March 2025 Agenda
Dear Councillors,
You are summoned to attend The Monthly Meeting of Freiston Parish Council, which will be held on Thursday 20th March 2025, at 7:30pm in the Danny Flear Community Centre.
Mrs Laura Forman, - Locum Clerk to the Parish Council, 13th March 2025
AGENDA
1. Chairman to open the meeting:
2. Apologises: To receive and accept apologises where a valid reason for the absence has been given to the clerk prior to the meeting.
3. Public Forum: To resolve to suspend the meeting for a maximum of 10 minutes to allow members of the public to ask questions or make short statements to the council.
4. Police Matters: Stats & incidents are available to view on the police website.
• To be presented at the meeting
5. Minutes: To approve the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on the 20th February 2025. To resolve as a correct record and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes
6. Declarations of interest (if any): To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests
7. Planning update: 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 Boston Borough Council. – To include those received between the day of posting this notice and the day of the meeting.
B/25/00101 – Former Freiston Village Hall, Priory Road, Freiston – Approval of reserved matters (Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) following outline approval B/23/0354.
The Clerk contacted the Councillors by email for their comments. No objections received.
8. Updates / Discuss and resolve the following items
Updates - Discuss and resolve the following items
8.1. Highway & Roads – Update
8.2. Aspiration House – Parking Issues – To Note
Cllr Dale Broughton and Cllr Peter Bedford monitoring the issue.
8.3. Spring Newsletter – Increasing the number of pages.
Spring Newsletter received and ready for distribution. The Clerk has received a quotation to increase the newsletter to 12 pages, which will be an additional £20.00 per print. To discuss and resolve: Should the size of the newsletter be increased.
8.4. The Beonna at All Saints – Advertising in the newsletter
To discuss and resolve: Are the councillors happy to have an advert in the newsletter from The Beonna. The Clerk has sent a copy of the proposed advert to all Councillors to review.
8.5 Spring Litter Pick - Cllr Judith Godwin
To discuss a litter pick and choose a date. The Clerk has advertised the
litter pick on social media to encourage further volunteers. A few
residents have responded expressing an interest in participating.
8.6. Meeting – Richard Tice MP – To Note
The clerk contacted the secretary; Richard Tice MP would not be attending the meeting on Friday 21st February 2025, due to security reasons. All Councillors notified. It is possible that he may attend the monthly Parish meeting on Thursday 20th March 2025.
9. Finance:
9.1 Bank Account: Statement of accounts as at 20th March 2025
9.2 To approve the accounts for payments
10. Date of next parish council meeting: Thursday 17th April 2025
11. Any other business to go forward to the April 17th 2025 Agenda / Note for information.