2021 Parish Council Minutes of Meetings

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

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday 7th September at 7.30pm at Corringham Village Hall.

Attendees:
Parish Councillors: D Semley (Chair), M Parr, S Blades, A Lowe-Hall, R Brown and J Sims Clerk to the Council: A Hayward
District Councillor: P Howitt-Cowan

County Councillor: C Perraton-Williams: Absent

Members of Public: 0

01.09.21 - Cllr. Semley welcomed everyone to the meeting.

02.09.21 – Apologies from Parish Councillors for Absence and Reasons Given
Cllr. Stanser – work commitments Cllr. Hardwick – other commitment Cllr. Arthy - illness
Resolved: to accept apologies for absence.

PCSO J McFaul and Cllr. Perraton-Williams also forwarded their apologies.

03.09.21 – Declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any applications for dispensation in relation to disclosable pecuniary interest.
Cllr. Hardwick – allotment matters (pecuniary), Church matters (non-pecuniary) and village hall matters (non-pecuniary) Cllr. Parr – allotment matters (pecuniary)
Cllr. Sims – village hall matters (non-pecuniary)

04.09.21 – Public Discussion
None

05.09.21 – Notes of the Meeting of the Parish Council held on 20 July 2021 to be approved as the minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on 20 July, 2021 were discussed and resolved as being a true record.

06.09.21 – Report from Other Outside Agencies and Sub-Committees
Corringham Village Hall
Cllr. Sims reported that a table top sale was to be held on Sunday. The craft club and other regular groups and clubs continue to meet. The refurbishment of the toilets is nearing completion.

Corringham Neighbourhood Plan
Cllr. Semley reported that the Examiner’s ‘Fact Check’ document had been completed and this would be circulated for comment. The NHP Consultant would review it and make his comments and recommendations. Cllr. Semley had applied for a final grant to see the NHP through to referendum and its completion.

It was agreed to write a letter regarding the ‘Thonock’ site proposed in the Lincolnshire Central Plan. This site is not included in the emerging Corringham Neighbourhood Plan and therefore potentially conflicted with the aims and policies of the plan. There was a detailed discussion about what should be included in the letter. Cllr. Semley would draft the letter, and then circulate to members and the NHP Consultant for comment before sending.
 
07.09.21 – Matters for Consideration
Tree works and Treescape Scheme
Items deferred until the next meeting. In the meantime, Cllr. Semley agreed to have a look at the trees at the cemetery.

Arrangements for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Cllr. Semley commented that Cllr. Stanser was keen to co-ordinate the arrangements for the Platinum Jubilee, he had lots of contacts and could get a team together to progress the arrangements. It was agreed that Cllr. Semley would discuss further with Cllr. Stanser.

New Benches
It was agreed to carry out a survey of the existing benches in and around the parish. Cllr. Brown volunteered to do this and report back at the next meeting.

Highway Maintenance Issues
It became apparent that there were more maintenance issues than just the roads. It was agreed that all members would be given a section of the parish to survey, list and report back any defects and maintenances issues on the roads, pavements, verges including missing or broken signs etc.

Corringham Information Facebook Page
Cllr. Semley felt that the Corringham Information FB page was now redundant and could be deleted. Cllr. Semley asked that Cllr. Lowe-Hall explore the setting up of a ‘market day’ on the Around Corringham FB Page. This could be, for example, held once a month at the weekend. Cllr. Lowe-Hall agreed to have a look into this and report back.

08.09.21 – Financial Matters The Clerk reported as follows: Payments for approval (two months)

Resolved: to approve payments

Receipts (July & August)
£105.00 (cemetery income)

Bank Balance as at 02/09/21
Income for the year to date: £10,360.00 Expenditure for the year to date: £8,181.20 Bank Balance: £17,309.42

09.09.21 – Reports from the Police, District and County Councillors Police Report
PCSO McFaul had forwarded the following report:
There had been 3 incidents in the village in the past four weeks, none were in the public’s interest.

County Councillor Report
No report received.

District Councillor Report
Cllr. Howitt-Cowan had forwarded a newsletter prior to the meeting.
 
10.09.21 – Planning Matters
New Planning Applications
143536 – PA for change of use to barn to dwelling being variation of condition 2 of planning permission 136384 re. discharge of foul water
Location: Barn at Netherdene
It was agreed to ask the question: Was Condition 2 imposed by the LPA due to the risk of surcharging the foul drainage infrastructure of the hamlet of Aisby. If so, is the LPA satisfied that sufficient measures in infrastructure reinforcement have been taken to mitigate any risk and allow this condition to be removed?'

143561 – Application for approval of reserved matters for the erection of 9 dwelling being variation of condition 1 of planning permission 140680 – amendment to drawing
Comment that there does not appear to be any significant amendments so no further comment

Planning Decision
None

11.09.21 – Councillors Reports and Items for Inclusion on the Next Agenda
Agenda Items: tree maintenance at the cemetery, benches, highways issues, maintenance of pond and grass cutting contract

The following were reported/discussed:
Cllr. Lowe-Hall reported that there were on-going issues with Call Connect in terms of reliability and driver availability. Clerk to write to Call Connect to ask for assurances that their there are plans to improve the service.

It was noted that during the recent loss of water supply, the promised bottled water from Anglian Water had not been received by some of the vulnerable residents in the parish. Clerk to report this to Anglian Water. Further, it was felt that there should have been some contact with the Lincolnshire Emergency Group. Several members of the Parish Council were members and could have helped with communication to residents.

12.09.21 – Date of Next Meeting
It was resolved to hold the next meeting on Tuesday 5th October 2021 at 7.30pm in Corringham Village Hall