25 November 2021 Agenda
Dear Parish Councillors Bowell, Denman, Dilks (County and District), Fowler, Gilbert, Hall, Halls, Hosking, Little, Olson, Robinson, Rose, Shinkins-Hoppe, Stevens (District) and Thomas (District).
You are hereby summonsed to attend the next meeting of Deeping St James Parish Council which will be held at the Open-Door Church, 5 Spalding Road, Deeping St James, PE6 8NJ on Thursday 25 November 2021 at 7.30 pm
There will be an open forum, lasting a maximum of thirty minutes to permit residents to address the Parish Council before the meeting is formally opened, which will be at the closing of the open forum or at 8.00pm, whichever is the sooner.
The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda below.
Julie Fortnum
Parish Clerk
AGENDA
22.90 To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.
22.91 To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests.
22.92 To approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on Thursday 28 October 2021.
22.93 To receive the Clerks report.
22.94 To receive reports from the District Councillors and County Councillor.
22.95 To consider reinstating the quarterly Neighbourhood Policing panel meetings.
22.96 To agree the content and timing of the next Newsletter.
22.97 To consider the training needs of parish councillors with particular regard to standards and behaviour in public life.
22.98 Financial matters:
1. To consider the minutes and any recommendations from the Finance and general purposes committee meeting held on Thursday 18 November 2021.
2. To approve the payments for November 2021.
3. To note the income received in November 2021.
4. To consider making a donation to the Priory Church towards the costs of refreshments provided after the Remembrance Parade and Service on Sunday 14 November 2021.
22.99 Planning matters:
1. To receive the minutes and any recommendations from the planning and transport committee meeting held on Tuesday 18 November 2021.
2. To consider the following applications
- S21/2138 Erection of a new discount foodstore (Use Class E) with access, car parking, landscaping and other associated works. Land to the East of Peterborough Road, Market Deeping, PE6 8GQ.
- S21/2236 Fell to ground level T2 Sequoia giganteum (Giant Redwood /Wellingtonia) as tree is in advance stages of decline, shedding dysfunctional scaffolding limbs at 15 Brownlow Drive Deeping St James PE6 8HL.
- S21/1671 Amended information regarding conversion of 1no dwelling into 2no dwellings, and construction of a single storey extension with balcony over, to one of the dwellings at 147 Eastgate Deeping St James PE6 8RB.
22.100 To consider the following correspondence received.
1. An invitation to support The Queens Green Canopy Project received from South Kesteven District Council on behalf of the Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire Mr Gary Waterfall CBE DL FRAeS.
2. The Parish Precept letter, Parish Council Tax base and band D charge calculator received from South Kesteven District Council confirming that the Parish Precepts deadline is Friday 21 January 2022.
22.101 To receive and consider minutes and recommendations of committees, reports from advisory committees, members reports from external bodies, members reports of meetings, seminars, training and events attended on the Council’s behalf:
1. The Clerk and Chairman met with two Trustees from Deeping St James United Charities on Monday 1 November 2021 to consider the future of the Institute after the Charities have completed improvement works at the Cross School.
2. One of the Maintenance staff attended a two-day operational play inspection training course organised by Nottingham City Council on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 November 2021.
3. The opening of the Garden of Remembrance at 3pm on Sunday 7 November 2021.
4. The Deeping St James Remembrance Parade and Priory Church Service from 2.30pm on Sunday 14 November 2021.
5. The Clerk, Assistant Clerk and Councillor Halls (Chair of the Allotments footpaths and open spaces committee) met with Market Deeping Town Clerk, Assistant Clerk and Councillor Shelton on Tuesday 18 November 2021 to share knowledge about the administration of Allotments.
5. The closing of the garden of Remembrance at 3pm on Sunday 21 November 2021.
6. Meeting with a representative from a local Civil Engineering Company at the site of the proposed Welland Footbridge on Wednesday 24 November 2021.
7. To receive an update from a Parish Council representative on the Deepings Neighbourhood plan group.
22.102 Parish Pump – items for information or inclusion on future agendas.
Dates for the diary for the coming month –
Committee structure working party meeting – 1pm on Thursday 2 December 2021
Staffing sub-committee – 2.30pm on Thursday 2 December 2021
Planning and transport meeting – 7pm Thursday 9 December 2021
Full Council – 7.30pm Thursday 16 December 2021
Carols in Jubilee Park – 7pm Friday 17 December 2021
The office will be closed from 2pm on Friday 24 December 2021 to 9am on Tuesday 4 January 2022.