LEIGH-ON-MENDIP ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
HELD ON 23 MAY 1994 IN THE HALL.
Minutes of the APM of 18 May 1993 had been circulated and were
accepted as a true record and signed.
REPORTS
HALL REPORT - V WINKS.
The Halls financial year is October to 30 September. For the
1993/4 financial year no rent or heating increases are proposed.
The toilet project will be completed and thanks were expressed to
M Loten and J Robson for their work. In the summer holidays the
kitchen is to be redecorated to comply with the Food Safety Act
and the front doors will be replaced and the entrance hall
carpeted. Future work will, it is hoped include, connecting the
Hall to the main sewer and hopefully replacing the windows and
tidying the car park. Thanks were expressed to Mr and Mrs
Rabbits, hall caretakers, Richard Dunn, builder, Jan Robson and
Margaret Loten for all their hard work over the past year.
D Pattison expressed the thanks of the PC to the Hall Committee.
RECREATION MANAGEMENT FIELD REPORT - J ROBSON
Unfortunately in the last year the Chairman, Treasurer and
Groundsman had resigned but the committee of four elected and
co-opted members had decided at the 21 March AGM to continue
without a chairman. Caroline Peat had been appointed treasurer.
The bank account stands at just over £300 thanks to fund raising
but there was a significant debt owed by a previous football
user. Work was needed on the Clubhouse and to instal play
equipment won last year - an appeal for help to do this in the
Parish Magazine had been unsuccessful. No further action was to
be taken on enlarging the field but help was requested from
Parishioners to maintain the field. Thanks were recorded to John
Whitmarsh the (resigned) groundsman for his work at the field.
D Pattison thanked the Committee for their work in running the
field.
A Parishioner suggested that parents of the children at the
School be asked for help installing the play equipment.
HALECOMBE SUPPORT GROUP - J FEATHERSTONE.
At the quarry the Bund was being built and the installation of
the new tar plant was underway with completion hoped for by
September 1994. The Bulls Green Link to alleviate traffic flow
through Mells, Great Elm. Chantry and Whatley had been agreed by
SCC. Hopefully the matter of heavy lorries through the village
had been dealt with (this was disputed by some present).
Mrs Featherstone objected to comments in the Parish Newsletter re
blasts from the quarry and footpath problems - these were dealt
with by DP.
Thanks were given to JF for her report.
LEIGH-HALECOMBE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION - R DIXON.
The group had made representations in November 1993 about
perceived infringements of the quarrying permission but no
satisfactory response had been received from SCC. The chairman
expressed the view that the group's options were now reduced to
legal and/or non-violent direct action. They believed that the
publication of MPG6 suggested that the governments attitudes to
quarrying were changing and hopefully more emphasis will be
placed on re-cycling materials.
R Dixon was thanked for his report.
PARISH COUNCIL REPORT - D PATTISON
Thanks were given to D Turner for his work on the village survey
the results of which would be fed into the Mendip District Plan
now in preparation. The village was on the waiting list for
traffic calming measures, and after much badgering most of the
work on road repairs/signs initiated by the PC had been done. A
circular footpath would soon be completed round the quarry and
new access points had been agreed. The PC would like to
encourage Parishioners to get their homes tested for RADON in
advance of the initiative by SCC later in the year. For the
future the PC were likely to become involved in the purchase and
running of a Burial Ground as the Churchyard was nearly full. In
connection with the review of Local Government SCC had applied
for a Judicial Review and the hearing had started today.
The Clerk and fellow councillors were thanked for their work in
the past year.
There being no questions the meeting was closed.
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