Draft Minutes Fossoway and District Community Council
2nd February 2016, Fossoway Primary School
Attending: Community Cllrs: Trudy Duffy (TD), Kevin Borthwick (KB), Graham Pye (GP) Angus Cheape (AC), Richard Nesbitt (RN) and Graham Kilby (GK); Cllrs Mike Barnacle, Dave Cuthbert and Joe Giacopazzi; Six Members of the Public (MoP).
Apologies: Cllr Willie Robertson.
Declarations of Interest: None.
Police report: No report received – we have received an email from Police, to say that the previous author of monthly reports is no longer with the force, but the officers will still try and attend where possible. No officers were present at this meeting.
KB has reviewed the Commander’s Reports and P&K Community Watch alerts and there are still a number of offences being committed in this area, however there has been an arrest of three people. Cllr Barnacle points out that not all crimes that we know about are included in the Commander’s Reports.
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Minutes of the previous meeting: Minutes were signed off without amendment.
Matters Arising
Crook Moss Travellers’ Site: Cllr Cuthbert reports that the review of the conformance to the previous planning conditions was discussed at the DMC – a further report will be brought back in three months after Scottish Water have studied whether the Drum processing plant has capacity to connect this site. Cllr Barnacle added that he has recorded his objection to the soundness of the current policy on Gypsy/Traveller sites.
Lambhill Chipping plant: There is as yet, no date for the proposed hearing agreed at the 8th December meeting of the LRB, although the three councillors to sit at the hearing have been chosen.
A977 Defects and Mitigation Measures: TD notes that the number of potholes on the road is increasing rapidly. Cllr Barnacle has suggested to PKC that they should approach Scottish Government to fund work required as a result of the FRB diversion. Cllr Cuthbert notes that the Scottish Government are paying for additional winter treatment during the diversion. Cllr Giacopazzi reminds us all that road problems (including potholes) can be reported to CLARENCE (the road report hotline) on 0800 232323 between 8am and 6pm.
Station Road Adoption: Cllr Barnacle reports that this is currently held up pending a surface water investigation.
Emergency Support Centre: GK who is now on the Village Hall Committee reported that the Committee wanted further information about the requirements for this scheme. KB requested this information from PKC and has forwarded it to GK for the Committee to study. Even though the FRB diversion is now almost over, it’s still worthwhile putting the basic arrangements for such a scheme in place.
Setting up of Paths Group: Call for interested parties to help set-up such a group – money and training is available.
LDP2 MIR Consultation: The Main Issues Report (MIR) has recently been published. This document contains proposed variations to the Local Development Plan (LDP) which defines where, and how, development can take place in Perth and Kinross-shire for the next ten years. Comments on the MIR must be made before the 16th March, preferably on the form obtainable at www.pkc.gov.uk/mainissuesldp2. There will be a consultation event at LLC on Tuesday 23rd February from 3pm to 8pm.
Cut in Inter-City Services: Cllr Barnacle has escalated this issue.
Boundary Commission: Awaiting decision after our comments, although the fact that no hearing has yet been scheduled is not encouraging.
Matters Arising With No Update Since Last Meeting
Rumbling Bridge Hydro Scheme, Blairingone War Memorial, Safer Route to School – Drum, Ivy Cottage Powmill: No update.
Bollards Opposite Crook Village Hall: Awaiting a report from PKC Roads Department on how the safety of this section of road could be improved.
Crook Moss Community Involvement: Ongoing.
New Business
Community Council Grant: GP reports that due to an administrative error by PKC, our annual grant was paid into the wrong bank account. The bank has been asked to retrieve the money and return it to us; this is in progress but has not yet been completed.
Community Council Business
Meetings Attended:** GK attended a meeting of the Community Sport Hub on 14th January – A disappointingly small number of organisations attended. The catchment area of the hub was agreed to be the same as that for the High School. Terms of reference were also agreed. It was noted that the Management Group should ideally be made up of people actively involved in sports.
Councillors’ Reports
Mike Barnacle: Some budget has been made available by the Scottish Government to address damage due to flooding, especially for farmers rebuilding flood barriers. Cllr Barnacle received a reply from Open Reach explaining why roads are dug up without warning – this is because it’s not possible to predict whether underground ducts are blocked until attempts are actually made to pass new fibre optics cables through them. Cllr Barnacle’s attempts to re-add the AGLVs which were not included in the new landscape designation have failed. A further opportunity will be available in September when the LDP comes up for further comment.
Dave Cuthbert: PKC Budget discussions are in full swing. There is a great amount of confusion about the size and distribution of funding.
Joe Giacopazzi: Attended the Scottish Government’s Planning Conference. There was general agreement amongst attendees that the current rules on neighbour notification need to be widened, and that the charges for planning applications need to be substantially raised to come closer to covering their cost.
Planning Matters
16/00034/IPL Renewal of permission (13/00071/IPL) Residential development (in principle), Crook of Devon House, Main Street, Crook of Devon. No Community Council comment.
15/02187/FLL Erection of replacement dwelling house, Thimblewell Cottage, Powmill. No Community Council comment.
16/00074/FLL Renewal of permission (12/00025/FLL) erection of a dwelling house, Land to the rear of Vicar’s Bridge Road, Blairingone. No Community Council comment.
16/00050/FLL Alterations and extension to dwelling house, Craighead Cottage, Drum. No Community Council comment.
Correspondence: All the correspondence was available for viewing: MoP reported a problem with the sluice gates at Nine Acres Scout Camp, which could cause flooding around the school. KB contacted the Scouts who have addressed the problem. The CC has received a briefing note from David Blundell about the Scotland Bill.
AOCB: MoP commented that a litter bin has been placed by the westbound bus stop in Powmill, it would be more sensible for it to be by the eastbound stop which is much more extensively used. Cllr Cuthbert will look into this.
The CC’s secretary, Kevin Borthwick, needs to reduce his involvement for the next few months due to family commitments. Consequently his secretarial duties will be shared amongst the other CCllrs. This CC can still be contacted via the email address moc.liamg|CC.yawossoF#moc.liamg|CC.yawossoF which is being monitored by other members.
Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting
Welcome and Apologies, Declarations of Interest, Community Policing, Minutes of last meeting.
Matters arising: Crook Moss Travellers’ Site, Lambhill Chipping Plant, A977 Mitigation, Emergency Support Centre, Paths Group, LDP2 MIR Consultation, Boundary Commission.
Community Councillors: Meetings Attended, PKC Councillors’ Reports, Planning, Correspondence, AOCB
Next Meeting: Tuesday 1st March 2016 7:30 pm
Blairingone Primary School
All Welcome
