SKPC Updates from October 2020
SOUTH KELSEY AND MOORTOWN PARISH COUNCIL
OCTOBER
FINANCE
A J Williams Grass cutting Invoice – £130.00
A J Williams Grounds person Invoice - £111.25
Website - £192.00 cheque paid into cash for the Clerk to purchase cash card for
payment of site
All agreed for payment
CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy) £209.04
Precept – the relevant correspondence for the Precept 2021-2022 had been received and the Parish Council had to discuss the amount to be out forward as an Estimate with the final figure being submitted in January 2021. The Parish Council is fully aware of the financial situation around and wished the increase to be small but must take into account for the future year that invoices will have increased.
The final figure for the Estimate was voted on and the form submitted to West Lindsey District Council with a figure of 5 % - £135. The form was completed and signed sent to WLDC and an acknowledgement received.
The Automatic Enrolment Acknowledgement of re-declaration of compliance from the Pensions Regulator had been received
The Parish Council had received a letter from the bank advising a cheque had been Refer to Drawer,
Sufficient funds had been transferred to cover all payment. Rang the bank and was told the amount transferred was not the amount written on the transfer sheet. The remaining money is now being transferred.
PLANNING
Oak View Station Road Moortown – Planning Permission for alterations and extension being variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission 139596 dated 9 October 2020 – amended plans
North End Lane – Planning Application for 2 dwellings with garages
The Parish Council had previously rejected the Application for 2 dwellings but agreed with the one dwelling when the Application was submitted.
The new Application if for 2 x 5 bed roomed houses with garages and the site is too small to accommodate. The Parish Council also felt there could be potentially 6 vehicles per house and insufficient parking space with vehicles being parked on the roadside. North End Lane is narrow and the Farm vehicles would be unable to get through.
The Parish Council had prior to the Application received a sketch drawing of the plans and was pressurised by the Agent to confirm this would be accepted. This was declined as insufficient detail was seen. During the whole time of the Applications being considered and submitted the Agent had been very pushy and expected all to be agreed.
CORRESPONDANCE
NALC – Rebuilding Communities
MHCLG/NALC - Right to Contest Snapshot online Survey – Request to Circulate to
Member Councils
NALC – Chief Executive Bulletin
Westminster Insight – Conference on the Future Work Post Covid 19
Police Newsletter – Speeding had been monitored on the A46 with 4919 vehicles
travelling through in both directions. Average speed – 54.1 mph
and just 1% of vehicles travelling over the limit. Covid patrols
continued throughout the area.
NALC –What are the health challenges post Covid 19
WLDC – Notice of meetings
Broxap – their Covid 19 rules for the external of the building to see products
NALC – Training sessions
LALC – AGM and County Committee Vacancies
Community Lincs – Big Energy Network
WLDC – Council extending tough measures to tackle dog fouling
Running Imp – providers of medals and a fulfilment centre
NALC – Find out how to recognise hidden disabilities
Power for the People – Local Electricity bill Parliamentary Debate with a request to
Email Edward Leigh MP to support the bill
Government Events – social content and video marketing for the public sector
Westminster Insight – Supporting Employees at Work Workshop – Returning to Work
after the Covid 19 Lockdown
Westminster Insight – Tackling Domestic Abuse
Edward Leigh MP – Response to the email from the Parish Council in relation to
supporting the Local Electricity Bill Parliamentary Debate
WLDC – Vital Funding awarded to Trinity Arts Centre - £196,690
Westminster Insight – Managing Mental Health in the Workplace
Lincolnshire Police – Recruitment Campaign
Local Electricity Bill Parliamentary debate huge success
WLDC – WLDC grant applications from groups supporting communities
WLDC – Homeless Prevention Officers information
BHIB Councils Insurance – Risk Advice for Local and Parish Councils
Collecto – A company who donates furniture/equipment to charities
LALC – News
Community Lincs update – details on Covid safety, insurance and Winter fuel
WLDC – John Coupland Hospital Gainsborough upgraded to Urgent Treatment Centre
LCC – School admissions
Tree Charter Newsletter
Resident – request for hire of the village hall
OUT
Fix My Street – the overgrown footpath on Station Road Moortown had been reported
Edward Leigh MP – request to support the Local Electricity bill Parliamentary Debate
SKVH Committee – detail on Collecto who donate furniture/equipment to charities
Fix my Street – Light10 at the corner of Waddingham Road was not working and
been reported
MATTERS ARISING
The MHCLG/NALC Right to Contest Snapshot online Survey had been forwarded to all the Parish Councillors
The NALC Chief Executive Bulletin was forwarded to all Parish Councillors.
The Police Newsletter had been forwarded to all Parish Councillors
The LALC AGM and County Committee Vacancies had been forwarded to all Parish Councillors
The response from Fix my Street regarding the overgrown footpath on Station Road Moortown was that “This fault will be assessed for the possibility of future permanent works and prioritised according to our Highways Asset Management Strategy.
We will continue to monitor this location as part of our routine inspection schedule and issue temporary repairs, where necessary.”
The Parish Council will continue to follow this up for the work to be carried out.
The details of the Lincolnshire Police Recruitment Campaign was forwarded to all Parish Councillors
The information from the Homeless Prevention Officers was forwarded to all the Parish Councillors
The LALC News was forwarded to all the Parish Councillors
The light at the corner of Waddingham Road opposite the church had been repaired
The request for the hire of the village hall had been passed on to the village hall committee
As the road at Brandy Wharf was continually getting worse the Parish Council had been in contact with LCC. The road had now been surveyed to determine the best repair to ensure the problem does not re occur. Bore holes were put in to identify ground conditions and it is found to be the course of the old river bed. There is a schemed planned to reconstruct the section next year (2021) but will take time to put together.
This road does not come under the South Kelsey and Moortown Parish so Waddingham Parish have been advised of the situation.
The pot holes on Station Road Moortown and on Thornton Road South Kelsey were to be repaired ASAP.
Thornton Road resurfacing should hopefully should be carried out in the 2021-2022 Financial year.
NOVEMBER
FINANCE
AJ Williams grounds person - Invoice £111.25
Anglian Water Invoice - £8.85
A J Williams Grass cutting Invoice - £130.00
AJ Williams Grass cutting Invoice - £65.00
A J Williams Tree cutting Invoice - £130.00
All agreed for payment
WLDC CIF - £500 grant received
The cash card for the payment of the website had been confirmed and £192 placed in the account.
The site cost was lower than anticipated at a cost of £115.20. The remainder of the cash on the card to be used for consumables –paper/ink.
PLANNING
Brandy Wharf Piggery – Planning Application for livestock building. The Application must include an Environmental Impact Assessment as per the Secretary of State
report in the Appeal document.
The Parish Council was discussing the Application in depth prior to any comments being made to WLDC.
CORRESPONDENCE
IN
LALC – Covid update
NALC – Rebuilding Communities
District Councillor Paul Howitt Cowan – advising he had been elected as Deputy
Leader of the Conservative Group at WLDC
and Deputy Leader at WLDC
Kompan Playgrounds – updated product information
Breakthrough Communications – information on how to communicate
Westminster Insight – Third Sector Commissioning Conference
Terrain – Health and Safety for Councils
WLDC – Covid Wardens to help businesses become Covid secure
NALC – Coronavirus information for Town and Parish Councils
LALC News
Utility Centre – energy supplier savings
Westminster Insight – Managing Mental Health in the Workplace
Government Events – Preventing and handling data breaches
Glasdon – Supplies and Winter Safety Check
Broxap – litter bin information
Westminster Insight – Future of Work Post Covid
WLDC – Grants available to eligible businesses forced to lockdown
Police Newsletter
Westminster Insight – UK Apprenticeships Conference
WLDC – Extra green waste collection
Power for People – requesting a donation
Community Lincs - News
Land Registry Newsletter
WLDC Climate Strategy – Phase 2 Consultation
Tree Charter Newsletter
Clerk& Councils Direct
OUT
DC Paul Howitt Cowan – Congratulations from the Parish Council for being elected to
two Deputy positions, one at WLDC Council and the
second at Gainsborough Conservatives
DC Paul Howitt Cowan – emailed twice reference the Councillor Initiative Fund
SKV Hall – details on the WLDC grants available to businesses forced to lockdown
WLDC – report that the dog bin on Caistor Road was on the ground and needed to be
put back on it pole
DC Paul Howitt Cowan – 3 emails in relation to the white railings on the rhs of Station
Road not being repaired
MATTERS ARISING
The Covid update from LALC had been forwarded to all the Parish Councillors.
The NALC Rebuilding Communities information had been forwarded to all the Parish Councillors
The WLDC Covid Wardens had been forwarded to all the Parish Councillors
The NALC Coronavirus information had been forwarded to all the Parish Councillors
DC Paul Howitt Cowan the locum had been emailed twice to find out if the Parish Council had been successful in obtaining a grant from the Councillor Initiate Fund.
There was a sum left in the fund from prior to the death of DC Strange and it was to be distributed across the Kelsey Ward thorough an Application form.
The Parish Council learnt it had been successful and given £500 towards a replacement bench in the children’s play area. This could not be done until after Covid.
The LALC News had been forwarded to all the Parish Councillors.
The Parish Council had previously requested speed checks to be carried out along
Station Road at Moortown. This had not been done as the priority was rural crime. It was hoped that at the 3 month review if the rural crime had been tackled then speeding could be made one of their priorities by the Inspector.
WLDC had responded quickly to the report of the dog bin being on the ground and it is now back on its pole
The WLDC Climate Strategy had been forwarded to all the Parish Councillors with a request the survey is completed.
DC Paul Howitt Cowan the locum was emailed 3 times regarding the white railings on the rhs of Station Road at Moortown. The railings are there to guide motorists away from the side of the road so as not to drive into the very deep ditch.
The broken railings were reported in October 2018 and it was advised they would be repaired as time allowed. The Parish Council has emailed Highways without any response and followed up in Fix My Street, with no further progress. The Parish Council will continue to follow this up until the railings are repaired.
DECEMBER
FINANCE
Invoices for the month for payment had been supplied to the Parish Councillors.
AJ Williams Grounds person Invoice - £111.25
Mrs J Stimson Clerk Invoice - £762.20 October, November and December
Mrs J Stimson Expenses Invoice - £58.57
HMRC - £190.60
All agreed for payment
The Charity Commission return for the playing field had been submitted
The two cheques for the Clerk had been sent by post the bank. Some two weeks later they still had not arrived and it was advised by the bank to put a stop on them. This was done and two more cheques raised for the same amounts. The first two cheques arrived at the bank after some 3 weeks but were not cashed.
PLANNING
The photographs from the Parish Councillors of the flooding in the fields at Brandy Wharf were to be used in the response to the Planning application for the piggery extension. In a report it states there has not been any flooding – the photographs show otherwise.
A report was submitted to WLDC on the Piggery Application. It contained many comments and asked question. The report would be put on the WLDC Planning Tracker under the Application
Planning application two 5 bedroomed houses with garage North End Lane. The Agent had tried to lobby the Parish Council and tried to be very persuasive to have the agreement for the two dwellings. A single dwelling on the site had been given permission previously with a 2 dwelling application turned down.
The Parish Council felt the size of the plot was not large enough for the size of the houses with the possibility of being 6 vehicles per dwelling.
A letter was sent to WLDC Planning advising this and vehicles may possibly be parked on the lane which is very narrow and would give insufficient width for large farm vehicles to be used to go about there work.
Hall Farm Park – Planning application for agricultural workers dwelling. This had once again been turned down by WLDC and was now going to appeal.
The Parish Council was totally in support of the Application and the Appeal considering other agricultural workers dwellings in the area had been given permission when its need was no greater than Hall Farm Park.
CORRESPONDANCE
IN
NALC – Tree Charter Newsletter
WLDC – Farewell Service being offered at Lea Field Crematorium
Utility Centre – business best electricity prices
Land Registry New letter
NALC - Chief executive’s bulletin
NALC – Guide to community business
Woodland Trust – Caring for your trees
Westminster Insight – Safeguarding Adults Conference
NALC – Chief Executive’s Bulletin
Tempo Time Credits – reward vouchers
Utility Centre – comparison on energy prices
Waddingham Parish Council Clerk – the Parish Councillors had been informed of
the proposed extension to the piggery
Government Events – Social media training
NALC – Covid updates
WLDC Voluntary Services – Green Spaces
Notice Board Company – details on notice boards
Zurich Insurance – contact details for over the Christmas period
Westminster Insight – Transforming Contact Centres
Land Registry Newsletter
LALC – Happy Holidays
NALC – Chief Executive’s bulletin
YMCA/Community Lincs newsletter
Power for the People – local electricity bill
LALC E News
Glasdon – Wishing a Merry Christmas
Land Registry – Merry Christmas
LIVES – training
LALC News
Broxap – Happy Christmas
Tree Charter Newsletter
OUT
TSB – stop on two cheques
Waddingham Parish Council – advising of the proposed extension to the piggery
MATTERS ARISING
The Green Spaces information had been sent to all the Parish Councillors
January
Unfortunately there had again been no response from District Councillor Paul Howitt Cowan in relation to the three emails sent to him regarding the white railings on the road side on Station Road Moortown. This would be followed up in another direction.
The Local Electricity Bill has received support from 148MPs, 319 local councils and 371 organisations. Two of the six regional power grid monopoly companies signed up to support the bill – Electricity North West and Western Power Distribution.
The LALC E News had been sent to all the Parish Councillors