UPTON PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of Extraordinary Meeting of Upton Parish Council
held in the Village Hall Small Meeting Room
on Thursday 23rd February 2012 at 8.00 pm
Present:
Mr J Dickens (Chairman), Mr S Fraser, Mr S Norman, Mr B Shaw, Mrs S Shaw,
Mrs C Lightfoot (Clerk)
1. Apologies received from Dr Bob Lott
2. Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare any personal interest and the nature of that interest which they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting. Any Member arriving after the start of the meeting is asked to declare personal interests as necessary as soon as practicable after their arrival even if the item in question has been considered. Mr S Fraser declared an interest on Item 4(i).
3. Playground: update by working group. PC’s approval required on selection of supplier and equipment. Discuss contract stage. Due to a misunderstanding over the date of the meeting, no Playground Working Group members were in attendance. The discussion was therefore deferred to a date
to be arranged.
4. Planning Applications:
(i) 11/02454/FUL: Inclusion of scrub land as part of the dwellings amenity that has been such for a period of two and a half years. Stream Cottage, Stream Road. Applicant Mr S Fraser. The plans, having been circulated in advance of the meeting, were discussed. There were no objections to this proposal. The clerk to advise the Vale accordingly. Clerk
Mr Fraser, having declared an interest, took no part in the discussion.
(ii) 12/00271/FUL: proposed oak framed single storey orangery. 2 Church Street Cottages, Church Street. Applicant Mr P Batho. The plans, having been circulated in advance of the meeting, were discussed. There were no objections to this proposal. The clerk to advise the Vale accordingly.
Clerk
(iii) Proposal to fell one sycamore tree at Torpids, High Street. The Parish Council had no observations to make on this proposal.
Clare Lightfoot
Clerk/Upton Parish Council
27th February 2012