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Minutes of the Great Yeldham Parish Council meeting held on 6th April 2006. Present were: Mr. M. Wood (Chairman), Mrs P. Slimming (Vice Chairman), Mrs. M. Baker, Mrs. B. McNeill, Mr. D. Dyson, Mr. C. Cumaranatunge, Mr. B. Sargeant, Mr. I. Spencer In attendance: Mr. R. Liming. Clerk to the Parish Council. In Public Question Time, the Chairman permitted Mr. R. O'Connell to speak on behalf of his parents, for the two planning applications they had submitted to Braintree District Council. 06/00565/COU. Change of use of ground floor from A1 (retail) to A5 (hot food take away) with first floor residential accommodation to remain. 06/00564/COU. Change of use of ground floor from A (retail) to C3 (residential) with first floor residential accommodation to remain. Mr. O'Connell pointed out to the meeting that his parents had resided and worked from their shop in the village for the past forty years and now wished to retire. The Business had unsuccessfully been on the market for the past year and they now wished to conclude the matter. An A5 application had been suggested by their agent and immediate interest had been expressed by several partiess. It was not their wish to antagonize their many friends, but he felt that in their own interests they had to reserve the right, if required, to market the property under a A5 application. Apologies for absence: County Councillor Mr D. Finch, District Councillor Mr N. Mc Crea 1026. Declarations of interest. Mrs M. Baker declared an interest in agenda item 10. (Doctors Surgery Report), signed the register and confirmed that she would leave the meeting for agenda item 10. 1027. Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 2nd March 2006 were approved as a correct record. 1028. It was resolved by members that the Parish Council could pay VAT invoices received for work completed, or goods supplied to the Sports Ground. The procedure to be followed, as advised by HM Revenue & Customs: that all orders for goods or work shall be placed by the Parish Council; all invoices must be addressed directly to the Parish Council. Funding to be supplied from money allocated to the Sports Ground Committee in the annual precept. 1029. Correspondence addressed to the Parish Council. Braintree District Council Proposed Summer Holiday activity Days. Members considered the information given by B.D.C. and agreed that the Reading Room should be offered as a base for the activity day on Wednesday 30th August and that the hiring fee of £35.00 be paid for by the Parish Council. In addition that 50% of the cost of £5.00 per child, (to a maximum of £100. 00) A letter from a Mr. A. Rowell requesting information on the availability of allotment garden plots within the village was read to the meeting. As there have now been five enquiries for allotments, members decided to investigate the possibilities of using land owned by the Parish Council, to the rear of the Burial Ground. Other matters of interest were read to the meeting and referred for filing when required. 1030. Planning Applications. Application No 06/0645/FUL. Rear Extension to 19 Little Hyde Road. Great Yeldham. No objections from members. Application No 06/00567/FUL. Erection of two storey extension with single storey extension to rear. Members requested that this application be refused on the grounds that intended extensions will be disproportionate to the existing property. That the single storey rear extension will be a separate dwelling and will be beyond the existing building line. That the intended extensions will have an adverse effect on the Bungalow at 13 Butlers Way. Members requested that this application be refused and that an application more in proportion with the surrounding dwellings be requested from the applicant. Application 06/0565/COU. Change of use of ground floor from A1 (Retail) to A5 (Hot Food take away) with first floor residential accommodation to remain. The Chairman read to the meeting a copy of a letter of objection to the A5 application from local residents, addressed to B.D.C. and the Parish Council; Mr. M. Wood, Mr C. Cumaranatunge, Mr. B. Sargeant, Mr. R. Francis and Mr. I. Spencer expressed concern at A5 application, a, for the lack of need, b, for the proposed anti-social hours and c, at the possibility of anti-social behaviour from the younger generation being inflicted on local residents, the comparison be made with Sible Hedingham and that the A5 application should be refused. Mr. D. Dyson. Mrs. B. McNeill and Mrs P, Slimming abstained. In the event of the application being approved, Mrs P. Slimming requested that the white plastered wall to the side of the house, with the words, 'Fear God' formed in the plaster work, should be retained and not be used for advertising. Application No 06/00564/COU Change of use of the ground floor from A1(retail) to C3 (residential) with first floor residential accommodation to remain. No objections were recorded from members. 1031 Proposed new Public Footpath. Members approved a proposal to apply for a section of the old railway track, belonging to the County Council, to be made into a recognized public footpath leading to the Sports Ground. 1032. Accounts for payment were approved for payment. 1033. Doctors surgery Report. The Chairman informed the meeting that he had been in contact with Dr Littler and Dr Davies. Dr Littler had informed him that it was his intention to continue to operate the Castle Hedingham practice from the existing premises in Castle Hedingham. Dr Davies had informed the Chairman that he had no plans to retire and that by way of cutting costs he would be withdrawing from the Yeldham surgery and hoped that his patients would be able to visit him at the Castle Hedingham Surgery. If not he would be prepared to make home visits. The position with the surgery application, according to the developer, was that the Care Trust had informed him, that although the Care Trust still recognized the need for a new Surgery in Great Yeldham, it was now going to merge with other Care Trusts and would refilter all applications. The manager from the developers had arranged a meeting to discuss the situation with the Doctors on the evening of Tuesday 11th April. A letter had been received from Edward Gittins, (copy to all members) stating that a plot of land on the Nuns Walk site was a package arrangement, free of charge, whereby land would be made available in a corner plot close to the Police Station subject only to the site being accessed via Nuns Walk. The Planning Officer will only recommend access via an entrance adjacent to the Police Station. Therefore it will be for the Planning Committee to decide on the outcome. Mr Dyson asked why the Whitlocks Green site had the Planning application withdrawn (in summer 2005), when there had been a clear mandate from the village, the Care trust and the Doctors to use the site. Mr Cumaranatunge then produced a private letter in which he claimed that Mr M. Wood had instructed the Care Trust and Developer to withdraw the application. In answer Mr Wood stated that at the May meeting of 2005, he had informed the meeting that he and the Parish Council would consider any alternative sites if made available. The letter merely pointed out that Mr Wood had told the Care Trust of the alternative Sites. The meeting closed at 22.15hrs

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