Minutes of the Parish meeting held on Wednesday 18th March 2009 at 7.00pm in The Nelson Suite of the Village Hall.

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Present. Chairman Mr Geoffrey Moulton, Mrs Debbie Ashford, Mr David Hook, Mr Hamish Rose, Mr Peter Workman, Miss Marjorie Emery, Mrs Pauline Brookes, Mrs Julie Parker, Mr Barie Masterson, Mr Ian Nelson. Mr B Lincoln - from Footpath report. District Councillor Windridge – from AOB.
Apologies Apologies were received from Liz Allen, Damian Ashcroft, Kevin Cunningham, Richard Delf.
Minutes of the previous meeting The minutes of the previous meeting held on 19^th March 2008 were approved before being signed by the chairman.
Matters arising from the previous minutes Other than were indicated below there were no issues raised from points discussed last year, however a report on each point is included for completeness.
Morningthorpe Mineral Extraction/Waste Site The parishioner’s comments had been incorporated in the official response of the parish council to SNC.
F.T. Construction (Swainsthorpe) Ltd Planning Application The parishioner’s comments had been incorporated in the official response of the parish council to SNC.
Annual Reports The following annual reports were read out to the meeting :
Report	Written By	Read By
Chairman	Mr G Moulton	Mr G Moulton
The Church & Town Estates Property Charity	Mr B Masterson	Mr B Masterson
Town Estate Education Foundation	Mrs P Brookes	Mrs P Brookes
The Church Estate Charity	No report received
The Hempnall Trust	Mrs R Jones	Mr I Nelson
Playing Field Users Association	Mr R Delf	Mr I Nelson
Hempnall Village Hall Committee	Mr D Ashcroft	Mr I Nelson
Footpaths	Mr H Rose	Mr H Rose
Tree Warden	Mr D Hook	Mr D Hook
Hempnall School	No report received
Long Stratton High School	No report received
Copies of all reports are attached to these minutes (Master copy minutes only).
Any Other Business
Hedge Trimming The smaller of the two established oak trees along the southern boundary of the playing field had suffered damage as a result of being bush whacked. In addition a new young oak tree planted on parish council land well within the boundary had also been damaged. It was agreed to write to the landowner to ask them to take more care and not to bush whack the trees. Mr Hook would liaise with the charity owning the allotments with a view to planting a hedge on the boundary of the allotments			IN ACTION DH
Swan Meadows Footbridge Mr Rose had reported that NCC had agreed to repair Swan Meadows footbridge some time ago. It was agreed that this matter should be chased up.			HR
Hempnall School Mrs Brookes asked what the current situation was with the school. Mr Hook reported that he had recently spoken to Mrs Elston and the delay was due to problems in purchasing the land.
Road Conditions Miss Emery stated that Bungay Road at bottom of the path from Rowland Drive was in a poor state of repair. Mrs Brookes and Mrs Parker reported that the roads in general need to be reviewed and repaired. The clerk will write to Highways asking them to carry out repairs. Mr Masterson reported that the Krons, being a busy cut through, has meant that the road edges were giving way. Mr Lincoln suggested enquiring about a weight limit to restrict traffic on this road. Mr Workman suggested that such a restriction may force traffic up The Street instead. Mrs Parker reported that Fairstead Lane was repaired and very soon afterwards fell back in to disrepair. Mr Windridge asked Mrs Brookes to email him details so that he could follow this up.			IN
Wind Turbine Inquiry Mr Lincoln asked for an update re the timing of the public inquiry. Mr Moulton provided an update and stated that the inquiry is now likely to be held late September 2009.
Next Meeting The next parish meeting is scheduled for 17^th March 2010.			All
The Chairman thanked everybody for their active participation in the meeting. There being no other business, the meeting was closed at 7.50p.m.

Signed ______________________________________________ Date 17th March 2010