Minutes Meeting Fossoway and District Community Council
Tuesday 7 August 2012, Carnbo

Apologies:
Sheila, Angus, Kevin/ Joe, Graham
15 members of the public attended the meeting

Declarations of interest:
Trudy: 12/01198/IPL
Entire CC declares interest in 12/01120/FLL (Church Car park Crook of Devon, see below)

Community policing:
No community police officer available. Short report sent does not contain anything specific to our area.

Minutes previous meeting:
Minutes meeting adopted and signed.

Matters arising:
• Blairingone War Memorial will be dealt under planning
• Community Speed Watch: the pilot has now ended. We await the evaluation of Tayside Police.
• Olympic Flame: the passing through of the flame in Crook of Devon was very successful by all accounts. Many thanks to Hayley Richard, the Powmill Milk Bar, Caroline Watson and all others for providing funding, balloons, pipers and for turning out. A day to remember.
• Crook of Devon Church Car Park: the CC has put in a planning application for this.
• Core Paths and right of way sign posting: MB has contacted Dave Stubbs to ensure that landowners and other s will be consulted when signage is considered. A short discussion followed in which several members of the public from the farming community stressed their discontent about the process of deciding on core paths. Members of the general public do not realise how dangerous cattle can be when spooked. When farmers are displaying warning signs they get rapped on the knuckles but they feel strongly that there are issues with warning the general public at certain times of the year. WR stresses that it is important to keep writing to MSPs to keep this issue in the awareness.

CC business: meetings attended:
special meeting travellers’ site, meeting with Gordon Banks, Alastair presented at the development Committee.

T-in-the-Park:
Local people are still not happy with the way the verges are cut just prior to T-in-the-Park. There was a promise that back roads would be cleared for reasons of safety but that has not happened everywhere.
There has been at least one incident, possibly more, where a young person was found lost. There does not seem to be an agreed procedure what to do- T-in-the-Park stewards handed this over to the police who were helpful but inefficient. This problem is exacerbated by the existence of external campsites. Perhaps a dedicated phone line for missing persons could be set up?
The Sunday the week after T-in-the-Park tents were flying across the motorway. Police were trying to catch them and it was a dangerous situation.

Councillors’ reports:
MB:
• Investigating Drum traffic calming and access only road; all would have to agree on this.
• Loop road perhaps under the Green Roads initiative?
• Carnbo Post box: no real progress yet.
• Passing places on the road to the Blairingone Equestrian centre: no progress, officer in charge ill.
• Gelvan Bridge has damaged parapet, will be dealt with.
• Is there any representation regarding the Brown Bin collection?

WR:
• Is worried about visibility and road safety: verge cutting is not optimal and drains are getting silted up. Urges everyone to cut overhanging hedges.
• Is worried that conditions set on the planning for the travellers’ site in Crook Moss cannot be enforced. Will try to address Development Committee next time they convene.
DC:
Has asked convener to meet to go through the report.

Followed short discussion on travellers’ site. There is general discontent amongst the elected members of this area that their objections and representations are largely ignored. The report presented to the development committee was full of mistakes and omissions. AL reported that planning did not mention that they could not connect to sewage system; did not prove need; reluctantly agreed site was adjacent to village boundary; did not accept flood risk, agreed that normally they would only accept port-a-loos for a few weeks while the convenor pointed out they had been there for about 5 months; it was at the discretion of the Planning department. It was in his view a very poor report riddled with inaccuracies. After the meeting the person responsible for determining need was in deep conversation with the travellers’ representative in the council building for at least 10 minutes.
Councillors on the Committee were not informed that Scottish Water stated that there was no capacity to connect this site to the sewer; figures to prove that there was an established need for another site were not forthcoming and there was worry about procedural aspects of the process. Gordon Banks has been very helpful. The only way open is to organise a meeting at top level to express our discontent with the way all this has been handled. Also W Robertson stated that he had not yet come to a definite conclusion on the matter and he required further clarification on a number of points. Sandy thanked the elected members for their hard work.

Planning:
12/00990/IPL. Erection of a dwellinghouse (in principle). Plot At Blashieburn Stables Vicar's Bridge Road Blairingone. Action: No action taken.
12/00912/FLL. Land At Lambhill Blairingone Proposal Modification of existing consent (PK/97/1665) to allow change of use of agricultural shed for the processing and storage of biomass materials.
Consultation closed? Action: Letter of objection sent. This is a major, not a local application.
12/01064/FLL. Change of use and extension to barn to form dwellinghouse and stable block. Easter Solsgirth Solsgirth Dollar FK14 7NB. Action: No Community Council comment
12/01080/FLL. Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and erection of a garage. The Firs Powmill Dollar FK14 7NP. Action: No Community Council comment
12/01157/FLL. Renewal of previous consent (07/00084/FUL) - Erection of a rural business class development, office and house plot 1. Land South Of Craigton Farm Road Rumbling Bridge.
Action: No Community Council comment
12/01159/IPL. Erection of a dwellinghouse (in principle). Merryhills Rumbling Bridge Kinross KY13 0PX. Action: No Community Council comment
12/01120/FLL. Formation of a 32 space car park. Land 30 Metres South Of Crook Of Devon Cemetery Church Road Crook Of Devon. Consultation ends 27 July. Recommendation. No Community Council comment.
12/01198/IPL Erection of a dwellinghouse (in principle). Land 40 Metres West Of Devonlade Main Street Crook Of Devon. Consultation ends 13 August .Applicant stresses that there is no flooding issue on site. Action: Object as constricted access and unsafe exit to A977
12/01232/FLL Drilling of a borehole for a temporary period. Land 550 Metres North East Of Blairingone Mains Blairingone. Action: No Community Council comment.
12/01249/LBC Relocation of existing war memorial within graveyard. Blairingone Parish Church Main Street Blairingone . Action: Community Council letter of support.
12/01268/FLL Erection of 4 dwellinghouses. Site West Of Carnbo Farm House Carnbo
Action: Object on number of houses in settlement (KALP 94 sets 5 maximum, 8 built, further 9 permissions); drainage – no solution to Carnbo’s acknowledged foul water drainage problems, KAPL 12; part of development outwith settlement boundary (KALP 94). Part of proposal on in a former garden, part on former wood cleared by developer – not brownfield.
12/01276/FLL. Demolish existing extension and rear porch and erection of new extension and formation of parking and turning area for two cars. Grove Cottage Main Street Crook Of Devon Kinross KY13 0UR. Action: No Community Council comment
12/01279/FLL. Remove existing garage and outbuildings and erect new garage and repositioning of new entrance gates. Devonbank Crook Of Devon Kinross KY13 0UL. Action: No Community Council comment
12/01181/FLL Erection of a dwellinghouse (in principle). Powmill Cottage Rumbling Bridge Kinross KY13 0QG. Action: Object as contrary to KAPL 81 and 82. Map 10 identifies the site for Rural Business Use. The proposal is for a house with office accoomodation; no business details available.
12/01354/FLL. Land At Lambhill Blairingone. Storage of waste wood material on concrete hardstanding. Consultation ends 15 August. Action: Object; application for a major development being brought forward in sections – current cumulative area described 1.762 ha but excludes linking areas. Must be
1. Brought forward as a whole.
2. Treated as a major development (over 2 ha)

Correspondence:
List available.

AOCB:
A member of the public complained about the state of the Crook of Devon cemetery; a rose he planted was killed, possibly by the use of a particular weed killer. MB contacted the Bereavement Service and is trying to get compensation for the rose. No response yet.

Draft Agenda next CC Meeting
• Welcome and apologies
• Declarations of interest
• Minute of last meeting
• Matters arising
• Community Council Business
• Councillors’ reports
• Planning applications
• Correspondence
• AOCB

Next Meeting: Tuesday 4 September, Fossoway Primary School, 7.30
All welcome!