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AGENDA for PC meeting of 10th July 2013
AGENDA
BIGBURY PARISH COUNCIL.
The next meeting of the parish council will be on WEDNESDAY 10th JULY 2013 in the Memorial Hall at 7.30 p.m. If County Councillor Mumford and/or a police officer are present they will be included as early as possible
COUNCILLORS PLEASE NOTE: If an item arises during proceedings where a councillor holds an interest, it is mandatory that the councillor declares such an interest.
AGENDA
1 Apologies for absence
2 Minutes of June Parish Council meeting
3 Matters arising
4 Open Session (members of the public are welcome to participate during this item on the agenda and may submit their views on any planning matter on Agenda Item 7
5 Councillor vacancy : to co-opt councillor to fill vacancy
6 Financial: to pay invoices
7 Planning: update on outstandingapplications
8 Correspondence
9 Neighbourhood Plan
10 SHDC Service Level Agreement for Parishes for Planning Enforcement
11 Cluster Meeting: a: TAP funding 2013-2014: b: Dementia Friendly parishes
12 District Councillor’s report
13 Any other business
14 Date of next meeting: WEDNESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2013 unless anything of an urgent nature arises in August.
COMMERCIAL FISHING IN THE AVON ESTUARY
Dear All
There has been a flurry of reports of fishing boats openly netting within the Avon estuary recently and there was been much concern that nothing appeared to be happening despite the many phone calls.
I am assured that the netting was checked but at the time of the visits and within the byelaws that the officers were warranted to enforce, the vessels were netting within those byelaws.
However, as part of the‘Water of Dartmouth’, the Avon estuary is a Several Fishery owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, meaning that there is no public right to fish or collect any bait from its tidal waters (including foreshore). Whilst there has been no intention by the Duchy of Cornwall or the lessees of the estuary to be obstructive to fishermen involved in their pursuit for personal & non-commercial leisure purposes of responsible fishing and bait collection at present levels, they have been clear that they do not allow commercial fishing without licence. The enforcement officers were not able to enforce this at the time of the visit(s).
The Duchy are in talks with the relevant authorities and I have received this from Neal Gray of the Marine Management Organisation, “We encourage all members of the public to report any incidents of potential illegal fishing activity to us on 01752 228001. We endeavour to act on any information provided and are actively attempting to tackle the issue of illegal fishing by enforcing the appropriate legislation available to the MMO or through partner agencies whenever possible.
We are also looking at the possibility of writing to all netters administered from the Plymouth Fisheries Office and advising them of the Duchy restrictions on netting in the Avon and Kingsbridge/Salcombe areas. My colleague Will Sykes is looking into this and we hope to have something in place shortly (Will is not in the office this week).
Regards
Neal”
I would like to thank you for your continued support in reporting incidents around the Avon estuary – your eyes and ears do help!
Best wishes
Nigel
Nigel Mortimer
Estuaries Officer – South Devon AONB Unit
Follaton House, Plymouth Rd, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE
‘01803 861465
È07971 544010 (not 24/7)
Minutes of the PC meeting of 12th June 2013
The Minutes may be found in the DOCUMENTS section of the Bigbury Parish Council GROUP.
SHDC website – useful tips about ‘WHERE YOU LIVE’
I want to draw your attention to a very useful page on the new district council website.
Find the box in the bottom right hand corner of the website homepage and type in your post code. This will take you to Where You Live
From this page you can pay your council tax, order new waste sacks, find out about bin collection, report dog found and fly tipping, contact your local representatives amongst finding much other useful information for your address.
I hope that you will help us to pass on the information to local residents as it can only be of benefit to us all.
The new website is always a work in progress and we welcome feedback on its development too.
With very best wishes,
Cllr Lindsay Ward
Member for Erme Valley Ward
Executive Lead for ICT and Customer Services
South Hams DIstrict Council
AGENDA for PC meeting of 12th June 2013
The Agenda or the Parish Council meeting of 12th June 2013 my be found in the DOCUMENTS section of the Bigbury Parish Council Group
PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS: MINUTES for APRIL & MAY 2013
The Minutes for the Parish Council meetings held in April and May 2013 are available in the DOCUMENTS section of the Bgbury Parish Council GROUP
AGENDA for PC meeting of 8th May 2013
The Agenda may be found in the DOCUMENTS section of the Bigbury Parish Council GROUP
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