Chairman asked Mr. Perks to thank Mr. Downing for his interest.
Correspondence.  SCC had sent a booklet entitled A Land Managers guide to rights of Way in Suffolk. The chairman said that he had found this a very good booklet and said that he thought that each member of the Parish Council should have a copy, Mr. Cherry offered to request some extra copies. SCC had also forwarded a Minerals Specific Site Allocations Issues and Options report. They also sent details of a Consultation on Older Peoples Local Authority Day Services in Suffolk. WDC had sent an update on section 106 allocations. There was also an application form for Parish Precepts in 2007/8, after general discussion Mr. Perks proposed and Mrs. Soanes seconded that last years Precept should have the rate of inflation added and that should be the amount requested. This would therefore be a total of £5,150.00. Details had arrived in a booklet entitled Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed Wind Turbine development at Corton. The chairman agreed to take the information along to the next Northern Parishes Liaison Group meeting and get some idea of the reaction of other Parish Councils, although there were several reports that people in Corton were not totally opposed to the scheme. The Highways Agency had sent details of road-works in our area. Sizewell A & B Stakeholder Group had sent details of their Sizewell A End Use Consultation which closes on 24th November. SALC had sent a copy of Standing Orders and these were adopted by the Parish Council. The next Northern Parishes Liaison Group meeting is scheduled for 7.30p.m. on 30th November at Corton Village Hall. A letter was handed to the Clerk from the owner of the trailer and vehicle which was the subject of a complaint at last months’ Parish Council meeting the letter contained an apology for any inconvenience caused, but also voiced concern that the following night the windscreen of the van was smashed, further concern was expressed that the details of the position of the vehicles was published in the local newspaper.
Other Parish Business.  There had a complaint to the Chairman about excessive noise from a property in Orchard Close, but the complainant was anonymous. The meeting was told that the Parish Council could not deal with such matters and any complaint should be made to the Environmental Heath Department. Mr. Lewis informed the Councillors that the container had arrived to enable the Scout Group to store their equipment at the rear of the Village Hall, this will be moved to its’ permanent position as soon as the branches and undergrowth are removed. Mr Lewis also said that the Scouts were very pleased with the facilities in the Village Hall. He reported that the Pre-School had asked if they would be allowed to place a small container next to the one for the Scout Group, this was agreed. Mr. Blowers reported that there was evidence of Flytipping in Neb Lane, Mrs Herrivan said that this was being dealt with by WDC. Mr Blowers also said that the hedge around the Lake along the B1074 was now encroaching onto the carriageway and asked for the owner of the hedge could be contacted to arrange to have it cut back. He also reported that water was running across the B1074 on the site of the fatal accident several years ago, 2 other Councillors were going to report this, the Clerk was asked to contact the Highways Dept and report this. Malcolm Cherry said that he would also report it. Mr. Rees reported the unpleasant condition of the BT Telephone Kiosk in Orchard Close again. Mr. Perks asked what progress had been made regarding the piles of tree trunks dumped at Cockshoot, Mr. Ashdown agreed to look further into the matter. The Clerk was asked to contact the owners of land either side of B1074 to cut down foliage blocking the 30mph signs. Mr. Wood said that he had noticed there were fewer speeding motorcycles using this road lately. He also informed the Council that he had repaired and replaced the see saw. 
Parishioner input Mr. Ffitch sent his apologies but had written a note saying that there were still large nettles in the “alley”, against the fences along Barkis Meadow, and some areas of the hedge were still overhanging. He reported again the large dip in Pound Lane, and asked for sponsors for his Christmas Bell ringing. Mr. Edwards asked if anyone had any spare white gloss paint, as they had been given enough black but not white to enable them to repaint the bollards around the Village Ponds. Mrs. Boyce asked if provision of pedestrian access from the Plough to the Village Hall could be made by removing the grass bank along that area, Malcolm Cherry said that he would investigate the possibility. Mr Boyce reported that Radio Suffolk had interviewed several residents of Corton who were all in favour of the new wind turbines. There being no further business the meeting closed.

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