Minutes 3rd September 2024
MINUTES OF BURTON-BY-LINCOLN PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY 3rd September 2024 AT 7.00PM
Present: Cllr North, Cllr Richards Cllr Culliford, Cllr Marriott, Cllr Scott,
In attendance:
Cllr Brockway
C Emerson Clerk
PUBLIC QUESTION TIME : No members of public attending
39/24 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Cllr Hyde, Cllr Lee
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40/24 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCALISM ACT 2011 AND ANY DISPENSATIONS THAT MAY ARISE
Non Pecuniary Interests: Cllr North,Cllr Richards, Cllr Hyde, Cllr Culliford as members of the Burton Estate Club., Cllr Marriott, as member and of the Burton Waters Residents Group and Secretary of Burton Waters Resident Group.Cllr Marriott, Cllr Richards and Cllr North as subscribers to the Burton Church Lottery Fund.; Cllr North is Treasurer for Burton VCC and a member of Burton VCC lottery committee, Company secretary for the community intelligence group, Cllr North Treasurer to Sprinline PCC Cllr Russon declared a personal and prejudicial interest in agenda item 11
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41/24 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING OF TUESDAY 9th May 2024
It was proposed by Cllr Scott and seconded by Cllr Culliford to accept the minutes of
the last meeting. It was resolved to accept the minutes as a true copy of the meeting
Resolved All in favour
42/24 REPORT FROM DISTRICT COUNCILLORS, COUNTY COUNCILLORS
Cllr Brockway presented the following:
Lincolnshire County Council are continuing with their tree planting initiative and have just completed a further planting of 200 trees. They are looking to plant a tree for every resident.
There is concern over the speed of granting the large new solar farms particular on good arable land.
Nettleham Road roundabout the plans have been agreed but the cost is the issue.
There is a lobby for more General Practitioner’s but primarily in Gainsborough.
There was a general discussion on planning application WL/2024/00667. There was an understanding that these small installations will be erected all over the country and renewable energy is needed. However, lithium batteries are potential fire hazards and the concerns were:-
Sourcing the battery components ethically
Close to hotel
Office Premises
Anglian Water Pumping Station
It was agreed that the response from the Fire Service would be important
It was also considered of interest what other areas would be saying with similar developments
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43/24 CLERKS REPORT INCLUDING MATTERS ARISING
None that was not covered on the rest of the agenda.
44/24 FINANCE
(a)/(b) TO ACCEPT PAYMENTS MADE SINCE THE Last Meeting 7th May 2024
20th May 2024 Clerk £309.00
20th May 2024 HMRC £ 43.80
20th May 2024 Planning Consultant Fee £535.20
18th June 2024 LALC £287.52
18th June 2024 Clerk £309.00
18th June 2024 HMRC £43.80
15th July 2024 Clerk £309.00
15th July 2024 HMRC £43.80
15th July 2024 Printer Ink £35.47
05th August 2024 WLDC Defib maintenance £106.00
06th August 2024 Clerk £309.00
06th August 2024 HMRC £43.80
25th August 2024 Zurich Insurance £204.71
Balance £5,602.94
CiL Funds £8700.98
13th May 2024 Payment for Insurance £145.94
Total Cil Balance £8555.04
Total Balance in the Account £14,157.98
It was proposed by Cllr Marriott and seconded by Cllr Williams to accept all the
payments made since the last meeting and to accept the current balance. Resolved All
in favour.
( c ) External Auditor
It was agreed to appoint C. Hewis as next year’s external auditor
(d) Precept
The level of funds in the bank account were discussed and it was understood that the funds were
high but much of it related to the CiL funds available. It was agreed that the longstanding
previous arrangement of £5,000.00 was insufficient, however, following the increase last year to
£8,000.00 a healthy surplus had been built up so a figure of £7,000.00 was set after considering
all the budget requirements that would be drawn on and anticipated to be required in the coming
year. It was proposed by Cllr North and seconded by Cllr Marriott that the precept be set at
£7,000.00 . Resolved all in favour
45/24 Highways
(a) Fen Lane
It was agreed that some of the potholes had been filled. But no feed back had been received from highways. There was also the issue of the weight restriction particularly on the bridges and whether it was 7.5 tonnes. The Clerk to chase.
(b) Gullies on Main Street
It was pleasing to note that these had been cleared.
(c) Bus Shelter Middle Street
The bus shelter had been built by local donations and therefore had local significance although not owned by the Parish Council. It was unclear why it had been cordoned off
and whether this was due to the state of disrepair. It was agreed that the clerk would check.
46/24 Planning Matters
Cllr North referenced the following planning matters:-
WL/2024/00536 Electricity Cables – still pending
WL/2024/00521 Robinswood Burton. No objection and still pending
WL/2024/00016 Land at Riseholme Roundabout- This was still pending and further time had been given to the developer which was a great concern as to why this should continue to be the case. It was noted that Lincoln City Council had put in a letter of objection.
Planning Enforcement
Outcomes were awaited on fencing at Middle Street . The Clerk to chase.
47/24 Speed Warning Signs
A meeting had been held attended by Parish Councillors and Burton Waters Residents
Association. Lincolnshire Road Partnership had been extremely helpful and given advice
on road markings, speed bumps and altering road priorities as well as speed signs. A
further meeting was to be held. It was agreed to await the outcome of that meeting.
48 /24 Remembrance Wreath
It was proposed by Cllr Willaims and seconded by Cllr Scott that a remembrance wreath would be purchased. Resolved All in Favour
49/24 Christmas Tree
(Cllr Russon left the meeting)
Cllr North proposed that a Christmas tree be purchased for the Burton Estate Club . Seconded by Cllr Marriott . Resolved All in favour
50/24 West Lindsey Planning Portal
The Clerk confirmed that a complaint had been submitted as the portal had many problems for those using it. All had agreed and this was a universal concern. The difficulty being residents trying to use it and being unfamiliar with the systems. An outcome was awaited, and it was hoped changes would be made.
51/24 Parish Computer
The clerk confirmed that a new computer was needed. It was agreed that the purchase could go ahead to find a suitable replacement.
52/24 Resignation
Cllr Culliford gave her resignation to the meeting. It was received with great regret. Cllr Culliford was thanked for all her commitment and hard work for the Parish Council and she would be sadly missed by all.
Meeting ended at 8.30pm Next Meeting Tuesday 12th November 2024 Burton Estate Club 7.00pm
Please be advised that these are notes of the meeting taken by the Clerk and cannot in any way be regarded as the official minutes of Council proceedings until they are approved and signed at the next meeting.
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