1. APOLOGIES
were received from Mr T Woodman, Mr H Purnell and S Partridge
2. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
- These were approved as circulated.
3. MATTERS ARISING
- None
4. CORRESPONDENCE
a) North Norfolk Area
Forum 4 - The minutes from the meeting in Ludham on the 1st March 2006.
Those who attended felt it was a very useful meeting with some interesting
questions and answers. A trip to NNDC's Recycling Plant is to be organised.
Clerk to respond.
b) NNDC Dog Control - The new act for Dog Control enables councils to
specify areas of land that the new order will cover. The Clerk to enquire
if there was a cut off date for this and defer any decision until we
get a reply.
c) NNDC - Refusal of Application for Lawful Development Certificate
at Priory Farm, Hickling.
d) Stalham & Happing - They are compiling a Happing Directory 2006,
which will be given, free, to all residents and businesses in the Happing
area. Clerk to respond with the Community Hall details and inform other
organisations in the village.
5.
TREASURER'S REPORT
a)
| W Diss |
£
50.00 |
| S Chapman (Imprest) |
£ 37.98 |
| S Chapman |
£ 600.00 |
| Century Printing (Questionnaire) |
£ 399.50 |
| Viking Direct |
£ 25.36 |
| H Nudd |
£ 100.00 |
| NCAPTC Subscription |
£ 158.52 |
| J Haggith |
£ 42.00 |
| North Walsham Fire
Protection |
£ 41.13 |
| Brown & Co (Allotments) |
£ 400.00 |
| D Pugh (Burglar Alarm
Batteries) |
£ 11.52 |
b) Budget to Date plus a
Profit and Loss report for 2005-2006
c) Community Hall Rates for 2006-2007 have been reduced by £350.13,
total due £350.12
d) Changing Room Rates 2006-2007 total due £184.03, no reduction
for these premises.
e) The transfer of funds from the current account held at Barclays to
Abbey Time Deposit account, Mrs K Moody proposed and Mr D Pugh seconded
and all agreed the sum of £15,000 to be transferred. Clerk to
respond.
6. PLANNING
a. NNDC New Applications -
1. Mill View, The Green - Erection of Conservatory. As the date for
responding was before the council meeting this was circulated to the
Planning working party who had no comments, so the application was not
opposed.
b) NNDC Decisions.
1. Eye Farm, Stubb Road - Erection of Single Storey Side/Front Extension
- permitted.
2. May Trees, Heath Road - Erection of Front Extension - permitted.
3. St Mary's Church - Removal and Restoration of Urn and Monument -
Listed Building consent.
7. PARISH COUNCIL PROPERTY REPORTS
a) Community Hall
1. Fire Extinguishers have
been serviced and a new certificate has been issued, a copy has been
placed in the hall and the Hickling Hunnies have a copy for their Ofsted
folder.
2. The curtains have been repaired and passed to Mr P Sparks who will
re hang them as soon as possible.
3.The heating fuel surcharge for April for the Hickling Hunnies will
not be levied as they are on their Easter break until the 24th April,
it will be reviewed again in May.
Mr M Elliott to monitor and set thermostat accordingly.
4. The summer heating times to be left as they are and M Elliott will
adjust accordingly.
b) Changing Rooms
1. The Fire Extinguishers have been serviced and a new certificate has
been issued and passed to
Mr L Beales.
c) Allotments
1. The acreage that is rented from Brown
& Co is still under discussion. Clerk to follow up
8. STAITHE
The slipway on the new
quay heading side requires some remedial work, it was suggested that
we need to look at quotations now ready for the work to be scheduled
in at the end of the season. Mr D Pugh & Mr H Nudd to obtain quotes
as soon as possible.
9. PLANTER
Mrs V Tallowin has had re assurance that this will be completed by Easter
Weekend,
weather permitting.
10. GRASS CUTTING - St Mary's Churchyard
Councillor Mr D Pugh met with Mr T Watson, Fabric Officer of the PCC,
who explained the
problems the church have got with cutting the grass in the churchyard,
i.e. no resources, no
volunteers and no storage for grass cutting equipment. It was suggested
that the church pay for the grass cutting direct instead of donating
to the Hickling Parish Council, everyone agreed it was a difficult situation.
Mr B Noye to report back to St Mary's PCC.
11. VILLAGE PLAN
The questionnaires have
all been delivered or posted and the response rate looks very good,
most people were supportive of the exercise. The next hurdle is the
encoding of the data into the software program ready for some analyse
reports for the AGM on the 22nd May.
12. SHOP
The shop/newsagents should be opening by Easter and the Post Office
Counter following on as soon as possible.
13 FUTURE DATES
The Annual Parish Meeting
will be held on the 22nd May, instead of April this year, to enable
the results from the questionnaire to be analysed and a progress report
made at the meeting.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
- Monday, 8th May 2006 at 7.15 pm in the Community Hall.
There was no further business and the meeting was closed at 9.40pm
