Community Council Minutes - May 2022

Draft Minutes of Fossoway and District Community Council Meeting

3rd May 2022, Carnbo Village Hall

Attending: Community Cllrs Sarah Bruce-Jones, Angus Cheape, Graham Pye and Nicola Marchant; Associate Community Cllr Carol Farquhar; P&K Councillors Callum Purves, Mike Barnacle and Richard Watters and six Members of the Public.

Apologies: P&K Cllr Willie Robertson, CCllrs Trudy Duffy, Faiza Hansraj-Jackson and Gillian Mudie.

Declarations of Interest: None.

Police report: There were no incidents to note in our area since the last CC Meeting from the Commander’s Reports received via Perth and Kinross Community Watch.

Minutes of the previous meeting: The minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed and signed off.

Change to Mike’s report: The bridges referred to are at the eastern end of Aldie Road.

Matters Arising

Community Development Trust: There will be a public meeting on 18th May (originally 11th) in the Church Hall for members to approve the constitution. Hopefully there will be three directors and 20 members.

Fossoway Area Transport/DRT: Cllr Watters will enquire into use of Bus 202 – it’s important that the Community use the service to help its continuation.

A977 Mitigation Measures: Cllr Purves had made an application to request speed measuring lines to the west of Crook of Devon and east of Drum- this has now occurred, and we will be sent results. CCllr Duffy had emailed Mark Craig on 4th April regarding regulations for red-light cameras for the traffic lights, but no reply has been received from him as yet.

Crook Moss Travellers Site: CCllr Farquhar has recently visited the site and reported that there has been considerable improvement in the removal of litter and tidying of the site. Cllr Barnacle is about to write to PKC regarding the impact on the Loch Leven Catchment by retrospective applications. Further, in spite of PKC informing us that there are no breaches of planning at the site numerous planning conditions have not been implemented or enforced.

Community Speedwatch: Currently held up due to change of Police officer for our area. CCllr Bruce-Jones noted that we can only carry out monitoring in 20mph and 30mph limits for safety reasons.

Devonshaw Whinstone Quarry: CCllr Marchant reported that a second follow-up online consultation event will take place between Thursday, April 28th and Thursday, May 19th 2022, and can be examined at: https://www.devonshaw-leisure-park-consultation.com

The CC will not comment further as responses to the previous consultation comments were broadly in line with our views. Cllr Watters had asked PKC Planning Officers whether the SSSI is being appropriately protected, as it doesn’t appear that a full site analysis was proposed by the applicant.

Rumbling Bridge Gorge Bridge: A quote has been received which is quite high. Fundraising will be required to deliver the project.

Crook & Drum Growing Together: CCllr Duffy reported that there will be a “growing workshop” in the Crook of Devon Village Hall on 15th May from 3pm, with tea and cake and a free seed swap. There will also be the opportunity to meet members of this group and to adopt a planter over the summer to water and take off dead flower heads.

Hedges from Rumbling Bridge to Muckhart: This CC is still waiting for a response from Muckhart CC.

Possible Adoption of Spur of U241 Road, Drum: Cllr Barnacle will ask Andy Brown of PKC whether it is currently adopted or not, and ask Community Greenspace if they own the trees. CCllr Bruce-Jones noted that there has also been interest in adopting Station Road in Crook of Devon.

Access to Cash in Kinross-shire: The CC agreed that CCllr Marchant would contact Bank of Scotland to seek an update on the services they operate in Kinross.

War Memorial: Cllr Barnacle has visited the site and PKC have extended the wall at the location where the memorial is to be moved to. The £2000 promised by Profile Projects is currently held up waiting for conclusion of missives in a related development.

Matters Arising with no update since last meeting:

Fossoway and District Community Council Benefit Fund, Kinross-shire Area Committee, Flooding in Drum: No information at present.

New Business:

Fossoway Primary School Gates: The CC had received an email raising concern that the school gates were closed outside school hours which blocks access to children from playing there. PKC reported that this was due to unsociable behaviour. CCllr Duffy has written to PKC seeking their views but is still awaiting a response.

Community Council Business:

Meetings Attended: CCllr Bruce-Jones attended the Kinross-shire Local community as the CC’s representative, with CCllr Hansraj-Jackson as observer, where the following items were discussed:

Speed limit buffer zones are to be created at Blairingone and south-west of CofD.

The new 30mph limit at Carnbo is to be implemented in the next financial year. A traffic survey will be undertaken to review extending the existing 40mph buffer, which has been requested to be undertaken during school term time; meanwhile modifications to the 30mph limits will not be held up awaiting the survey results. A MoP expressed concern about what time of day the survey would be done, but Cllr Watters said it will be a 24hour automatic record.

The Drum U241 link road 20mph limit is to be made permanent.

The Back Crook road is to get “Unsuitable for HGV” signs.

A new Loch Leven Guidance document will extend LDP2. There was concern about phosphate monitoring in Loch Leven – Cllr Watters said that samples are taken in several areas daily; he also noted that the Scottish Government has published a report about impact of Global Warming on Scottish Lochs. The intention is that LDP3 will include measures to protect the Loch. There was also discussion on whether planning permission to build additional properties should take into account the impact that additional housing is likely to have on the levels of phosphate in Loch Leven - as levels for April 2022 are already high and likely to increase during the course of the summer months.

Minutes Secretary: The search for a volunteer continues, but with no candidates. In the interim the CC members will continue to undertake the task in rotation.

P&K Councillors’ Reports:

Callum Purves: It’s very important that the CC gives feedback about the local committee in order to ensure that its value is understood. Cllr Purves thanked the CC for their support during his tenure, and especially for the creation of the local Committee.

Richard Watters: Expressed his thanks to Cllr Barnacle and Purves for their support in working together to address local issues irrespective of party affiliations.

Michael Barnacle: Cllr Barnacle had contacted PKC’s Blair Watt for an update on the A977 mitigation measures and received the following: School Road Junction – The traffic signal design work for the project has been completed and civils almost designed. Mr Watt is confident that Tayside Contracts install the signals this calendar year.

Drum Signalisation – A consultant is being appointed to design the works and it is intended that the works will be carried out over the course of this calendar year. B9097 Realignment – A consultant is being appointed to design the works, which is anticipated to be completed during this calendar year with the junction re-alignment completed before the end of the financial year.

Planning:

Note that the first application below was discussed by email as the comment due date was before this meeting.

New Applications:

22/00556/FLL Extensions to dwelling house, erection of porch and formation of raised decking at Ivybank, Drum, Kinross KY13 0UN. No CC Comment.

22/00581/FLL Erection of replacement clubhouse at Fossoway Tennis Club, Church Road, Crook of Devon. The CC will send a supportive comment.

Appeals:

21/00001/FLL S42 application to delete condition 6 (access upgrade) of permission 20/01319/FLL at Land 180 metres south-west of Powmill Cottage, Rumbling Bridge. At the 14th September LRB meeting the application was deferred pending a view from the legal team.

Decided Applications:

22/00229/FLL Erection of a dwellinghouse and office (class 4) (revised design) at Burn View, Rumbling Bridge, Kinross KY13 0QG. The application was approved, the CC had made no comment.

22/00191/FLL Change of use of stable to form ancillary accommodation unit at The Knowe, Rumbling Bridge, Kinross KY13 0PT. The application was approved, the CC had made no comment.

22/00205/FLL Alterations and extension to dwelling house at Quarrylea, 10 Gartwhinzean Loan, Powmill, Dollar FK14 7LU. The application was approved, the CC had made no comment.

Enforcement Issues: No update

Correspondence: If the correspondence list is not attached to this document, it can be found on the CC’s FB Page.

Should anyone wish to see any items please contact the CC by email and a copy can be provided.

AOCB: The CC would like to thank Cllr Purves for his support over the last five years especially his focus on helping the rural communities have better access to full fibre broadband through the Gigabit project. Also his valiant efforts working with us to maintain a banking presence in Kinross-shire which are still ongoing.

CCllr Duffy sent the following personal message to Cllr Barnacle, which was read out in the meeting:

Dear Mike,

I am sorry not to be able to thank you in person at this last meeting you will attend as a local elected member.  I am sure that the CC will have dealings with you in the very near future, as will I.

The first time I saw you was when I was visiting Crook of Devon to see whether I wanted to live here: you were running around in a kilt organising the setting up of the Gathering in 1997. Many years later we came together in the new Gathering group to resurrect the Gathering, with great success.

I have been involved in the CC since 2006 and over all this time and before, you have been a continuous presence; working for what was good for Kinross-shire and in particular Fossoway.  Many battles have been fought; some won, some lost.   It may actually be that one of the longest running sagas in your career: the Blairingone War memorial may just be resolved in this calendar year!

Your sense of detail is legendary, as is your memory and the ability to find a piece of paperwork in that giant briefcase of yours. 

The CC, representing the community of Fossoway, would like to thank you for all the work you have done, from mitigating measures on the A977, to mobilising the community to contribute to the local plan, as well as the many more private issues of residents you have been able to resolve.  But first and foremost, for your dedication, tenacity and genuine enthusiasm to work for and with the community.

Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting:

Declarations of Interest, Community Policing, Minutes of last meeting. Matters arising: Access to Cash in Kinross, Community Development Trust, Fossoway Area Transport, A977 Mitigation, Crook Moss, Carnbo Speeding. Drum Flooding, Speedwatch, Kinross Area Committee. PKC Councillors’ Reports, Planning, Correspondence, AOCB

Next Meeting: Tuesday 7th June 2022 7:30pm, Powmill Moubray Hall

All welcome!

Correspondence April 2022