Agenda Document Pack - Kinross-shire Local Committee - 30/06/2022
Perth and Kinross Council · 30 June 2022
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Securing the future… • Improving services • Enhancing quality of life • Making the best use of public resources Council Building 2 High Street Perth PH1 5PH 24/06/2022 A meeting of the Kinross-shire Local Committee will be held virtually on Thursday, 30 June 2022 at 17:00. If you have any queries please contact Committee Services on (01738) 475000 or email Committee@pkc.gov.uk. THOMAS GLEN Chief Executive Those attending the meeting are requested to ensure that all notifications are silent on their device and other devices are in silent mode. Please note that the meeting will be broadcast online and recorded. The recording will be publicly available on the Council’s website following the meeting. Voting Members Councillor Willie Robertson, Perth and Kinross Council (Convener) Councillor Dave Cuthbert, Perth and Kinross Council (Vice-Convener) Councillor Neil Freshwater, Perth and Kinross Council Councillor Richard Watters, Perth and Kinross Council Non-Voting Members Sarah Bruce-Jones, Fossoway Community Council David Colliar, Kinross Community Council Andy Miller, Portmoak Community Council Margaret Ponton, Glenfard Community Council Fran Principe-Gillespie, Cleish & Blairadam Community Council Malcolm Thomson, Milnathort & Orwell Community Council Page 1 of 8
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Kinross-shire Local Committee Thursday, 30 June 2022 AGENDA MEMBERS ARE REMINDED OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO DECLARE ANY FINANCIAL OR NON-FINANCIAL INTEREST WHICH THEY MAY HAVE IN ANY ITEM ON THIS AGENDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCILLORS’ CODE OF CONDUCT. 1 WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 3 MINUTE OF MEETING OF KINROSS-SHIRE LOCAL COMMITTEE OF 21 APRIL 2022 FOR APPROVAL (copy herewith) 5 - 8 4 MATTERS ARISING 4(i) ROAD SAFETY Verbal Update by Traffic and Network Manager (Communities) 4(ii) BLAIRINGONE PRIMARY SCHOOL Verbal Update by Service Manager (Communities) IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEM(S) IN ORDER TO AVOID THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS EXEMPT IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973 P1 SALE OF 82M2 OF LAND, PRIVATE PARKING AT MYRE COTTAGE, 11 SMITH STREET, KINROSS • Exempt Reason 6 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority). • Exempt Reason 9 - Any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services. Page 3 of 8
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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 3 Page 5 of 8
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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. Page 6 of 8
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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. ~~~~~~ Page 7 of 8
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