Lessons & Carols 2011

Xmas Supper 2011

St Oswald’s Farnham

Farnham Parish Meeting

‘Don't just live here, be a real villager and attend your Parish meetings, each Spring and Autumn’

 

MINUTES OF FARNHAM PARISH MEETING

Monday October 3rd 2011 at p.m.  At St Oswald's Church

1. Welcome

The Chairman welcomed attenders including NYCC Councillor John Watson and HBC Councillor Anthony Alton, who both attended for part of the meeting.

2. Apologies

The list of apologies was read out.

3. There were no declarations of interest.

4. Minutes of Previous Meeting

Peter Linney proposed and Tony Rowland seconded a motion accepting the minutes as a true record of the previous meeting. This was passed unanimously.

5 .Matters Arising

5.1 Road Works are now completed. Various people commented on the continued high speed of drivers through the village.

5.2 Lighting in the Church Precinct is in progress.

5.3 Yorkshire Waste PFI Allerton Site

The Chairman read out a letter from Allerton Waste Recovery Park. Councillor Watson informed the Meeting that a very large planning application from Amey Cespa was currently being reviewed by NYCC and, after consultation, the Planning Committee was likely to meet to consider it in April 2012. He was personally opposed to it because of the expense, inflexibility, and contract length. The whole process including appeal or judicial review, depending upon the outcome of the initial decision, could take a considerable time.

Houses at the village most affected, Marton cum Grafton, were already proving particularly hard to sell and this trend could also apply to a lesser extent across a wider surrounding area.

5.4 Minerals and Waste update .

The area of interest in our area runs from Knaresborough up through the village and Mount Garret to Ripon.

The Chairman said he had spoken to the Group responsible for this at the Harrogate Council and although there was interest in the recent past in an area near the village there has not been any further activity.

He was assured that, as Farnham is a Conservation area, special access and egress arrangements would be put in place to protect the village environment should any future excavation rights be granted.