PC Mins – 17th July 24

SHOTESHAM PARISH COUNCIL.
Becmead, Shotesham St Mary, NR15 1UJ     01508550358     clerk.shotesham@outlook.com

To all members of the Parish Council.      
Minutes of the meeting of Shotesham Parish Council held in the Trinity at 7.35 pm on 17th of July 2024.

Agenda

  1. Apologies for absence received from S Dinsdale, J Nott, H Walker and CC A Thomas. In attendance ..DC John Cook. Mr and Mrs Collins and Mr Royall
  2. The minutes of the parish council meeting of the 25th of June where accepted and signed by the Chairman.
  3. Planning Permission…
  • 2024/1767 Hillside, The Common.

The meeting broadly supported the application.

Nevertheless there were a number of reservations/concerns as the property is within the conservation area.

The impact of the currently proposed materials [ Zinc roof and painted cladding] on the roadside aspect which would result in the loss of a ’traditional barn-like conversion’

The prominent position the property holds as one leaves or enters the village makes any significant change more obvious.

  • 2024/0725. No 6. The Grove

The meeting remains opposed to the application

The meeting found it particularly difficult to see what ‘material’ alterations had been made to the previous plan that would warrant a change in their view.

  • 2024/0221.Willow View Farm

The meeting remains opposed to the application

The meeting found it particularly difficult to see what ‘material’ alterations had been made to the previous plan that would warrant a change in their view.

DC John Cook shared a number of points with the meeting.

  1. Planning applications 2024/076 and 2024/0221 are likely to go to the Planning Committee.
  2. The council is reviewing/increasing support for children of families impacted by ‘domestic abuse’ This was wholeheartedly welcomed by the meeting
  3. The council will be responding to the local ‘housing need’ by further expansion of building targets.

Shotesham Parish Council..page 2.

   Urgent matters

  1. The meeting welcomed the coroner’s report on the tragic death of a motorist at the Mill Ford in December 2023.
  2. Their view of previous parish council meetings that the ford should be eventually reopened to allow traffic to use was strongly reaffirmed.
  3. The report is a document that will be published on the Judicial web site in due course, so anyone who wishes to review it can do so at https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/coroners-courts/reports-to-prevent-future-deaths/

J K Gough, The Clerk.