Fossoway Community Council - May 2013 Minutes

Draft Minutes Meeting Fossoway and District Community Council
Tuesday 6th May 2013, Fossoway Primary School

Attending: Sandy Morrison, Trudy Wigman-Duffy, Alastair Lavery, Kevin Borthwick, Sheila Anderson, Angus Cheape, Cllr M Barnacle and 17 Members of the Public (MoP).

Apologies: Rod Patterson, Cllrs D Cuthbert, J Giacopazzi, and W Robertson

Declarations of interest: Trudy declared interest in Planning Application 13/00658/IPL.

Community Policing: PC Jim Pentley attended and reported that speed checks continue on major roads. Theft of two road rollers in Blairingone is being investigated – plant thefts are very prevalent at the moment, please take extra precautions. Community Speed Watch has been recommended for continuation, however with the new Police organisation it may take some time to reach the right people. Trudy notes that the Community would need to raise the funding for the equipment.

Minutes of the previous meeting: There were no amendments so the minutes were signed off.

Rumbling Bridge Hydro Scheme Update: Hugh Wallace of Glendevon Energy gave a presentation about the scheme. Output will be 500kW P/A, costs up to planning stage £170,000 final cost £2.5Million. Return of water type scheme with a 1.3km pipeline. SEPA specify a compensation flow – the amount of water bypassing the turbine and continuing down the river. In periods of low water the scheme will not operate. Intake weir will be just downstream of the deer farm, follow line of Devon Valley railway, running roughly parallel to A977 going underneath Rumbling Bridge road and finally re-joining the river SW of Rumbling Bridge close to Scottish Water pipeline. Test drilling to establish ground conditions currently taking place. The work involving Rumbling Bridge road can be compressed into 4/5 weeks to minimise disruption. The aim was to minimise disruption to landowners during the construction period, and have things in a better state than when the scheme commenced. There is a new opportunity for Community investment via the Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (the charity Community Energy Scotland can help with this) to borrow up to £250k, repayable over eight years, to invest in the project, however the originally proposed Community benefit is still on the table. Cllr Barnacle asks if it would be possible to reinstate the missing bridge as part of this scheme – that could be looked at, however the intake weir would be designed to enable it to act as a public crossing. Aim is to submit planning application in late May or early June this year. There was considerable discussion on the project, and contributions from various Members of the public. G Lawrie suggested that the CC should contact Glenfarg CC, who were involved in a community energy project. The CC’s position was one of general support but it required considerably more detail and regular updates to determine its position on community involvement.

Matters arising:
• Outh Muir Wind Farm: No CC member was able to attend the last meeting, and minutes have not yet been published. However a new wind farm is being proposed at Blairadam, there will be presentations about this on 20th May at Saline Community Centre between 2pm and 8pm, and at Kelty Community Centre on 23rd May between 2:30 pm and 7:30pm - the concern is that the two schemes might eventually expand to join each other.
• Blairingone War Memorial: Alastair reported that the developer has invited the CC to a site meeting to discuss the new location with the Planning Officer and PKC’s Graves department. It is important that the memorial’s new location is achieved before the significant anniversary of 2014.
• Crook of Devon Church Car Park: No news yet from the church about funding.
• Signposting Core Paths and Rights of Way: George Harley has not yet had the meeting with D Stubbs.
• Lambhill Wood Chip Plant at Blairingone: Nothing further to report, no response to CC’s letter.
• Travellers’ Site at Crook Moss, Crook of Devon: Still awaiting the application to be resubmitted. Cllr Barnacle has requested Nick Brian to meet with the four councillors to discuss the proliferation of Traveller Sites in this area – it would be a good idea if the CC was also represented at the meeting.
• Glenquey Quarry: No date for DMC meeting.
• Glendevon Pollution Incident: No progress to report.
• Local Development Plan: Is with the reporters unit, and 4 reporters have been assigned to consider the plan.
• Powmill Snack Bar: Sandy reports that correspondence had been received from the owner, who had been invited to attend this meeting. At the meeting the owner challenged the previous reports of litter, parking problems and closure of local shop. Sandy replied that the CC meetings are not secret and their minutes are published. Minutes are merely a recorded summary of comments made by attendees at these meetings. The CC was not taking sides with any party. It was purely recording concerns raised by members of the public. The owner asserted that there are currently no litter problems, no parking problems, and the business was not responsible for the closure of the local shop. MoP present observes that the litter at the site is now no worse than it was before the opening of the Snack Bar.
• Church Community Office: Angus reports that a new committee has been created. The original purpose of the Office was to enable access to computing, which is no longer a common requirement, but the Office is a very good resource for high quality and good value printing, and urged that the resources be utilised.
• PKC Ground Maintenance Review: Email sent to Community Green Space Team. No response as yet.
• Community Plan Consultation: Reply sent.
• Gritting and Snow Clearing: Response sent in line with the discussions held at CC meeting.
• Core Paths: George Lawrie has been liaising with local landowners about signage on behalf of PKC. Core path plan has now been approved by Central Government and is now fixed. Proposing creation of a Community Group to improve/create path through Craigton Wood – Funding can probably be obtained to finance this. The CC approves of this plan, and a sub-group chaired by Kevin Borthwick with an initial membership of Duncan Carmichael, Karen Heriot, and Sheila Anderson was set up. Other members from the community would be welcome to join the group.
• Green Routes: PKC have now received some more funding. A MoP has raised concern regarding the foot/cycle path between Aldie Road and Rumbling Bridge, since there is now no barrier between the path and the A977 – This concern was supported by the CC as the A977 was a very busy road for HGV’s, and the downdraught from these vehicles could de-stabilise a child on a bicycle. It was felt a barrier of some sort was necessary. This has come about because the previous verge has been removed to allow the path to be widened to 2.5m, which is a requirement for dual-use paths. Cllr Barnacle points out that part of the Green Route programme will be to lower some speed limits which should help allay this concern. Millennium Path: This will join core paths and old railway line to create a cycle path connecting Kinross and Crook of Devon – currently being researched and £300k needs to be raised. MoP thank George for all his (and his committee’s) efforts in creating paths, and raising funds. G Lawrie suggested asking Brian Cargill to the next meeting to discuss Green Routes.

CC Business: No meetings this month.

PKC Councillors’ reports:

Cllr M Barnacle: Track between Naemoor Road and River - PKC has funding to resurface this, but landowner is currently refusing access to the contractor.
Carnbo Post Box – Could not be returned to its original location due to increased traffic, and boxes are no longer put in walls. Royal Mail replied that where there is no local Post Box, then post can be handed to delivery staff.
U213 Passing Places – meeting to discuss these with various PKC Officers, local residents and Councillors will be 28th or 29th May.
Alan Briscoe’s complaint about litter has been passed to the appropriate departments in PKC.

Planning:

13/00658/IPL Erection of a dwelling house (in principle.) Land 40 metres West of Devonlade Main Street, Crook of Devon. CC notes that it’s not qualified to comment on detailed flooding issues, although there was robust discussion about this amongst the MoP present. Following the meeting, PKC’s the Report of Handling for 12/01189/IPL was reviewed. This confirms that previous applications were rejected on grounds of road safety at the access point on to the A977. However, new Government regulations and the reclassification of the A977 in 1996 remove these grounds for refusal. While the CC has consistently disputed the “local network” status of the A977, it is clear that there is no valid abjection on grounds of road safety would be recognised by the PKC planners.
Recommendation. No CC comment.

Profile Projects sent details of a proposed new house east of Blairingone. This was noted and the CC will take no further action till an application is submitted.

Correspondence: Full list was circulated to the attendees:
Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust is looking for two people to join the board.
Kinross Community Learning and Development Group will be holding an Open Night at 7:30pm on Thursday 16th May at Loch Leven Community Campus.
There was a request from Paul Phare from Energy4all to give a presentation regarding 2 proposed 250kW turbines on 2 sites in the Fossoway Area. Due to the already full agenda an invitation was sent to attend the next meeting.

AOCB: There seems to be a shortage of signs for Powmill. Alastair explained that there is an agreed hierarchy of towns which are signposted on major roads; sadly it appears that Powmill didn’t make the cut…

Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting
• Welcome and Apologies
• Declarations of Interest
• Community Policing
• Minutes of last meeting
• Matters arising:
Outh Muir Wind Farm , Blairingone War Memorial, Crook of Devon Church Car Park
Signposting core paths and rights of way, Lambhill Site Blairingone , Travellers’ Site Crook Moss
Glenquey Quarry, Glendevon Pollution Incident, Green Routes.
• Community Councillors - Meetings Attended
• PKC Councillors’ Reports
• Planning Applications
• Correspondence
• AOCB

Next Meeting: Tuesday 4th June, 7:30 pm
Moubray Hall, Powmill.
All welcome!

Fossoway and District Community Council - April 2013 Minutes

Draft Minutes Meeting Fossoway and District Community Council
Tuesday 2nd April 2013, Carnbo Village Hall

Attending: Sandy Morrison, Trudy Wigman-Duffy, Alastair Lavery, Kevin Borthwick, Sheila Anderson, Rod Paterson, Cllrs M Barnacle, J Giacopazzi, W Robertson and 11 Members of the Public (MoP).

Apologies: Cllr D Cuthbert, Angus Cheape

Declarations of interest: None

Community Policing: No officer present this month, however report received after the meeting: Warning of bogus workmen in area; Theft of batteries from temporary traffic lights at Powmill under enquiry; Speed checks continue at Rumbling Bridge. Note that the new non-emergency number (101) to contact the police, mentioned last month, is subject to a 15p flat rate charge from any phone (land line or mobile.)

Minutes of the previous meeting: There were no amendments so the minutes were signed off.

Matters arising:
• Outh Muir Wind Farm: John Anderson reported that the liaison meeting covered the risk to private water supplies from the works, although the hydrologist assured residents it would be safe. Proposed turbine numbers down from eight to five and reduced to 110 metres in height. Road shows by developer will be held 18th, 19th and 20th April at Saline, Gowkhall and Kelty. Fife has produced a consultation document recommending that turbines be placed only on low areas rather than hills. Next meeting of the liaison group will be at 7pm on Wednesday 24th April at Knockhill.
• Blairingone War Memorial: Alastair reported that nothing has happened this month.
• Crook of Devon Church Car Park: No news yet from the church about funding.
• Signposting Core Paths and Rights of Way: A number of local landowners and farmers met Mr Laurie, and Mr Stubbs, to discuss the core path through Craigton Wood, and along the old railway line. It was unanimously agreed that this should be replaced by a circular path through Craigton Wood. Although some work (bridging ditch, clearing branches, etc.) will need to be done to complete it, possibly with community help. The CC fully endorsed this result. Thanks were recorded to Mr Stubbs for his flexible approach on this matter.
• Lambhill Wood Chip Plant at Blairingone: Alan Kinloch’s letter to Bernadette Malone of 27th March (escalating his letter to Nick Brian) elicited a reply from Mr Brian the same day. However there’s no change on the separation of the two applications even though one site needs the other to accommodate its turning circle, and meanwhile work on the site continues in the absence of approval. Nevertheless, the valid points raised in Alan’s letter have still not been addressed prior to the application being submitted to Committee, so he has written to Mr Brian again. Mr Lavery would write again stressing the 4 planning law points which were in Mr Kinloch’s letter and reiterating the CC’s view that this was one site, and should be treated as such.
• Travellers’ Site at Crook Moss, Crook of Devon: Cllrs Giacopazzi and Robertson described the contents of the Contamination Report which says that the contamination is not sufficient to prevent the application going forward, and any risk can be eliminated with Radon barriers under each pitch. Traces of lead and nickel were found in the groundwater, and grey asbestos found in one borehole, however PKC do not believe the amounts are significant. No investigations were done on the part of the site which was previously a waste dump as that is not included in the current application even though a successful application might result in expansion into that area in the future. The CC would expect there to be an exclusion on any development out with the original site until a full contamination report had been completed on the remainder of the site.
Grey water is still being disposed on the site, but that is also not considered to be a concern. A new proposal for sewage disposal is being prepared by the applicant who hopes to include other existing properties in the area, in order to meet the Loch Leven Catchment 120% criteria.
Cllr Barnacle points out that even with the above points being addressed by the applicant there are still the matters of the site being contrary to the local plan, and adequate provision for travellers already being available at other sites. The CC still believes that the calculation of need is incorrect and will be resubmitting their calculations on this matter.
Councillor Giacopazzi reported that the planning department had confirmed that the occupants were in breach of the timescale allowed for submitting plans, but this had been exacerbated by the death of their agent. However planning’s patience was not everlasting.
• Glenquey Quarry: May be on the Agenda for the DMC meeting on 24th April or 22nd May.
• Glendevon Pollution Incident: Nothing further to report.
• B9097 works: Sandy reports that the signage was installed as agreed. A977 in Blairingone: work now re-scheduled for 22nd to 29th April – See also Cllr Barnacle’s report.
• Green Routes: Cllr Giacopazzi confirms that the Green Route including the loop road has been extended to the old road not the A91.
• Local Development Plan: The proposed plan has been submitted to the Scottish Government for approval.
Kinross Civic Trust mounted an appeal against the way that PKC had conducted the public consultation, but the Reporter stated that they thought the process was adequate.
Cllrs Barnacle and Robertson made similar representations to the Recorder, with the same response.
• Gartwhinzean Loan Signage: The CC contacted PKC - This is not currently a high priority, however PKC will attempt to resolve.
• Gartwhinzean Hotel Site: the CC contacted Ken Thompson who has agreed to take down redundant signage and trim overhanging bushes’, the latter has been done and the former will be dealt with over the next week. The CC thanked Mr Thompson for his prompt response.
• Powmill Snack Bar: The CC emailed Cllr. Barnacle regarding problems with parking, litter, etc., discussed at the last meeting – the complaint has been passed to Ray Short. Parking is a Police matter, other concerns have been passed to the appropriate departments, and our complaint will be passed to the Case Officer if the planning application is renewed, since the current permission expires in September.
• Church Community Office: Meeting on Friday to try and find more volunteers.
• PKC Ground Maintenance Review: Kevin reports that PKC have held this review – various cost-saving measures have been proposed, e.g. verge cutting stops at 30mph signs, poor condition flower beds returned to grass, etc. Full details were made available for inspection. There is an opportunity for the community to retain the maintenance of these areas, but proposals would have to be discussed with PKC, also taking into account health and safety requirements.
There main concerns from those present was that reduced verge cutting would be a safety issue; it was also stressed that verge cutting should not be left until T in the Park, but should be dealt with when required. Any comments about these proposals should be sent to PKC by 12th April.
• Dead sheep in River Devon: The CC was contacted by a MoP to report a dead sheep in the river above the Scout camp, having not gained any useful response elsewhere. Angus removed it and contacted the owner.
• Community Plan Consultation: Sandy reports that he will respond in accordance with discussions held in meetings of this CC.
• Gritting and Snow Clearing: PKC have asked for comments on this process – The general view of those present was that a good job has been done in spite of the conditions. However in some areas the bins were unable to be emptied due to bad weather.

CC Business: Outh Wind farm – see Matters arising above.

PKC Councillors’ reports:

Cllr J Giacopazzi: A Crook of Devon resident had complained about a letter from PKC concerning the Electricity supply to Crook Moss. He had investigated with an independent legal source and was informed that the response was legally correct, although the terms of the letter could have perhaps been better phrased.

Cllr M Barnacle: Area at end of Aldie Road – PKC will look into tidying up.
Carnbo Post Box: Royal Mail are investigating Cllr Barnacle’s complaint about removal of this box.
Development Management Councillors are taking a tour of Wind Farms in Kinross-shire to compare the reality with photo-montages submitted with previous planning applications.
PKC have agreed to create a business case for A977 improvements, as the first step towards actually doing something.
New HGV sign put up at the Drum road end.
MoP notes that the A977 closure will result in diversion via the Knockhill road, which is already damaged (and has temporary lights) so is not appropriate for this use. Cllr Barnacle will investigate.

Cllr W Robertson: Loch Leven Heritage trail – work should commence at the end of May as all the landowners have agreed the route, and all other requirements in place.
Greenknowes Wind Farm: Why weren’t Fossoway CC consulted about this? Cllr Robertson will find out whether this community should receive some benefit from this.
Yesterday was the start of the new Policing structure, so it’s important that we make sure the contact with the community continues as before.

Planning:

13/00561/PN Erection of an agricultural building. Viewfield, Carnbo, Kinross, KY13 0NX.
No Community Council comment.
13/00544/FLL Erection of a dwelling house and garage with ancillary storage. Plot 3, Muirfield, Fossoway, Kinross, KY13 0UN. No Community Council comment.
13/00508/FLL. Extension to dwellinghouse. 10 The Old Station, Rumbling Bridge, Kinross, KY13 0QP.
No Community Council comment.
13/00426/FLL. Erection of a single 37m wind turbine. Gelvan Farm, Fossoway, Kinross, KY13 0PW.
The CC did not agree a recomendation on this particular application, but the continued absence of a detailed policy for wind turbines make these applications difficult to determine.
13/00396/FLL. Installation of bio-mass boiler and associated housing structure (in retrospect). Tullibole Mill, Crook Of Devon, Kinross, KY13 0UL. No Community Council comment.

Correspondence: Full list was circulated to the attendees:
Clydesdale Bank Community Fund still has £175,000 available to Community groups.
Loch Leven Walkathon postponed to 28th April.

AOCB: Devonshaw Quarry site is on the market – CC will investigate any extant planning permissions and report at the next meeting.

Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting
• Welcome and Apologies
• Declarations of Interest
• Community Policing
• Minutes of last meeting
• Matters arising:
Outh Muir Wind Farm , Blairingone War Memorial, Crook of Devon Church Car Park
Signposting core paths and rights of way, Lambhill Site Blairingone , Travellers’ Site Crook Moss
Glenquey Quarry, Resurfacing A977, Church Community Office, PKC Ground Maintenance Review
• Community Councillors - Meetings Attended
• PKC Councillors’ Reports
• Planning Applications
• Correspondence
• AOCB

Next Meeting and AGM: Tuesday 7th May, 7:30 pm
Fossoway Primary School, Crook of Devon.
All welcome!

Fossoway and District Community Council - Tuesday 5th March 2013

Draft Minutes Meeting Fossoway and District Community Council
Tuesday 5th March 2013, Blairingone Primary School

Attending: Sandy Morrison, Trudy Wigman-Duffy, Alastair Lavery, Kevin Borthwick, Angus Cheape, Sheila Anderson, Cllrs M Barnacle, J Giacopazzi, D Cuthbert, W Robertson and 9 Members of the Public (MoP).

Apologies: Rod Paterson, Graham Pye

Declarations of interest: None

Community Policing: PC Sadie Allan reported a rise in rural thefts, mostly quad bikes, farm equipment and fuel oil. There is now an action plan “Operation Purvis” to address the problem. Vigilance is called for and any information should be given to police.
The non-emergency number to contact the police is 101
The CC asked for feedback on the Community Speed Check operation. Other community groups were interested to pursue it if it had been a success.

Minutes of the previous meeting: There were no amendments so the minutes were signed off.

Outh Muir Wind Farm: Tom Wood, Community Liaison Officer, gave a talk about the proposed Wind Farm on Outh Muir. An application has not been lodged yet, but he is inviting a member of the CC to join the group in order to feed back information to the community. This will enable them to be aware of local issues, such as noise impact, visual impact, flora, aircraft, birds, and water course impact. Also the community benefit aspect. The 6 turbines proposed are 115m tall and will be seen across a large area. Public meetings planned are 18th March, Saline, 19th March Oakley, and possibly Knockhill on 20th March. Next Committee meeting 18th March 7:15pm at Knockhill.

Matters arising:
• Blairingone War Memorial: Nothing further to report.
• Crook of Devon Church Car Park: Nothing further to report. Subsequent meeting at which church requested support for funding applications. Sandy agreed that the Community Council would assist if possible.
• Signposting Core Paths and Rights of Way: Dave Stubbs gave the details of signage proposals in the area. The plan is ready to go ahead and he is consulting with local farmers/land owners, in order to get the way-markers in the best position and with the correct information. There was considerable discussion on this item. Farmers are concerned about paths going through land containing vulnerable/dangerous livestock at certain times of the year, ie. lambing, calving etc. Signage to warn dog owners in particular was considered to be important, with particular signage stressing the dangers at calving time, indicating the months that this would apply. There was also concern about the amount of signage on particular routes, and Mr. Stubbs said he would consult with the affected landowners. Core Paths in Blairingone and Carnbo are to follow in future years. The CC thanked Mr. Stubbs for attending the meeting to assist in the discussion.
• Lambhill Wood Chip Plant at Blairingone: Awaiting feedback. Alastair would write again to PKC.
• Travellers’ Site at Crook Moss, Crook of Devon: A generator has been relocated and the noise from it has abated. Environmental officers from PKC said that there should be a condition that the site was connected to mains electricity. However PKC legal dept. had advised that this was not enforceable. The legal basis on this condition had been queried, and a response from PKC legal dept, stated that they could not discuss the basis of the advice as it was covered by legal privilege. The CC proposed to challenge this interpretation.
• There is still no answer as to why the site is needed considering the local, and surrounding, area has the largest concentration of sites in Scotland.
• Glenquey Quarry: nothing further to report.
• Crook of Devon water supply: no further complaints so the matter is to be dropped.
• Glendevon Pollution Incident: Nothing further to report.
• B9097: Resurfacing work now scheduled for 18th March for two weeks. A977 in Blairingone, re-scheduled to 22nd to 29th April.

CC Business:

Green Routes: We had been notified that the loop- road green route has been extended to the old road leading to the back Crook. At the meeting Cllr. Giacopazzi advised that this had been extended to cover the whole of the U222 at the meeting considering green routes. The CC thanked Cllr Giacopazzi for his efforts in having the route extended. It was pointed out by members of the public that the widening of the footpath along the A977 between Powmill and Rumbling Bridge meant that there would be no barrier between the footpath and the A977 (a very busy road), which would increase the danger to children walking and cycling. The CC supported this view and asked the PKC councillors to take the point up.

T in the Park: Kevin and Trudy attended a meeting about T in the Park. There were few points raised as it had all gone well last year. However, there were concerns about amplified music in the camp site being allowed until 2am.

CPKCC: Kevin had attended a CPKCC meeting. There were only 3 people present so there was no quorum.
It was recommended by those present that the CC organised a quorum in order to close the organisation through lack of interest.

Local Development Plan Stakeholder Evaluation: Alastair attended a meeting to discuss the Local Development Plan Stakeholder Evaluation. The aim was to improve the consultation on the Local Development Plan when it comes up for review in 5 years time, with a new plan in 10 years. PKC were first to submit their plan to the Scottish Government, which would take around 6 months to process. After much consultation, it is felt that we have ended up with much of what we wanted. There is to be a zoned site for houses in Blairingone.

PKC Councillors’ reports:

Cllr W Robertson: Willie reported that budget cuts were inevitable, resulting in less grass cutting etc. The Council were seeking to achieve a surplus to avoid future cuts and to keep money for staff severance pay when reducing the service.

Cllr D Cuthbert: Dave reported that he had a meeting with local residents on the Muirhead Stables road to the Fife border in Blairingone. Progress was being made and 2 passing places were to be provided by P&K. It was acknowledged that the 3 passing places already provided were too small.

Cllr M Barnacle: Mike has asked for a meeting with J Valentine to deal with the A977 mitigation measures. He also commented that 45 minutes given in Council to discuss the region’s budget was insufficient. He also feels that the representations about the Local Plan were ignored.

Planning:

13/00359/FLL. Extension to dwellinghouse. Larachbeg, Drum, Kinross, KY13 0UN. A single storey extension. Recommendation. No Community Council comment.

13/00328/FLL. Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and erection of retaining wall. Littlerigg, Dunning Glen, Dollar, FK14 7LD. Recommendation. No Community Council comment.

13/00331/FLL. Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse . The Meadows, Vicar's Bridge Road, Blairingone, Dollar, FK14 7LR.. Recommendation. No Community Council comment.

13/00318/PN. Erection of a storage/workshop. Mayen Of Tullibole, Crook Of Devon, Kinross KY13 0UL. Recommendation. No Community Council comment.

13/00289/AML. Erection of a dwellinghouse (approval of matters specified in conditions) (plot 2). Land Opposite Devonbank, Crook Of Devon. Recommendation. No Community Council comment.

13/00229/IPL. Erection of dwellinghouse for agricultural worker (in principle). Land 550 Metres South of Middleton Fossoway. Recommendation. PKC be asked to ensure agricultural use.

Application not discussed at meeting.
13/00117/FLL. Change of use and extension of existing building to form a stable block, Cairnfold House, Blairingone, Dollar, FK14 7ND

Correspondence: Full list was circulated to the attendees.

AOCB: The snack bar at Powmill was discussed and the CC agreed to email Cllr. Barnacle and say, as a result of the planning decision, there was now a considerable amount of litter and parking of vehicles causing obstruction. In addition it would appear that this additional temporary facility had precipitated the closure of the village shop, which was the only amenity in the village.
A member of the public raised the matter of signage at Gartwhinzean Loan which he had taken up with the council in 2011 but no action had been taken. The CC would follow this up. Also the state of the hotel site, and redundant signage was an eyesore and the CC was requested to ask Mr. K Thompson to take some action.

Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting
• Welcome and Apologies
• Declarations of Interest
• Community Policing
• Minutes of last meeting
• Matters arising:
o Blairingone War Memorial
o Church Car Park
o Core Path Signposting
o Lambhill wood Chip Plant
o Traveller’s Site Crook Moss
o B9097 and A977 Road works
o Green Routes
o Outh Muir Wind Farm
o Catering Kiosk Powmill
o Gartwhinzean Hotel Site
o Gartwhinzean Loan signage
• Community Councillors - Meetings Attended
• PKC Councillors’ Reports
• Planning Applications
• Correspondence
• AOCB

Next Meeting: Tuesday 2nd April, 7:30 pm
Carnbo Village Hall. All welcome!