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Meeting on 12 January 2009
Lobby for replacement Police Community Support Officer for Langstone.

Present

Cllr A Henderson (in the Chair)

Cllr C Manship

Cllr W Woods (arrived late)

Cllr K Lowndes

Cllr J Kennett

Cllr C Bryant

Cllr A Haycock

Cllr Y Edwards

Cllr M Pike

Cllr M Sanders

Cllr S Mogford Also in attendance: Cllr S Lane, Cllr D Atwell

Prior to the meeting Cllr Haycock agreed to take the Minutes

Apologies Cllr L McMail

Previous Minutes (08/12/08)

The Chairman signed the minutes of the December meeting as a true record.

Proposed by Cllr Mogford and seconded by Cllr Sanders

Planning Applications

(No Objections)

Listed Building Consent – Kemeys Farm Barn

Fixture of Ancillary Equipment to External Walls

 

Public Footpath Diversion

Brook House Old Roman Road

 

Change of use to B & B (Resubmission)

Old Rectory Magor Road Llanmartin

 

Erection of Single Storey Rear Extension (Amendment)

12 Tregarn Court

 

Construction of New Roof, Raise Roof Line & Insert Roof Lights (Amendment)

Roker Bungalow Upper Road Llandevaud

 

Erection of 1st Floor Side Extension

Oaklands Pencoed Lane Llanmartin

 

Erection of Five Canopies

Langstone Junior & Infants School

 

Lawful Development Certificate

Llareggub Old Chepstow Road

 

Erection of Toilet Block

Penhow Castle

Conversion & Extension of Detached Double Garage to Annex

The Brooklands Tregarn Road

Insufficient Detail – Building believed to be a “Corrugated Shed”

Planning Sub Committee

Cllr Wood to step down & be replaced by Cllr Manship. Planning Sub Committee now consists of Cllrs Henderson, Bryant & Manship

 

Matters Arising From Previous Minutes (08/12/08)

No Police Community Support Officer in the Langstone Area

It was agreed that all councillors would lobby for a replacement and encourage as many people as possible to do the same.

Emails to

PC 1236 Lee Gray lee.gray@gwent.pnn.police.uk

Letters to

Cllr Ed Townsend

43 St Julians Road
Newport
South Wales NP19 7GN

 

The Village Hall Business Plan - To be presented at the February Meeting

 

Grey House, Caerlicken Lane - Cllr Lane to meet with the Enforcement Officer

 

Rosecroft Drive Woodland - No further developments.

NCC to be asked for a list of Tree Preservation Orders in the Langstone Ward

 

Ryder Cup Tickets - No concession for local residents

 

Park Bench on Chepstow Road - To be discussed with Highways Dept NCC

 

Grit Boxes in Llandevaud - These appear to have been overlooked, as they should be provided on a school bus route, to pursue with NCC

 

Advertising Boards on A48 - Legality of them to be questioned with NCC

Correspondence

Voluntary Voice Wales

Noah’s Ark Appeal

Clerk & Councils Direct Magazine

Gwent Shrievalty Police Trust

Newport One Voice Meeting 15/01/09

WAG Meeting – Payments to Ams 27/01/09

Wales Air Ambulance

NCC - Council Meeting Minutes & Agenda

NCC – Dealing with Casual Vacancies

One Voice Wales – Job Vacancy, N Wales Development Officer

 

Ger-Y-Parc Working Group

(See Appendix 1)

Met on 07/01/09 but little progress made. It was agreed that the Working party should be disbanded & discussions regarding the proposed development of Ger y Parc would be a future agenda item.

 

Park End Play Area

A further meeting with NCC is to be arranged.

 

Cllr Lownes had inspected the play area earlier today & apart from the pen area fence, which requires repair, no other problems were noted.

 

Cllr Woods and Cllr Lownes agreed to instigate the fence repairs.

 

Village Plan

February 2009 meeting to commence at 18:30 & the first hour will be devoted to suggestions & action plan.

 

Clerk to the Council

15 applicants to date, 7 short listed by the selection panel interviews to be arranged.

 

Youth Club

In the absence of Cllr McMail this item would be carried over to the February Meeting

 

Precepts 2009

It was agreed to increase the requirement for Langstone Community Council by 10% from 2008/2009

 

AOB

Discussions took place regarding the possibility of siting rubbish bins and “No Littering” signs at the lay-bys within Langstone. It was felt that neither would be effective

 

 

 

Present Councillor Simon Lane Councillor Chris Manship Councillor Mary Sanders Councillor Chris Pike Councillor Ynys Ann Edwards

 

Apologies Councillor Carol Bryant

 

THE BRIEF

The Ger-y-Parc Working Group has been formed to:

· Address issues of concern raised at the September 2008 community consultation meeting regarding the development of Ger-y-Parc, i.e. car parking and security.

· At an appropriate time organise a further consultation meeting to determine if these concerns have been addressed and the development project can move forward.

· If the project is supported the Working Group to then develop an updated project plan for the area and oversee the development.

 

THE BARRIERS

· At the first meeting of the Group 4.11.08, the issues of car parking and security for the area were discussed. The Group were unable to put forward positive solutions as.those attending were 4: 1 against the project.

 

· The second meeting of the Group 3.12.08 was not well attended, only two Councillors were present and the business meeting did not take place.

 

· At the third meeting of the Group 7.01.09, only Councillors who have voted against the project attended and so again it proved difficult to bring positive discussion to the table.

 

· The Councillors present at the 7.01.09 meeting have now questioned how the working group can move forward when those attending are against the project?

 

SOLUTIONS?

Should full Council discuss this project?

There was a consensus within the Group that:

· The Ger-y-parc development was not feasible at the moment and should be put on hold for 12 months.

 

· That the outcome of the village plan discussion meeting in February 09 should be awaited to determine if the Ger-y-parc development remains a priority.

 

· That if the L.C.C. agree that the project is put on hold, it is important to inform the community of this through Community First and because distribution difficulties may arise a leaflet drop should be undertaken especially in Ger-y- parc and the surrounding areas.

 

Meeting closed at 8.20p.m.