Draft Minutes - 10 March 2025
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held Monday, 10 March 2025 at 7:30 pm in the Legbourne and Little Cawthorpe Community Centre.
Public Session. No members of the public attended the meeting.
Reports from Outside Bodies:
a) ELDC Ward Member. Cllr A Grist sent his apologies and did not send any report.
b) LCC Ward Member. Cllr S Parkin sent her apologies and did not send any report.
2025/03-1 Record of Members present and apologies
Present: Cllr M Exley (ME) (Chairman) Cllr P Maw (Vice Chairman) (PM), Cllr S Cole (SC), Cllr D Harrison (DH) and Cllr N Oliver (NO)
Also Present: Mrs N Must (Parish Clerk)
Apologies: Cllr A. Grist (ELDC) and Cllr S. Parkin (LCC)
2025/03-2 Declarations of Pecuniary Interest. None declared.
2025/03-3 Minutes from 13 January 2025. It was resolved that the draft minutes of the meeting were accurate and the Chairman signed the official minutes.
P: SC S: PM, All in favour
2025/03-4 Chairman’s Remarks
a) Bank mandate. This has finally been completed and previous Chair has now been deleted as a signatory including access to the account. Parish Clerk to get confirmation.
b) National Planning Policy Framework. The Chair attended this training session and reported that the new framework is pro-development, not only in terms of housing but also other development such as renewables and infrastructure. Local planning authorities (LPAs) will be required to meet identified housing need, which includes appropriate mix of housing types for the local community. It is unclear if Legbourne will be affected by further housing development.
c) Footpath by the beck. This was cleared and tidied up by two residents. Cllr SC thanked them for their efforts and this was noted by the Parish Council.
2025/03-5 Council Matters
a) Clerk’s Report. The report was noted and there were no outstanding actions.
b) Correspondence Received. This was noted including the letter from ELDC on fly tipping.
c) All Saints Church Clock Annual Service. The Council supported in principle to give a grant towards the service costs. However, the Church should first ask the ELDC Ward Member if he still has available funding from the Councillor Community Grant fund. The Parish Council will fund half of the three-year service cost nett of VAT totalling £387, if no ELDC funding is secured.
P: PM S: DH, All in favour
d) Emergency Plan. The Chair reviewed the current parish plan and compared it with the latest template from Lincolnshire County Council. The review was discussed in detail and a revised Emergency Plan will be put in place. The Parish Clerk will finalise the revision and send to the councillors for approval.
e) East Lindsey Investment Fund. The Council discussed possible major projects for the parish to take advantage of the grant available from the district council. Three possible projects include purchase of another Speed Indicator Device, capital works on the Legbourne Picnic Site and another bus shelter. All three projects will be considered at the Annual Parish Meeting to get residents’ views on their preferred choice.
f) Boot Cleaning brushes. The Council considered the suggestion of placing boot brushes at selected sites in the parish. The Council decided not to pursue purchase due to liability and maintenance costs, challenges on getting permissions from land-owners to place the brushes on their property and risks of theft.
P: DH S: PM, All in favour
2025/03-6 Finance and Budgets
a) Approved Payments.
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P: DH S: SC, All in favour
b) Latest Receipts and Payments and Bank Statements. The account balance on receipts and payments were reconciled with the bank account statements. Budget against spend was reviewed and checked.
2025/03-7 Planning Applications.
a) N/100/00188/25 | Listed Building Consent - Replacement of windows on existing dwelling | East Lodge, Louth Road, Legbourne, LN11 8LQ. The Council resolved to support this application.
b) S/086/00283/25 Ossian Offshore Windfarm - Consultation from the Planning Inspectorate on the Scoping Opinion. The Council considered the scoping opinion but did not have any comments to submit.
c) No other applications received between agenda close and meeting
P: PM S: DH, All in favour
2025/03-8 Community Initiatives
a) Bus Shelter Refurbishment. This is work in progress and Louth Men’s Shed is waiting for better weather to start and finish this work.
b) Litter-picking event. It was agreed to hold this on Sunday, 13th April at 10am and meet at the Community Centre car park. Cllr DH has the spare equipment. The Parish Clerk to request green bags from ELDC to be delivered at the Cllr ME’s house. A risk assessment is advised to ensure safety of all volunteers taking part.
2025/03-9 Legbourne Picnic Site. Cllr DH visited the site recently and reported that the toilets were clean and well maintained. The police have also recently visited to monitor the area and did not see any anti-social incidents. The future of the site will be discussed at the annual parish meeting in April to get residents views.
2025/03-10 Highways. No reports or updates received on the issues below.
a) Blind bends in the parish
b) Beck at Mill Lane
c) Househams Lane
2025/03-11 Community Centre. A number of events have now been scheduled including Bingo, car boot sales and a village fete scheduled for 19 July. Another scarecrow festival will be organised. The monthly newsletter will no longer be delivered to every household from July 2025 onwards but electronic copies can be accessed via the Community Centre website or on email to residents who have provided email addresses. Only a few hard copies will be published and available at selected sites.
2025/03-12 Date of next parish council meeting is scheduled for 12 May 2025.
The Annual Parish Meeting has been set for 28 April 2025 at 7pm. An invitation to the Neighbourhood Policing Team to give a presentation will be sent. Agenda items for discussion include:
1. Legbourne Picnic Site
2. Community Speed Watch – volunteers
3. Ground Disposal Facility (GDF) Area of Focus
4. Potential Projects for grant funding
A flyer will be sent to all households and refreshments will be available.
2025/03 -13 Parish Clerk Performance Appraisal. It was noted that a six-month review which should have been done last November 2024 was overlooked. Nonetheless, all Members of the parish council were pleased with the parish clerk’s performance and agreed that the comments for this year’s annual review mirror those from the previous year. The Parish Clerk to populate the form and submit for signing at the next meeting.
The meeting closed at 9:30 pm.
Signed __________________________________ (Chairman) Date: ______________