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Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on |
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Present D Hook (Vice Chairman), D Ashford (Minute Taker) , R Delf,
P Workman, D Pointer, H Rose. |
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Members of the public present Sue Beare, Rachel Hyde-Smith, Julie Parker, Diane Freeman, Roy Burfoot, Carl Gosling (Chair of School Gov.), Richard Benjamin, Kirstin Gunther. |
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Apologies Apologies were received from Ian Nelson, Geoff Moulton,
Liz Allen, Kevin Cunningham. |
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Public Participation Plans for telecommunications mast in Hempnall Rachel Hyde-Smith, Hempnall
School Governor asked why T Mobile were submitting a new planning application
when the proposed site was obviously not the right place to be. She
also pointed out that they had not approached the school to let them
know a new application was being made.
There are 57 children currently on the school register and she
pointed out that around 25% of her child’s Year 2 class had already
expressed that they would leave due to delayed plans for expansion and
the school cannot afford to lose any pupils. Sue Beare said that it is
not known if there are any long-term health risks to young brains but
that it is the perception of health risks. Peter Workman pointed out
that it is the phones that were proved to emit radiation rather than
the masts but accepted the objections made on the above grounds. It
was also argued that many children own mobile phones but Richard Benjamin
stated that no children at Hempnall school had
phones at school and seconded the perception of possible risks
comments. David Hook told the forum that
a number of sites had been considered and dismissed for various reasons,
including the church, and read out the list. He also wondered if there was an
intention to put forward the new plans whilst the schools were on holiday as the
timing was so bad. Paul Witham was approached to see if the date of
application could be changed but was told that there was an 8 week window and
automatic approval could be given. The application meeting would be 11/9,
hence the hurried PC meeting. Julie Parker commented that the
signal is currently bad, therefore if there was no mast the children would be
less likely to need phones! Other concerns raised were the
possible impacts for industry in Hempnall in the future and more traffic in
the village if local children left the school and children from other areas
attended. Rachel Hyde-Smith asked it to
be shown in the minutes that the school had not been consulted by T Mobile
and a copy of the statement would be required. Given that the school is already suffering due to problems with building expansion it was felt that it would have a detrimental effect on the whole community and would be prejudicial to the well-being and future of the school because of the perception of possible health risks. |
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Planning Applications New applications since the last meeting are: T-Mobile (UK) Ltd, Manor Farm, The Street,
Hempnall - Installation of a new 12m high replica telegraph pole and
associated equipment cabinets – Recommended rejection unanimously. |
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Wind farm
Photomontage David Hook referred to a letter
from Enertrag read out at the previous meeting concerning a photo montage of
vantage points for the proposed Wind farm.
He suggested that members of the PC meet with a view to walking around
the village with an OS map and showing points, combined with photo viewing
points where the wind farm was likely to be most visible. The deadline for
this is 31st August and it was suggested and agreed that this exercise be
carried out on 25th August when the Blimp will be re-launched. Peter
suggested that all approaches should be considered with a maximum of about
15-16 points and regardless of the opinions of either Enertrag or SHOWT.
David Pointer felt that photo montages were potentially misleading. Julie
Pointer said that a montage had been carried out from the churchyard by
Enertrag and very small print showed
that 125m turbines had been used for the exercise. |
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Next Meeting The
next meeting will be held on Wednesday 19th September at |
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being no further business, the meeting was closed at approximately |
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Signed
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