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GLADESTRY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Minutes of Meeting held on
Monday, 17th Mar 2014
Present:
Mr Derrick Carrington (Chairman), Ms Vanessa Bryson (Vice Chair),
Ms Jane Bisby, Mr Viv Lloyd, Cllr Michael Jones & Mrs Sue Croose (Clerk)
Dr Bob Terry, Mr Kenneth Waugh.
1. Apologies: received and accepted from Mr Gareth Croose & Mrs Dianne Moore.
Absent: Mr Dan Cosgrove.
2. Minutes of Meeting held:
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20th January 2014: agreed & signed.
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29th January 2014: agreed & signed.
3. Matters Arising (not arising elsewhere on the Agenda):
20th January 2014:
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Noticeboards: new board now in place in Gladestry. Old board probably not economical to
repair for use at Brilley Mountain. Clerk advised that Graham Croose will not be available to
renovate Newchurch board for some time. VL will ask Wayne Maddy to quote for this work.
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Temporary Speed Indicator: was located near Glan yr Afon for 1 week. Anecdotal reports of
vehicles reducing speed but no feedback received from Powys CC. Clerk will enquire
whether any recording device was deployed or if any report was produced.
4. Receive and consider applications for position of Clerk: Chairman had
received application from Mr Kenneth Waugh who now introduced himself to the meeting.
No other applications received. Following discussion it was
appointed and that the Chair and existing Clerk
RESOLVED that Mr Waugh be
would effect the handover before the May
meeting.
5 Community Website: Dr Bob Terry reported that the new site is progressing well
and is
nearly ready to go. He asked whether the Community Council wanted the include the twitter or
facebook logos: RESOLVED – not required. Discussion
the site: RESOLVED – celtic cross. A list
was held on most appropriate logo for
of councillors will be included; do councillors want
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their telephone numbers and email addressed included? RESOLVED – No - clerk's email address
to be given
in addition to councillors' postal addresses. There will be no automatic
notification of new
entries as with the current website, but Dr. Terry could set up a
mailing list if this is deemed necessary. Further discussion was held on the
content of the new site including the complications of the 4 churches
layout and
being members of 3
separate groups with 3 separate church magazines, none of which include the chapel in
Newchurch. Training sessions for the new site will be organised soon. Dr Terry was thanked for
all his work with both the old and
CC to agree
the new website. He drew attention to the requirement for the
Microsoft's terms and conditions for using the Sharepoint platform. Councillors
approved agreement.
6 Planning:
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P/2014/0115 – erection of agricultural building at Lower Blaencurdy, Newchurch:
application perused. No comment.
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P/2013/1055 – erection of single wind turbine …... Wernoog, Clyro: notice received that
application will be considered by Planning Committee on 20th March.
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P/2014/0151 – erection of single wind turbine, 27.13m to blade tip .... at Bwlchau Bettws
Hundred House: consulted as neighbouring community. Application perused. No comment.
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P/2012/0779 - Construction of 3 wind turbine generators with a max. height to blade tip of
103.5 metres …...... Land at Pentre Tump: notice posted on Powys CC website that appeal
has been dismissed. Refused.
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P/2013/1064 - Installation of a single wind turbine …..... Penllanerch Glascwm: conditional
consent granted.
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P/2013/0737 - Yellow Jack Barn: water is being discharged into a roadside drain which
may be contrary to conditions of planning consent. Clerk to check with planning officers /
building control.
7 Finance:
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Invoices received:
Zurich Insurance - £198.75: resolution at Jan meeting, cheque issued 20 Feb.
Upper Bridge Enterprises - £180 – 1st payment, new website: resolution at January
meeting, cheque issued 26 Feb.
W Maddy - £268 – noticeboard: see item 3; payment approved & cheque issued.
Gladestry Village Hall - £45.75 – rent & heating: payment approved and cheque issued.
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Clerk's honorarium & expenses - £600 + £35: payment approved and cheques issued £515 to Clerk & £120 to HMRC (tax rate BR – 20%).
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Community Grants (previous years): grants still pending:
2011/12 – Presbyterian Chapel, Newchurch - £100;
2012/13 – St. Mary's Church, Newchurch - £100.
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Community Grants (2013/14): applications received, grants awarded as follows:
Gladestry Parent & Toddler Group - Christmas Tree etc, £69.50 -
£60
Gladestry C-in-W Primary School – new park style bench, £234.99 –
St Mary's Church, Gladestry – altar floor repairs, est £400 -
£200
£100
St. David's Church, Colva – new RCD, £200 towards est £459.20 -
£100
St. Mary's Church, Newchurch – exterior chalkboard, est £246.60 -
£75
Presbyterian Church, Newchurch - concrete paving slabs, £290 -
£75
All to be paid on production of receipts.
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Various charity requests: received. Councillors RESOLVED to support local organisations
only, except in exceptional circumstances.
8 Correspondence: various emails, previously forwarded to councillors, discussed
as follows:
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Emergency Road Closure – Cloggau Bridge – on enquiry JB has been advised that work
should be completed by next winter.
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PAVO ebriefing February 2014 – RESOLVED – sign up for 'Info Engine'.
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Statement of Public Participation – for the Welsh National Marine Plan – consultation closes on
28th March – no comment.
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Powys ALN Review – consultation closes 17th March – no comment.
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Powys Regeneration Strategy Workshops February 2014 – received.
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Funds 4 U Issue 23 2013/14 – ask BT to put on website
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Regional Bulleting – Simon Thomas (x 2) – unsubscibe.
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CHC (Community Health Council) Members – advert for members: no volunteers.
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Business start up services in Powys: publish on website.
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Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 – Implementation - consultation on new
guidance and subordinate legislation under the Local Government (Wales) Byelaws Act 2012 -
ends 11/05/2014 - no comment.

Draft Playing Fields (Community Involvement in Disposal Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2014
and Related Statutory Guidance - consultation ends 30/05/14 - no comment.

European & External Funding – issue 37 March 2014: publish on website.
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Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales Annual Report: on IRP website.
9 Any Other Business:
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Roads: large pothole near Llanhaylow – Clerk to report; Gullies/drains blocked on various
roads but especially Newchurch to Gladestry & in Gladestry village.
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Flooding: the very wet winter resulted in water entering the Royal Oak & the Old School
House. DC offered to organise a self help meeting to explore the possibilities for alleviating the
problem. There is no public sewerage system in Gladestry (all properties have septic
tanks/biodiscs with soakaways) - this should be taken into consideration with all future planning
applications.
10. Confirm/Set date of next Meeting:
20th May 2013 – AGM at 7pm followed by ordinary meeting
Signed: ….................................................
Date: …........................
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