Minutes of Meeting of 3rd July

7:30pm, 3^rd July 2022 – Cleish Village Hall

Present:

• Fran Principe-Gillespie
• Fred Whalley
• Sean Gordon
• Margaret Traylor

Apologies:

• Charles MacLaren
• Cllr Dave Cuthbert
• Cllr Neil Freshwater
• Cllr Willie Robertson
• Cllr Richard Watters

Previous CC Meeting

Matters Arising

A number of actions were noted in the previous minutes, and these were covered in the relevant sections of the CC meeting.

Minutes

The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted.

Crime Prevention & Police Report

Crimes of Note since Last Meeting (17/04/23)

• 18/04/23 – 19/04/23 – Theft of quad bike (Blairforge) [Subject to live investigation]
• 24/04/23 – Fly-tipping (unclassified road near to Shank Burn in Cleish) [Subject to live investigation]
• 23/06/2023 – 26/06/2023 – Vandalism (Cleish Primary School) [Subject to live investigation]
• 01/07/2023 – Assault to injury (Unclassified road between B9097 & B996 near Cleish) [Subject to live investigation]

Traffic

Community officers are aware of regular areas where there are complaints about speeding in and around Cleish and Blairadam. These have all been added to the speeding matrix and they will continue to make efforts to carry out speed checks across the area during our patrols.

Traffic units have been carrying out speed checks in the area and have issued several tickets since the last meeting.

Broadband Update

Cleish Area

Update provided by Cllr Freshwater

• The June 2024 rollout date seems to be a bit of a red herring as progress does still appear to be being made at several sites. It is understood that some houses on Hatchbank Rd (also “June 2024”) have already been able to sign up to fibre services. A similar situation exists in Tillyrie with the same date, but actual progress. Andrew Mitchell has been as helpful as ever but agrees the ‘next few months’ is the best timeline, and you can check for planned Openreach works on www.roadworksscotland.org and when the property on www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com  has “WBC FTTP” listed it is essentially live. So, whilst June 2024 seems to remain the official date, it is an extremely liberal estimation and things are moving quicker.
• In addition, complaints were received of road debris being dumped in the ditches, on the Watergate-Carsegour stretch, suspected to be Morrisons/Openreach. This is a flood risk area as we know. Openreach have been responsive and there have been complaints for elsewhere too. Cllr Freshwater visited last weekend and there were still some pieces remaining, but Openreach have today said they will visit the site to remove.

Blairadam Area

There are still 16 properties which are not yet enabled, so the Community Fibre Partnership will continue to work to get Keltybridge and Blairadam to 100% coverage.

Openreach are still in the process of producing a detailed quotation for the project and creating a formal offer which it is hoped will be available in 2-3 weeks’ time, and which will include the exact costs for the project.

It is hoped that we can move ahead with the final phase of fibre broadband in Keltybridge in the near future, as it includes the installation of fibre to the Tabernacle Hall which would allow future CC Meetings to be held in Keltybridge.

Financial Update

Hall fees for the last 3 CC meetings have now been paid, along with the WordPress fee for the CC web site (https://cleishandblairadam.org.uk). This leaves a current balance of £447.90

The annual subscription for Zoom (to host the virtual CC meetings) is due for renewal – the CC Secretary will investigate alternatives and costs.

Planning

Under the new guidance, an objection by the Community Council automatically refers an application to the Planning Committee; otherwise, it requires 6 objections from separate households to refer an application.

Applications Under Review

• 22/01025/IPL – Residential development (in principle) | Land 140 Metres North East Of The Bungalow Benarty Road Kelty
  • This application was referred to the Local Review Body which has refused permission and dismissed the review.

Applications Approved

• 22/01334/AML – Erection of a dwellinghouse, garage, workshop, wall, fence etc.
  • Land 60 Metres North West Of Craigbank House Cleish
• 23/00034/FLL – Erection of a dwellinghouse and garage/ancillary accommodation (revised design)
  • 5 Boreland Steading Cleish Kinross KY13 0LT
• 23/00210/FLL – Erection of replacement garage
  • Dunandrew Benarty Road Kelty KY4 0HR
• 23/00425/FLL – Renewal of permission 20/00524/FLL (Erection of 4 dwellinghouses and associated works)
  • Land 45 Metres South Of Hillcrest Maryburgh
• 22/01446/FLL – Erection of a dwellinghouse and associated works
  • Land 30 Metres South East Of Gairney Bridge Farm Cottage Gairneybridge

Applications Pending

• 22/02113/IPL – Erection of a dwellinghouse (in principle)
  • Land 30 Metres North East Of Craigbank House Cleish
• 23/00493/FLL – Erection of a dwellinghouse and associated works
  • Land 100 Metres North West Of Craigton House Cleish Kinross KY13 0LQ
• 23/00532/FLL – Erection of a dwellinghouse and associated works
  • Land North Of 31 Main Street Keltybridge
  • The Community Council has objected to this application.
• 23/00934/FLL – Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse, alterations to driveway, formation of parking area and landscaping, installation of oil tank and associated works
  • Darnley Cottage Blairadam Kelty KY4 0HU
• 23/01024/FLL – Erection of porch and formation of raised terrace
  • Carsegour Farm Cottage Kinross KY13 0LG

Applications Withdrawn

• 22/02027/FLL – Erection of dwellinghouse
  • Land 15 Metres East Of Borrowdale Blairadam Keltybridge

Planning Enforcements

• 23/00186/ALUNDV – Alleged unauthorised land engineering
  • Borrowdale Blairadam Keltybridge Kelty KY4 0JG
  • Status: Pending Consideration
• 23/00147/ALUNDV – Importation of waste and unauthorised structure at site
  • Blairfordel Farm Kelty
  • Status: Pending Consideration
• 23/00112/UNAUSE – Use of ancillary accommodation as separate dwellinghouse/flat
  • Bridge House Main Street Keltybridge Kelty KY4 0JH
  • Status: Pending Consideration
• 23/00011/PLACON – Alleged non-compliance with condition 3 on approved planning permission 20/00201/FLL
  • Plot Adjacent To 27 Main Street Keltybridge
  • Status: Pending Consideration

Village Updates

Blairadam

• Keltybridge: Kinross County Sign – Keltybridge may have the only remaining Kinross County signs and there was a suggestion that this should be cleaned and preserved. The owner of the land where the sign is located has been contacted and is supportive of keeping the sign and of restoring it. The Councillors are alsosupportive of the cleaning and longer preservation this sign.
• Keltybridge: Fly-tipping on the Maryburgh road – Reports of fly tipping on the Maryburgh road, these were very quickly removed by PKC once the issues had been reported. It was suggested that the use of CCTV cameras may be an option if the problem continues.
  • Cllr Robertson will investigate the options for this.
• Keltybridge: Condition of Pavements & Parking on Pavements – Ongoing problems with parking on the pavement in Keltybridge, and the collapsed pavements in Keltybridge.
  • Cllr Robertson will look again at what options there are to address this.
• Keltybridge: Dog Poo Bin – The Keltybridge Dog Poo bin on the Sawmill Road had degraded and fallen off the post – this has now been replaced with a new bin.

Cleish

• Cleish Primary School – An initial phase of work is being carried out before the main project; this consists of the addition of an inside toilet facility.
  • The Community Council expressed concern that no planning applications have been submitted for the work being carried out on Cleish School, which is particularly concerning as the school is a listed building.
  • CC Chair to contact Cllr Freshwater for clarification.
• Road Condition on Hill Road – The condition of the road at the Fife County boundary is extremely poor. This probably requires collaboration between both councils to remediate this.
  • The problem will be reported on the PKC portal.

Any Other Business

• Publication of CC Minutes in Kinross Newsletter – April minutes not published.
  • CC Secretary will contact the Kinross Newsletter to update the CC contact details and to ensure that future minutes are submitted for publication on time.

Next CC Meeting

It was agreed to hold the next Community Council Meeting on 11^th September, at 7:30pm in Cleish Village Hall.