October 2025 Agenda
Dear Councillors,
You are summoned to attend The Monthly Meeting of Freiston Parish Council, which will be held on Thursday 16th October 2025, at 7:30pm in the Danny Flear Community Centre.
Mrs. Val Austin, - Clerk to the Parish Council, 7th October 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 21st August 2025. To resolve as a correct record and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes (Please note no meeting in September 2025)
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.
TR/2172 Freiston – Shore Road – Email sent to all Councillors on the 7th October 2025. Proposed speed reduction.
B/25/0394 – Haltoft House Wainfleet Road – Email sent to all Councillors on 7th October 2025. Proposed change of use.
8. Updates / Discuss and resolve the following items
8.1. Highway and Roads
8.1.1: Correx Signs – To Note
The clerk requested correx signs from Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership, back in July 2025. These have not yet been sent out due to LRSP having a supply problem they were waiting for a delivery. LRSP advised that this should be sorted out by the end of the month – Ongoing
8.1.2. Reported Tree Branches – Cllr Shaun Pearson – To Note
Councillor Shaun Pearson reported the tree branches that were falling off the tree along Park Lane. Councillor Nigel Marshall was aware and has this is in hand.
8.2. Contact Cllr Alistar Arundell at LCC – To Note
The Clerk has contacted Cllr Alistar Arundell at LCC regarding a meeting with Cllr Nigel Marshall. The clerk has emailed and upon Cllr Alistar’s request has sent text’s messages. Not yet received any reply – Ongoing
8.3. Footway lights repair
The Clerk received an email with regards to S/L 18 Priory Road, corner of Wythes Lane. This column had been hit by a vehicle last year Autumn 2024. EON have stated that if the column is not going to be repaired it will need disconnecting from the underground and permanently removed. The clerk has requested a quote for this work, the quote for the work which The clerk did not receive back in 2024 was for £1450.00 plus VAT. The clerk has requested an updated quote.
8.4. Wicksteed Quote – Crows Nest
The clerk has contacted Wicksteed, and advised that their quote was no longer needed.
Cllr Judith Godwin, purchased the bark and arranged for the bark to be laid. Thank you.
8.5. Resident Complaint regarding overhanging bushes – Scrane End.
A resident has emailed the Parish Council, copying in Councillor Dale Broughton and Councillor Peter Bedford, with a complaint regarding the overhanging trees. The resident had reported the issue to Fixmystreet, but this was not actioned by LCC. Councillor Dale Broughton contacted Cllr Alistar Arundell via email on 28th September 2025. - Ongoing
8.6. Love your Neighborhood – To Note
The clerk informed all Councillors that Freiston Parish Council had won the Best Kept Village award for the second year. Cllr’s Nigel Marshall and Peter Bedford collected the award at Boston Borough Council chambers.
9. Finance:
9.1 Bank Account: Statement of accounts as at 16th October 2025
9.2 To approve the accounts for payments
9.3 The 2nd Precept was received on: 23rd September 2025 - £18,000.
10. Date of next parish council meeting: Thursday 20th November 2025
11. Any other business to go forward to the Thursday 20th November 2025 Agenda. / Note for information.