Parish Council News

Parish Council Meetings

Meetings will be held on the following dates - all Tuesdays

25 November 2008
27 January 2009
31 March 2009
19 May 2009
26 May 2009 - Parish Assembly [subject to change]
These meetings commence at 7.30pm and are held in Darnhall Village Hall.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DARNHALL PARISH COUNCIL
HELD IN DARNHALL VILLAGE HALL
on Monday 29th September 2008

Present Councillors: L Jinks
E Edwards
S Gee
J Hignett
D Tomlinson
H Walker
VRBC G Fairhurst

Apologies Councillor R H D Wood
VRBC D Joyce

Declaration of Interests.
Councillors declared that there had been no changes to their interests.

Chairman's opening remarks
The Chairman thanked the Councillors for attending. The Chairman thanked the Councillors for work on the Car Park prior to and following the Barbeque, also Mr David Plumley and his family. The Chairman also expressed his thanks to all the members of the fund raising group and councillors who had made the Barbeque such a successful night. The postman had reported a break-in at the Raven Inn to the Chairman, the Chairman contacted the Police and the Owner. On this occasion a copper cylinder was taken and on a more recent occasion slates have been taken from the function room roof. The police and the owner have been helpful on both occasions. Irrigation Control has now moved to a purpose built site near Whitchurch and the chairman thanked them for supporting the Quiz Nights.

Minutes
The minutes of the last meeting had been circulated and these were passed as correct.
Proposed Councillor Tomlinson
Seconded Councillor Gee

Matters Arising

161/2001 The Village Hall Support Group
Councillor Wood was unable to attend but had held a meeting with the funded raising group the previous week.. The work on the hall is expected to commence in early January and be completed by March. This being a time when the hall is used less due to the cold weather. Sources of funding for Car Parking is still being sourced. Councillor Tomlinson gave a report on a meeting he had with Mr Gunton regarded the floor surface for the main hall. Councillor Wood had confirmed there will be lighting on the car park for winter.

12/2007 Village Hall Fund Raising Group
The clerk gave a brief report on the Barbeque with £240.00 having been made, it was good to see some new faces and young families attending and it is hoped that this can be encouraged. A meeting had been held on the 25th September and much progress had been made. Mr L Jinks who is Chairman of the Parish Council is now organising the 200 Club with continued help of Mrs C Salmon. Councillor Gee will now take over as Chairman of the Fund Raising Group due to the resignation of Dr D P Kelly. It is hoped that two residents from Moors Lane will join the group, who will no doubt bring some new ideas. The draw for the 200 Club will take place in October, at a date yet to be determined.
Councillor Tomlinson had been involved in a Race Night held at Winsford Sailing Club and having told the council about it, agreed to help organise a similar event for the Fund Raising Group in 2009. Events are to be advertised on the website.

30/2007 Parish Assembly
The date for this meeting will be discussed again next month. Topics suggested are First Aid or Tithe Maps. The chairman pointed out that user groups had not been asked to the last meeting until the last minute.

10/2008 Clerk's Comments
The clerk had given her comments in the Village Hall Fund Raising Group, but told the council about the new Jessie Hughes Village Hall at Eaton which had been rebuilt and she had attended the opening on the 27th September.

11/2008 Payments
Clerk's payment. £75.00
Cheque Number 220
Proposed Councillor Jinks
Seconded Councillor Tomlinson
The reclaimed VAT amounted to £97.37
Donations S137 This will be held over until next meeting.
The cost of a sign for the Village Hall, together with a request from the Cross Country Parishes Church Magazine for funding will also be discussed then, since that is when the budget and precept are set.
The new auditors i.e. the Audit Commission have requested details of the Risk Assessment.

12/20008 Planning Applications
APPLICATION NO: 08-1872-FUL
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: -Detached Triple Garage.
LOCATION: - Weaver Hall Weaver Hall Lane Darnhall Winsford
CW7 4EB
APPLICANT: - Mr James Admason.
The Chairman had checked with local residents and the application was returned without comment.
VRBC G Fairhurst told the meeting that the Planning Department were
currently looking into this application in more detail.

13/2008 External Meetings
Councillor Jinks will attend the Police Forum in Tarporley on 1st October.

Cheshire Community Action is meeting at Eaton on 18th November 2008.

Gypsy & Travellers Sites in VRBC
Proposed sites in Winsford are on land at the former Civic Amenity Site, New Road/Bradford Road (is this the site of the old skips?) and the land between New Road/Bradford Road and the River Weaver (is this the site behind the Old Lighthouse/Post Office?) - more details from clerk Councillors Edwards and Walker expressed an interest in attending a meeting about this to be held in early October.

Any Other Business

14/2008 Community Speed Watch
The council had received an email from Church Minshull Parish Council regarding this. They are currently taking part in this scheme and will shortly be joined be Worleston, they wanted to know if Darnhall would be interested in monitoring traffic on our section of the B5074 thus sending out a message that the B5074 is a route where speed limits need to be observed. After much discussion it was agreed that this was currently unnecessary on the B5074 in Darnhall.

15/2008 Pictures for Hall
Councillor Gee asked if anyone had old pictures of Darnhall that could be copied and used in the hall following the refurbishment The councillors and clerk will ask residents etc.

Correspondence
Relevant correspondence was be passed round

Meeting Closed at 9.30 hours

Next Meeting: The date of the next meeting will be the 25th November 2008. This will be the Budget and Precept Meeting.