Minute of Meeting of Kinross-shire Local Committee of 21 April 2022 for Approval
Perth and Kinross Council · 30 June 2022
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KINROSS-SHIRE LOCAL COMMITTEE Minute of meeting of the Kinross-shire Local Committee held virtually on Thursday 21 April 2022 at 5.00pm. Present: Councillors M Barnacle (Convener), C Purves (Vice-Convener), W Robertson and R Watters; Ms S Bruce-Jones (Fossoway Community Council), Mr D Colliar (Kinross Community Council), Mr A Miller (Portmoak Community Council), Ms M Ponton (Glenfarg Community Council) and Mr F Principe-Gillespie (Cleish & Blairadam Community Council). In Attendance: C Mailer, F Robertson, M Butterworth, D McKeown, B Murray, and D Stokoe (all Communities); L Simpson, K Molley and A Brown (all Corporate and Democratic Services). Apology: Mr M Thomson (Milnathort & Orwell Community Council) Councillor M Barnacle, Convener, Presiding. 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES The Convener welcomed all present to the meeting and an apology was noted above. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no Declarations of Interest made in terms of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct. 3. MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING The minute of meeting of the Kinross-shire Local Committee of 20 January 2022 was submitted and approved as a correct record. 4. MATTERS ARISING (i) Co-ordination of Planning and Management in the Lomond and Ochill Hills – (item 7) A motion on funding of regional park initiatives to full Council had not yet been submitted as officers await clarity from Nature Scotland. (ii) Boundary for Commission for Scotland - (item 9) Item 10 was deferred at the last meeting. The Boundary Commission are expected to issue revised proposals later in the year, which will show if concerns have been addressed, specifically the division of Kinross-shire between two parliamentary constituencies and the pairing of Kinross-shire with Fife rather than Perth and Kinross. Following consultation, a report would be brought back to committee. (iii) Committee Forward Planning – (item 11) It had been decided for the forward planning workshop to be postponed following the election with new elected members. The Convener suggested
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possible areas of discussion – review the rejection of local landscape areas, investigate issues around community transport and consider a campaign to work with bloom groups to help keep Kinross-shire tidy. 4. ROAD SAFETY UPDATE There was submitted a report by Head of Environmental and Consumer Services (22/94) advising members of progress on the various road safety concerns raised about the public road safety network in Ward 8 raised with officers prior to the meeting. Resolved: The proposals set out in Section 5 of report 22/94, be endorsed, with the following addition: • Further traffic surveys to be carried out in Blairforge, Blairingone, Drum and Gairneybank. 5. LOCH LEVEN GUIDANCE There was submitted a report by the Head of Planning and Development (22/95) (1) summarising the comments received during the consultation in 2021; and (2) seeking on the guidance prior to submission of a report to the SP&R Committee for approval and adoption as non-statutory Supplementary Guidance to support the Local Development Plan. Resolved: It be noted that the following feedback from Kinross-shire Local Committee members on the guidance be incorporated into a future report to the Strategic, Policy and Resources Committee: • issues with combined sewers where the storm drains overflow during periods of heavy rainfall releasing sewerage into the catchment • the discord between the LDP reducing the housing land requirement in Kinross-shire to protect Loch Leven, and the housing numbers on allocated sites invariably being approved for higher numbers than identified in the plan 6. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND – KINROSS-SHIRE Voting Members of the Kinross-shire Local Committee were contacted, and the decisions outlined in report 22/96, were agreed via email due to the urgency of the request: Resolved: The decision by voting members to award the grants outlined in report 22/96, be homologated.
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7. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS Councillors M Barnacle and C Purves referred to their last meeting as Convener and Vice-Convener of the Kinross-shire Local Committee. They thanked members and officers for their support in creating the committee and wished new members well for the future. ~~~~~~