Neighbourhood Planning Group Minutes

Scopwick and Kirkby Green Neighbourhood Planning Group

Minutes of the Meeting held on 10th June 2021 on-line via Skype

Attendees;

Peter Reeds (PR), David Nelson (DN) and Charles Kerrigan (CK).

1.       The meeting was opened with the Chairman and members attending via Skype from home addresses. PR welcomed all to the meeting.  

2.        Apologies for absence – Owen Davies (OD).

3.        Declarations of Interest – None were received.

4.        Minutes of the last meeting – Minutes of the meeting held on 22nd April 2021were agreed.

5.        Action Items from the meeting held on 22nd April 2021 were as follows:

• PR had finalised the draft responses to concerns document.
• CK had asked Janet Flett had to send the document out with one of her newsletters.
• CK had obtained the current draft of the Plan and had distributed it to the Group.

6.        NP Draft Update

           PR and HM had a Skype meeting to catch up on the draft plan and came up with a list of actions to progress the document. The main issues were as follows:

           There was some discussion regarding the possibility of increasing the number of affordable houses on some of the sites, and that the Plan needed to address housing for older people. However, the Group thought that the figures that had been presented per site  to the Parish at the recent consultation exercise should be adhered.

           There was still the issue of producing good quality maps for the Plan. It was agreed that PR should instruct HM to commission one of her contacts to produce the maps, but there would be a cost in the region of £300-£500 for production. This could produce a short fall within the NP budget.

           It was also agreed that PR would contact the Limes owner/agent as it would be it would be advantageous for the development proposals relating to the property to be included in the NP.

            HM was having difficulty accessing the AECOM reports on the PC website. In particular, she was finding it difficult to navigate the new PC web site for NP purposes.  The Group were in agreement with HM and it was agreed that CK should contact the Clerk and request that all the NP information be visible in one place by having an NP tab on the PC home page. 

           Action Items

• PR would instruct HM to commission one of her contacts to produce the maps.
• PR was to contact the Limes owner/agent for a copy of the development proposals for the site to be included with in the NP.
• CK was to contact the Clerk and request that all the NP information be visible in one place by having an NP tab on the PC home page. 

7.         Funding and Finance 2021/22

            PR informed the Group that his submission for the final funding to complete the NP had been successful. The funds of £7,419 were now available.  

8.         Date of next meeting

            The next NPG working meeting was to be held on Thursday 24th June at 1700hrs.