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Drigg & Carleton Parish Council – Agenda – November 2024

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DRIGG & CARLETON PARISH COUNCIL

AGENDA FOR THE NOVEMBER ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday 12th November 2024

To be held in Drigg Village Hall at 6.30 pm

 

Members of the public who wish to speak at the meeting are requested to identify themselves and the topic on which they wish to speak to the Clerk or Chair at least 48 hours ahead of the meeting date

Public participation is for a maximum of 20 minutes, with no individual speaking for more than five minutes

Public participation is restricted to this agenda item only

  1. Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council held on 8th October 2024; resolution to approve and signature by the Chair
  2. Apologies for absence

  3. Declarations of interest regarding any items on this agenda

  4. Financial matters
    1. Financial Report
      1. Balance of account
      2. VAT claim
    2. Any outstanding payments
      1. Renewal of 123-Reg.co.ukdomain name: Clerk to be reimbursed
      2. NALC Pay Scales update 2024-25: backdated to 1 April 2024
      3. McAfee Anti-Virus software: to be cancelled
        3. Budget for 2025-26

        1. Budget setting for the 2025-26 precept
  1. Actions and matters arising
    1. Action 9/2: SC to obtain a quote from a builder / Haverigg Enterprises regarding a storage shed
    2. Action 10/1: Clerk to co-ordinate a site visit to LLWR for all Councillors
    3. Action 10/2: Clerk to circulate the CLP Actions again
    4. Action 10/3: CG to set up a Working Group to progress the Hall Loft project
  2. Cumberland Council
    1. Council Report
    2. Highways
  1. Public participation (limited to five minutes per person, maximum of 20 minutes in total)
  2. Main business
    1. EV chargers at Drigg Village Hall: free installation offer – AP
    2. Community Led Plan: CLP actions – monthly short review
    3. Overgrown hedge: Station Road / Wray Head
    4. Solar panels and battery storage: update
    5. Hall Loft project: Working Group report
    6. Newsletter: copy date 28th November 2024 and distribution by 10th December 2024
      1. Warm Hub flyer to be distributed with the December 2024 Newsletter
    7. Beach benches: update from NWS/DCPC Liaison meeting
    8. Funded Tree Planting: https://www.raisecumbria.co.uk/funding-offer
    9. Any other Parish matters

  3. Received communications placed before the meeting
    1. Copeland Local Plan 2021-2028 – Inspector’s Report: all documents to be found on the website – https://www.copeland.gov.uk/content/local-plan-2021-2038-examination-library
    2. Enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings: open consultation – https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/enabling-remote-attendance-and-proxy-voting-at-local-authority-meetings?
  1. Planning applications
    1. Cumberland Council
      1. 4/24/2152/0F1 – Retrospective erection of a building to house cattle. Amended application. New Planning Statement, Activities Statement, Odour Impact report, SSSI SCAIL, Manure Management Plan, etc
      2. 4/24/2364/DoC – Land adjacent to Partfield House, Drigg. Discharge of Conditions. Change of use of land from woodland for site to provide eight motorhome bays, eight self-contained timber built holiday cabins, site shop/office building, shower/toilet block, bin store with internal access road (resubmission of withdrawn application 4/21/2252/0f1)
  • 4/24/2351/DoC – Residential development, land north of Station Road, Drigg. Discharge of conditions submitted for approval: Surface water drainage scheme; Archaeology Report; Construction Method Statement; Footway detail
  1. Lake District National Park
    1. E/2022/0232 – Enforcement Order, Land Opposite Orchard View, Saltcoats, CA19 1YY for breach of planning control (change of use). Notice takes effect from 4th December 2024 (subject to appeal) when the land user must:
      1. Cease residential use of the land
      2. Remove the caravans from the land

    2. Cumbria Association of Local Councils
      1. Report from AGM
      2. CALC subscription for 2025/26: confirmed at £214.41
      3. Duty to prevent Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: policy required

    3. Receive reports from representatives
      1. GDF Mid Copeland Community Partnership: meeting held on 14th October 2024
      2. GDF South Copeland Community Partnership: meeting held on 16th October 2024
      3. LLWR/NWS Liaison

    4. Matters to be considered at the next Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council
      1. Review Safeguarding Policy (renewal due in January 2025)
  1. Date of next meetings
    1. PC Ordinary meeting: 14th January 2025 at 6.30 pm in Drigg Village Hall
      1. Preceded by RSPB presentation at 6 pm in the Main Hall

Karen Warmoth
Parish Clerk
Drigg & Carleton Parish Council
7th November 2024