Fossoway and District Community Council

Minutes of Meeting Blairingone School, 1st March 2011

1.Attending: T Duffy- Wigman, S Anderson, M Anness, K Bothwick, A Cheape, R Cooper. Cllrs. W Robertson, M Barnacle
13 Members of the public
Apologies: S Morrison, A Lavery.

2. Declarations of interest: There were no declarations of interest.

3.Community Policing- The police are concentrating on parking at present, checking on yellow-line parking, inconsiderate parking and parking over driveways and pavements. The community policeman also introduced the “Tayside Community Officers Tweet on the Beat” to enable members of the public to engage with the police, negatively and positively, online. There is a trial period of 3 months. The website for this is www.twitter.com/GlenfargPC or you can visit the MyPolice website at www.tayside.mypolice.org.

4.Minutes of the last meeting – An amendment to include the fact that the CC is closely following the developments at the Glen Quey Quarry is to be recorded. The minutes were then signed off.

5.Matters Arising:

Tayside Main Issues Report and Consultation-Cllr. Barnacle has delivered a submission to include the local opinion, endorsed by all the local organisations. Cllr. Barnacle and Cllr. Robertson would like to see a spread of development rather than concentrated new housing in one village. The next stage is to await the full findings of the report. There will be a chance to comment and a further period of consultation during 2011.

Blairingone Energy Plant- A meeting was held in Blairingone to gauge local opinion on the Blairingone Biomass Plant and as a result an Action Group has been formed. The community was given an account by Fred Saunders of the developer’s proposal and a questionnaire was available for them to comment on the plan. The overwhelming feeling was that the plant was not wanted. A meeting the week after with the developers, to ask questions and find out more about the proposals was well attended. The general feeling now is that the Action Group and the CC should try request that the planning application is a “major”, rather than a “local” one. This would necessitate further consultations and impact studies. The new concept of “good neighbourhood agreements” should be explored. Cllr. Robertson agreed to write to the planners asking clarification on the planning status.

War Memorial, Blairingone-Cllr. Barnacle had a meeting with several agencies to remind them that the community definitely wanted the war memorial moved, and if there was a funding gap, the community would explore possibilities. He is now more hopeful of progress. The estate agency for the property should be informed of the unresolved issue of the memorial. A further site meeting is planned and Cllr. Barnacle was thanked for his continuing work on resolving the problem.

Dunning Glen Problems- Kevin has visited the site and there is still a lot of rubbish, some very recent. More multi agency meetings are planned, but progress is slow when there are so few complaints. This makes it difficult for the police to react.

6.Community Council Business
CPKCC. Kevin attended a meeting of the convention but there seems to be little support for this organisation. An amendment to the constitution has been proposed by a former member of Kinross CC (Joe Richardson), that people out-with the area can stand for CCs. It was agreed not to support this amendment.

T in the Park- It was agreed that the arrangements for traffic management and security were working well, but we should not become complacent. It was agreed that in general the area benefited from the festival in terms of the Kinross Fund. Any worries about traffic management, for example when weddings are taking place, could be overcome, and people should contact the organisers for advice.

7.PKC Business, Councillor’s Report
Cllr. Robertson reported on the repair to the Dunning Glen Bridge. Historic Scotland is involved and work was waiting for their go-ahead. Extra money is available for repairing road pot-holes. Please report any that need attention. Cuts in spending may mean bus shelters may not be replaced, just repaired. Some households will receive garden waste bins.
Cllr. Barnacle has concerns with the cut-backs affecting classroom and language assistants. Staff had to be cut and this was difficult. Roadside drains were not being attended to leading to flooding problems, although a contingency fund for serious flooding was available. The need for reflectors on the traffic lights at Drum was being followed up.

8.Planning Applications-

11/00227/FLL, Blairingone Sewage Works Blairingone , Upgrading of wastewater treatment works. Comments by 15/03/11
Recommendation – no Community Council comment.

11/00136/FLL, Land 20 Metres South Of Mill Cottage Crook Of Devon, Modification of existing consent (09/01987/AML) Change of house type. Comments by 08/03/11
Recommendation – no Community Council comment.

9.General Correspondence –All outgoing and incoming correspondence was available for viewing.

A.O.C.B – Scottish Water- Trudy wrote to Scottish Water concerning the snow melt, but has had no reply yet. The early release of water from the dam might have avoided the damage to the bridge over the Devon from the strong water surge. There is a public meeting in Perth to discuss this and other matters and people are invited to attend.
Newsletter- Marion has spoken to the teacher at Blairingone School and she is willing to have the newsletter in the school for people to buy. The only difficulty is that it has to be paid for up-front. This may be able to be overcome and Marion will look into it further.
Snow Clearing- Trudy has been asked by PKC for the community’s comments on snow clearing arrangements this year. She noted all the comments from the floor, and they will be taken forward.

*Next Meeting- Tuesday 5th April 2011 7.30pm
Carnbo Hall
All Welcome!