Parish Council News
Forrabury and Minster Parish Council usually meet in the Village Hall
on the second Thursday of each month. Meetings begin at 7.00pm. Members of
the public are invited to attend.
PROPOSED PRECEPT 2008 / 2009
South West Water
A planning application for a treatment sewage plant to be
sited at Tresuck Farm has been submitted to the County Council. This was
discussed at the November meeting of the Parish Council. A letter of objection
from the National Trust was read out and a report from the Sewage Action group
was also discussed.
The main areas of concern were as follows:-
1 The owner of the land is not willing to sell to SWW.
2 The works would have an adverse visual impact in an area of
outstanding natural beauty and a coastal heritage site.
3 There has been no geological survey of the land. Excavation
of the land would have a high carbon cost and would alter the landscape
significantly.
4 Odour pollution of local homesteads
5 The application does not address the problem of the
continued use of the old, leaking outfall pipe. This should be extended in order
for it to discharge below water level at low tide.
6 A decision should be postponed until the outcome of the
Tintagel/Bossiney enquiry is known.
Following lengthy discussion of these and other points the
Parish Council refused the application by four votes to two with one abstention.
Unitary Authority
Cornwall has been granted unitary authority and District Councillor Janey
Comber has asked the Parish Council if they would be prepared to join Camelford
Town Council and various other Parish Councils to join one of the two pilot
schemes that are to be set up as a community network partnership. The Parish
Council has indicated their willingness to participate in such a scheme.
Telephone Box
BT has agreed that it may be possible to install a temporary
pay telephone in the Visitor Centre until the permanent one is placed in the
Gateway building.
Playground
The opening ceremony has been postponed until Spring of 2008.
Contact FMPC via the clerk on: 250440 or email
formin.parish@virgin.net
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