6042 Minutes: of a Special Meeting of the Arnside Parish Council, held in the Parish Council Office, Church Hill, Arnside, on Saturday 11th September 2003.

6043 Present: Chairman - Councillor D.M.(David) Willacy, Councillors J.G.(Jack) Baker, P.E.(Ted) Casey, J.M.(Jean) Colwell, R.J.(Ros) Hunt, T.(Terry) Keefe, the Clerk - P.G.(Peter) Challenor, the Treasurer - A.(Tony) Cookson. There were no members of the public present.

6044 Apologies for Absence: Councillors K.(Ken) Hargreaves, C.J.(Chris) Murphy, J.P.(John) Gallagher, P.A.(Peter) McSweeney, M.P.(Pat) Pierce,

6045 Arnside Parish Plan

At the invitation of the Chairman, Councillor Keefe reported on the final production and launch of the Parish Plan. Points covered were as follows:

(1) Councillor Keefe confirmed that he, as Chairman of the Steering Group, has acted throughout as being independent of the Parish Council.

(2) The Parish Plan was officially launched at a public meeting, held on 1st October. This meeting had been well attended and was thought to have been successful. The Steering Group has now been formally wound up. It is to be replaced by a new Parish Plan Management Group, with the first meeting scheduled for Wednesday 15th October.

(3) Within the Flow Chart there are three categories for action: immediate, triggered and longer term or ongoing.

(4) G.1.1: 2001 Census. The Clerk agreed to publish the Parish Census figures, once they become available.

(5) G.2.1: Other Plans - General. Agreed.

(6) HB.1.2: Other Plans - Open Spaces. Agreed - details to be considered at December meeting of the Council.

(7) HB.2.2: Affordable Housing / Sheltered Accommodation. Agreed.

(8) HB.3.1: Design Guide. Need to collate existing policies and review.

(9) FS.1: Cemetery Chapel. The Clerk will investigate whether or not it is permissible for a Parish Council to make application for a grant from the Local Heritage Initiative. If this is not permissible, advice will be sought as to the most suitable constitution for an eligible group.

It is hoped that it will be possible to establish some ‘heritage’ occupation during 2004, in order to coincide with the centenary of the opening of the Chapel.

A sum of £2,000 has been included in the draft budget, to be considered at the forthcoming meeting of the Finance Committee. The Treasurer explained that he has included this sum with the intention of contributing to the cost of providing an electricity supply to the Chapel. It is however envisaged that there will be a need for extra fund-raising.

(10) FS.2.1: Unused Buildings etc. Agreed. The Chairman and Clerk will assess the situation, and explore possibilities.

(11) FS.5.1: Youth Centre. Agreed. The timescale is indefinite, but the matter will be reviewed before the end of the current year.

(12) BT.1.1: Information Centre. The Business and Tourism Action Group is likely to make further recommendations, and suggestions for other sources of funding.

(13) BT.2.1: Workspaces etc. as for BT.1.1.

(14) TPT.1.1: Speeding. Councillor Keefe will advise the Action Group of the suggestions made at the informal meeting between (available) Councillors and representatives of Cumbria County Council. Councillor Keefe will seek the observations and recommendations of the Group and will report back to the Council.

(15) TPT.1.5: Hotel Parking. Agreed. A letter will be sent to hoteliers, etc, in the Spring of 2004.

(16) TPT.1.8: Peak-Day Parking. Agreed - the Police are usually informed.

(19) TPT.1.10: Rural Transport Partnership. The possibility of a Partnership has already been explored, but neighbouring parishes have indicated that they do not think it appropriate to include Arnside.

(20) TPT.1.11: Furness Line. It is noted that First North Western have just announced plans to upgrade Arnside Station.

(21) EC.1.4: Newsletters. The Clerk will maintain the promulgation of four newsletters per year, on the web site, in order to satisfy the minimum requirement for “Quality Parish Status”. In addition it is agreed that there will be two Parish / Community Newsletters, printed and distributed each year.

(22) EC.4.1: New Library / Community / Information Centre. This is already in hand.

The meeting closed at 11.30am.

Peter G. Challenor

Clerk to the Council