MINUTES OF GEDNEY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT GEDNEY DROVE END VILLAGE HALL ON NOVEMBER 16th 2021 at 7pm

 

 

Presiding over the meeting, Cllr Rollings

In Attendance:

Cllr Reynolds, Cllr Hammersley, Cllr Shaw, Cllr Sutton, County Cllr Coupland a member of the Press and Mrs J Ripley, Parish Clerk.

 

(GDE = Gedney Drove End WMP = Walker Memorial Park QMNR = Queen Mother Nature Reserve)

(GDVG = Gedney Dyke Village Green)

 

 

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119.21 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE with reasons :

Cllr Buddle sent her apologies and council accepted her reasons.

 

120.21 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST - to receive Declarations of Interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any applications for dispensation.

None.

The clerk granted a dispensation to Cllr Sutton for item 13, Parish Budget and Precept,  for a term of 3

years to end 2023. 

     

121.21 SIGNING OF THE MINUTES

Clerk’s Notes from the meeting on 16th September 2021 were questioned by Cllr Hammersley ( item115.21)  a vote was taken with 1 in favour of amending and 2 against, they were then as taken as read and signed as minutes by the Chairman.

 

122.21 TO RESOLVE ON CO_OPTION TO COUNCIL

None

 

123.21 TO CONSIDER PLANNING MATTERS AND RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY

Applications:

H06-0960-21 JEPCO, Norfolk House Farm, Main Rd, GDE

Proposed glasshouse containing hydroponic growing system, glasshouse annex containing seeding & germination processes, main pack building, admin & welfare building, main plant room, external roads & hard standings and landscaping.

Whilst the Parish Council welcomes innovation and diversity within farming along with more jobs

within the area, Council would like the following to be considered:

 1. Council has major safety concerns over the road access to the proposed site to and from the A17 using the small country lanes and the increase in large vehicles.

 2. Council requests a consultation with residents in the parish due to the size/scale of the development and the potential impact it will have.

 3. Due to the scale of the development Council request they are included in Sec 106 contribution/Community Infrastructure Levy should this be sought.

 4. Council requests this application go before committee.

Report on Meeting in Gedney Dyke Village Hall on this application  : Cllr Rollings (attached)

H06-1043-21Mr & Mrs Merrison, Parsons Yard, Middle Drove, Gedney

              Change of use of barn to residential dwelling ( prior approval)

Council Support this application

H06-1058-21 R Joyce & A Smith, Tin Top Cottage,  Pit Lane, GDE

              Change of use of land from agricultural to domestic to include shed

Council object to this application due to the extent of the retrospective application.

             

Approval by South Holland District Council:

H06-0837-21 Mr K Sturman, Cherry Lodge, Main Rd, GDE

              Lean To building, back, side and roof adjacent to Stable block of storage of Hay, bedding etc.

H06-0798-21 Mr Judd, J W Carnell Ltd, Dockings Holt, Long Sutton

              Remove existing old buildings and replace with modern steel frame storage

H06-0868-21 Home Improvements, Adj Sea Breeze, Marsh Rd, GDE

              2 x 2-bedroom dwellings

H06-0806-21 Mr P Hubbert, Browns Farm, Dawsmere Bank, Gedney

              Additional to previous application for greenhouse increase to 4000m2 with associated

reservoir and fencing

H06-0922-21 Great Night Inns Ltd , Rising Sun, Pitt Lane GDE

               Residential development - erection of 2 dwellings - approved under H06-1034-20. Modification of Condition 2 to allow amendments to previously approved plans.

Approval by LCC:

Refusals by South Holland District Council:

Withdrawn: None

Appeals: None

 

124.21 CLERKS REPORT

The Clerk advised:

All correspondence from the September meeting has been dealt with.

The Litter picker for WMP has been delivered.

All work advised on the ROSPA reports for WMP and GDVG has been carried out.

Councils’ website has been updated by the provider ( this is free of charge).

 

125.21 REPORT TO COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE BODIES

a. Gedney Charities: Mr A Parks – Report attached

b. SHVCS: Cllr Hammersley – Report attached

 

126.21 TO CONSIDER FINANCIAL MATTERS AND RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY

a. Items for payment under section 137: Grant to Lincolnshire air Ambulance - RESOLVED

b. Accounts for payment

Date

Payee

 

Item

Chq No

Net

VAT

Gross

28/9/21

Hollyoak landscapes

T65

Ground Maint

3rd Sept

 

£160.00

£32.00

£192.00

28/9/21

Hollyoak landscapes

T66

Ground Maint

10th Sept

 

£193.00

£38.60

£231.60

28/9/21

Hollyoak landscapes

T67

Ground Maint

16th Sept

 

£283.00

£56.60

£339.60

28/9/21

Hollyoak landscapes

T68

Ground Maint

24th Sept

 

£218.00

£43.60

£261.60

28/9/21

Mrs Ripley

T69

Wages Sept

 

£1397.46

 

£1397.46

28/9/21

LCC Pension Fund

T70

Pension Sept

 

£487.50

 

£487.50

28/9/21

James Chadwick

T71

Maint GDVG

 

£120.00

 

£120.00

28/9/21

James Chadwick

T72

Graffiti off Bus shelter

 

£90.00

 

£90.00

8/10/21

HMRC

T73

PAYE

 

£980.21

 

£980.21

8/10/21

Hollyoak landscapes

T74

Ground Maint

2nd Oct

 

£160.00

£32.00

£192.00

28/10/21

Mrs Ripley

T75

Wages Oct

 

£1397.46

 

£1397.46

28/10/21

LCC Pension

Fund

T76

Pension Oct

 

£478.50

 

£478.50

28/10/21

James Chadwick

T77

Maint to  WMP

 

£315.00

 

£315.00

28/10/21

Hollyoaks

landscapes

T78

Ground Maint

Oct 7th

 

£253.00

£50.60

£303.60

28/10/21

Hollyoaks

landscapes

T79

Ground Maint

Oct 13th

 

£30.00

£6.00

£36.00

28/10/21

Hollyoaks

landscapes

T80

Ground Maint

Oct 22nd

 

£223.00

£44.60

£267.60

16/11/21

Hollyoaks

landscapes

T81

Empty Bins

Cem/wmp

 

£40.00

£8.00

£48.00

16/11/21

Mrs Ripley

T82

Expenses

 

£262.00

 

£262.00

16/11/21

Hollyoaks

landscapes

T83

Cemetery

Hedge

 

£300.00

£60.00

£360.00

16/11/21

Lincs Air Ambulance

Sec 137

Grant

101919

£300.00

 

£300.00

 

Cllr Reynolds proposed payments be made as put before them, Cllr Shaw seconded, Item RESOLVED.

Cllrs Rollings & Shaw checked and signed payment

c. Money in: Cemetery - £975.00 Allotments £1987.50 SHDC - £200 Grant -Noticeboard

d. Second quarter bank reconciliation and spend against budget- circulated

 

127.21 TO CONSIDER CORRESPONDENCE AND RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY

E Mail

a.     Gedney Church PCC – Thank you for Grant

b.     James Chadwick – Quotation for Maintenance to Play equipment and Bus shelter

c.     LALC News – Circulated

d.     Parishioner – Fly tipping Blazegate - passed to SHDC

e.     Ground Maintenance Tender packs – 4 returned -Item 17

f.      Netwise – Free upgrade to Council web site

g.     FOI – request for 3 sets of 2019 minutes – Clerk dealt with

h.     Local Transport Plan – Consultation - circulated

 

Letter

a.     John Hays MP – Parishioner’s concern on  speeding GDE – Clerk replied

b.     R King – Memorial application x 2 item 10a

c.     M J Coats – Memorial application item 10a

d.     SHDC Building control – application for Road name item 14b

e.     ICO – request for payment

 

128.21 TO CONSIDER PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITES AND RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY

a. Cemetery- 3 memorial applications, all agreed.

The Chair updated Council on the replacement stone in the Garden of Remembrance.

M J Coates has kindly offered to donate the stone and only charge  £150.00 for engraving and installation.

b. Walker Memorial Park

It was proposed to purchase 3 spare keys for bins at WMP for Ground Maint crew. This was RESOLVED

c. Queen Mother has Nature Reserve. Nothing to report.

d. Gedney Dyke Village Green Play Area 

The  NO PARKING sign has been vandalised and cut down; Cllr Hammersley has now removed it for safety reasons. Council RESOLVED not to replace it.

e. Allotments – All rents are now in as are the new leases.

f. Any Other area: Cllr Sutton was asked to take over the GDVG noticeboard from Cllr Hammersley,

who then suggested she take over doing the inspection of the play are too. Cllr Sutton kindly agreed to this.

 

129.21 TO RESOLVE ON FUTURE MEETINGS

Council RESOLVED on the continued wearing of masks when indoors and social distancing.

2022 meeting dates and locations were RESOLVED dependant on hall availability.

 

130.21 TO RESOLVE ON APPLYING TO WINDCLUSTER FUND FOR NOTICE BOARD

Following a discussion Council voted on the above item, 4 in favour and one against, RESOLVED

When the board is replaced, the plaque to be removed and placed on new board.

 

131.21 TO RESOLVE ON 2022-23 BUDGET & PRECEPT

(This item was deferred to closed session to follow on from Item 135.21 as the outcome of this

may  require amendments to both budget and precept)

Council RESOLVED to accept Budget as put befor them .

Council RESOLVED not to increase precept for 2022-23 and set the amount at £40,000.

 

132.21 HIGHWAYS & FOOTWAYS

a. Update on outstanding matters – Report on the Duck situation in Gedney Dyke from

Cllr Hammersley – attached. Council RESOLVED not to request LCC signs following this report.

b. To report any new matters.

a. Following the meeting at Gedney Dyke ( report attached) Council discussed requesting LCC Highways , through County Cllr Coupland for  20mph speed limit throughout Gedney Dyke and speed cameras on entry and exit of the village. A vote took place with 3 in favour and 2 against, Item RESOLVED.

The Clerk was instructed to write to all local farmers in the area requesting they tell their drivers to slow down and obey the speed limits.

b. Development opposite Libra, Blazegate, Gedney : SHDC proposed naming of road Silver Birch Lane.

Following discussion Council RESOLVED to strongly object to this application.

How can a name be issued to a development that does not at this point have planning permission ?

Council have objected to the planning application for this development and share Sir John Hayes MP 

thoughts and submission on this matter.

Council would like answers to the same questions.

 

133.21 DATE OF NEXT MEETING: 11th January 7pm at Gedney Victory Hall

 

134.21 To Resolve for the council to move into closed session for discussion of the following agenda items.

Due to the confidential nature of the business to be transacted.

This was proposed, seconded and  RESOLVED

 

County Cllr Coupland and member of the Press left the meeting at 8.10pm

 

135.21 TO RESOLVE ON GROUND MAINTENANCE TENDER

Following a discussion Council RESOLVED to award the contract to Malc Firth Landscapes Ltd

 

There being no more business to transact the meeting closed at 8.25pm

 

 

 

 

 

Signed                                                                     Date

 

Chairman

 

 

 

 

 

MEETING GEDNEY DYKE VILLAGE HALL 28.10 2021 : Cllr Rollings

In attendance County Cllr Peter Coupland, Stuart Piccaver, Simon Creasey District  Cllr Jo Reynolds,

Cllr Rosie Rollings, Sir John Hayes MP joined the meeting Later. About 60-70 Villagers.

 

The meeting was chaired by Cllr Coupland who asked the people present to listen to the comments that had been put to the planners by the District Council and Gedney Parish Council Which Cllr Reynolds and I did. Stuart Piccaver then gave a short outline of the intended plans.

The meeting was then open to questions.

The outcome of which was that an access road to and from the proposed site would be the way forward .

Stuart Piccaver agreed and stated he had already been in contact with some landowners and so far the outcome was favourable,  but this was early days.

Most of the people there were in favour of the proposed development, BUT only if this new route could be implemented.

Most of the complaints were the speed of lorries and tractors entering and exiting the village .

So Cllr Reynolds and I were asked to discuss this at our next council meeting (16th.November)

20mph signs for the whole village and speed cameras at exit and entrance to same. Cllr Coupland and Sir John want this addressed, but Parish Council and District have to request this.

It was also requested by all present that the Parish Clerk writes to the main landowners and ask them to inform their employees of this speeding problem through the local villages.

Sir John also agreed to visit a resident who lives near Engine Dyke Gedney Dyke and see for himself some of the problems (Tea and Cakes where promised).

He also stated he would only give support to the application if the Wind Turbines were removed from the plan.

 

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Gedney United Charities Meeting 28th October 2021

 

                                                 Report to Gedney Parish Council

 

 

1/ Accounts to 30th June 2021 – Checked and approved as follows:

 

Unrestricted funds         £15,345

Restricted funds             £90,405

Total funds                    £105,750

 

 

                                  

 

It was explained by the Chairman that the current rates of interest were lowering the desirable level of unrestricted funds.

 

2/  Educational Grants approved and distributed to 31st June 2021          £2,000

 

3/  Educational Grant applications this year = 3

 

(All University grants. Subjects:

1/ Biological Science 2/ Physician Associate 3/ Biological and Molecular Science – PHD - )

 

 

 

Note: This is the lowest number of applications for some years. The reasons were discussed

and solutions suggested including electronic communications were approved.

 

4/ In view of the low number of applications it was proposed and approved to grant each student

the sum of £400 with an explanation that this year's grants were unusually high because of the paucity of applications.

 

5/ Applications for poor relief: None

 

 

 

 

Attended and reported by A. Parks as instructed by Gedney Parish Council

 

28th October 2021

 

 

 

 

Report on SHVCS Meeting 15/11/21 : Cllr Hammersley

 

The meeting was held to try to find solutions to a 3 part problem that is affecting the SHVCS service. The problems are: the price of fuel, the HMRC criteria on the 45ppm rules and the lack of drivers.

 

The price of fuel is high at the moment and does not appear to be going down anytime soon. 

 

The HMRC rule that you can only pay a person 45p per mile up to 10,000 miles before the driver has to pay tax on the excess.

 

Due to the decrease in drivers (down from 69 to 30) the drivers are having to do longer journeys - hence they use more fuel - their earnings rise and they fall foul of the HMRC rule.

 

Some of the drivers have stated that they may  leave if they breach the HMRC barrier.

 

The SHVCS is attempting to square this circle and a number of suggestions were submitted by members which will be studied.

 

The conclusion is that the SHVCS will talk to Lincoln today (Tues) and some research will be carried out to see if the drivers who breach the HMRC rule can be assisted in some way.

 

The one area the SHVCS felt that the Parish Councils could help is in the push to get more drivers. The chair did express her disappointment that Gedney PC was the only PC from this area attending. There was no PC representative from Holbeach, Fleet, Long Sutton or Suttton Bridge in attendance. Score one for Gedney PC.

 

SHVCS asked if we could highlight the need for drivers in our 'Parish Magazine' website and notice boards as well as issuing a press release highlighting the urgent need for drivers. Our area needs drivers because at the moment there is only one in Long Sutton and I am unaware if we have any in Gedney.

 

I will report on the follow-up meeting and the solutions, if any, that are found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report on the Gedney Dyke duck crossing : Cllr Hammersley

 

I reported the problem with the ducks being run over in Gedney Dyke to Fix-My-Street. For some unknown reason F-M-S sent my report to SHDC and not LCC. SHDC emailed me stating it was not their problem and gave me a contact at LCC.

 

In the mean time I had visited the area where the problem was and found the duck crossing signs. Unfortunately, they turned out to be unofficial signs put up by the residents. I spoke to several residents (6) and found that the ducks had been attracted into the village from a large pond at the back of GD by putting down food.

 

I did some further investigation and concluded that I should ask the PC on how they wished me to proceed on this matter for the following reasons:



 I could proceed to report the problem to the LCC. This would lead to the unofficial signs being removed because it is an offence under the Road Traffic Act to erect unofficial signs and could lead to a fine. Although the imposition of a fine is highly unlikely the threat is there. 

 

The PC would then have to embark on an extensive campaign to get official signs erected. To argue for the official signs could be difficult because the lake is not at the roadside and the ducks would not be in danger if the residents had not/did not attract them with food. Therefore, success in getting official signs is in no way guaranteed plus the unofficial signs would have been removed.


The second option is to do nothing. Unofficial signs are in place in Holbeach (2 areas) and Long Sutton (1 area). The residents at these sites state that the LCC have so far taken a non-aggressive approach to these unofficial signs.