At a meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 14th November there were present, Mr. J. Nichols, (Chairman), Mr. J. Blowers, Mr. G. Alderton, Mrs. G. Soanes and Mr. S. Lewis.
Apologeis were received from Mr. P. Offord, Mrs. T. Townend. Mrs E. Hilton, District Councillor B. Hunter and County Councillor M. Cherry. County Councillor A. Barron would arrive later.
The minutes of the previous meeting held on 17th October were approved and signed.
There were no Declarations of Interest.
The Chairman had not yet arranged a meeting regarding the hedge at Queensway and asked for the item to be put on next month’s agenda.  Mr. Lewis gave a report on the Village Quiz, (the Parish Council did not come last) and he congratulated the Misses Bailey on how well organised the event had been. The Councillors were reminded that the next Northern Parishes Liaison meeting would take place at Somerleyton on 15th November. Mrs. Soanes had contacted Mr. Dawson regarding the Maintenance of Public Rights of Way and had advised him that the Clerk would forward a list of the footpaths needing maintenance work. The Clerk was also asked to write to the Highways department  to enquire how much longer the repairs to the pavement in Lound Road would be, these have been promised for at least the last 8 years, and were last promised during the present financial year. 
Accounts the following accounts were proposed for payment by Mrs. Soanes and seconded by Mr. Blowers.
	B.M. Shaw. Clerks Salary July/Aug/Sept.			235. 35
		Plus 1/3 telephone rental			                9. 16	£224. 41
	J. Nichols Chairman’s Allowance				    9. 16 
The Chairman’s Allowance of £9.16 was given to offset the cost of setting up and updating the Village Website each month, the Chairman has now obtained a Broadband connection and asked the Councillors if they would consider giving a larger allowance each quarter by paying one months subscription towards the connection 4 times a year. This would raise the allowance to £18, this was agreed and so Mr. Nichols received another cheque to the value of £8. 84 
Planning  Both the following applications were approved .
	Mr. & Mrs. K. Jary, 1-2 Flixton Road,		Construction of a rear Extension.
	Mr. N. Searby, The Oaks, Lound Road		Proposed single Garage.
Notice had been received of an appeal by Mr. & Mrs. D. Matthews, Virginia Cottage Market Lane against the refusal of planning permission for the construction of a chalet style bungalow on land at the rear of Virginia Cottage. The notice stated that any comments the Parish Council had made at the application stage will be sent to the Inspectorate, the clerk was asked to forward the original comments anyway together with a further remark to the effect that it is most unfortunate that the Inspectorate will not be making a site visit as the pictures taken by the Planning Officer do not portray the whole problem of intrusiveness. The Parish Council insisted on a site visit by the members of the Planning Committee due to the unique situation of this site.
Correspondence. The next W.D.C. Local Forum will be held in Somerleyton Village Hall on Wednesday 14th December. Suffolk Preservation Society had forwarded a document entitled  “Who’s Master’s Voice?” this dealt with Planning Issues and the Chairman agreed to deal with the questionnaire accompanying the correspondence. No one was able to attend a Village Hall Conference arranged by Suffolk ACRE. WDC had sent forms to be completed with the proposed and actual amount of Precept required by the Parish Council, the Chairman and the Clerk agreed to compile a budget for the next financial year taking into account the possible cost to the Parish Council of a contested election on 4th May 2006. WDC had also forwarded books regarding the Local Development Framework giving their Core Strategy and Community Strategy Issues and Options, these were distributed amongst the Councillors. SCC had sent information regarding the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership. Norfolk County Council had sent information about their Minerals and Waste Development Framework, and Great Yarmouth Planning and Development Council had forwarded details about a series of Planning Road Shows. Waveney Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership had sent a letter asking for help in publicising events in March to inform the Public about Distraction Burglaries.
Other Parish Buisness.
Mr. Blowers reported that a resident of Pickwick Drive had informed him that he had contacted a tree surgeon and was going to seek advice from Waveney District Council about the Horse Chestnut Tree which was on the corner of his property, the tree has a preservation order on it but several branches needed treatment. Mrs. Soanes reported that there was to be a New Years Eve Party in the Village Hall and all the proceeds would go towards funding the Party in the Park for 2006, tickets cost £5, and £2.50 for children. Mr. Lewis reported that the Barn Dance had been well attended and seemed to be a big success. It was reported that two of the missing Blundeston School Silver cups had been found for sale at a Farmers Market. Pc Boggis had arrived after attending Oulton Parish Council meeting and reported that in October there had been 4 crimes reported in Blundeston, 1 concerned HMP, I was a burglary at the Social Club in Lakeside Rise where nothing was taken, 1 was criminal damage to a vehicle in Orchard Close and the other was on Halloween night when eggs were thrown at a house in The Street. Mr. Blowers asked Pc Boggis how the new law regarding the time after which no fireworks should be set alight could be upheld. Councillor Barron had also arrived and gave her report - it has been noted that now the traffic bumps have been removed from Oulton Street, the traffic is going faster, instead of keeping to the 20mph limit. And she reported that SCC has information and details about all Suffolk Villages on its website. Councillors were given a copy of a plan for a potential Affordable Housing site in Blundeson, which it was stressed, was not a planning application but a follow up from the Housing Survey and Parish Plans the clerk was asked to put the matter on the agenda for the next meeting.
Parishioner Input. Mr. Ffitch asked if it would be possible for the grass cutter to gather up the cuttings each time the play area is cut? Miss Bailey asked when we would be getting the Slow signs on the Flixton Road as they were requested over 2 years ago, the Clerk would add these to the list of things to be in a letter to the Highways Department, Councillor Barron would like a copy of the letter. Mr. Ffitch asked if we had heard when Market Lane would be getting the white lines re instated, the Clerk would add that on to the list as well.
There being no further business the meeting closed.