2023-24 Parish Council Meeting Agendas

Baumber Parish Council - Agenda of  Ordinary Meeting.

Parish Clerk – Melvin Grosvenor  01507 578657.

Agenda of Baumber Parish Council Ordinary Meeting on Wednesday 19 July 2023 commencing 7.30pm at Baumber Village Hall.

In accordance with the provisions of the Public Bodies (Admission to meetings) Act 1960 as amended by Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A the Public and press may attend the meeting. 

The recording at Council Meetings is permitted with the full knowledge of the Chairman of the meeting and must be conducted openly. 

The agenda is set out below. 

Melvin Grosvenor   
Clerk to the Council   
Date of issue: 10 July 2023
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0723/24  Apologies for absence.
To Receive apologies/ reasons for absence.

0723/25 Public Participation. 

To resolve if necessary, to temporarily suspend the meeting for a period of no longer than 15 minutes to allow for public participation. Members of the public may raise subjects they wish to bring to the attention of the Parish Council. Items relating to matters on the agenda will be taken first and any decisions will be made when the meeting is declared open. 

0723/26 Declaration of Interest.

Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests under the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 made under the s.30 (3) of the Localism Act 2011

To record declarations of interest by any member of the council  in respect of the agenda items listed below. Members declaring interests should identify the agenda item and type of interest being declared.

a. To note dispensations given to any member in respect of the agenda items listed below:

0723/27 Minutes of Previous Meeting.

Minutes of Ordinary meeting held on 24 May 2023 to be approved and signed as a true record.

0723/28 Clerks report on matters outstanding:

Update ref: 29/20/10. Speeding Traffic - Update: Clerk ordered 5 additional 30 mph Check Your Speed signs. Consider ordering Welcome to Baumber Please drive safely. signs to for village gateways. Speeding and RTA's concerns raised by Silver St residents, P Read and D Baverstock on Baumber Village facebook page 19/10/2022. Members discussed these & general speeding through Baumber. Update: Cllr Bradwell liaised with Horncastle Neighbourhood Police for increased speed monitoring. Update: Details and costing of interactive speeding signs £2 - £3k further information being collated. Cllr Jones mentioned Hemingby hired mobile speed check monitor from LRSP.  Clerk email to LCC Highways & LRSP 10-07-23 raising ongoing concerns detailed above & re: interactive speeding signs.

Update ref: 1022/50  - B1225/A158 junction permanent street lights switch off - LCC Highways confirmed existing A158 redundant lights (29-43) to be removed, but  in order to disconnect the electrical supply to these street lights it would also necessitate the switching off and removal of the street lights at the A158/B1225 Junction which are on the same cable system. Cllr's W Gray & P Bradwell, Mere Balk Lane residents & Clerk raised concerns, that switching off lights at junction could increase risks of RTA's and requested improved reflective warning signs and traffic calming measures. Highways to provide proposed improvements prior to any switch off for consideration. Awaiting further information.

Update: Cllr Jones - Large diseased tree felled on corner with West Lane & Silver St which has flattened the West Lane street sign. Clerk has liaised with ELDC's contractors and new street name plate is on order to be installed with new posts. Ongoing.

Update: Cllr M Harrison raised concern re overgrown and unusable condition of No 94 - Bridleway. Clerk notified LCC Footpaths Officer & works scheduled.

0723/29 Financial Statement at 19/07/2023.

0723/29 Financial Statement cont/..

a) Note: LIVES Defibrillator & cabinet. Joint purchase with Village Hall Committee. VAT Refund due £367.39. Village Hall Contribution £1,000.00 received. 

Community Defibrillator Installed at Baumber Village Hall - consideration of ongoing maintenance. 

0723/30 Planning.

1. Re: S/011/00848/23 & S/011/00849/23. THATCHED COTTAGE LINCOLN ROAD, BAUMBER. Planning Permission - Installation of solar panels on the roof of existing detached garage which is a listed building. Consideration of proposal - Members Resolved to support. Update: Clerk submitted response & 10-07-2023. Application withdrawn.

2. Re: S/011/00711/23. WESTERN VIEW SILVER STREET BAUMBER.  Planning Permission - Erection of 1no. outbuilding on site of existing outbuilding which is to be demolished. Consideration of proposal - Members Resolved: to support the application on the basis of the submitted plans and statements for the intended purpose and use of the replacement outbuilding. Clerk submitted response.

3. Update ref: 0323/72 - S/079/01078/22 LAND ADJACENT SOTBY WOODS HATTON. Planning Permission - Installation of a temporary ground mounted 49.9MW solar farm with associated infrastructure, construction of vehicular accesses, CCTV cameras on 4m high poles a 15m high communications tower and security fencing to a maximum height of 2.2m.18 January 2023. Members considered information presented to Clerk by resident expressing concern they were misled by cold caller canvassing for support for the Hatton Solar Power Plant, plus concerns raised that the information provided was misleading and incorrect. Update: Clerk to submitted a Supplementary Note to ELDC Planning raising these material concerns plus a rebuttal to response by applicant. Planning application has been considered by ELDC at a Committee meeting convened on 9 March 2023. Officer's report recommended approval but, the proposal has been called in by Secretary of State & EDC Committee Members determined they were also minded to approve. Still Awaiting next stage and whether the SoS will appoint a Planning Inspector to convene a Public Inquiry.

Clerk has written to SoS advising of ongoing material concerns and to notify of BPC participation in any Inquiry in support of objections by affected residents and on material Planning Policy grounds.

4. Update ref: 20/21/05 Manor Farm Lincoln Road Baumber - Alleged 5 Contraventions of Development Consent. - Case update awaited from ELDC Development Control. 
  
0723/31 Update ref: 0523/18  Un - adopted historical footpath West Lane - St Swithin's - kissing gate & access to Footpath 92 Adoption application in progress. Residents     providing further witness statements to be included in the submission. Cllr Jones  Clerk proceeding. Further comment received from Andrew Roberts.
       
0723/32 Baumber Annual Parish Meeting September 2023. Member's discussed Clerk's proposal supported by Village Hall Committee to convene Baumber's Annual Parish Meeting on Thursday 14 September 2023. Arrangements & date to be confirmed at next PC meeting on 19 July 2023.

0723/33 Correspondence.
  
0723/34 Minor Items. 

0723/35  Date of Next Meeting: 18 October 2023.