Present: Cllr. E J Derrick (Chairman)

Public Session: There were no questions.

1. Minutes of a Planning Committee meeting held on 8^th April 2002

These minutes, which had been previously circulated, were taken as read agreed a true record and signed by the Chairman.

2. Matters arising from the minutes of 8^th April 2002

a). POS off by-pass

Clerk reported a telephone call from the B&NES Planning Office asking this Council to submit a planning application for the site. All agreed that the Clerk apply for full planning permission.

b). 35, Morgan Way and the POS (Minute 2c)

Cllr. McInnes reported on a further meeting with the resident who has now started to build the extension to the house, albeit on her land. The resident still wished to acquire the land as it would bring a very small piece of land behind her garage under her control thus getting rid of a corner which was prone to tipping. Cllr. McInnes (acting as Clerk of the Works) said that he and the Clerk had visited the area to look again at the contract work involved on the POS. Both agreed that the piece of land in question is so small that to hand it over would tidy up the boundary for both the Council and resident.

3. New Applications

Four were considered and all thought to carry no objections. One in Eckweek Gardens was agreed to be a planning gain. All decisions are published in the Planning Register.

4. Planning decisions made by B&NES

These were considered and agreed.

5. Planning Green Paper

Cllr. McInnes drew the committee's attention to a recent speech by Andrew Bennett MP, Chair of the House of Commons Transport, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee, who had claimed that the general public was not interested in the new planning policy proposals. Cllr. McInnes read a letter, which he had written to the MP on the subject, which illustrated this Council's extreme interest in planning policy and therefore our objection to his remarks. Members agreed and endorsed the letter with thanks to Cllr. McInnes.

6. Other Business

Cllr. McInnes reported changes at ALCA as the Secretary has resigned for family reasons. Cllr. Gregory reported that there were still problems in the Fairfield Terrace area due to poor boundary fencing done by Beazer. Clerk to investigate the second point.

Meeting closed at 7.50 p.m.

Present: Cllr. Mrs. K M Thomas (Chairman).

Public Session: there were no questions.

1. Minutes of a Magazine Committee meeting held on 18^th March 2002

These minutes, which had been previously circulated, were reviewed, agreed a true record and signed by the Chairman.

2. Distribution of the last Magazine

Members had done surveys and it was agreed that delivery last time had been acceptable.

3. Parish Web Site

Chairman reported that much more information was now on the site, including the Golden Jubilee programme, this year's Annual Report and minutes had been brought up to date.

4. Golden Jubilee Special Issue

Chairman reminded members that it had been agreed at a previous meeting that the usual 1^st June edition of the Newsletter would be taken over by the Jubilee publicity and published early - say mid May and contain only four pages. Chairman handed round a dummy, which she herself had composed, which all members thought was very satisfactory. The Clerk was asked to finish off the back page and it was agreed that distribution would start on Thursday 9^th May - Clerk to arrange with printer and newsagent. It was agreed, to make the special issue stand out from a usual Newsletter, cream paper should be used.

Chairman said that, as this special edition was attracting an extra delivery charge over and above that allowed for in estimates, later in the year savings would have to be found. She felt however that, as one issue was taken over completely by Jubilee business, Council might be asked to vire monies later in the year if the budget became strained.

Meeting closed at 8.45 p.m.