Agenda

Minutes of the meeting of the Tynedale Local Area Council, held on 15 March 2022, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.

NB Any member needing clarification must contact Legal Services Manager at monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk.  Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

To request the committee to decide the planning applications attached to this report using the powers delegated to it.

Please note that printed letters of objection/support are no longer circulated with the agenda but are available on the Council’s website at http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Planning.aspx

Resubmission: Erection of rural worker's dwelling

Land South of Woodside Cottage, Bardon Mill, Northumberland

Development of 9 no. residential dwellings (100% affordable) including associated access, car parking, landscaping and all other ancillary works (amended layout and housing mix)

Land North of Piper Road, Piper Road, Ovingham, Northumberland

Residential development of 9 detached and semi-detached dwellings, single and two storey, plus associated infrastructure works (amended description)

Land North of Lonkley Lodge, Lonkley Head, Allendale, Northumberland

For Members’ information to report the progress of planning appeals.  This is a monthly report and relates to appeals throughout all 5 Local Area Council Planning Committee areas and covers appeals of Strategic Planning Committee.

To reply to any questions received from members of the public which have been submitted in writing in advance of the meeting.  Questions can be asked about issues for which the Council has a responsibility.  (Public question times take place on a bimonthly basis at Local Area Council meetings: in January, March, May, July, September and November each year.)

As agreed by the County Council in February 2012, the management of local public question times is at the discretion of the Chair of the committee.

Please note however that a question may possibly be rejected if it requires the disclosure of any categories of confidential or exempt information, namely information:

1.   relating to any individual;

2.   which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual;

3.   relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person;

4.   relating to any labour relations matters/negotiations;

5.   restricted to legal proceedings;

6.   about enforcement/enacting legal orders;

7.   relating to the prevention, investigation of prosecution of crime.

And/or:

•     is defamatory, frivolous or offensive;

•     it is substantially the same as a question which has been put at a meeting of this or another County Council committee in the past six months;

•     the request repeats an identical or very similar question from the same person;

•     the cost of providing an answer is disproportionate;

•     it is being separately addressed through the Council's complaints process;

•     it is not about a matter for which the Council has a responsibility or which affects the county;

•     it relates to planning, licensing and/or other regulatory applications;

•     it is a question that town/parish councils would normally be expected to raise through other channels.

If the Chair is of the opinion that a question is one which, for whatever reason, cannot properly be asked in an area meeting, he/she will disallow it and inform the resident of his/her decision.

Copies of any written answers (without individuals' personal contact details) will be provided for members after the meeting and also be publicly available.

Democratic Services will confirm the status of the progress on any previously requested written answers and follow up any related actions requested by the Local Area Council.

This item is to:

a.   Receive any new petitions: to receive any new petitions.  The lead petitioner is entitled to briefly introduce their petition by providing a statement in writing, and a response to any petitions received will then be organised for a future meeting;

b.   Consider reports on petitions previously received:

i)  Dangerous Road (Peth Head, Hexham) (attached)

c.   Receive any updates on petitions for which a report was previously considered: any updates will be verbally reported at the meeting.

To receive a verbal update from the Area Managers from Technical Services and Neighbourhood Services in attendance about any key recent, ongoing and/or future planned Local Services work for the attention of members of the Local Area Council, who will also then have the opportunity to raise issues with the Area Managers.

The Area Managers have principal responsibility for highway services and environmental services, such as refuse collection, street cleansing and grounds maintenance, within the geographic boundaries of the Local Area Council.

Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness will be in attendance to give an overview and answer questions about policing and community safety matters in the Tynedale area.

Fiona Forsythe, Community Rail Partnership Officer, will attend the meeting to explain what the role of the partnership in delivering the Department for Transport’s Community Rail Strategy.

To make appointments to outside body organisations within the Local Area Council’s remit.  A list of outside bodies is attached to the agenda for consideration.

The Members Local Improvement Schemes for Tynedale Local Area Council are provided for information only.

To note the latest version of agreed items for future Local Area Council meetings (any suggestions for new agenda items will require confirmation by the Business Chair after the meeting).

The next meeting (planning only) will be held on Tuesday, 14 June 2022.

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.