June 2024 Minutes
MARTON & GATE BURTON PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk to the Council: Mrs G Martin 6 Mount Pleasant Close, Marton. DN21 5AE Tel. 01427 718377
clerk. magbpc@gmail.com
Website https://marton-gate-burton.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Minutes of the meeting of the Parish Council held on 3 June 2024
Present:
Cllr S Spence Cllr N Cody Cllr M Allen Cllr C Durning Cllr L Musgrave Cllr J Patrick Cllr J Ridley
Also Present: Cllr R Pilgrim (WLDC) Cllr R Butroid (LCC) and Sue Moody
1.Apologies for absence: Cllr V White Cllr G Worrell
2.DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS
None.
3. PUBLIC FORUM.
Cllr Pilgrim reported that the Bowls Club is to receive a grant of £500.
The quality of the grass cutting was discussed again. Dave Smith has been cutting the hedge around the play park,Cllr Patrick has arranged a site meeting with Martin Chester from Continental Landscapes on Wednesday 5 June at 10:00 am.
Some trees in the cemetery are growing over some of the graves. A contractor is to be contacted. The new pedestrian crossing on Stow Park Road was discussed.
Permission to lower the kerb has been granted for one side of the road but not yet the other. Highways had said the crossing had been downgraded. They are to look into this
The swale was also discussed, WLDC Enforcement team are to look into the matter.
Speed limits were discussed in general. Reviews on speed limits are taking place. Red markings on the road and rumble strips are no longer used.
One of the concrete slabs on the railway crossing is standing about an inch higher than the others
4. NOTES OF THE MEETINGS HELD ON 4 APRIL & 8 MAY TO BE APPROVED AS MINUTES.
Cllr Durning proposed and Cllr Patrick seconded that the notes be approved as minutes 5.REPORTS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
Notices advertising the vacancy for a clerk have been put on the notice boards. They will also be put in the shop and on Facebook.
Cllr Allen and Cllr Musgrave offered to be on the interviewing panel. The new register of burials book has not yet been ordered.
The application to the War Graves Commission for a sign at the cemetery to show there is a war grave there has been completed and sent.
6.SOLAR PARKS.
All decisions about the permission or refusal of the solar project are being delayed due to the General Election.
7.PLANNING
There is an application for a battery storage facility near Willingham. This is separate from the solar project applications and it is a matter for West Lindsey District Council to consider, not the Planning Inspectorate. Cllr Spence attended the information event put on by the applicant, and asked a number of probing questions, not all of which were answered satisfactorily.
The Fire Brigade now has a plan if any of these facilities were to combust, it would be to control rather than extinguish a blaze.
Application number 148305
24 Trent Port Road; application to remove conservatory at rear of property and replace with single storey extension. There were no objections.
8.FINANCE
Cheques were signed for: HMRC, Continental Landscapes, G Martin and Anglian Water. The audit will be completed before the next meeting.
9.CORONATION WOOD.
The weeds are growing well and the footpaths are becoming overgrown but the wildflower seeds are also growing. Steve Porter continues to do a good job and is enjoying it. He is using a safe weed killer.which he mixes himself. A breakdown of his equipment that needs to be replaced and his other expenses he has incurred is required so that he can be reimbursed.
10.SINKHOLES.
The scheduled meeting took place. The Highways Department are allowed to tap in to field drains. The pipes had been broken somehow. The matter has now been rectified.
The water that often flows across the road at Gate Burton should go down the drain in the kerb near the White Cottages. It should be cleared if it is blocked.
11.DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be held on Monday 1 July commencing at 7pm. Meeting closed at 8:10 pm