Minutes of the meeting of Amber Hill Parish Council held on 18th March 2019

Present:                           Cllr Chris Stephenson, Cllr Elizabeth Gadd, Cllr Jane Webb, Cllr Ros Bowler, Cllr Rachel Hunn, Cllr Nigel Hardy, Cllr Sheryl Fraser

Also Present:                    George Cornah– Boston Borough election candidate

Public Forum:

Meeting started 7.59 pm

18/094 Chairman’s remarks.

None

18/095 Apologies for absence and reasons given.

Cllr MB gave apologies.

It was resolved to accept the apologies

18/096 To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011.

Cllrs RH & JW declared an interest in the decision to be made on Light no 5.

18/097 Police report.

No police present or report received.

Cllr CS reported there have been 3 separate thefts in the area from farms in relation to scrap metal and copper. It was also reported that 1,000 litres of oil had been stolen in the parish

Action: None

18/098 Draft minutes of the meeting held on 21-01-19 to be confirmed and signed as minutes.

It was resolved to accept the above notes as minutes. They were confirmed and signed by the Chairman.

18/099 Financial matters: Accounts for payment and budget figures, including report, up to 08.03.19.

The clerk presented the LALC training invoice. It was resolved that this would not be necessary, particularly as BBC now do quite a bit of Councillor training

It was resolved to accept the accounts for payment.

Action: Clerk to make outstanding payments.

18/100 Planning:

B/19/0028 – Continued siting of temporary Mobile home to use as accommodation for agricultural worker at Mobs Eye Farm, Sutterton Drove

Consultation carried out as per delegation 3w of the standing orders. No comments or concerns were reported by either Councillors or residents and this was reported to the Planning department.

B/19/0018 – Demolition of existing detached dwelling, and erection of detached 2 storey dwelling at May Cottage, Chapel Lane

It was noted that this was a much smaller residence than the initial proposal, however still larger than the original property and not in the same footprint, however there would be no impact on the other residents. It was also raised that there has been no application received for the temporary mobile home that has already been placed on the site.

It was resolved that the clerk would pass these comments to the planning department.

B/18/0153/CD1 – Dovecote Farm, Sutterton Drove, change of use from Agricultural Land to residential curtilage.

Condition 1 with reference to landscaping – Details have now been received by the planning department and the condition has now been discharged

Action: Clerk to pass comments onto the planning dept

18/101 Correspondence

South Lincolnshire Blind Society          Email – requesting link to their website be posted on Parish Website. – Link Added 27/1/19

Triton Knoll                                     20 letters received – Newsletters 27/1/19

Boston Borough Council             Email – regarding nomination packs for election 22/2/19

Boston Borough Council             Email – Dementia Awareness event for Councillors & Clerks. Emailed to Cllrs 26/2/19

Lincolnshire County Council      Email – Changes regarding the processing of Traffic Regulation orders to include Parish Councils – Emailed to Cllrs

Boston Borough Council             Email – February Newsletter – Emailed to Cllrs, posted on website & noticeboard 28/2/19 Community Lincs                           Letter – Regards to Zurich administering the policy direct in future

LALC                                                   Email – Regarding subscriptions for 2019-20 Boston Borough Council                                             Mail – Election Packs received

LALC                                                   Email – Lincs NHS Healthy Conversation Campaign – Emailed to Cllrs 8-3-19

Action: None.

18/102 Clerks report.

2019-20 Budget - 2019-20 budget document updated and submitted to Boston Borough Council

New Councillor - Cllr S Fraser details added to the website and completed forms sent to Boston Borough Council.

Anglia Water – Letter of complaint - Received a call requesting more specific dates, 13/2 spoken to them and given details from facebook and they will get back to me next week. 19/2 received and circulated reply from Anglia water.

Highways Footpath No 1 - Reply received from Highways regarding Footpath No 1

Looking at the photos that you have enclosed, I do not think that there is anything there that warrants further action. Public Footpaths are often uneven, and users must be properly attired.

Planning Application B/18/0118 - Uploaded on BBC Website 7/2/19 by Planning Officer

Footpath Closure - I have found a closure notice for Footpath PROW 5 Between Sutterton Drove & Maryland Bank which came through on 10 December I had copied to my files but clearly did not print and action ( I do apologise) and wondered if this is the one you mentioned at the meeting. Copy on its way for the noticeboard. Period of closure for this footpath is up until 27/5/19 – Closure as & when required during this period.

Meeting dates for Police           Dates sent out for future dates

Churchyard Maintenance payment Diarised for payment in Sept 2019

Equal Opportunities Policy Uploaded to the website

Action: None

18/103 Street light repairs

Cllr CS has taken a local electrician to inspect the lights, to confirm that replacements are necessary. They found that Light No 1 is in reasonable working order, however lights 4 & 5 are in appalling condition and need replacing.  Cllr CS proposed that we question the decision by EON regarding light No 1, Light No 4 be replaced and a discussion held regarding whether light No 5 was needed as the school now have lights.