February 2025 Agenda

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN and Members of the Council are summoned to attend the meeting of Swineshead Parish Council, to be held on Tuesday 18 February 2025, commencing at 7.00pm in the Swineshead Community Hub, 1-2 North End, Swineshead, PE20 3LR

Prior to the commencement of the meeting there will be a public forum for a maximum of 15 minutes when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council.

Also, a maximum further 10 minutes will be set aside for the meeting to receive reports of the Police, elected members of Lincolnshire County Council and Boston Borough Council     

V Clark        Mrs Victoria Clark                                                       Date:   11/2/2025
Clerk/Proper Officer and Responsible Finance Officer to Swineshead Parish Council


AGENDA

1. Chairman’s remarks:

2. Apologies for absence: To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Clerk or Chairman prior to the meeting

3. To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in agenda items

4. To approve as a correct record, the notes of the meeting of the Council held on 21 January 2025 and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes

5. Financial matters:

i. Bank Balances as of 31 January 2025

£20,122.73 community account including

Received: £3,234.40 Allotment rent

£71,021.47 to include £60.27 interest - Instant online

ii. To approve the following accounts:

PAYEE

SERVICE

INVOICE DETAILS

£

COMMENTS

Mrs V Clark

Reimbursement for gift from PC

Kirton Flower Shop

Order # 6484

£30.00

Approved 21/1/25 Item 1
Paid 22/1/25

EE

Mobile

January invoice

V02307853563

 

£9.60

Paid DD

26/1/25

Independent Grab Company

1 load of topsoil to Swineshead Layby

Coney Hill

Invoice 5159 to JC Builders

£240.00

Paid
28/1/2025

Methodist Church

Library Rent

1 February 2025

£150.00

Paid DD

3/2/2025

Friends of St. Mary’s

Archive & Community Hub

1 February 2025

Inv.

£200.00

Paid DD

3/2/2025  

Gillrange Limited

Community Hub & Council Office Rent

1 February 2025  

Inv. 17230

£350.00

Paid DD

3/2/2025

BT

Broadband

February 2025

M036 UG

£50.28

Paid DD

14 February

N Bush

Payroll

February

Inv 10704

£15.00

To be approved

Staff 

Costs

February Payroll & Expenses

£1450.24

To be approved

 

S Holland

January Garden maintenance

Invoice 18

£232.50

To be approved

 

6. Town and Country Planning Act 1990. To consider and make observations on all planning applications received and to note planning approvals, refusals, enforcement complaints and appeal decisions advised by the district council.

i. B/25/0040: (24/2) Proposed replacement custom-build dwelling at The Methodist Church Fenhouses Drove, PE20 3HF

7. Clerks outstanding matters and correspondence:

SUBJECT

ACTION

Proposed “No Stopping” restrictions on Abbey Road, in the vicinity of the school.

To receive any updates

 

Armed Forces & Veterans Covenant

To discuss receiving a talk about the council signing of the covenant.

Signs at Coles Lane & Mackays Pit

To discuss the possibility of signs to help protect the geese and their young

 

8. Councillor’s and village reports, actions & updates: 

SUBJECT

ACTION

Community Emergency Plan  

To receive any updates

Swineshead Community Centre

To receive any updates and the Clerk to receive contact information

Community Hub, Library and Village Archive

To receive any updates

 

9. Dates for the next meeting/s:

18 March 2025

15 April

20 May Annual meeting of the Parish Council
 

Wednesday 21 May

Annual Parish Meeting (Residents meeting), Church Hall, Market Place