March 2024 Agenda
FREISTON PARISH COUNCIL
Email: clerk@freiston-pc.gov.uk
Dear Councillors,
You are summoned to attend the meeting of Freiston Parish Council, which will be held on Thursday 21st March 2024, at 7:30pm in the Danny Flear Community Centre.
Mrs Val Austin, - Clerk to the Parish Council, March 12th 2024
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.
• January 2024 – To be presented at the meeting
5. Minutes: To approve the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on the 15th February 2024. 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. –
B/24/0067 – We’ll Meet Again
B/24/0084 – Homers Lane
B/24/0095 – Hardy’s Farm
8. Updates /Notes / Discuss and resolve the following items
8.1. Highway & Roads – Update from January 2024 meeting.
LCC Cllr Paul Skinner
8.2. Parking along Church View – Update
LCC Cllr Paul Skinner to update on who owns the grass verge.
8.2.1 – The Clerk has been in contact with Bates Environmental, who state that they will stop the lorry from parking on the verge and will arrange for the verge to have new top soil, to be levelled and re-seeded.
8.3. Horses Butterwick Road – Update
The Clerk has been in contact with a horse rescue centre, who state that the horses are not in danger, but if still concerned to send pictures of the horses to them and they will decide if they should look into or not, but state that as long as the horses are being fed and watered, they are ok.
Cllr B Posey, has also contacted a horse rescue centre and they state they will visit (W/C 18/03/2024) sometime. However, they state they can only make suggestions, under the animal welfare act, as long as the animal is being fed and watered, they are deemed ok.
8.4. Play Equipment purchase – Update
Still waiting on a date for the installation of the equipment, however on an email dated 21st February 2024, they advised that the manufacturing of the equipment would be approx. 12 weeks, taking it to around early May 2024.
8.5. Letter to TH Clements – Regarding Plastic Waste – To Note
The clerk has sent an email to the TH Clements with the pictures supplied by Cllr Judith Godwin regarding the plastic waste. Waiting for a reply.
8.6. Email to We’ll Meet Again Museum - To Note
The clerk has emailed the museum regarding the donation of £500, have received a reply stating that as they do not meet our conditions, they are turning down the funds offered.
9. Finance:
9.1 Bank Account: Statement of accounts as at 21st March 2024
9.2 To approve the accounts for payments
9.3 To Note: Receipt received of £10,000 from UKSFP funding, this amount has been transferred into the savings account.
10. Date of next parish council meeting: Thursday 18th April 2024 at 7:30pm
11. Any other business to go forward to the April 18th 2024 Agenda. / Note for information.