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Minutes of General Meeting November 2007

1.Welcome

The Chairman offered a warm welcome to members despite the cool evening outside.

 2.Apologies

The Mayor Mrs Rosalind Prowse, DC Councillor John Clatworthy, Richard Rains, Molly & Trevor Lucas, Mr & Mrs Hall, Mr & Mrs Dummet, Mr & Mrs Fluck, Mr & Mrs Behenna, Beryl King, Lin Watson, Graham Greetham, Mike & Val Cowton, Tony & Audrey Sprague, Lois Bromley, Barbara McCarthy, Brenda Bruce.

3.Minutes of the Meeting held 7th September 2007.

The minutes were approved and signed as a true and fair record.

         4. Matters Arising.

4.b New village signs. Councillor Humphrey Clemens told the meeting that it has been agreed to go ahead. It is important that action is taken quickly so that the Holcombe signs can be erected together with others in the area or extra costs will be incurred. £1200.00 is needed of which £300 will come from the Town Council and £300 each from the Mayor, Mrs Ros Prowse, and from Humphrey.

6.a Congratulations expressed to the Village Hall committee on the successful opening of the new building.

5.Report on recent and planned Association activities.

5.1    Possible village website. Andy Watson demonstrated the website he has designed. This is not only for the Association but provides a wider picture of the village and its activities, therefore it is just aimed at village residents in order to supplement the posters and other local means of publicizing societies and events etc. There are 5 pages plus the home page including one dedicated to the Residents Association with Holcombe Jottings, minutes of meetings, notice board, diary of events and contacts. There is a page listing all village clubs and societies and their contacts, a page for news and events, a page containing local photographs and a page for links to other sites such as dawlishweather.co.uk, the Teignbridge website, our local MP, the coastal footpath etc. The site will cost £24.00 per year and Andy will update it regularly. There was much praise and enthusiasm for the idea and the general agreement that it will be a great asset to the village.

5.2    Planning.

a.       24 Windward Lane. Application to build 2 houses – withdrawn.

b.      Channel View. Application for a studio above the garage.

c.       Innisfree, Smugglers Lane. Application to demolish and replace house.

d.      Gatehouse, Holcombe Drive. Building has started.

e.      Gerry reported that the longstanding problem of leaking sewage in Holcombe Drive has been fixed.

5.3    Barn Dance, Friday 30th November.

There will be an excellent band and caller. A hot pasty and glasses provided but bring your own drinks. Tickets available at the meeting @ £6 each.

5.4    Village Christmas Fayre, Saturday 1st December.

Carol will run our usual stall and will welcome any nearly new goods or unwanted presents to sell. Please bring to Hall on the morning or collection can be arranged.

5.5    Safety on the main road.

Andy reported that there have been 2 fatal accidents in the past month. The camera has been uncovered although this probably not relevant to either. The Devon and Cornwall Safety Dept survey on speed limits etc are completed at last and Andy and John W are to meet the Highways Engineer.

6.AOB

a. Bunty Pike asked if a tree preservation order could be requested on the Monterey Pine in Leigh House. John Bromley has had a meeting with David Pratt, the Teignbridge arboriculturist and now has a map with all Trees marked. Before a TPO can be applied for there must be discussion about the condition of the tree etc and the application must be made by the owners of the land. Even if a TPO is granted the developer can apply to the planning committee who can override the order at their discretion. John     Partridge said that even if a tree is felled the maximum fine is only £3000.00.  

 

b. The Association thank Starcross Primary School for loan of their projector.

 

c. Holcombe Jottings are well underway and will be delivered soon.

 

d. Teignmouth and Shaldon Museum are busy raising money for their

    proposed annex. The next event is on Friday at Teignmouth Community

    College and is a presentation by Mike Aston of Timeteam, tickets £7 available

    from Carol Chambers.   

7. The date of the next meeting.

    Friday 15th February 2008.

The meeting closed at 7.40 pm

The meeting was followed by a very interesting talk on " Pumpkins and Poetry " Adventures with Slow Food by Lori Reich of Shute Fruit.

                                                                                                                      

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