July 2022 Minutes
MARTON & GATE BURTON PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk to the Council: Mrs G Martin, 6 Mount Pleasant Close, Marton. DN21 5AE Tel.:01427 718377
magbparishcouncil@hotmail.co.uk https://marton-gate-burton.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Minutes of the Meeting held on Monday 4 July 2022.
PRESENT Cllr S Spence ( Chairman) Cllr M Allen Cllr N Cody Cllr C Durning Cllr L Musgrave Cllr J Patrick Cllr J Ridley Cllr G Worrell
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE.
Cllr N Pearson and Cllr J Ellis (WLDC)
2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST.
None.
3. PUBLIC FORUM. None.
4. NOTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 6 JUNE 2022 to be approved as minutes. Cllr Musgrave proposed and Cllr Cody seconded that the notes be approved as a true record.
5. REPORT BY CLLR JOHN PATRICK ON HIS VISIT TO LACKFORD FARM ESTATE SOLAR PARK.
Cllr Patrick stated that he found the visit very interesting. The site was excluded; no one could enter the site as there is a 6' light wire fence around it. Small animals can pass through the fence. There is minimal damage from animals.
Exposed wires were high and sheep, for example, cannot get to them. The site has been running for 9 years. The land itself is poor quality clay soil.
The stands for the panels are GPS located and are pile driven to 4' deep. On decommission, they are pulled out.
The panels on the Lackford site are 2m x1m; here they will be 3m x1m with the top height, because of the angle the panels,being about 2m and will be high enough to be mowed under. Bee hives could be on the site.
Solar companies donate money to an organisation called Community Foundation which then make grants for community projects. The local organisations applying for funding must have some connection to solar panels and will have to have some funding of their own.
Island Green Power will sell their sites to other companies, whereas Low Carbon plan install and operate their sites.
Some large schemes have been turned down in the last 6 months.
The website gridwatch.co.uk shows the demand for and means of production of electricity
6. PLANNING.
Application Number145107
18 Stow Park Road, Marton. Application for single storey rear extension and first floor side extension.
This application was previously approved but the time has lapsed. No objections.
Application Number 145144.
Ingleby Arms, 42 High Street, Marton.
Listed building consent for the formation of an open sided timber framed pergola shelter, timber clad pent roof seating pod, wall mounted satellite dish, spot lights & security lights, redecoration of existing painted walls on south & east elevations, and freestanding planter boxes, picket fencing & timber arches. No objections.
7.FINANCE.
As the Barclays Bank in Gainsborough is closing in September, it was agreed to stay with HSBC.
Balance both accounts at the end May £16,049.60
( includes £3,450 for the bottom of Trent Port Road, £1,735.65 CIL and £2,000 for maintenance of Platinum Jubilee Wood)
EXPENDITURE
Continental Landscapes (April) 738.19
Multidata 43.91
Continental Landscapes ( June) 738.91
Burton & Dyson 410.68
HMRC 63.20
G Martin 94.92
INCOME
VAT reclaim 1,237.99
WLDC Platinum Jubilee grant 700.00
TOTAL ( both accounts) 15,897.78
8. CORRESPONDENCE
LCC – Minerals and waste local plan
Crime report and Newsletter, Gainsborough Rural South Pete Langford re website.
Correspondence between Mark Hewitt and Richard Butroid re flooding on Trent Port Road
Gate Burton Energy Park
LCC - traffic restriction on Willingham Road.
9. PLATINUM JUBILEE WOOD
It was suggested that the proposed entrance be moved to a more central location. Mike Finch is still waiting to hear about the felling application.
10. Burton & Dyson solicitors have submitted an application to HM Land Registry for the first registration of the cemetery.
It may before the Completion of Registration Document is received.
The cheque for services rendered has been signed.
11 MEMBERS' REPORTS AND ITEMS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA
It was suggested the minutes be put on the Face Book page. Speed restrictions to be included on the next agenda.
It has been heard that the sewage system for Marton Meadows, the new development off Stow Park Road, is to join up with the existing system. Local residents already have problems with system and 39 properties will make it even worse. This is to be looked into.
Residents in the Trent View/ Adams Way / Spafford Close area are still unhappy with the condition of the new road surface
12. DATE OF NEXT MEETING.
The next meeting will be on 5 September. Meeting closed at 8:30