Community Council Minutes - June 2014

Draft Minutes Meeting Fossoway and District Community Council
Tuesday 3rd June 2014, Moubray Hall Powmill

Attending: CCllrs: Alastair Lavery (acting chair), Kevin Borthwick, Graham Pye; Cllrs: Mike Barnacle, Dave Cuthbert and Joe Giacopazzi; 12 Members of the Public.

Apologies: Angus Cheape, Trudy Duffy Wigman, Sandy Morrison, Rod Paterson, Cllr Willie Robertson and PC Stapleton.

Declarations of Interest: None.

Community policing: Report received. No crimes to report this month. Cllr Barnacle has been given “No Cold Calling” posters and stickers by PKC’s Janet Ray, which are available at Crook Post Office amongst other places.

Minutes of the last meeting: Were signed off without amendments.

Matters arising:
Unpaid work team: Arek Nowrotek of the Criminal Justice Service is researching possible projects and will report at the August meeting of this CC.

Rumbling Bridge Hydro Scheme: The scheme is currently on hold - Hugh Wallace explained that this is pending completion of agreements with affected landowners, twelve have agreed, however the remaining one is currently selling his property and is unable to commit at the moment. SSE have now proposed a more acceptable grid connection charge due to reduction in use by others in the area.

Blairingone War Memorial: Cllr Barnacle has contacted Richard Smith to find out progress, site is now surveyed and ready, formal order will be issued shortly and work should start at the end of June, finished by end of July.

Crook of Devon Church Car Park: No progress.

Crook Moss Travellers’ site: Cllr Cuthbert reports that there has been no progress on the enforcement actions.

Glenquey Quarry: Tayside Geodiversity’s survey suggests that the quarry should have a geological designation. It’s not clear whether the report has been published yet.

Glen Devon Pollution Incident: Jim Dixon called Kevin to explain that if it’s a Public Health issue then the Health Authority takes over, and they may not have realised which areas were affected. A recent event at Glenfarg was handled more efficiently.

Community Workshop on Blairingone: A follow on meeting has been proposed by PKC for the end of August, however it would be better to have the plan that Johnny Stewart is preparing to discuss first.

Bus Investment Fund: The Muckhart and West Kinross-shire Demand Responsive Transport (DRT1) service started on 2nd June. Andrew Warrington (PKC Public Transport Manager) explained the background of the DRT1 service – The system works by booking at least 24 hours before, and the fare is the same as a bus fare, including child and concession rates and is operated by local taxi firms. Mary Carruthers (one of the service operators) reports that 20 journeys were made on the first two days. Funding is currently in place for the next three years, but Andrew I optimistic that this could be extended if the scheme is successful. Booklets describing the service are available throughout the area, and on various websites. Although the current area of operation is defined, it may be possible to alter or extend the area as the scheme develops.

Waulkmill Play Park: Detailed proposals for refurbishment of the park have been prepared and appear to be satisfactory. Comments from the community are welcome.

Lambhill Chipping plant: Cllr Cuthbert reports that PKC Environmental Health are awaiting further noise measurements before a decision is made. Meanwhile there has been no progress on the Planning Application which has now been agreed to be based on an invalid precedent.

Crook Moss Acquisition: No activity at the moment, as the land is not currently on the market. The sub committee will re convene to discuss possible funding and potential uses of the ground.

Spam emails: On-going.

Ryder Cup traffic planning: Kevin contacted PC Euan Mitchell who informed him that it’s proposed to impose a temporary 40mph speed limit on the A91 from Milnathort to Carnbo, currently there is no plan to have a 30mph limit in Carnbo itself, although this was thought to be a good idea by those present.

Dunning Glen Rubbish and Vandalism: Sgt Sandra Williams has been contacted – she thought it wasn’t worth reviving the multi agency meeting that she was previously responsible for. Meanwhile the Police will give the area as much attention as they can. Cllr Barnacle suggested that a possible meeting should be sought with landowners, council officials, and interested community parties to investigate a possible purchase of the land from the landowners, and also to discuss whether doing this would solve the problem. Suggestions to address this issue are welcome.

Roads Maintenance Strategy: Rod will update next meeting.

New Business
Perth and Kinross Credit Union: Steven Young explained that a Credit Union is a financial co-operative in that it takes in deposits and makes loans to members of the community; it’s only open to people living, working or studying in Perth and Kinross. Any profits will be used to improve the service. The scheme has only been operating for six weeks, so currently has a small number of products, and is run by volunteers – more are welcome. Although it may be most advantageous to people to whom normal banking facilities are not normally available, it’s open to all.

Lay-bay at end of Aldie Road: Although the pile of waste has been cleared up, there is still plenty of rubbish there from various works.

Fossoway Church Graveyard: MoP commented about the state of this, which has now been addressed.

Legacy Toolkit: This material encourages Communities, individuals, organisations and businesses in Perth and Kinross to take pride in our people and help create a sense of place in the year of the Commonwealth Games, Ryder Cup and Homecoming. It’s available from the PKC website.

CC Business
CC Meetings 2014/5: Dates and places have been confirmed and will be circulated and published in the usual places, see end of these minutes.
Local Landscape Designation Review: Consultants are preparing a proposal for this scheme, that replaces the Area of Great Landscape Value designation, to be presented on the 10th June. Comments can be made until the 6th June at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PKC_LLDR
Kinross-shire Community Council Workshop: Sandy, Kevin and Alastair attended this meeting which described how the Planning Department will operate under the new Development Plan, and how the Community Councils can best communicate with the Planning Department.

Councillors’ reports
As part of a Scotland–wide review of Council sizes it’s been proposed that the number of PKC Councillors be reduced by one. Could this affect our ward? Cllr Giacopazzi says that it was discussed but any proposal to reduce our local representation would be strongly rejected.

Planning matters:

14/00764/FLL Alterations and extension to dwelling house, 24 West Crook Way, Crook of Devon, Kinross, KY13 0PH.
No Community Council comment.

14/00748/IPL Renewal of permission (11/00600/IPL.) Erection of four dwelling houses with associated Class 4 business use development (in principle) at Plot 3, Land South of Craigton Farm Road, Rumbling Bridge.
No Community Council comment.

Green Knowe Wind Farm: Scottish Power have contacted Auchterader CC with a view to expanding this site, but neither Muckhart CC nor this CC have been consulted about the proposal. This CC will write to Scottish Power and request inclusion in the consultation.

Correspondence:
All correspondence was available for viewing. The Kinross Newsletter is now on Facebook.

AOCB: None

Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting
• Welcome and Apologies
• Declarations of Interest
• Community Policing
• Minutes of last meeting
• Matters arising: Unpaid Work Team, Blairingone War Memorial, Crook of Devon Church Car Park, Travellers’ Site Crook Moss, Glenquey Quarry, Community Workshops, Waulkmill Play Park, Lambhill Chipping Plant, Crook Moss Acquisition, Spam emails, Ryder Cup Traffic Planning, Dunning Glen, Road Maintenance, Local Landscape Designation Review, Aldie Road Lay-By
• Community Councillors - Meetings Attended
• PKC Councillors’ Reports
• Planning
• Correspondence
• AOCB

Note: NO Meeting in July
Next Meeting: Tuesday 5th August, 7:30 pm
Carnbo Village Hall
All welcome

Meetings for 2014/15