Wednesday 19th October 2022 - 7pm

Bellingham Town Hall

Community Room

Agenda

Part A

Public Participation

Part B - Parish Council Meeting

1. Apologies for Absence

2. County Councillor Report

3. Declarations of Interest

4. Minutes of August Meetings - to be agreed

(September meeting cancelled through National Period of Mourning restrictions following death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

5. Matters Arising from the Minutes

5.1 Planning Permission refused: Planning Application 21/04592/FUL for demolition of two youth hostel cabins and erection of eight caravan pitches and children’s play area at Hareshaw Linn Caravan Park was refused by Northumberland County Council.

5.2 Grass cutting: Following repeated complaints by the parish council, and others, Karbon Homes contractors finally cut the grass at Holm Court and other areas. The company has now supplied detailed maps of the grassed areas it was responsible for.

5.3 Westland Allotments: Councillors were circulated between meetings of the need for a skip to facilitate the removal of redundant greenhouses and other impedimenta from the allotments site. This was agreed, but eventually two skips were needed, at a total cost of £848.74.

5.4 Jubilee Field Play Equipment: After a lengthy delay, the play equipment ordered from Kompan was delivered towards the end of September. Handyman Michael Bacon was engaged to carry out repairs, but was unable to replace the zipwire as the wrong shackle appeared to have been supplied to link the new seat to the overhead wire. This was confirmed following a subsequent on-site meeting between Cllrs Wilkinson and Tilley. Cllr Tilley has contacted Kompan via telephone and email to try resolve the issue, so far without success. Cllr Tilley has also paid a separate site visit to the play park with former chairman of the playground committee Les Mole, who identified a number of issues with damage to equipment, inadequate amount of sand in play pit and need to regularly rake bark under the main climbing frame.

6. Finance

Receipts:

• Interest: £0.27
• Market income: £30.00
• Honesty boxes: £21.17

Payments:

• Natalie Green (cleaning): £137.80
• B Dickson-Green (Clerk): £118.59
• Anglian water (rates): £19.00
• Chris Mowatt (landscaping): £957.60
• Town Hall (meeting and market): £70.00
• Eddie Taylor (Handyman): £433.40
• TyneRede (internal audit): £222.00

Bank balances as at 13/10/22

Treasurer’s account: £41,340.64
Jubilee Field Fund: £2,217.45
Cemetery Maintenance Fund: £4,161.42

7. Planning Applications

No relevant planning applications.

Cllrs Kirkbride and Tilley took part in a Zoom meeting with interim executive director of Northumberland County Council Rob Murfin on August 24th, when a detailed run down on the Northumberland Local Plan was given. His powerpoint presentation is available to all councillors.

8. Borderlands Updates

9. Correspondence

10. Notified reports

• 10.1 Christmas Planning

11. Any urgent issues for consideration at the next meeting

12. Agreement of date of next meeting - November 16th