Draft Minutes Fossoway and District Community Council
5th November 2019, Powmill Moubray Hall
Attending: Community Cllrs Carol Farquhar, Graham Pye (Chair) and Rob Young; P&K Cllr Richard Watters; Nine Members of the Public (MoP).
Apologies: CCllrs Sarah Bruce-Jones, Angus Cheape and Trudy Duffy; P&K Cllrs Mike Barnacle, Callum Purves and Willie Robertson.
Declarations of Interest: None.
Police report: There was one incident to note in our area since the last CC Meeting from the Commander’s Reports received via Perth and Kinross Community Watch: Between Sunday 13th and Tuesday 15th October a green Fiat car was scratched in St Serf's Place, Crook of Devon.
Minutes of the previous meeting: The minutes of the previous meeting were signed off without amendment.
Matters Arising
Rumbling Bridge Gorge Bridge: CCllr Duffy reported that George Lawrie indicated that the Army will probably be involved in the project which will have a significant positive impact on the costs. A costed plan should be available by the end of the year.
Powmill in Bloom: CCllr Farquhar reported that there is a problem with cutting of the road verges in Powmill, PKC claim that it is too dangerous beside the busy road even though they are cut in Crook and Drum. As a result the Bloom Group are doing it themselves. Cllr Watters agreed to look into this. Planting of bulbs continues.
Powmill Play Park: CCllr Farquhar reported that substantial ground work is now in progress, although no play equipment has yet been installed.
Crook & Drum Growing Together: Amanda James, chair of the group had contacted the CC requesting assistance with progressing planned work at the corner of West Crook Way. PKC’s Greenspace team, who own the bed behind the grass verge, have agreed to clear the bed and lay a membrane and bark. The Bloom group would then plant up the bed and maintain it in future – funds have already been raised for this purpose. Unfortunately there has been no progress by the Greenspace team, even though it was first requested at the start of 2019 to be done this financial year. Cllr Watters will ask the Greenspace team to move this item up their agenda.
Fossoway Area Transport/DRT: Cllr Barnacle convened a meeting, which CCllr Farquhar attended, but the turnout was very disappointing. He will try again to see if more people will take part.
Heart 200 Route: The CC had received an email from Robert Cairns of Heart 200 Scot Limited in response to this CC’s concern about lack of local consultation. He would be happy to meet the CC. Mr Cairns explained that Heart 200 is not another NC500 - it is essentially an online travel guide aimed at promoting the heart of Scotland - the circular route is simply a key to accessing this. There will be a Heart 200 Travel Guide in book form, written by Dr Tom Christie the author of the route on the website, coming out next year. Mr Cairns also pointed out that Heart 200 Scot Limited is a private limited company with a sole focus of promoting tourism in the heart of Scotland.
Crook Moss Travellers Site: CCllr Farquhar noted that they have been employing Ian McGregor, one of the travellers, to work in their garden and found them to be honest and hard working. Recently Mr McGregor’s caravan has had all the windows broken and vehicle driven dangerously at his wife. The Police are involved and prosecution is pending. CCllr Farquhar pointed out that this shows that are there are good people at the site too. Mr McGregor will be having a meeting with Cllr Barnacle and CCllr Farquhar to try and address some aspects of the site’s appearance. Cllr Watters asked if he could be at the meeting too.
Matters Arising with no update since last meeting:
A977 Mitigation, Blairingone War Memorial, Vegetation on Aldie Road, Cemetery Extension, Ivy Cottage Powmill: No information at present.
New Business:
Fossoway Gathering: There will be a Whisky Tasting fund raising event in the Hall on 30th November.
Community Council Business
No meetings attended this month.
CCllr Farquhar noted that there will be a meeting of the Sports Hub at the end of November.
CCllr Pye reported that the CC Accounts have been submitted, but won’t be processed until the end of the year as PKC’s Community Council Services department is busy with the General Election.
P&K Councillors’ Reports
Richard Watters: The Action Partnership’s second tranche of funding (£50k) has been postponed until mid January – applications for grants should be submitted before then. Each CC can send a representative to discuss the funding decisions. There is also a pot of £30k available for addressing inequalities and the Partnership is looking for representatives to decide how to distribute that. Finally, there is also a fund to put Wi-Fi in community buildings, e.g. halls, etc., which would finance the installation of the equipment and the first two years of running costs.
Planning Matters
19/01507/FLL Change of use, alterations from hotel (class 7) to dwelling house (class 9), installation of a ground source heat pump and associated works at Solsgirth House, Solsgirth, Dollar. No CC Comment.
19/01512/FLL Alterations and extension to dwelling house and erection of replacement garage at Smiddy, Main Street, Blairingone. No CC Comment.
19/01568/FLL Alterations to garage at Larch House, Carnbo. No CC Comment.
19/01643/FLL Alterations and extension to dwelling house at The Lodge, Blairhill, Rumbling Bridge. No CC Comment
19/01651/IPL Renewal of permission 16/01450/IPL (Erection of a dwelling house) (in principle) at land 30 metres north-west of Firs of Viewfield, Drum. No CC Comment.
19/01673/AML Erection of 10 dwelling houses with associated infrastructure and landscaping (approval of matters specified in conditions of 18/01855/IPL) at land 100 metres north-west of Schiehallion, Crook of Devon. Object on grounds of overdevelopment, no affordable housing, and inadequate local roads.
19/01539/FLL Erection of four dwelling houses at land 30 metres south of Easter Muirhead Bothy, Blairingone.
Firstly, the application form for this development was only added the day before this CC meeting, so consequently the CC will request an extension of the comment date.
Although this application appears to be only a change of design from the previously approved application, there is no indication that the previous planning conditions (road widening, landscaping) have been implemented and it appears that the ownership of this part of the development has changed. There were views from the MoP present that this application should be stopped altogether, however the CC believes that the most important thing is to ensure that the existing conditions should also be attached to this application and strenuous efforts made by PKC’s enforcement department to ensure they are implemented before this development takes place. The CC will record these views on the planning portal in due course.
Decided Applications
19/01355/FLL Alterations and extension to dwelling house and installation of a flue at Appin, Rumbling Bridge. Approved – The CC did not comment.
19/00962/FLL Alterations and extension to dwelling house, 34 West Crook Way, Crook of Devon, Kinross, KY13 0PH. Approved – The CC did not comment.
19/01346/FLL Erection of dwelling house at land 40 metres east of Hen Hurdle, Crook of Devon. Approved – The CC did not comment.
Appeals
19/00473/IPL Residential development (in principle) at land 110 metres south-east of 3 Birkfield Park, Rumbling Bridge. To be considered at 12th November LRB. The CC had objected to this application.
Dollar Equestrian Centre A number of MoPs attended the meeting and raised the issue of the lack of enforcement action against application 17/01337/FLL regarding the removal of the wooden stables from this site. The landowner has exhausted all avenues of appeal against the refusal of this application but has failed to remove them as required. PKC’s enforcement Officers have issued penalty notices but have stopped short of actually removing the stables themselves, believing that PKC would be unlikely to recover the cost of doing so from the landowner. Failure to enforce conditions of this nature establishes a dangerous precedent for other developments. The MoPs appealed to Cllr Watters for assistance, and he agreed to speak to Enforcement Officer Eddie Jordan.
Correspondence - All correspondence was available for viewing:
A notice was received from the Scouts regarding a Firework display and bonfire in Nine Acres on the 8th November.
PKC invite people to complete a survey (which closes on 15th November) about CCTV in Perth: https://consult.pkc.gov.uk/housing-environment/perth-city-public-space-cctv/consultation/
The A9 will be closed overnight (8:30pm to 6am) between Luncarty and A923 Dunkeld junction on 27th, 28th and 29th November to allow the next stage of the widening works to be carried out.
AOCB: None.
Draft Agenda for Next CC Meeting
Welcome and Apologies, Declarations of Interest, Community Policing, Minutes of last meeting.
Matters arising: Rumbling Bridge Gorge Bridge, Powmill in Bloom, Powmill Play Park, Crook & Drum Growing Together, Fossoway Area Transport, A977 Mitigation, Blairingone War Memorial, Ivy Cottage Powmill, Fossoway Gathering.
Community Councillors: Meetings Attended, PKC Councillors’ Reports, Planning, Correspondence, AOCB
Next Meeting and EGM: Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at 7:30 pm
Fossoway Primary School
All Welcome
