Community Council Minutes - April 2015

Draft Minutes Fossoway and District Community Council
7th April, Carnbo Village Hall
Attending: CCllrs: Sandy Morrison, Kevin Borthwick, Trudy Duffy, Alastair Lavery and Graham Pye; Cllrs Dave Cuthbert and Willie Robertson; 6 Members of the Public.
Apologies: CCllr Angus Cheape; Cllrs Mike Barnacle and Joe Giacopazzi
Declarations of Interest: None.
Police report: PC Sadie Allan attended, and a report had been received. There are no reported crimes in our area in the last month. Residents should be aware that bogus callers and workmen continue to operate in the area. Several thefts of agricultural machinery, power tools and equipment have taken place from vehicles and commercial premises across the Perth and Kinross area. Any information should be reported to the Police on the 101 number.
The CC asked PC Allan to remind Ron Brady, of Easter Muirhead stables, of his responsibility to keep the road by his property clear of mud for road safety reasons.
We’ve received notice about the launch of Community Watch, which is a new service replacing Rural Watch. Members of the CC will attend the launch meeting.
Cllr Robertson met with Chief Inspector Mike Whitford to discuss why Community Speed Watch is being launched in the Highland Region but not here. The explanation is that the scheme being deployed in the Highlands is not the same as here, its volunteers record speeds and report them to Police. PKC’s Community Safety Officer is investigating and will give us details as to whether something like that could be done in our area. Volunteers will need to be trained and Police checked.
Minutes of the previous meeting: Were signed off without amendments.
Matters Arising
Rumbling Bridge Hydro Scheme: No update.
Blairingone War Memorial: Work to be carried out in spring.
Crook Moss Travellers’ Site: Cllr Robertson introduced a paper, prepared by Cllrs Cuthbert and Barnacle, about the situation at this site to the 17th March DMC. He explained that the DMC needs to issue an ultimatum. The paper was discussed at length and the DMC members agreed that a report would be published in six months’ time, and if the majority of the planning conditions have still not been met by then, then the planning permission would be withdrawn.
Cllr Robertson had asked Environmental Health why offending generators were not confiscated when noise reports were received, and was told that lack of power could create a health risk for the users.
If noise complaints continue to be received, then Cllr Cuthbert will be pressing for fixed penalties to be imposed on the users.
Glenquey Quarry: An appeal against the refusal of the planning application has been lodged. Any additional objections need to be lodged with the Scottish Ministers by 9th April.
Blairingone Community Workshop: No progress.
Lambhill Chipping plant: Cllr Cuthbert reports that the decision letter refusing permission was issued on 25th March. It’s not clear whether the stop order has actually been issued. John Anderson wishes to thank Brian Stanford for his assistance in this matter.
Landscape areas in Kinross-shire: Cllr Robertson reports that this came before the planning committee last month, unfortunately Cllr Barnacle’s motion to add the Cleish Hills, and Devon Gorge was defeated, although the remainder of the paper was approved. There may still be an opportunity to designate these two areas via the Main Issues Report.
A977 Defects and Mitigation Measures: Cllr Cuthbert is challenging the published traffic statistics which show a much lower number of HGVs than is generally perceived. A survey conducted by a local resident nearly 15 years ago showed 4856 vehicles per day, of which 14% were HGVs, and it’s difficult to believe that those numbers have not significantly increased since then.
Waulkmill Play Area: The Park is now open! The old container has been removed. MoP reports that the play area is being well used; however the level difference between the ends of the Flying Fox is not sufficient to make it work. Cllr Robertson will look into this problem.
Main Issues Report: A response was submitted on behalf of this CC, which included the following points: Appropriate business development in rural areas, e.g. craft workshops; Emphasis on brownfield site development in town centres; Village development should be central rather than linear; Pre-emptive provision of sites for travellers by PKC; Overarching policy for windfarm development; Closer liaison with Scottish water to provide appropriate water and sewage supplies for proposed developments; Social housing to be provided in areas where there are adequate supporting services, and not mandated to all developments; Robust protection of Loch Leven catchment; Developments along A977 should contribute to mitigation measures, with a bypass for Blairingone as a priority; Crook of Devon: Development in conjunction with new roundabout at A977 junction by Fossoway Garage; Powmill: Develop old hotel site and in the village centre; Blairingone: develop between the line of the previously proposed bypass and the village, and elsewhere as previously suggested; Carnbo: Needs public sewerage provision. The CC’s full response is available in the correspondence, and on PKC’s website.
CC Membership: We would welcome new members.
Bollards Opposite Crook Village Hall: The bollards have now been replaced. A site meeting was held with the PKC Roads Department, members of this CC and elected members to discuss a possible barrier or pavement widening. Kevin reports that the Roads Department are investigating what possible changes can be made to improve the safety of this section of road.
Lambhill Forestry Project: We’re awaiting a response to our question about access during works.
New Business
Crook Moss Community Involvement: Sandy has established the name of the current landowner and contacted them. The landowner has suggested a joint venture with the CC to protect the land against undesirable development, and provide ecological benefits. A meeting will be set up to discuss this proposal.
Flood Risk Assessment: The first phase of this report, received previously, didn’t appear to be relevant to us, but there is now a new report which will be examined.
Gritting and Snow Clearance: PKC have asked for comments on the performance of this activity. A number of comments have been received via the CC’s Facebook page, which will be summarised and returned to PKC.
MoP points out that the recent tanker crash on the A977 was attributed to ice on the road, hence the priority of this road should be raised so that it is gritted 24/7 like other major roads.
This led to a comment that the bridge fence damaged by the above crash has not yet been repaired and a more substantial temporary barrier needs to be erected to make the pavement safe for pedestrians pending full reinstatement. Cllr Robertson will chase this.
Signage in Fossoway Area: Cllr Barnacle has requested PKC to add a footpath sign at Crook of Devon Village Hall car park (SW corner) to Waullkmill Park/Fossoway Church. The sign on the Devon bank directing walkers through Lendrick Woods is incorrect, and instead a choice of continuing along the bank and through Naemoor Estate should be offered. During the discussion of this item a MoP suggested it would be good to get the Criminal Justice Unpaid Work Team to clean signs generally, and the CC will contact the team about this.
Station Road Adoption: Angus and Cllr Barnacle attended a meeting on 2nd April to discuss this, and other local issues, however in the absence of both of them, Kevin passed on that there was general consensus about the adoption, with the possibility of further funds being found.
Community Council Business
Meetings Attended:
Sandy and Kevin attended the site meeting at Crook of Devon Village Hall to discuss the A977, and Angus attended the meeting to discuss Station Road adoption. See items above.
Councillors’ Reports
Cllr Robertson: The Boundary Commission has suggested that the Kinross-shire ward be changed to make it smaller and reduce the number of Councillors to three. Everywhere north of the A91 would be moved to the Earn Ward, which takes no effect of local areas. This was considered to be completely unacceptable by all present – one of the implications would be that this CC would now cover more than one ward, and would need attendance of two additional councillors from the other ward. Cllr Robertson will pass on our concerns to the relevant department.
Cllr Cuthbert: Is also preparing a paper to comment on the Boundary Commission change. This area has fewer constituents per Councillor than others, and hence why it’s being targeted for reduction.
Rumbling Bridge planning application was turned down by the Local Review Board, of which he is a member.
Other items covered above.
Planning Matters
15/00420/FLL. Extension to dwelling house. Marwood Naemoor Road, Crook of Devon, Kinross KY13 0UH. Addition of first floor bedroom and ground floor kitchen.
No CC comment.
15/00392/FLL. Erection of a double garage. Easter Muirhead Bothy, Blairingone, Dollar FK14 7ND.
No CC comment.
15/00348/FLL. Extension to Dwelling house. Station House, Rumbling Bridge, Kinross KY13 0PT.
No CC comment.
15/00326/FLL. Alterations to dwelling house (in retrospect). Easter Muirhead Bothy, Blairingone, Dollar FK14 7ND
No CC comment.
Correspondence: All the correspondence was available for viewing: The National re-use phone line is a service that easily allows you pass on household items to be used again. Call 0800 0665 820 or see the web site http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk
AOCB: MoP has raised several issues about the state of Powmill: A hedge damaged by the earlier tanker crash, remnants of the demolished hotel, damaged bridge railings, and building at corner of Gartwhinzean Road in disrepair. Further the debris left by the tree pruning along A91 has still not all been cleared up.
We now have 90 likes to our Facebook page, the posting about the tanker crash and the road closure for its recovery were viewed by over a thousand people.
Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting
Welcome and Apologies, Declarations of Interest, Community Policing, Minutes of last meeting
Matters arising: Hydro Scheme, Blairingone War Memorial, Crook Moss Travellers’ Site, Glenquey Quarry, Blairingone Community Workshop, Lambhill Chipping Plant, A977 Mitigation, Bollards opposite Crook Village Hall, Crook Moss Community Involvement, Flood Risk Assessment, Station Road Adoption.
Community Councillors - Meetings Attended, PKC Councillors’ Reports, Planning, Correspondence, AOCB

Next Meeting and AGM: Tuesday 5th May 2015 7:30 pm
Fossoway Primary School
All Welcome