2019 Parish Council Minutes of Meetings

Corringham Parish Council
Clerk to the Council: Mrs A Hayward
Lindale Villa, Gringley Rd, Walkeringham DN10 4HT
Tel: 01427 891118, email: angela@lindalevilla.com

Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on Tuesday 5 February 2019 at 7.30 pm in Corringham Village Hall

Present:   Cllrs. P Hardwick (Chair), J Sims, J Saxon, A Watson, S Blades, J Eyre, M Parr,  A Hayward (Clerk)

Cty. Cllr. Perraton-Williams and Dist. Cllr. Howitt-Cowan.    Members of the Public: none  

01.02.19   Chairman’s Remarks
Cllr. Hardwick welcomed everyone to the meeting.
      
02.02.19   Apologies for absence and reasons given      
Cllr. Semley (other commitment)
Cllr. Arthy (illness)
      
It was resolved to accept the apologies
      
03.02.19   Declarations of interest
The following declarations of interest were made:

Cllrs. J Sims, P Hardwick and S Blades – village hall matters (committee members)
Cllrs. P Hardwick and M Parr – allotment matters

04.02.19   Public Discussion
No members of public were present.
            
05.02.19   Notes of the last meeting of the Council
The minutes of the meeting held on 8 January 2019 were discussed and resolved as being a true record. 

06.02.19   Police Report 
PCSO Mcfaul had forwarded a note to say there were no incidents to report for January 2019.  
   
07.02.19   District and County Councillors’ reports 
County Councillor
County Cllr. Perraton-Williams gave the following report:
•   The drains near Aisby have been cleared and the ‘Aisby’ sign has now been turned around and is now facing the correct way.
•   The gullies are to be cleared out this year.
•   The street light column on Mill Mere has been fixed.
•   County Cllr. Perraton-Williams had recently had a meeting with the Head Teacher of Corringham Primary School regarding school parking and informed members that the Head Teacher would be willing to attend a public meeting to discuss the on-going parking issues.  The meeting could be arranged to take place before a Parish Council meeting.  The Parish Council agreed to this and Cllr. Perraton-Williams agreed to progress.
•   Cllr. Perraton-Williams confirmed that she had secured funding to carrying out the necessary work on the Corringham Road junction.
•   There is a opportunity for members to be trained to become part of the community speed watch initiative.
   
District Councillor 
District Cllr. Howitt-Cowan gave the following report:
•   PA 138994 – single storey side extension (Park Farm, Yawthorpe Lane) has today been published.  But, as yet, no details are available
•   The Corringham Precept for 2019/20 has been approved
•   WLDC Precept will increase by 3%
•   There is a review of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan
•   There are proposals regarding the future of local heritage services – period of consultation is to begin in February.
•   There are plans for new refuse depots
•   Foxby Hill Development – slw to be developed.  A Developer is interested in phase one (four phases in total)
•   Local Elections to take place on 2nd May 2019

08.02.19   Clerk’s Report
The following update was given:
•   LCC Highways have confirmed that Corringham Parish will remain on the LCC’s highways verge flail programme and will receive two safety cuts per year, in line with their current policy.
•   An update from WLDC regarding the issues around dumping rubbish and fires on the field off the High Street has been requested
      
09.02.19   Reports 
Village Hall
Cllr. Blades reported as follows:
•   The next quiz night is to take place on 25th February.
•   Table Top Sale on 10th March
•   The Stroke Association has booked the hall for a training session and Thornock has booked the hall for first aid training.  There is a wedding booked for August.

Neighbourhood Plan
A meeting with the Consultant had recently taken place and another had been arranged for 8th March 2019.  An open day is to be organised.

Emergency Planning
There was nothing further to report at this time.
      
10.02.19   Matters for consideration

Grass cutting contract
Cllr. Saxon waiting for the Community Payback Co-ordinator to get back to her regarding proposals for the pond area to be maintained by the Community Payback Scheme.  

It was agreed to extend the cemetery grass cutting contract to the end of 2019 season.  Cllr. Hardwick to confirm this with the Contractor and confirm that the prices will remain as they are at present.

Newsletter
On-going

LALC Annual Training Scheme 2019/20
It was resolved to sign up again to LALC’s annual training scheme.

Local Elections 2019
The Local elections are to take place on Thursday 2 May 2019.  The nomination papers were distributed amongst members.  All nominations must be returned to the WLDC Deputy Returning Officer, by hand, between 12 March and 4pm on 3 April, 2019.

11.02.19   Financial Matters
Financial Report:

Income to date:         £18,346
Outgoings to date:      £10,258    
Funds available:       £13,457

(Funds earmarked for the Neighbourhood Plan: £4,403)

The following payments were proposed, seconded, voted and agreed.

12.02.19   Planning Matters
New Planning Applications:
PA 138809  
Proposal: Application for approval of reserved matters for the erection of 9no. dwellings, considering access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, following outline planning permission 132781 granted 10 February 2016.      

Location: Land At East Lane Corringham DN21 5QU

Resolved:  No objection (no comments)

WLDC Planning Decisions
None
   
13.02.19   Correspondence
The following correspondence was received:
LALC – Confirmation of nominations to the Buckingham Palace Garden Party
CPRE – Best Kept Village Competition 2019
Savills – Request for update on NHP (Cllr. Semley is aware and is to make contact with Savills).
Lindsey Age UK – Details of Drop-In Sessions
WLDC – Pocket Park Funding
LALC Training Schedule (already circulated to members)

All noted
                                    
14.02.19   Councillors’ reports and items for inclusion on the next agenda
The following items were reported:
•   The Cemetery tap was running/dripping.  Cllr. Hardwick to arrange for it to be repaired
•   The dog fouling on Middle Street continues to be a problem.  Clerk to chase WDLC regarding provision of an additional bin.  If this is not possible, enquire whether or not the one near Church Lane could be relocated.
•   Cllr. Hardwick informed the meeting that an enquiry had been made as to whether or not it would be acceptable to make a bespoke headstone out of old tools.  After some discussion it was agreed this would be acceptable as long as the design was in keeping and within the allowable dimensions.

15.02.19   The date of the meeting was confirmed as Tuesday 5 March 2019 at 7.30pm on Corringham Village Hall.  

Meeting closed at 8.50 pm