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Natland
Parish Council
Annual
Parish Meeting:
This
is the opportunity for all parishioners and those interested
in the welfare of the village to come and air their
views about Natland. Prior to the meeting the
Parish Council distributes to all residents its Report
and Interim Accounts for the year ending 31st March
and at the meeting there is the opportunity to raise
questions on these. Also, all parishioners have
the right to submit motions for discussion at the meeting.
These should be with the Clerk seven clear days
before the meeting so that they can be publicised on
the Parish Council's notice board outside Natland Post
Office & Village Store.
Others
invited to attend and address the meeting include the
local South Lakeland Distrcit Councillor, the local
Cumbria County Councillor, a representative of the Kent
Valley Rural Policing Team and representatives of all
village organisations within the Parish.
The
Annual Meeting is normally
held in April or May. Reports & Interim Accounts,
Agendas and Draft Minutes can be downloaded
in pdf format.
Parish
Council Meetings:
Natland
Parish
Council normally meets on the last Monday of each month (excluding
August & December) - Bank Holidays are avoided.
Meetings are held in Natland Village Hall at 7:30 p.m.
. Members of the public are welcome to attend and part
of the meeting is reserved for their participation (see
Public
Participation).
Draft
Minutes
of recent parish council meetings plus the latest Agenda, if
available, can be downloaded as a pdf
file by clicking on the required file. The most
recently available Summary
report can be found on the News page plus a link to
earlier summaries.
Public
Participation at Parish Council Meetings:
Members
of the public are entitled and encouraged to be present
at meetings of Natland Parish Council. But they
are not allowed to interrupt or speak during the council
meeting itself. However the council has decided
to set aside some time at the beginning of each meeting
for electors to ask questions and express their views.
Technically, the council meeting stands adjourned
during that time.
Under
this "public participation" agenda item the
public will be invited to ask questions or make observations
on any matters relevant to the community of Natland.
The council will note the views expressed, and
will answer the questions if and when it can. Questions
submitted in writing to the Clerk a week before the
meeting can be publicised on the agenda, but electors
may speak without giving such notice - it just means
they are less likely to get an immediate answer.
A
maximum of 30 minutes will be allocated to public participation
at each meeting, with each elector's submission limited
to five minutes.
During
the remainder of the council meeting the public should
remain silent unless the Chair is persuaded that allowing
an interruption would benefit the council's deliberations.
The
elector's opportunity for involvement in full-scale
democratic decision-making remains the Parish Meeting
which meets at least annually, usually in May.
Revised
28th January 2008
Planning
Applications:
South
Lakeland District Council shows details and progress
of planning applications on its website, updated daily.
Comments on current planning applications can
be made on-line.
If
you do not know the reference number visit
Online Planning
and set the Parish to Natland. It is recommended
that you change the search criterion to "Received
Date".
For
information on specific applications shown below, most
recent at the top, click
on the link.
- SL/2008/0548
Site Address: Village
Hall, Natland KENDAL LA9 7QQ
Description: STORAGE SHED
Received Date:
20/05/2008
- SL/2008/0392
Site Address: HELME PARK, HELME
LANE, NATLAND
Description: SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION
Received Date: 04/04/2008
- SL/2008/0173
Site Address: MILLENNIUM HOUSE, NEWLANDS,
NATLAND
Description: RETENTION OF BUILDING AS
SEPARATE DWELLING
Received Date: 19/02/2008
- SL/2007/1431
Natland Park Farm, Natland: Change of use
of land to form sites for caravans, Motor Homes
and Camping for period 26th February to 7th January
- SL/2007/1427
Natland Park Farm: Extension
to the Opening Season of the Existing Caravan Site
(1st March - 28th January Annually)
- SL/2007/1358 Stone
Gable, Newlands: Conversion of Land to
Garden and Double
Garage
- SL/2007/1341
Tann Hills, Oxenholme Lane: Conservatory
- SL/2007/1315
5 Highfield Hall, Barrows Green: Front Porch
- SL/2007/1314
Highfield Lodge, Barrows Green: Single Storey Extension and
Change of Detached Equipment Store to Garage and
Store
- SL/2007/1185 Pentland,
Oxenhome Lane, Natland: Proposed Double
Garage
- SL/2007/1065
Cracalt Farm: Change of use of Barn to Agricultural
Aorker's Dwelling
- SL/2007/1044
3 Smithy Close: Change of Agricultural
Land to Garden
- SL/2007/1017
4 Smithy Close: Change of Agricultural
Land to Garden
- SL/2007/0855
Larkrigg, Natland: Change of Use of Land
to Form Site for Eight Static Caravans
- SL/2007/0858
Highfield Lodge, Barrows Green, Natland: Change
of Use from Offices to Dwelling
- SL/2007/0835
Larkrigg, Natland: Agricultural Building
- SL/2007/0719
Hall View, Natland: To Retain and Alter
Vehicular Access
- SL/2007/0677
1 Highfield Hall, Barrows Green, Natland: Single
Storey Extension
- SL/2007/0669
The Orchard, Natland: Two Single Storey
Side Extensions
- SL/2007/0633
Town End Cottage: Two Storey Extension
- SL/2007/0597
8 Shanny Lane, Natland: Single Sorey Extension
- SL/2007/0360
8 Wandales Lane, Natland: Single Storey
Rear Extension
- SL/2007/0283
Natland Mill Beck Farm, Natland Mill Beck Lane:
Steel framed calf building
- SL/2007/0281
Stable Cottage, Natland Mill, Natland Mill Beck
Lane: Two storey extension, domestic garage,
formation of new pedestrian access & alteration
to vehicular access
- SL/2007/0120
Lowfield, Oxenholme Lane, Natland: Erection
of new dwelling, detached garage and temporary siting
of static caravan.
- SL/2007/0151
Cracalt Farm, Natland: Milking Parlour
and Collecting Yard for dairy cows.
- SL/2006/1311
Mansion House, Natland: Installation
of access stairs on external roof slope.
- SL/2006/1131
Wayleaves, Natland:
New dwelling in grounds.
Revised application. 16th October 2006.
- SL/2006/1126
Little
Lound, Oxenhome, Lane, Natland:
Formation of Fixed Roof on existing Garage. 13th
October 2006
- SL/2006/1034
41
Long
Meadow Lane, Natland:
Siting of Summer House. 19th September
2006
- SL/2006/1017
10
Long Meadow Lane, Natland: Single
Storey Extension. 13th September 2006
- SL/2006/0947
36 Long Meadow Lane, Natland: Rear
Conservatory. 22nd August 2006
- SL/2006/0899
Kingswood House, Natland: Rear Conservatory.
9th August 2006
- SL/2006/0819
Longmead,
Helm Lane, Natland: Single
storey extension at front, with first floor bedroom
extension above. 19th July 2006
- SL/2006/0738 Helme Bank, Natland:
Two storey extension.
28th June 2006
- SL/2006/0557
Wayleaves, Natland:
New dwelling in grounds.
16th May 2006
Parish
Plan:
A
plan for the future of the village has been produced.
See
Action Plan
for
the Summary and update or see Parish Plan
for a pdf download of the full plan.
Natland
Village Green - Damage Caused by Parking
Natlanders are understandably proud of their
Village Green. It is a major distinguishing feature of the Village and,
as such, its appearance is of importance to us all.
Bad
parking and bad driving cause damage to the Green that
is unsightly, hampers the maintenance of the Green and detracts from the attractiveness of
the village. It is also illegal.
Natland.info
first drew attention to the problem in 2006- see Please
Do Not Park on our Village Green.
Examples of more recent extensive damage to the
Green caused by bad parking and / or bad driving can
be seen above and below. Click on any picture
for an enlarged and, in some cases, extended view.
The problem
was discussed at the recent Parish Council Meeting.
Council Chair, David Peters, writes:
The
community of Natland has become increasingly concerned
about the damage being caused by vehicles to the Village
Green over the past few months, usually as the result
of illegal or inconsiderate parking.
It
is illegal to drive onto the Village Green. If
any damage is caused to the surface it is an offence
under s12 of the Inclosure Act 1857 and s29 of the Commons
Act 1876; it may also be an offence under s1 of the
Criminal Damage Act 1971. These are criminal,
not civil, offences where the police can bring prosecutions
(call 0845 33 00 247 to report).
Parking
inconsiderately so as to force other vehicles
- particularly larger vehicles such as lorries, buses
or agricultural vehicles - to drive onto the Green
is also an offence (causing an unnecessary obstruction
of the road, s22 Road Traffic Act 1988).
All
the grass verges surrounding the Green are legally registered
as Village Green, not just the central area.
In
response to a letter and photographs from two public-spirited
residents, Natland Parish Council considered the matter
at its January 2008 meeting and resolved to take the
following actions in order to reduce the damage:
- publicising
the issue on the website and notice board;
- drawing
the attention of the School, Church and Village
Hall bodies to the growing problem, including requesting
better communication with parents, churchgoers and
hall users, and more consistent use of the "no
parking'" A-boards (stored just inside the
church) during events;
- placing
appropriate notices on the windscreens of offending
drivers and recording the incidents.
More
drastic physical measures were also suggested; it is
hoped that good sense and better behaviour by motorists
will make them unnecessary.
If
any Natlanders feel they would like to support and assist
the Council's drive to protect the Green from damage,
particularly with "policing" activities mentioned above,
the Chair, David Peters, would be delighted to hear
from you by
or on 015395 60671.
David
Peters, Chair of Natland Parish Council, 4th February
2008
An
information update from Natland Parish Council
Dog
Fouling on Footpaths and Bridleways
The
Natland Parish Plan of March 2004 asked the Parish Council
to publicise the issue of dog fouling. The resultant
flyer, Helping
to Keep our Village Clean!, which was distributed
to all households in June 2004, advised that the law
which made dog fouling an offence applied in Natland
parish to:
- the
Village Green
- all
the carriageways, footways and verges within the
village's 30mph zone
- likewise
the whole of Burton Road (40mph zone) and
- the
30mph zone on Natland Road running into Kendal.
The
flyer was silent about footpaths and bridleways out
in the countryside because the relevant Act does not
apply to "land used for agriculture or for woodlands".
Because
of recent evidence of an increasing problem on such
rights-of-way, for example on the footpath from Burton
Road beside the railway and on the bridleway past Cracalt
House, further clarification was sought from SLDC.
The
officer who enforces SLDC's dog fouling Order has confirmed
that it applies to all footpaths and bridleways in the
District and he would have no compunction about issuing
fixed penalty notices to such offenders, even on unfenced
footpaths/bridleways crossing open land.
The
Parish Council has resolved to publicise this information
and to arrange for the appropriate signs to be put up
at the two sites mentioned above.
All
owners are urged to clean up after your dog using a
plastic bag which is then disposed of in a bin - please
not just dropped in the hedge or grass which is even
worse than not cleaning up at all!
David
Peters, Chair of Natland Parish Council, 1st November
2007
Lancaster
Canal (Northern Reaches) Restoration Project
On
20th November 2006 Natland Parish Councillors Mike Dickinson
and David Peters attended a meeting with the Lancaster
Canal (Northern Reaches) Restoration Partnership Steering Group. Their report
of the meeting is essential reading for any Natlander
interested in this project.
Appletree
School - Incidents Involving Children
At
a meeting with the council, Clair Davies, the Principal
of Appletree School, asked for the community's assistance
in immediately alerting the school and the police of
any incidents involving children from Appletree.
The council agreed to publicise the
following statement:
Sometimes
children are allowed to leave the Appletree grounds
by themselves, for example to visit the shop. This
will only happen after school and at weekends. If
they are still wearing school uniform they will not
have permission (school uniform is: red polo shirt
with green Appletree emblem / green sweat shirt with
red emblem / grey trousers).
If
you see any unaccompanied children outside the school
grounds, except for those with permission (see above)
and behaving themselves, please immediately notify the
school on 015395 60253 and the police on 0845 33 00
247; which you do first depends on the seriousness of
any misbehaviour.
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Natland
Parish
Council:
Chair:
David
Peters
10 Wandales Lane
Natland LA9
7QY
015395 60671
Vice
Chair:
Diana
Outhwaite
7 Abbey Drive
Natland LA9 7QN
Barbara
Bowley
John
Chandler
4 Smithy Close
Natland LA9 7RX
015395
60169
Keith
Jackson
Rose Cottage
Helm Lane
Natland
LA9 7QW
015395 61166
Pamela
Mansfield
2 Abbey Gardens
Natland LA9 7SP
Ann
Parnham
015395
61652
Clerk
to
Natland
Parish
Council:
Kevin M Price
Braeside
Low Greenhills
Crook
Kendal
LA8 8LA
01539 821596
Notice
Board:
The
Parish Council's
Notice Board is outside the Village
Store & Post Office.
Cumbria
County
Council:
Alan Bobbett
18 Hill Close
Sedgwick
LA8 OJR
015395 60422
South
Lakeland District Council
Brenda Gray
Rose Cottage,
Hincaster Milnthorpe LA7 7ND
015395 61135
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