June Council Meeting

Correspondence Related to Greenman is discussed
​Correspondence
Donna Darbyshire - Conflict of interest.
Concerns raised there would be a conflict if Councillors took up an invitation to attend Green Man Festival. Cllr. Morris informed the meeting that no invitation had been received and that procedures would be followed in that instance. Cllr Burdon reported he had attended a training session with OVW and had been advised there was no conflict of interest as it would be a fact-finding exercise authorised by the Council, and that accusations of conflict of interest would be untrue and unfounded. 

Jon Young -Gilestone Farm and Community Council Standing Orders
 Questions asked around the Welsh Governments decision to purchase Gilestone Farm and lease to Green Mans. The Clerk has responded in writing informing Mr Young the Council has no jurisdiction over Welsh Government decisions, however the Community Council has written to the Minister concerned. 
 
Alastair Mackeown – Gilestone Farm, wildlife species.
Mr Mackeown raised a number of issues concerning the impact on wildlife. The Chair and Cllr Burdon have responded. This Correspondence will be included in an evidence pack being developed by the Community Council.

Gilestone Farm
Correspondence to Welsh Government, BBNP and NRW.
Correspondence was sent to the Minister of Economy at the Welsh Government with questions around the acquisition of Gilestone Farm. appendix 1
Correspondence to  both the CEO’s and Chairs of BBNP and NRW requesting their position statement. 
appendix 2 & 3.
Response from the Welsh Government appendix 4. 
Response from NRW Appendix 5. 
An acknowledgement  received from BBNP, awaiting a response.
Cllr Cartwright reported she had received correspondence from PCC setting out their position.  appendix 6 .
Cllr Cartwright also reported that Jane Dodds MS had written to the Minister with a number of questions around the sale of Gilestone Farm.
Cllr Burdon raised concerns around heavy traffic ( Weight Limit) on the bridge to Station Road should large, non-permanent  structures be needed for events along with the need to have a clearer understanding of time-scales.

Public Meeting 
The Chair asked if any members of the public would like to speak about the public meeting , a member  of the public reported that at the public meeting of the 2nd June it was very clear that there were strong views  expressed and  that the meeting  was not supportive of mass tourism events and asked if the Community Council supported mass tourism events at Gilestone Farm or not.  
Another member of the public said he could sympathise with the Council as not all the facts are yet  known however, still felt the Council should establish its position. 
It was agreed to schedule an additional meeting of the Community Council to discuss the Councils position. This meeting to take place on 28th June at 7.30 in Henderson Hall.