March 2020 Minutes
Waddingham Parish Council
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Wednesday 4th March 2020 at Jubilee Hall @7pm
Present: Cllrs A Watson (Chair), GA Thacker, A White, R Coman, J Hill, A Yates, D Stones, P Williams & The Clerk
0 member of the public
0403/1 Election of temporary Chair in the absence of Cllr L Williams- Cllr A Yates nominated Cllr Watson, seconded by Cllr J Hill. All agreed. Resolved A Watson to chair the meeting.
0403/2 Apologies for Absence
Apologies were accepted from PCSO Law, Cllr Strange, Cllr L Williams
0403/3 Declaration of Interest
a. 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. Cllr Thacker declared an interest in agenda item 19- North Ramper.
To note dispensations given to any member of the council in respect of the agenda items listed None requested
0403/4 Minutes of Previous meeting to be approved and signed
The minutes of the Parish Council Meetings held on Wednesday 8th January 2020 were approved and signed as true and correct.
0403/5 Matters Arising
None
0403/6 County Councillor's/District Councillor's Report
None present
0403/7 Police report
PCSO Law had provided a report with the incident statistics for the parish. There had been 2 arrests and 2 seizures of vehicles – crime report submitted for going equipped for burglary.
0403/8 Clerk's report
Nothing to report. All matters covered on the agenda.
0403/9 Results of by-election
Daisy Stones was elected as parish councillor.
0403/10 Policies and procedures
(i) To discuss standing orders for amendment- resolved to amend standing order regarding committees.
(ii) To discuss and adopt Internet Banking Policy- Resolved to adopt internet banking policy.
0403/11 Finance
(a) Accounts for payment- resolved to pay
(i) C Wright, Salary and expenses- £526.96
(ii) L Brown, Neighbourhood Plan- £300
(iii) WLDC, Election costs- £85.50
(iv) LALC, Annual Subscriptions- £222.99
(v) LALC, Annual Training Scheme, £120
(b)Payments received- £1105.09- CIL PA138051
(c)Internet banking- Internet banking is now working.
0403/12 Correspondence for discussion
(a) Keep Britain Tidy Spring Clean- resolved not to take part in the Spring Clean. A number of volunteers do already carry out ad hoc litter picks.
(b) WLDC Parish Charter Consultation- No comments to make.
(c) North Lincolnshire Local Plan- Noted. No comments to make.
0403/13 Highways Matters- (a) traffic calming and ongoing issues on Redbourne Road- Cllr Summers was not present at the meeting. Clerk to contact Mike Read at Highways again to request signage and discuss the possibility of speed bumps which would also assist with drainage. (b) Agricultural Traffic on Church Road- damage to graveyard on 2nd February 2020 was noted. Highways aware of the issues.
0403/14 Planning applications and decisions: -
PA140307-Highwater House, Brandy Wharf- application for instillation of air to water heat pump-refused. PA140308- Highwater House, Brandy Wharf- Listed building consent for installation of air to water pump- refused. PA140150- Land at South Carr, application for 1 agricultural dwelling- granted. PA138145- Holywell Grange- appeal – appeal dismissed.
0403/14 Parish Council Communication including use of Parish Council email addresses- Parish council email addresses now all working. Cllr Coman thanked Cllr Watson for her hard work setting them up.
0403/15 Update from Cllr Thacker regarding play equipment for the village- Item to remain on the agenda.
0403/16 Flood relief scheme and beck cleaning matters. To discuss and review Flood Relief Channel Assessment 7th January 2020-Cllr A Watson, Cllr Stones and Cllr A White reported that had walked the flood relief scheme to assess it on 7th January. Cllr Stones had produced a report for the council. The land slippage needs to be repaired. This will be possible in August/September when the crop has been harvested. Clerk had contacted Ian Benn at the IDBS regarding future maintenance. He has requested that a councillor telephone him to discuss the issues. Resolved Cllr Stones to contact him. Clerk to contact Highways to see if speed bumps could be placed along Redbourne Road. These would slow speeding traffic and divert water. Cllr Stones to also carry out a letter drop to houses that are not currently signed up to the Environment Agency flood alert scheme to inform residents how to sign up. Cllr White thanked Cllr Stones for her hard work in producing the report.
0403/17 Neighbourhood Plan Report-Mr Metcalfe had produced a report which was read by Cllr Watson. The end of grant report is currently being generated. There are no plans at present for another Neighbourhood Plan meeting.
0403/18 Constable Ings- Nothing to report
0403/19 To discuss North Ramper- Cllr Thacker
Cllr Thacker requested that the parish council write to the landowners of North Ramper asking them to maintain the track which is an unadopted road. Following discussions, Councillors suggested that it was not the Parish Council’s responsibility to write to the landowner but up to private individuals. Resolved the Parish Council will not write to the landowners.
0403/20 Confirmation of date and time of next meeting
Wednesday 6th May- Annual Parish meeting @7pm followed by Annual Council meeting at 7.30pm
0403/21 Additional items for the next agenda
None
The next meeting will be held 6th May @7pm at the Village Hall
Meeting closed at 8.08pm