Minutes of the Meeting of Milton Parish Council
held on Monday 2 October 2000 at 7.30pm in the Community Centre
Present: RLE Waters (chair) RJ Farrington JE Coston R Day M Ellwood
B Jefferson IF May PK Oldham GM Richardson HM Smith
RT Summerfield LC Twinn
The clerk SJ Daniels
1 Apologies for absence
438/00 2 Minutes - The Minutes of the meeting of 4 September 2000 were
approved after the following amendments:
381/00 - inclusion of votes cast
416/00 - inclusion of "SCDC" before "trees officer".
3 Clerk's report
439/00 Multi-use Court
(371/00) Meeting still to be arranged. RLEW to pursue.
440/00 Allotments Pump
(373/00 Noted that an allotment holder had offered to dig out a new site for
the pump and Herald Contract Services had agreed to accept £90 + VAT
for work already done [50% of quotation].
AGREED by all to pay Herald £90 + VAT.
441/00 Haling way
(381/00) The County Council had no money available for resurfacing. RLEW
would pursue and report back to November meeting.
442/00 Trading Consents
(382/00) Letter from a high Street business received and noted. No further
action to be taken.
443/00 Maintenance
Committee had walked the village and identified tasks to be
completed. Meeting arranged for Monday 16 October at 7.30pm. War
memorial site to be included on agenda.
444/00 Milton Archaeology Trail
A copy of Milton Archaeology Trail produced in 1998 by County
Council and supported by Enventure Southern had been received from
D Booth, Milton's Archaeology Warden. The clerk would query why
copies had not been made available to the Parish and the Country
Park.
4 Planning
445/00 The minutes of the planning committee meeting of 18 September 00
were received.
Decisions Received
446/00 S/1373/00 iansyst Ltd building 1 Rose Cottage Chesterton Fen Road -
(400/00) insertion of windows - approved. Adequate ventilation of the first
floor to be approved by LPA; four first floor windows on north west
to be permanently fixed and not used for ventilation.
447/00 S/1374/00 iansyst Ltd building 2 Rose Cottage Chesterton Fen Road -
(401/00) insertion of windows - approved.
New Applications
448/00 S/1498/00 R Mendham 11 Willow Crescent - garage - amendment to
(425/00) access ie two bollards 1500mm apart and 300mm high. Committee had
expressed no objection [through delegated powers]. It was
understood that permission had been granted.
449/00 S/1712/00 Mr & Mrs Sievewright - noted that a neighbour had
(429/00) expressed concerns to SCDC about this application.
450/00 S/1766/00 Mr & Mrs J Clark New Close Farm Butt Lane - conversion and
change of use of two barns to class B1 and B8 use - refuse:
1 Within Green Belt.
2 No control of the use of the site now and in future if sold.
3 No control of what was stored. There were concerns about what
will be stored and the consequent traffic movements in a narrow
lane.
4 Would set a precedent for other farms in the area.
10 votes in favour and 2 abstentions.
451/00 S/1802/00 R Upton and others Grange Park Gypsy Site Chesterton Fen
Road - permanent gypsy site.
Proposed that Council object on the grounds of:
Traffic
Green Belt
Granting permission might encourage further illegal sites on
areas not designated for travellers.
3 votes in favour and 9 against.
AGREED to make no recommendation - 9 votes in favour and 3 against.
452/00 5 Youth
The minutes of the Youth Committee meeting of 27 September were
received. Feedback from village colleges about managing the youth
centre was less than encouraging. Shire Hall had offered to provide
three workers. As a result T Hough of IVC was likely to be able to
manage the centre.
453/00 6 Land Purchase
AGREED under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 to
exclude members of the public because of the confidential nature of
the business - 8.40pm.
The meeting re-opened at 9.00pm with 12 members + the clerk present.
454/00 7 Waste Plan
(365/00) The ad hoc group had met and proposed comments were circulated.
AGREED by all to object to the following:
Para 4.6 - landfill capacity
Policy WLP17 - Major Waste Management Facilities
a] inclusion of Anglian Water Site Cowley Road as Major Waste
Management Facility
b] any use of Milton Landfill Site as Major Waste Management
Facility [not designated as such in WLP].
455/00 8 Policy for Affordable Housing
(409/00) To be discussed at November meeting.
456/00 9 MCC Update
AGM set for 8 November.
The staff were managing well in the absence of the administrator
who was recovering from her illness.
Agenda for joint meeting had been set.
457/00 10 Bills for Payment and Money Received
AGREED to confirm payment of cheques 1890 and 1891 and to pay
cheques 1892 to 1913 [one abstention].
Note: Cheque 1870 Minute 413/00 should read £61.53 not £61.16.
458/00 11 Crime Update
Crime figures were circulated. RLEW had put an article in the
Village View about the recent vandalism. An Area Crime Prevention
Panel awareness event was scheduled for 28 October at Tesco. Police
Local Consultation Group meeting scheduled for 15 November.
RLEW was completing a survey on the Police Authority's Policy
Priorities.
Council's suggested priorities were:
Partnership
Increase in trust and confidence
Better communication
Police on the street
and [locally] - licensing laws should be monitored at local shops.
459/00 12 County Councillor's report
Cycle Bridge - The Highways Agency recently promoted the A14 cycle
bridge at a conference in London as an example of encouraging
sustainable travel.
A10 Detrunking - Papers about the A10 detrunking were being
received. Waterbeach and Landbeach intended meeting to discuss
the problems on the A10.
Minor Improvements Funding Scheme [roads] - bids were due to be
returned by 13 October - delegated to Highways Committee meeting
set for 11 October after joint meeting with MCC.
Cycle lanes - lamp posts would be moved from the path. The clerk
would remind J Richards about the bus shelter to be erected near
Apostolic Church. JEC queried whether trunking was being laid for
a possible pelican crossing in the future.
Development at Waterbeach - L Martin was making a presentation
about new proposals at Waterbeach barracks on 9 and 10 October at
Waterbeach school.
460/00 13 District Councillor's report
(416/00) Pi access - Pi managing director wished to meet the clerk only.
The clerk would try to arrange a meeting between Pi and RD.
(416/00) Electoral Review - as the results of the initial review had not
been satisfactory SCDC intended to start the process again.
Bus passes - as from 1 October SCDC were issuing 6 monthly bus
passes only at a cost of £8.
It was AGREED to reimburse £2.75 per [6 month] pass.
461/00 14 Correspondence
ACRE - Extraordinary General Meeting
CALC - AGM and bulletin
Friends of IVC - Launch
- RLEW would inquire about situation regarding Impact
EHO - Air Quality Review
Warm Homes Bill - Update
Owen Williams - Resurfacing slip road by Tesco.
15 Dates of next meetings
Highways 11 October
Maintenance 16 October
Planning 23 October
Finance 30 October
Council 6 November
The meeting ended at 10.00pm.