June 2019 Minutes
Hagworthingham Parish Council
Minutes of the meeting of the Parish Council held at JJ’s Cafe on Monday 24 June 2019 commencing at 7.15 p.m.
Present: With Cllr Mr Richard Hammond in the Chair there were present, Cllrs Mr Mark Clayton, Mr Edmund Done, Mrs Rachel Elliott, Mrs Jan Morris-Holmes, Mr David Powell, Mr John Redman
In attendance: Clerk Mrs Susan Archibald
Also present: 3 members of the public
ELDC Cllr Will Grover
Prior to the commencement of the meeting PCSO Nigel Wass gave a Crime Prevention presentation and left various notices and literature for distribution.
In the absence of any questions from the public area, the meeting opened at 7.15 p.m.
22. Chairman’s Announcements
There were none.
23. Apologies for absence and reasons given
There were none.
24. Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 not previously notified and/or consideration of any written request for Dispensation
There were none.
25. Notes of the Annual meeting of the Council held on Monday 21 May 2019 to be approved as Minutes and signed by the Chairman
It was proposed, seconded and:-
RESOLVED – That the notes of the Annual meeting of the Council held on Monday 21 May 2019 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
26. Speed Mitigation Measures
The meeting was updated on the Community Speedwatch equipment purchased and delivered and it was resolved to call the first exercise meeting for Friday 19 July 2019 in the Church Lane lay-by at 4.30 p.m. The LRSP representative would be in attendance to advise on use of the hand-held speed gun.
27. Elvis Community Outreach Bus
In the absence of any update from the Outreach Team, this item would be deferred to the next meeting.
Note: As a local resident had arrived to ask a question of the Council, the Chairman closed the meeting for a short while at 7.28 p.m. to hear his concerns.
An appeal was made to the Parish Council for help with the water run off situation on Church Lane, not just from the new development site, but due to the condition of the road and drainage in general. The Clerk undertook to contact the County Councillor and District Councillor Will Grover agreed to visit the location to see the problem first hand.
The meeting reopened at 7.58 p.m.
28. Removal of Post Box on Church Lane
The Clerk advised that Royal Mail were determined not to replace the post box, which had been removed as it was on private property and no suitable alternative location had been found to site a post, the alternative postbox at JJ’s Café was deemed sufficiently close not to warrant re-siting of a box on Church Lane. No proposal was made to take matters further.
29. Updates to Risk Assessment in respect of Community Speedwatch Planning Matters
In the absence of any proposed updates to the Risk Assessment, it was:-
RESOLVED: That this be deferred for consideration to the next meeting.
30. Financial Matters
(a) Monies at bank as at 31 May 2019 Current account - £6354.17 Bus account - £6027.71
(b) To approve payment of outstanding invoices (Appendix A)
It was proposed by Cllr Redman, seconded by Cllr Morris-Holmes and:-
RESOLVED – (a) That the monies at bank at (a), and payments detailed at (b) be noted and approved.
31. Planning Matters
Planning Application:-
S/070/00887/19 – LINDEN LEA, HIGH STREET, HAGWORTHINGHAM – application to vary condition 2 – Consultation expired 14 June 2019. No comment was made on this application by the Parish Council.
Planning Permission:- S/070/00685/19 | Erection of a detached bungalow with rooms in the roof space and construction of vehicular access | Land off Plot 1, Church Lane, HAGWORTHINGHAM
Comments of the Parish Council with regard to extreme water run off from this site have been taken into consideration in the planning decision.
Members noted the foregoing.
32. To receive reports from Councillors relating to outstanding projects
Regarding highway fault reporting, the Chairman undertook to bring a laptop to the next meeting to allow Members to access ‘fix my street’ to enable direct reporting of future highway’s faults.
33. To receive reports from the Clerk in relation to Council matters
The Clerk reported that no further action would be taken to progress a visit to Westminster.
34. To receive general correspondence
Fire safety notices were to be put on the notice board for information.
The Lincolnshire Wolds AONB Annual Report was passed to Cllr Morris-Holmes, as usual, for review.
35. To confirm the date of the next meeting of the Council
The date of the next meeting of the Parish Council would be on Monday 12 August 2019 to commence at 7.30 p.m. in JJ’s Café. Prior to this, at 7.00 p.m., all are welcome to attend to look at highway fault reporting and accessing planning applications through the ELDC planning portal.
The meeting closed at 8.07 p.m.