“Notes” re meeting of 16 March 2020 outside Pickhill School.
1. PRESENT: Mr Graham Clarke (Chairman), Mr Ron Barker (Vice Chairman), Mrs Norma Grubb (Parish Clerk), Mr Minty Scaife, Mr James Wadsworth.
David Grubb (Minutes), Residents: Mrs Anita Harvey.
APOLOGIES: from Cllr David Webster and County Cllr John Weighell.
The school had sensibly been placed out of bounds that day, due to Covid-19 advice just issued, so the meeting was on the car park. As a result it was agreed the meeting would be limited to urgent business only (Items 2 and 5).
2. OPEN MEETING: Nil
5. PLANNING
(i) Planning Application: Station Farm, Pickhill – application re reserved matters, including landscaping and appearance of 14 new dwellings and 1 replacement dwelling. (Outline planning granted in 2017). The Parish Council had no objections when the outline application was made in 2017. Following discussion there were no objections to the current application, but councillors had some points to ask the Planning Officer to take into account. Detail to Parish Clerk before 23 March deadline. The points, submitted to Planning on 23 March, were:
1. access for site vehicles be from Cross Lane ONLY (by the Block Factory) to avoid traffic passing through the narrow main street, particularly as there is another re-development site in Street Lane just after Cross Lane;
2. no site-related vehicles be parked on the main street (Street Lane);
3. create an off road compound for deliveries, loading / unloading of machinery and materials, so road closures can be kept to a minimum and avoid unnecessary disruption;
4. confirmation that the infrastructure of the village can cope with the increased demand on water/sewage/drainage etc;
5. regular cleaning of the road be undertaken throughout the development period;
6. the road be re-instated after the completion of works.
(ii) Update: The Old Post Office, Sinderby – application granted by Hambleton Planning Committee.
There being no other urgent business, the meeting was adjourned until Monday 23 March 2020 at Sinderby Village Hall. However, due to Coronavirus lockdown implemented by Government that day – the meeting was cancelled. Urgent business will be handled via remote conferencing arrangements until further notice.
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Agenda for Parish Council Meeting on Tuesday 20 October 2026 at 7.30pm in All Saints Church Pickhill
Residents are welcome Councillors are reminded they must declare any conflict of interest on an item, where applicable.
A message from RAF Leeming: RAF Leeming will soon be entering a period of exercise hosting, during which there will be additional jet and helicopter movement. The local community can expect increased flying from 20 August to 2 October - including some night flying. We understand that Exercises can cause disturbance to the local community, and endeavour to minimise low and late flying in particular. Norma Grubb, Clerk to the Parish Council, 15 August 2026 Email: clerk@pickhillandsinderbypc.co.uk