October 2022 Minutes
Spridlington Parish Council
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Minutes of a meeting Spridlington Parish Council
Date & Time of Event
19th October 2022, 7pm
Venue
Spridlington Village Hall
Present: Councillors Marris (Chair), Morton, Cox and Cowling.
AGENDA ITEMS
Before meeting starts there will be a 15 minute period for members of public to speak
1 Apologies for Absence - To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Clerk prior to the meeting. There were no apologies.
2 Chairperson’s Address The Chair addressed the members (see attached)
3 To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests Councillor Marris declared an interest in item 5b.
4 Financial matters to include:
a) Glendale Invoice
An invoice for grass cutting for £306.82 (Aug and Sept) was received for payment. It was resolved to pay this invoice.
5 Planning Matters to include:
a) 145574 - Planning application for erection of an agricultural building to house a straw burning biomass boiler to provide renewable heating for the poultry farm. At Johnnies Farm The Cliff Ingham Lincoln LN1 2YQ
b) 145558 - Planning application to erect agricultural building for lambing and general use. At Church View Farm Faldingworth Road Spridlington Market Rasen LN8 2DE
Members of the Council discussed the application, in particular the emissions. The following response to be sent to WLDC “Spridlington Parish Council have concerns regarding the emissions that may contain harmful particular matter. Could reassurance be given to the Parish Council that this will not be the case please.”
Members of the Council discussed the application, the following response was sent to WLDC “Spridlington Parish Council ask if there is foul water runoff, would there be any environmental impact on the water course?”
6 Clerks report to include:
Update on LALC online system The online system at LALC is available for the Clerk to log in to book training.
7 Policies, procedures and standing orders update and moving forward Councillor Morton thanked Councillor Grant for chairing the last meeting. Members discussed that the clerk may have delegated powers to respond to planning applications instead of holding separate planning meetings. This to be clarified with LALC regarding objections. Councillors Cox and Morton will continue to look at the policies and moving forward via a working group on a proportionate basis.
8 Replacement Clerk It was resolved to accept Helen Pitman as the temporary clerk. Councillor Marris and the clerk had arranged to meet HP the following week. Members discussed the cost implications of laptop in line with GDPR.
9 Councillors’ Reports: Councillors’ reports and items for inclusion on the next agenda: Councillors are requested to use this opportunity to report minor matters of information not included elsewhere on the agenda and to raise items for future agendas. Councillors are respectfully reminded that this is not an opportunity for debate or decision making.
Members discussed the permissions needed from WLDC regarding tree/branch pruning.
10 Resignation of Councillor Grant A letter of resignation had been received from Councillor Grant. The members thanked Councillor Grant for his time dedicated to the Parish Council over the last two years.
11 Date and time for next meeting 09.11.22, 7pm in Spridlington Village Hall. As agreed
Please note that item 5b was brought forward to follow item 3, to allow Councillor Cowling to comment on the item. Councillor Marris left the room at 7.08pm to allow item 5b to be discussed and commented on, he returned to the room at 7.11pm where the meeting concluded with item 5a, followed by item 4, then returning to the full agenda. Councillor Cowling left the meeting at 7.12pm during the discussion of item 5a.
The meeting closed at 8.05pm