MINUTES OF
GEDNEY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT VICTORY HALL ON DECEMBER 12th 2023
Presiding over the meeting, Cllr Rollings
In Attendance:
Cllr Reynolds, Cllr Marchant, Cllr Hubbert, Cllr
Piccaver, County Cllr Coupland, one member of the Public and Mrs J Ripley,
Parish Clerk.
(GDE
= Gedney Drove End WMP = Walker Memorial Park QMNR = Queen Mother Nature
Reserve)
(GDVG
= Gedney Dyke Village Green)
There
was a short public forum in which a member of the Public addressed the Council
re the South Holland Voluntary Car Scheme (SHVCS)
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147.23 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
with reasons Cllr
Shaw, Cllr Wignall and Cllr Bissett sent their apologies and Council RESOLVED
to accept them. 148.23 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
- to receive Declarations of Interest
in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any applications for
dispensation. Cllrs Reynolds, Hubbert and Piccaver
declared an interest in H06-0530-23. They will not take part in this item. 149.23 SIGNING OF THE MINUTES Clerks
Notes from the meeting on 14th November 2023 were taken as read
and signed as minutes by the Chairman. 150.23 TO CONSIDER PLANNING
MATTERS AND RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY H06-1002-23
Mr Drewery, Lincs Forage, Sunrise Farm, Ravens Bank, Sutton St James Water Storage Tank Council
Support this application. H06-1036-23 Mr Chevalier, Fen House Farm, Nene
Joinery, Broadgate, Gedney
Change of use of commercial joinery use to production of pet and
aquatic substrate and storage retrospective. Council Support this application. H06-0530-23 Mr Swan, Cardwell House, Dawsmere Rd,
GDE
Temporary change of use for a period of 3 years to multiple
occupation/hostel - retrospective (previously approved under H06-0012-20) H06-1085-23
D G Hill Memorials, 92 Gedney Rd, Gedney Proposed rear extension to
dwelling and garage conversion including alterations to form annex. Council is concerned over the proximity of the
proposed double height annex to the neighbouring property which is single
height. Approval by South Holland District Council: H06-0816-23 Mr 7 Mrs Cloona, Pegasus, Dawsmere Rd,
GDE (S73A CONTINUATION) Change
of use of land from paddock to enclosed dog walking field - approved under. H06-0848-23 Mr Read, Land Adj. Sea Breeze Marsh
Road GDE Proposed
dwelling H06-0868-23
Mr Fletcher, Broadgate Nursery, Broadgate, Gedney Change of use of agricultural
building into 2 dwellings with associated works Withdrawn:
None Appeals: Non-Determination: H06-0939
Mr Scolari, Onslow House, GDE Proposed new boundary wall and
gateway. 151.23 CLERKS REPORT The Clerk advised: All correspondence from the November meeting has
been dealt with. Council has now received minutes from Gedney Drove
End Village Hall. RAF Holbeach contacted the Clerk following
Councils letter, they apologised for the noise and inconvenience and said would investigate. 152.23 REPORT TO COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE BODIES County
Cllr Coupland reported on the continued patching work on Engine Dyke 153.23 TO CONSIDER FINANCIAL MATTERS AND RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY a.
Items for payment under section 137: None b. Accounts for payment
Cllr Rollings proposed payments
be made as put before them, Cllr Marchant seconded, Item RESOLVED. Cllrs Hubbert & Piccaver
checked and signed payments. c.
Money in £250 Cemetery d.
To Resolve on new mandate signatory. Councill
RESOLVED that Cllr Marchant be added as a signatory. e.
To Resolve on opening a Unity Trust Savings account. Council
RESOLVED to open a savings account. 154.23 TO CONSIDER CORRESPONDENCE AND
RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY a.
LALC
Newsletters (circulated) b.
John
Hayes MP - Info on defibrillator grants c.
Cllr
H Bingham Update on Play area for Gedney d.
R
King Memorials Inscription request e.
ICO
renewal confirmation f.
Cllr
Bingham Update on Play area for Gedney g.
Naturescapes
Quotation for seed h.
Lincs
and Nots Air Ambulance Thank you for Grant. i.
Gedney
Church- Request for funding for clock Unfortunately,
Council has already set the precept so are unable to assist currently. j.
Letter
from Parishioner re SHVCS (circulated) k.
SHVCS
-Reply to Clerk and statistics Item 17 (circulated) l.
SLCC
- Renewal 155.23 CONSIDER PARISH COUNCIL
RESPONSIBILITES AND RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY a. Cemetery All Good although
very wet. Council RESOLVED to agree the
memorial application from R King b. Walker Memorial Park All good at the park other than
very waterlogged. Update on sign: New
sign has been installed. c.
Queen Mother Nature Reserve: Park
is very wet, car park to remain closed for the foreseeable future. d. Gedney Dyke Village Green Play
Area No standing water e. Allotments: Nothing to report. f. Any Other area: None 156.23
UPDATE ON NATURE RESERVE PROJECT & RESOLVE
ACCORDINGLY An
application to Gedney Windcluster fund and UKSPF Grassroots for grant funding
to pay for the project. 157.23
TO UPDATE ON UKSPF GRASSROOT GRANT APPLICATION This
application has been submitted for the QMNR project and a Zip Wire for WMP. The
committee will sit during January 2024. 158.23
TO REVIEW & ADOPT POLICY
Council RESOLVED to adopt the Health and
Safety policy as put before them, reviewed the 3 above policies with no
amendments. 159.23
TO RESOLVE ON REPLIES TO CONSULTATIONS None. 160.23 GEDNEY DYKE Update on action to be taken over
the disrepair of Seadyke Mill & 2 Mill Bank: No update for this meeting. 161.23 TO CONCIDER OPTIONS FOR
PLAY AREA/EQUIPMENT IN GEDNEY AND The Clerk reported the following:
have
been put on hold pending the outcome of the below item.
162.23 TO DISCUSS & RESOLVE ON
DONATION TO GDE CHRISTMAS TREE The tree has been fully funded so
grant is not now needed. 163.23 TO DISCUSS & RESOLVE
SUBSCRIPTION TO SHVCS (requested by 2 councillors) This item was discussed following
signing of the minutes (item 3) at the Chairs request. Council has now been sent the
information requested and is now able to see there is a need for the scheme
to continue in Gedney Parish. With this in mind Council RESOLVED to continue
to subscribe to the scheme. 164.23 HIGHWAYS & FOOTWAYS a. Update on outstanding matters None b. To report any new matters. None 165.23 DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
13th February 2024 at Gedney Victory Hall 166.23 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. The member of the public and
County Cllr Coupland left the meeting at 8pm 167.23 UPDATE ON GROUND
MAINTENANCE AND RESOLVE ACCORDINGLY Malc Firth have now been paid in
full for the 2023 season and the contract for next year has been terminated. There
being no more business to transact the meeting closed at 8.10pm Chairman |
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