Neighbourhood
Planning Sub-group: Meeting 4
Note of the Meeting
Attendees:, Ken Hartley,
Bob Smith, Cath Halstead, Jonathan Ingham, Tamsin Hartley, Corinne Singleton,
Jo Postlethwaite Robert Partington, Dave Hartnup, John Holcroft,
Apologies: Keith Sykes, James Staveley, Bill Bowman,
John Yellowley, Carol Wallace
Note of previous meeting: this was agreed. Outstanding actions: On Agenda or completed – tbc o/s DH
funding Harold Bridges from Meeting 2
Declaration of interests: no interests were
declared in relation to any agenda item.
News, gossip and updates!
·
TH reported back on the LALC meeting attended
with Peter Edge. Positive discussion of
rural housing issues. LALC have sent
initial letters to the Forest of Bowland, English Heritage, Natural England,
and the group looking at the potential expansion of the Yorkshire Dales
National Park. They have decided after
this meeting to invite the two MPs to meet with them to discuss housing issues
in more detail (with City and County councillors invited too).
·
Confirmed that the attendees at the City Council
Neighbourhood Planning event (29.10.14) will be JI, RP, KH & PC member or JH -To confirm 4 places
required with the Council. Action TH
·
Positive news – Locality have approved the
Direct Support application. This means
they are putting it forward to government (DCLG) for their final decision on
the 25th October. However
because they know we would like some input into boundary decisions urgently, they
have asked if we might be prioritised further for this element. Hoping to hear about this in the first half
of next week. Will wait to finalise
boundary note till then. Action TH
Consultation – CS has contacted the school and
had a really useful and lively first meeting with the School Council. The children have been very enthusiastic
about being involved in thinking about the future of their community. The list of community groups for the first
consultation letter was discussed and amplified. CS to draft the content for the November
Wrayly Mail, to reinforce the first consultation questions and ways to get
involved and get in touch with the group. Action CS
Communication – CH
has completed the posting up of information to the new blogspot which Chris
Conder has now linked to the village website (Wray Neighbourhood Plan Group now
listed under the groups on the left-hand side).
Vital group asset, and great to be able to share information quickly in
this way. CH to send link round to group
so that they can have a look and make any suggestions for content etc. JI suggested that it would be positive for
the group to have its own artwork/logo (current image can still be used, but is
a general free-use image, not specific to a Wray NP). Everyone agreed a unique identity would be
valuable – JI to produce and send to Group for views, and once agreed to be
used on all posters/paperwork etc to create a ‘brand’. Action CH, JI
Funding and finances – KH and TH had attended
the Hornby regional funding fair. Most
funding available is for capital projects (ie things that will come out of the
NP process) rather than for research/consultation. The local Nat Merriman fund may help with creative
and arts-based ways to involve young people.
The funds summary information/contacts and leaflets collected were
passed to JI for investigation and a future overview and briefing of the group
(to be timetabled – second November meeting?)
LETTER AND INFORMATION FOR CONSULTATION 1 – assets
and issues list, as well as the groups/mechanisms list, considered along with
the logistics and dates. TH to circulate
final versions for quick comment, with the boundary note to follow later (see
above). Action TH
Determined that the most effective information point
will be the Institute’s computer room.
Suggestions are being sought for its future use, and NP Group to request
that it becomes the information point for the duration of the process with pin-boards
to be purchased and fixed to the walls as a matter of urgency if request agreed
to. CH to investigate/organise. Action CH
Small A4 posters can then be put at other key points
around the village, directing people to the Institute and the NP website/Blog
Spot. These small posters to be put up
at the Church, Chapel, tea-rooms, pub, post-office and on the Institute outside
boards. CH and BS volunteered to organise
this and delivery of the letters. 220
copies required – one page, double-sided, folded (CH to organise printing and
notify JI of the costs for sign-off etc).
Letters to be delivered on the 17.10.09 with a request that
replies are ‘posted’ back by 27.10.14 if possible, so that views can be
assessed in advance of first November NP meeting which the Council will attend. Action CH, BS
Two NP ‘post-boxes’ to be produced and set up at the
Post-office and the Institute for responses. Action
CH
COMMUNITY SURVEY – KH and TH fed back the
results of the meeting this week with the City Council. They have not thought about what they might
require/recommend as a common core for such surveys (eg for read-across), but
will comment on what the NP Group produces.
Also to provide the definitions of key terms that they are working to
(eg affordability, local connection etc) for information/reference. Agreed that the City Council can provide
advice on data protection; make available any parish level information/data
held to help inform the NPlan; identify its strategic Planning policies;
and help drill down where relevant on housing/planning monitoring statistics
collected. Also agreed that early consideration of SEA screening requirements
by the Council will be needed due to the AoNB context and environmental
sensitivity/value of the area – this can probably be considered once aims and
objectives are finalised.
General discussion of previous examples of surveys
circulated, priority topics and past experiences of conducting surveys locally
took place. TH to put together a base
example for further consideration – will need to collect base information,
focus on housing and other land use issues, and identify areas for more
detailed consideration (eg business needs) at a later date to make sure the
survey is not too long. Action TH
Key tasks and timetable: discussed with City
Council at meeting this week in outline.
Some slippage will inevitably occur and it will be a ‘live’
document. Updated version to be
discussed at next meeting, and then shared with the Council at first November
meeting. Action TH
Any other business: the final version of the Development
Management DPD (policies core for the Local Plan) due to be presented to full
Council on 17th December. JY
had e-mailed to say he thought it was vital that the NP Group knew the final
policy sets, so that it could determine where it could best add value. General agreement that a briefing and summary
from JY on this at the first November meeting would certainly be
important/valuable. Action JY
Date of next meeting: confirmed as Thursday 23rd
October 2014, at 7.00pm in the Institute. 
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