DENT PARISH COUNCIL - THE DENTDALE PARISH PLAN
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Report and Community Action Plan - November 2008 |
DENT PARISH COUNCIL - THE DENTDALE PARISH PLAN
Survey
Report and Community Action Plan - November 2008 |
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Dent Parish Plan: A Plan for Dentdale
Subject Minutes of Parish Plan Committee Meeting Date Monday, October 11th, 2010 at 7:30 pm Venue Sedgwick Room, Dent - Attendees: Jock Cairns, Heather Fraser, Peter Knapton, John Sibley, Paul Wilkinson, Ken Smith, Anne Fleck 1. Apologies for absence Apologies were received from Matt Clayton, Tracy Fletcher, Mike Lawton, Emma Nichols, Julia Wilson, Jason Yates
2. Minutes of last meeting - Minutes of the meeting held on August 9th, 2010 were approved
3. YDNPA and Dent Community Initiative - Jock, Ken, Matt and John had attended a meeting with the CEO of the YDNPA, David Butterworth, Paul Wilkinson and colleague in the afternoon to discuss initial ideas for the Dent Community Initiative (see attached list) - Timelines – it is proposed to review the listing by end of November and firm up projects during the second week of December. The project will start in the New Year and run for 18 months - Governance – a joint YDNPA / Dent Parish Plan steering committee will meet every 2 months - From Dent, Jock, Ken, Matt and John will form a working party with input from Peter and Heather. The working party will meet ahead of the next parish council meeting to allow Jock to report to their next meeting - Funding – David Butterworth advised that the forthcoming government funding cuts may affect this project.
4. Report on the Broadband Conference - Anne Fleck and Ken Smith attended the Penrith and Border Broadband Conference on September 18th in Penrith - A comprehensive report of the conference and potential ways forward for Dentdale was presented by Anne. In particular the following points were highlighted: - How do we future proof facilities for the whole dale, not just for those who currently cannot access Broadband? - This will likely need to be a community project as BT has stated that they will not expand past their current footprint. - There are other examples of such projects in Cumbria where advice can be sought - Can we piggy back onto the facilities at the school (installed as part of the Cleo project)? - Could the railway facilities be used (e.g. mast at Dent Station; fibre technology along the Settle Carlisle line) - The meeting agreed that a small group, chaired by Anne would be set up to investigate further. Suggested members would be - Matt Kaunz (Matt to approach) - Allan Seabridge (Heather to approach) - David Pilgrim (Jock to approach) - David Bolton (Jock to approach) - Tony Playfoot (Heather to approach) - Danny Smith (John to approach)
(Post meeting: The Dentdale Superfast Broadband Group has been set up with Anne, Allan, David Pilgrim, Danny Smith with Tony Playfoot as an advisor)
5. Feedback on the Dentdale Show - Heather provided feedback on the Dent Parish Council and Plan stand at the 2010 Show (see attached) - For the 2011 o the Broadband and YDNPA projects would be featured o a larger tent was proposed o Heather will discuss with Jim Burton the possibility of sharing a larger marquee with other local organisations. Instead of just a stand for the Parish Plan and Parish Council we could have a Dentdale organisations stand covering the School, WI, Over 60’s, Churches, Chapels, Preschool, Meditation Centre, Reading Room, Choir, Bowls Club, Table Tennis club etc. (Post meeting – meeting with Jim early November)
6. Budget 2011-2012 - The following items were proposed to the Parish Council for the 2011-12 budget - Newsletter £500 - Dentdale Show Stand £500 The meeting also discussed purchasing display stands for the Dentdale Show but more research was needed on costs; whether companies may be able to donate ‘old’ display stands and finally on who should ‘own’ the stands (e.g. Dent Parish Council, Dentdale Show committee)
7. Neighbourhood Watch - The meeting discussed the pros and cons of posting Neighbourhood Watch notices on Dentdale.com but decided against doing. The meeting did not feel the website suited the immediate nature of these notices and also were concerned about the adverse image that may be portrayed to visitors accessing Dentdale.com
8. Any other business a) Dent Parish Council Newsletter – the following items were suggested for the next newsletter § Broadband initiative § YDNPA project § Neighbourhood Watch § Cowgill Orchard § Second Home & Holiday Cottage – update § Hedging Grand Prix Event § First Responders § Key dates for the diary
9. Date and time of next meeting - Our next meeting will be on November 8th at 7:30pm at Sedgwick Room
Subject Minutes of Parish Plan Committee Meeting Date Monday, August 9th, 2010 at 7:30 pm Venue Sedgwick Room, Dent - Attendees: Jock Cairns, Heather Fraser, Peter Knapton, Mike Lawton, John Sibley, Ken Smith 1. Apologies for absence - Apologies were received from Matt Clayton, Tracy Fletcher, Emma Nichols, Paul Wilkinson, Julia Wilson, Jason Yates 2. Minutes of last meeting - Minutes of the meeting held on July 12th, 2010 were approved 3. Age UK - The local agent, Linda Greensmith visit to the Dentdale Over 60s group meeting on July 23rd was well received - Mike plans to meet with Peter Woodhouse, Adult and Cultural Services commissioning officer for Cumbria County Council. Jock suggested we offer the Dent community to roll-out future initiatives - Mike also has a call planned with South Lakeland Housing to discuss access to sheltered housing - Based on all his discussions to date, Mike will being reporting that the elderly community of Dentdale is adequately served by existing services, Age UK support and the community spirit that exists - He will also propose a regular review meeting of a village action group and Age UK village agent, community police, local healthcare resources, Dent Combined Charities. This will help to prevent individuals falling between the gaps and also allow for the elderly community of Dent to tell the providers what are their needs.
4. Neighbourhood Watch - John has designed a pamphlet on the local Neighbourhood Watch (NW) Scheme to use at the Dentdale Show (see attached). The objective is to update the NW process, ensuring as much of the Dale as possible is covered. By using e-mail as the primary means of sending NW alert messages but with a back-up of residents offering to contact neighbours who do not have e-mail access - The community police officer and John will tour the Show to sign up individuals to the Scheme. In addition the pamphlet will be sent out with the next Parish Council newsletter, sent out to second home network and put on dentdale.com - Jock will look at whether the Farm Watch Scheme and Neighbourhood Watch Scheme can be more closely aligned for sending out alerts - John will look at ‘Data Protection Act’ and implications for keeping a database of e-mail addresses for the NW Scheme - Ken suggested we look at ways of sending communal e-mails, maybe linking them with dentdale.com
5. Dentdale Show - A display has been designed for the Dentdale Show incorporating activities of both the Parish Council and the Parish Plan. Heather will organise with Kate to print the headers whilst Jock will print of other headings/photos and Ken will laminate. John will collect the display boards on August 24th and the display put together during the week. Heather and Ken will take care of erecting the marquee on the Friday and John will set up the display stand on the Saturday morning. - Heather will compile a rota for manning the stand by the Parish Plan Committee and Parish Councillors
6. Date and time of next meeting - The meeting on Monday, September 13th is cancelled. Our next meeting will be on October 11th at 7:30pm at Dent Reading Room
Minutes of the Plan Steering Committee meeting 12th July 2010 Sedgwick Room.
Attendees: Jock Cairns, Matt Clayton, Peter Knapton, Mike Lawton, John Sibley, Paul Wilkinson.
-Heather has arranged to borrow a Gazebo-style stand as last year.
-John Sibley will contact the Burton group re borrowing display panels as last year, with back-up the offer of loan panels from Paul Wilkinson.
-We will have a table for pamphlets, copies of the Newsletter, admin lists etc.
-Agreed that our presence should communicate Successes (Playground, Allotments, Refurbished Benches, Additional Bus route, 2nd Home Group) and Challenges ahead (Invasive Plants, YDNPA Collaboration Project). John Sibley will do a draft layout for a 4-panel display board. Jock Cairns will draft text to describe the Nat. Park project. JC/JS will collaborate to develop the detail of the display panels.
-Heather will do the stand manning rota (aiming at 2-3 max on this duty at any one time).
i) John Sibley reported that Hilary Deighton is getting little joy from CCC on work to take rubbish from Ibbeth Peril; but will keep pressing. Paul Wilkinson will canvass the Dales Volunteers for possible help with clearing up the river bank elsewhere. Re Invasive Plants JS has sent maps of their locations to the Lune River Trust to prepare for spraying. The Trust will liaise with the relevant landowners for permission to spray. Peter Knapton will liaise with Donald Bentham re access to his land. JS reported that 52 young Christian ladies are to visit the dale to do community work, and he will talk to them about helping with the invasive plants project.
ii) Matt Clayton reported that he has met with Woofs to discuss possible extra local bus services. Possibilities include adding a Dent stop to the Thursday service from Sedbergh to K Lonsdale, including a Dent call in the daily bus to Kendal, extending the Wednesday bus to go up to the station. Matt will pursue on these. The meeting noted the circulation of the Cumbria Transport Plan 2011-2026 consultation. Matt will produce a note on how we should respond. All to send any comments to Matt by 25th July for Jock to take draft comments to the next Parish Council meeting.
iii) Matt is trying to organise a meeting of the potential parties to an Artisan/Heritage/Culture trail or other celebration. It is hard to get the contacts together but Matt will pursue
iv) Mike Lawton gave an update on the action area of services to help older residents maintain their independence in the community. He is to meet with Penny Pullinger who manages the Age UK S. Lakeland Village Agent project; and she and the new local Village Agent Linda Greensmith are to visit the Dentdale Over 60s group meeting on July 23rd.
v) Jock Cairns is in contact with Kevin Lancaster and Jason Yates about possible funding for street parking signs and road marking in the village.
vi) Matt Clayton reported that there are to be 2 further events in Dent under the Arts Council Highlights Rural Touring Scheme, one late September and one pre-Xmas. Matt also reported on the success of the Music & Beer festival. Takings were up on 2009 but the profit may not be pro rata to the increase. The success is very welcome but Matt has some concerns about managing the attendance better for 2011 in order to avoid possible overcrowding issues. The Discover Dentdale property management project is proving successful now to the benefit of visitors and owners.
Jock reported that the Parish Council has approved a robust response to the complaint received about the noise from the redeveloped children’s playground.
Jock reported that the Local Area Partnership is likely only to fund projects to address the Sedbergh/Dent/KL area as a whole and not those for individual parishes.
9. Date of Next Meeting: Monday 9th August, 7-30PM, location tba.
Subject Minutes of Parish Plan Committee Meeting Date Monday, June 14th, 2010 at 7:30 pm Venue Sedgwick Room, Dent - Attendees: Jock Cairns, Matt Clayton , Heather Fraser, Peter Knapton, Mike Lawton, John Sibley, Ken Smith
1. Apologies for absence - Apologies were received from Tracy Fletcher, Emma Nichols, Paul Wilkinson, Julia Wilson, Jason Yates
2. Minutes of last meeting - Minutes of the meeting held on May 17th, 2010 were approved
3. YDNPA Community Initiative - The proposal of a ‘Dent Community Pilot’ was approved by the YDNPA on May 25th - A list of potential projects where Dentdale and the YDNPA could engage on this project can be found at the back of this document
4. Dentdale Show - The Dentdale Show committee is again letting the Parish Plan take a stand at the Show but we will have to find our own marquee this year - Suggested themes for the stand would be YDNPA (Paul Wilkinson); invasive plants, the new play area; allotment - We will cover this in more detail at the next meeting
5. Action Plan - Farming – informal feedback has been received from Emma Middleton. The NFU hold local meetings (Sedbergh/Kendal) but not well attended – more focussed on Kendal. The YFC in Sedbergh is well attended but only open to farmers/non-farmers up to 26 years old. A monthly or quarterly meeting of local farmers at a local pub for pie & pint and talk on a topic of interest could be welcome. - Street Parking – to be discussed at the next LAP meeting by Graham Dalton - Youth club activities -the needs of Dentdale’s youth will be discussed at the next LAP meeting by Graham Dalton. Matt is sending across the list of ‘wishes’ from the youth club. Also Tim Deighton has agreed to take the youth club action over from Matt Clayton.
6. Budget & requests for authorisation of payments - The remaining £11.76 obtained from grants for the Parish Plan has been used towards printing of the Parish Council newsletter. Any further funding will need to come from the Parish Council (£200 budgeted for 2010-2011) or by applying for additional grants.
7. Any other business a) Parish Council Newsletter – is currently in production for distribution by end June. Funding for further editions was discussed. Heather will look at further grant options; Jock will discuss funding coming from the Parish Council and the option of local advertising will also be explored. The option of moving across to an electronic newsletter was discussed but it was felt that this option would not allow all residents in the Dale to get a copy. b) Children’s Play Area was officially opened by the children on Saturday, June 12th. Some excess soil still needs removing and picnic benches/benches are needed.
8. Date and time of next meeting - Monday, July 12th - 7:30 pm, Sedgwick Room
YDNPA Community Initiative Possible Areas for YDNPA Engagement with Dentdale
Dent Parish Plan: A Plan for Dentdale
Subject Minutes of Parish Plan Committee Meeting Date Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 7:30 pm Venue Stone Close Tea Room, Dent Attendees Jock Cairns, Matt Clayton, Heather Fraser, Peter Knapton, Mike Lawton, John Sibley, Paul Wilkinson, Julia Wilson 1. Apologies for absence o Apologies were received from Brian Morris who will be leaving his position shortly
2. Minutes of last meeting o Minutes of the meeting held on March 9th, 2008 were approved
3. Leisure and sporting facilities: Building a Vision o Jenny Pilgrim has recently spoken with Richard Foster (SLDC Recreational adviser) regarding leisure facilities for the Dentdale and he has recommended that we develop a vision, focusing on a community based needs analysis and outline costings. He will then feed that into a SLDC corporate plan about improving access for people in rural communities and then speak with the Parish Council to identify deliverable aims in a style that could attract funding. He also mentioned that the Sport England (www.sportengland.com) governing body currently has funding focused on high value, high impact projects for rural areas (£10k from April – October 2009). o In building this vision it was suggested that we look at what facilities are easily accessible outside Dentdale (e.g. sports halls and pools at the Sedbergh schools) and then consider what we could provide that is different/more specialist (e.g. climbing wall, eco-friendly facilities). o The proposal would contain 4 levels of facilities requirements through basic > intermediate > excellent > alternative. o Heather will review the survey findings to build a ‘wish list’ which can then be used to consult with interested parties such as the sports clubs, the young people, etc. in order to build a vision.
4. Parish Council Newsletter o Distribution – Peter has contacted the volunteers who helped us distribute the surveys and asked for their help between May 22nd and June 5th. Heather will provide Peter with the distribution lists for him to update from the new First Responder list. o Funding – Jock, Heather and Julia had met immediately prior to this meeting to discuss the application for funding for the newsletter from the South Lakeland Strategic Partnership Action fund. (Post meeting note – an application was submitted on April 21st) o Layout –Kate Roberts will adapt the Dent Parish Plan logo to be used on the newsletter and will do the layout
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Content – Jock presented a draft of the newsletter /roles of the
Parish Council for comment by April 27th. Pictures and
quotes/examples were also requested in order to prevent it being too
wordy (see attached) 5. Action Plan updates · Economy group - A meeting was held on March 11th (see attached minutes). Jock, Mike and Matt attended the Social Enterprise Conference, Keswick on March 26th · Mobile Phone – Matt has been in correspondence with Orange who have said there are no immediate plans to erect another mast in the Dale. Orange would require figures to support any proposals (i.e. number of visitors visiting the dale annually; number of additional residents that would sign-up with Orange). Matt is going to put the request in writing to a senior executive at Orange and will also contact other providers. o Housing · Housing-needs survey has yet to be issued · Second home/ holiday homes – A meeting was held on March 27th to discuss the setting up social event in the summer to promote the idea of a second home/ holiday home owner’s network. The initial event will act as a pilot and will be open to all residents in Cowgill. An invite for the event has been drafted (see attached) and Heather is looking at the Cumbria Foundation Trust a possible source of funding for the event. o Environment: Highways · Joe Nicholson has promised to look at the parking issue in Dent · The issue of cutting the verges is still not resolved. o Environment: Public Nuisances · Litter picking group – The next Litter Clean-Up event will take place on April 26th. Regarding the issue of fly-tipping at Ibbeth Peril, Jenny Robinson will have further discussions with Mr Barwise from SLDC on a solution. No further equipment has been forthcoming from the SLDC so John will borrow the Dent Run marshals’ jackets from Peter. · Dog Fouling – Peter Maples will report to the July Parish Council meeting on this. o Young People · Kate Cairns is holding a meeting on play equipment with various agencies involved in the play area or who have a role in supporting community projects on May 1st to see what possibilities there were for funding and any other resources that may be available. (see attached notes from the meeting of March 25th) · Matt has met with the Youth Club and plans to go over the survey findings with them on Friday, April 24th.to come up with a plan for activities over the next 12 months. Julia mentioned that Cumbria Volunteer services may have some funds to support these activities. The young people would be required to submit any applications for the funding. o Transport · Community bus – Matt has been in contact with Mark Hodgkiss at Cumbria County Council regarding funding and has been invited to a forum at Penrith Rugby Club to discuss further. o Leisure and recreation · Allotments – Please see attached notes – next meeting is on April 22nd.
6. Budget & requests for authorisation of payments
7. Any other business o No updates
8. Date and time of next meetings Monday, May 18th - 7:30 pm at Stone Close Tea Room, Dent
Subject Minutes of Parish Plan Committee Meeting Date Monday, March 9th, 2009 at 7:30 pm Venue Stone Close Tea Room, Dent Attendees Jock Cairns, Matt Clayton, Heather Fraser, Peter Knapton, Mike Lawton, John Sibley, Paul Wilkinson
1. Apologies for absence o Apologies were received from Paul Mountford, Julia Wilson and Brian Morris
2. Co-option of new members o John Sibley has been co-opted to the steering committee
3. Minutes of last meeting o Minutes of the meeting held on February 9th, 2008 were approved
4. Parish Council Newsletter o Distribution – Peter will update at next meeting o Funding – Julia Wilson has suggested that we should look at the ‘Involving Communities’ section of the community strategy ( http://www.southlakeland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=105 ). She also mentioned it would be useful to present the parish newsletter as part of a wider project to improve links between the community and local government
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Layout –Jock will meet with Kate Roberts on March 23rd to
discuss layout and cost 5. Action Plan updates · Economy- Dave Smith (Cumbria Fells & Dales RDPE Local Action Group) joined Jock, Matt, Mike and Heather immediately before this meeting to discuss the Fells and Dales RDPE LEADER programme and the funding that may be available for implementing the Parish Plan · Economy group - next meeting planned for March 11th (Post Meeting – see attached minutes) · Mobile Phone – Matt has been in correspondence with Terracom, a company that buys land and build mast to sell to operators. Also talking with First Responders and looking at the Airwaves system o Housing · Six sites have been put forward for affordable housing in Dent and Gawthrop · Housing-needs survey will be completed in the first 3 months of the new financial year o Environment: Highways · No update o Environment: Public Nuisances · Litter picking group – further equipment has been requested from the SLDC. If it is not forthcoming, the Parish Council has agreed to pay for the equipment. Peter also suggested using the high-viz jackets from the Dent Run. The routine litter picking is working well and the Litter Clean-Up event on February 21st was a success and a picture of the team appeared in the Westmorland Gazette. John Sibley is meeting with SLDC at Ibbith Peril to discuss the dumping of council waste and litter on the river bank. Paul said that the YDNPA want to monitor littering by landowners who are going for stewardship scheme · Dog Fouling – Jock is looking at dog control orders and will explore with the Playing Field Committee. Also Paul suggested looking at www.encams.org for posters on dog fouling o Services · No progress (Post Meeting- see attached letter from the CEO of Cumbria Primary Care Trust o Young People · Kate Cairns is holding a meeting on play equipment on March 25th · Matt is having a meeting on March 13th with the Youth Club and plans to go over the survey findings with them o Transport · Community bus – a feasibility plan is being drawn up by Matt o Leisure and recreation · Allotments – 9 people have expressed interest in an allotment. Ken Smith is convening a meeting of this group to discuss whether to use existing facilities (e.g. Sedbergh allotments) or to set up a site in Dentdale. Suitable sites will need to be identified as well as potential funding. Paul suggested contacting Moya Turrell regarding access to Sustainable Development fund · Jenny Pilgrim will discuss the question of Leisure and sporting facilities with the Playing Field Committee and the SLDC o Local Government · David Butterworth will attend the Parish Council meeting on June 22nd · Peter Watson, Head of Planning at YDNPA, will run a session on ‘Understanding Planning Issues’ for Sedbergh, Garsdale and Dent parish councillors on June 2nd · YDNPA have initiated the Three Peaks project which will run between 2009 and 2012. Paths will be maintained including rights of way to Whernside from Dentdale. Steve Hastie is the access ranger for the project
6. Budget & requests for authorisation of payments
7. Any other business o Calor Village of the Year Competition – Mike will explore further o Social Enterprise Conference, Keswick on March 26th – Jock, Mike and Matt to attend
8. Date and time of next meetings Monday, April 20th - 7:30 pm at Stone Close Tea Room, Dent
Subject Minutes of Parish Plan Committee Meeting Date Monday, February 9th, 2009 at 7:30 pm Venue Stone Close Tea Room, Dent Attendees Jock Cairns, Matt Clayton, Heather Fraser, Peter Knapton, Mike Lawton, John Sibley 1. Apologies for absence o Apologies were received from Paul Mountford, Julia Wilson and Paul Wilkinson 2. Minutes of last meeting o Minutes of the meeting held on January 12th, 2008 were approved with the following amendments - External Bodies: Sporting facilities should read sports strategy and leisure facilities - Action Plan Updates: Mike has written to the NHS trust about issues identified in the Community Action Plan 3. Membership of Litter Picking sub-committee (See attached minutes) o The following members for the Litter Picking sub committee were proposed by Mike and seconded by Peter
- Brian Bannister 4. Update from Litter Picking sub-committee (See attached minutes) o Equipment- currently talking with SLDC to try and acquire more equipment for the volunteers o Jock has prepared a press release for the Westmorland Gazette to advertise the Litter Clean-Up event on February 21st. Photos will be taken during the event and sent to the paper o Analysis of the litter will be considered to try and discover the source of the litter o Litter from farms – on February 12th, Dawson Yard will act as a collection point for black plastic. A collection point can be installed in the Dale if there is enough interest o A specific issue has been identified along the river at Cross Keys. Jock will discuss with the farmer who owns the adjacent land
5. Action Plan updates o Economy · Jock, Mike and Matt met with the head of CREA, Bob Clark, on February 3rd to look for support related to building a sustainable community (e.g. advisory sessions for farmers) and for the Dentdale Show and the Dentdale Music and Beer Festival. A report will be presented to the Economy Group · Mobile Phone / Broadband – Jock suggested to look at the Alston Cybermoor project www.cybermoor.org/ as well as the Garsdale Broadband initiative http://www.garsdale.info/broadband.htm o Housing: Affordable housing · There are 2 sites of land that are applying to be registered for possible affordable housing development · Two Castles Housing Association are putting together an application for 8 houses and a new vicarage to be submitted within 4-5 months · SLDC Housing Needs study is to be updated and the Parish Council have been asked to encourage residents to complete the survey to get an accurate view of requirements o Environment: Highways · The local community police have set-up a speed sign on the approach to the Dent · Parking issues in Dent - Peter M is following up Cumbria Highways o Environment: Public Nuisances · Litter – John Sibley and Matt will work with the youth club regarding litter picking at the Dent Music and Beer Festival for their Duke of Edinburgh Awards · Dog Fouling – Jock and Jenny Pilgrim have a meeting on March 5th to look at control orders o Services · Julia Wilson has suggested contacting Julia Deft who works for NHS Cumbria regarding the action on lobbying the NHS trusts are concerned. (Judith.Deft@cumbriapct.nhs.uk, Tel: 01539 797806 or 0782 686 9156 ) o Young People · Matt attended the last Youth Club Committee meeting to present on Dent Parish Plan, in particular looking at facilities for young people separate from the school and with IT provision and organised activities. Matt will be discussing this further with them at their next meeting” o Transport · Bus services- Matt, Heather and John will meet with Philip Ayres on February 25th to discuss their experience of volunteer bus transport · CCC has just completed a review of transport services but is open to discussions · Jock is speaking with Carol Nichols at Lyon Equipment on Feb 11th regarding their interest in a community bus for their employees (Post meeting note – Lyon Equipment are keen to be involved with this and will feedback to them after the meeting with Philip Ayres.)
o Leisure and recreation · Leisure and sporting facilities – Richard Foster, Sports and Recreation Manager at SLDC can provide advice and suggest he is invited along to the next Playing Fields Committee meeting. Jock will pass on his offer to come to a meeting in Dent to the Chair of the Playing Field Committee · Peter has ordered a map around Rhumes Barn to be circulate to the committee by Heather when Peter gets the copy · Allotments – 8 people have registered an interest in an allotment. Jock will kick-off this action group o Local Government · Newsletter for the Parish Council will be sent out before the AGM on 22/6/2009 · Distribution of the newsletter will be via Dentdale.com and hard copies will be either sent by post (if funding is available) or by using the network of people who delivered the surveys last January. Peter will contact these people and ask them if they will deliver the newsletter. · Working with other councils – Jock is working with Vic Hopkins (Sedbergh PC) and hope also to work with Garsdale Parish Council
6. Budget & requests for authorisation of payments
7. Any other business o Funding for Dent Parish Plan actions - EU Funds: Heather is chasing Adrian Banford to get an update on the status of the RDPE funding (Post meeting – Adrian is fixing for Dave Smith to meet with us to discuss further. Grants are expected to be available from March 2009) - South Lakeland Strategic Partnership is offering grants of up to £750 to deliver community plan projects and in turn, deliver South Lakeland Community Strategy o The Parish Plan area on Dentdale.com has been tidied up. 8. Date and time of next meetings Monday, March 9th - 7:30 pm at Stone Close Tea Room, Dent
Subject Minutes of Parish Plan Committee Meeting Date Monday, January 12th, 2009 at 7:30 pm Venue Stone Close Tea Room, Dent Attendees Jock Cairns, Matt Clayton, Heather Fraser, Peter Knapton, Mike Lawton, Peter Maples Paul Wilkinson,
1. Apologies for absence o Apologies were received from Paul Mountford, Julia Wilson and Brian Morris. Peter Maples (Parish Clerk) attended the meeting to look at common activities between the Parish Council and the Parish Plan
2. Co-option o Matt Clayton was co-opted on to the Committee
3. Minutes of last meeting o Minutes of the meeting held on November 10th, 2008 were approved
4. Update on Report o Feedback on the report had been mainly positive with some negative remarks about the distribution method of the report o Further distribution of the report was discussed o Paul W needs 10 more copies for YDNPA (Post meeting- Paul suggested we put copies in Sedbergh Library and Sedbergh Information Centre)
5. External Bodies o A meeting was held on January 12th between the Playing Field committee and Andrea Burden (YDNPA) to discuss the possibility of additional sporting facilities for Dentdale. (See attached minutes)
5. Action Plan updates o Economy · A meeting of the Economy Group was held on December 4th (see attached minutes). From that meeting Jock and Mike have planned to meet with the head of CREA on February 3rd to look at the possibility of running an event in the spring with advisers to offer their experience on farming, the economy and examples of success stories in Cumbria. Matt will join them and give a presentation on the Dentdale Show and the Dentdale Music and Beer Festival. · Mobile Phone / Broadband - Matt will discuss with Susan Cox the discussions that have happened between the First Responders and the mobile phone companies about improving coverage across the Dale. Chris Evans and Colin Greenwood may also be useful contacts here. o Housing: Affordable housing · The Ghyllside Development had been abandoned since the last meeting. However Two Castles Housing Association were convening a meeting in January to discuss other potential sites. Additionally the SLDC Housing Needs study may need to be updated. The development of affordable housing is seen a key factor to the viability of the Dale. o Environment: Conservation · Jock will set up a meeting with Jackie Foott, Janet Browning, John Hyde, Christine Penrose and Jenny Robinson to explore possible conservation projects. Paul W suggested that Mark Hewitt from the YDNPA would be a useful contact for this group o Environment: Highways · ‘No Parking’ on cobbles- Peter M will follow up with Nick Raymond regarding the meeting between Nick, Jock and Peter. An order has to be put in place by CCC to make this happen. o Environment: Public Nuisances · Litter – A meeting of the Litter Picking steering group took place at the same time as this meeting at which members would be elected to the Parish Plan Sub-committee. (Post meeting – see attached minutes) o Community facilities · Memorial Hall – Jock Cairns will offer to speak to a meeting of the Memorial Hall Committee o Services · The Parish Council will be discussing the Sedbergh Health Centre situation at their next meeting. Mike will investigate what we can do as far as lobbying the NHS trusts are concerned. o Young People · Facilities for young people – Matt will look at this action and there are a number of contacts available: - ‘Go Dales’ co-ordinator Kathryn.Needham@yorkshiredales.org.uk - Amy Baines and Jennifer Winn – Dent survey respondents - Jo Burton and Pauline (Young Cumbria) who have been involved in running the Youth Club in Dent - Steve Hawley and Eddie Smith who have just set up a Monday night club · Children’s playground – Kate Cairns plans to start work on this action in the next couple of weeks o Transport · Bus services- Philip Ayres, Fountain Cottage, has a transport business in the South of England. Matt will be talking to him on how he can support the Dentdale Music and Beer Festival. · Trains services – The contact at Northern Rail for this action is Heidi Mottram. Robin Hughes at Station Cottage also has offered support with this.
6. Budget & requests for authorisation of payments
7. Any other business o The subject of an Open Evening to update the residents on progress of the plan was discussed. Jock hopes to publish a Parish Council newsletter in April/May which will contain a report on the Parish Plan. A stand at the Dentdale Show would also be a possibility.
8. Date and time of meetings for first half of 2009 Monday, February 9th, March 9th, April 20th, May 18th, June 8th - all at 7:30 pm at Stone Close Tea Room, Dent
Subject Minutes of Steering Group Meeting Date Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 7:30 pm Venue Stone Close Tea Room, Dent Attendees Jock Cairns, Heather Fraser, Mike Lawton, Peter Knapton, Julia Wilson, Brian Morris
1. Apologies for absence o Apologies were received from Paul Mountford and Paul Wilkinson o Brian Morris is replacing Sinead McCann as the SLDC representative
2. Minutes of last meeting o Minutes of the meeting held on September 29th, 2008 were approved
3. Distribution of Survey Report o The Survey report and community action plan has been printed and now available for distribution. o Copies would be posted to the Parish Councillors and Clerk and all other residents of Dentdale by November14th o Additional copies would be made available for visitors in Dent Stores, the tearooms and the pubs. o An electronic copy would be posted on Dentdale.com o Copies would also be sent by e-mail to all external bodies that we have worked with when building the Parish Plan; Judith Quigley (SLDC); Amanda McCleary (CALC); Cumbria Rural Housing Trust; Dent Brewery; Commission for Rural Communities o Julia Wilson will provide a list of strategic contacts to whom we should consider sending the plan
4. External Bodies and Community Action Groups o External Bodies o Minutes of the meeting with YDNPA meeting on October 16th are attached. As a result of this meeting: § Peter Watson will be talking to the Parish Council on planning. § Moya Turrell has followed up on housing issues and it was subsequently suggested that a meeting is set up between the SLDC (Mary Earl/Lucy Reynolds), YDNPA and Dent to discuss housing enablers and affordable housing. § The concept of a surgery to offer advice and support to farmers in the Dale on the Uplands Entry Level Stewardship scheme was discussed. o Mike Lawton will follow-up on the meeting with David Butterworth o Community Action Groups o 2nd home group – no report o Litter group – terms of reference for this group to become a sub-group of the Dent Parish Plan sub committee were approved at the November meeting of the Parish Council. John Sibley is setting up the next meeting for the group o Economy group – will meet within the next 2 weeks (Post meeting – this meeting has been postponed to December). Mike Lawton will attend a Business to Business meeting at the Castle Green Hotel, Kendal on Nov 13th. and report back to this group o Playground equipment group – group will meet after Christmas
5. Action Plan – Projects for 2009 o Housing: Affordable housing o The parish council are responsible for looking at the future requirements for affordable housing. The housing survey is now 3 years old and probably needs updating. The status of the Ghyllside Development will be discussed at the December Parish Council meeting o The setting up of a Community Land Trust for affordable housing was discussed o Environment: Conservation o Set up a meeting in 2009 with the YDNPA and Jackie Foott, Janet Browning, Justin Walker, Christine Penrose and Jenny Robinson to explore possible conservation projects o Environment: Highways o Covered by the Parish Council o Environment: Public Nuisances o Litter/noise/dog fouling – to check back with Paul Mountford to secure suggestions on actions and support o Street lighting – Parish council will review o Community facilities o In the event that Dent Stores is sold &/or does not remain a shop Catherine Vinsen and Tim Deighton have offered to lead a group to look at maintaining some retail facilities for Dent. Crossthwaite Exchange and Bolton were used as examples of community shops. o Memorial Hall – Jock Cairns will talk with the Memorial Hall Committee in 2009
6. Budget & requests for authorisation of payments
7. Any other business o Heather Fraser will present an update on the Plan at the Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale Neighbourhood Forum on November 18th. o Jock Cairns will prepare articles for Lookaround and Westmorland Gazette
8. Date and time of next meeting Monday, January 12th, 2009 at 7:30 pm at Stone Close Tea Room, Dent
Subject Minutes of Steering Group Meeting Date Monday, September 29th, 2008 at 7:30 pm Venue Stone Close Tea Room, Dent Attendees Jock Cairns, Heather Fraser, Mike Lawton, Peter Knapton, Paul Wilkinson
1. Apologies for absence and Resignations
2. Minutes of last meeting Minutes of the meeting held on August 11th, 2008 were approved
3. Review of Action Plan o An abridged version of the action plan (attached) will be appended to the Final Report o A shortened version highlighting the specific actions for the Parish Council will be presented to the October Parish Council meeting
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draft copy of the Plan will be discussed with the YDNPA at the
meeting that has been set up for October (Copy to be sent to Paul
Wilkinson and the PA for the CEO) 3. Final Report o Immediately prior to this steering group meeting, the Report Writing Group had met and approved the final report o The report was approved by the Steering Group and will be submitted to the October Parish Council for sign-off o Layout – Once the Parish Council have approved the report, Kate Roberts will do the final layout o Delivery logistics – Costs of delivery are being investigated (Action: Heather). If the cost of postage is too high, Peter Knapton will look at involving the group of volunteers who delivered the surveys o Distribution – Reports will be distributed o To all residents in Dentdale residents o On Dentdale.com o To all external bodies that have been involved in the process o At the next Neighbourhood Forum meeting o To visitors via the Dent Stores, etc.
5. External Bodies and Community Action Groups / Progress on Actions o Meeting with Roger Roberts, VAC – minutes attached for meeting of 4/9/2008 o Litter Picking Action Group – minutes attached for meeting of 8/8/2008. There has been an issue regarding insurance for this activity which will be taken to the October Meeting of the Parish Council o 2nd home Action Group – minutes attached for meeting of 15/8/2008 o Gardening Meeting –John Sibley will host 3 meetings starting on October 16th o Children’s Playground Equipment – Peter Woof has advised that the SLDC will look after this area o Young People – wildlife related activities – Paul Wilkinson discussed the John Muir Trust and how the YDNPA had worked with Settlebeck School using this Trust. Dent Primary School as well as Jackie Foote and John Hyde will need to be involved with this action. Martin Hewitt from the YDNPA can also assist Additionally o Conservation Area Appraisals – Mike Lawton and Jock Cairns met with Paul Wilkinson and Robert White of the YDNPA to discuss this project. It will be presented to the October meeting of the Dent Parish Council o The Friends of the Lake District are keen to find projects to support which are outside the Lake District but within Cumbria.
6. Budget & requests for authorisation of payments o Payments for Reading Room Meetings: £8:33 (Dent Parish Council) o External Body meeting with Roger Roberts, VAC: Refreshments at Stone Close - £ 10:35 (Mike Lawton) o Mileage for Sustainability workshop: on Sep 3rd - £8:60 (Mike Lawton)
7. Any other business N/A
8. Date and time of next meeting Monday, November 10th at 7:30 pm at Stone Close Tea Room, Dent
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