PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 2006

1. Andy Beech has been unable to get in contact with Bob Kiff at East Herts Council.  The Parish Clerk offered to try and get in contact with him regarding highway signs, speed monitoring and the condition of the roads.

1. David Nicholls is yet to arrange a dog fouling notice prosecution sign to be put up to the entrance of the cricket field.

Planning:

1. Stocking Pelham Hall 3/06/0295/FO/EH (Removal of condition 10, plan permission ref. 3/04/2245/FP at Stocking Pelham Hall Farm for Mr Hitchock.  The recommendation from the District Council to East Herts Council is that this condition be removed.  The removal of the condition however would not affect future applications on the site and this would not change even if the site were to be sold to someone else.

1. ‘The Cock’ Public House re E/05/0145/A - unauthorised works to and within the curtilage of ‘The Cock’ grade 2 listed.  The recommendation from the District Council to East Herts Council is to take enforcement action under section 172 of The Town and Country Planning Act and/or section 38 of the planning (listed buildings and conservation areas) Act 1990 and any such other steps including prosecution proceedings as may be required to stop further unauthorised work.

     The unauthorised works are, by reason of their design construction and

     sighting detrimental to the historic and architectural character and setting

     of the listed building.

         Secure the removal of :

         Two yellow metal ventilation grills affixed to windows overlooking the car

         park.

         Inappropriate overlapping boundary fencing panels.

         The gate and fencing subdividing the car park.

         Additional car parking hard standing, created using road planing’s

         Cladding increasing height and volume of the garage.

         New car park and exterior floodlighting.

         New front enclosure and associated hard standing

         External fixed copper and plastic pipework facing car park.

         The brick pavior path to the front and car park side of the building.

         The air conditioning unit and associated pipework affixed to the rear of the

         building.

         ensure the unauthorised concrete and hard standing and engineering brick

         retaining wall at rear and side of property be clad in materials to be

         approved by East Herts Council.

3.      Paul Lucas to check the plans of Mr & Mrs D Coe’s of ‘Newlands ’ with

        regard to the garage that is being presently erected.

Finance:

            Current balance £ 2699.01

            Money In –  £1500.00

            Money Out - None

            Precept for the coming year 06-07 received.

            Open Spaced Society £30.00 due to be paid. Public Liability Insurance

            £248.27 due to be paid.

           Rosina Conen is to complete the Financial Audit Form.  We are again

           going to ask David Bailey if he will carry out our annual internal audit.

           Rosina Conen handed round to the committee a balance sheet which

           showed how last years money was spent.

           Risk Assessment - The Assessment has not yet been carried out. Rosina

           Conen to organise in approximately 4 weeks time.

General Parish Business:

      AGM organised for 15^th May 2006

Date of Next Meeting

           Monday 12^th June 2006 at 8pm