PTC February 2023 Agenda

Dear Councillors Bowell, Denman, Gilbert, Halls, Hosking, Little, Robinson, Shinkins-Hoppe, Stevens (District) and Thomas (District). 
 
Copy to Cllr P Dilks for information.

You are hereby summonsed to attend the next meeting of the Planning & Transport Committee on Tuesday 14 February 2023 at 7.00pm held at the Institute. 

Louise Brown
Assistant Clerk

AGENDA 

73.23 To receive apologies of absence.

74.23 To receive declarations of interest, if any.

75.23 To agree the Minutes of the previous meeting held on 13th December 2022.
Please see Appendix 1

https://deeping-st-james.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/council-business/ptc-2022-agendas/11 

76.23 To receive reports from the Clerk.
January’s meeting was cancelled due to lack of planning applications and topics to be considered.

The office are to investigate which lamp posts could be used along Linchfield Road to hold a SIDS device and can be included in the SIDS rota. 
The Assistant Clerk has been to investigate and there are currently 22 lamp posts along Linchfield Road, with lamp post no. 1 being situated a few metres in on the left-hand side as you enter Linchfield Road from Spalding Road and no. 22 being situated just before the turn-off to Campion Drive.  Ideas have been put forward to the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership to review.
 
The Assistant Clerk is to contact contractors to look into ordering signage for Bell Lane. 
Countrywide Assistance advise that they believe the signage will come under the Police Reform Act, and that it would be an offence to motorcycle on the land without the landowner’s permission, as the land is private. Countrywide Assistance went on to state that it is also an offence under the same act to ride a motor vehicle causing alarm, distress or annoyance.  Signs could be put in place on the private land to say no trespassing, no motor vehicles etc, however this could not be a Section 34 notice as it is not a highway.  It would be down to the landowners and the Police to enforce it and if any signage is used and kept to the size of a highway sign then the Planning Dept may not have to be consulted.
The Assistant Clerk has approached a contractor regarding the signage for Bell Lane and a sign has been ordered.

Cllr Bowell was contacted by a resident advising that the signage which enforces the clearway painted on Horsegate, had not been installed.  From this, the Assistant Clerk has contacted LCC drawing their attention to the lack of signage.  LCC have responded saying that they are looking into it.  

The Assistant Clerk has emailed the Assistant Director of Planning SKDC, with a view to discovering the situation of the outstanding Section 106 monies due for the Bus Shelters along Linchfield Road, Springfields Development.  In the meantime, significant information has been obtained via the legal agreement relating to the 106 monies and this has now been established that the Parish Council are entitled to £13,000 plus an uplift linked to the retail price index.  Once the bus shelters are installed, the parish council will seek to receive this money from SKDC.

The Assistant Clerk contacted Deeping St James United Charities and the long-term leaseholder of the Cross School to discover what had happened to the Pass Wide and Slow horse banner, which it turned out had been removed due to the poster becoming damaged in the high winds over winter.  The leaseholder returned the poster to the office and the poster was not salvageable and so has been disposed of.

Responses for planning applications S22/2334, S22/1920 and S22/2436 discussed at December or January’s FC meeting were put forward to Planning Dept at SKDC.

Cllr Bowell attended the South Lincs Connected meeting held on Friday 20th January.  Cllr Bowell has supplied a report, which will be sent out with the February 2023 Full Council agenda.

It has been reported that the Police were conducting speed monitoring along Spalding Road on the 9 January 2023.

The Assistant Clerk has approached Autocross Euroshel Limited, for an assessment and quote for two bus shelters to either be moved or purchased for the Springfields Development, Linchfield Road.  Autocross Euroshel have now visited and viewed both the site at Linchfield Road and the existing obsolete bus shelters situated at Church Street and Broadgate Lane are to provide a quote in the coming week.

An email was sent to Sir John Hayes asking for him to attend the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meeting, on Wednesday 8th February 2023.  The APPG is a forum for MPs to meet to discuss laws and policy to protect, restore and expand woods and trees at the time of a nature and climate crisis. 

77.23 To receive an update from the Neighbourhood Plan.
Please see Appendix 2 detailed below.

78.23  To receive an update re the LCWIP (Lincolnshire Cycling/Walking Improvement Plan).
Please see Appendix 3 detailed below.

79.23  To consider S106 monies wish list.

80.23 To receive and consider the following Planning Applications and put forward recommendations to the next Council Meeting, or make decisions in accordance with the Committee’s delegated powers:
http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8170#/

S22/2478
Change of use of agricultural land to open storage and alteration to access.
Land East of 51 Towngate East, Market Deeping, PE6 8LQ

S22/2405
Change of use of land from agricultural to football club ground, installation of flood lighting, development of changing facility, gravel car park and fencing.
Towngate East and Cross Road

S23/0084
Formation of lake and use of site for angling and open water swimming uses,
erection of amenity building/changing room building and associated parking and
access tracks.
Station Road, Deeping St James, PE6 8RH.

81.23 To report the outcome of previous Planning Applications:
http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8170#/

S22/2059
Erection of detached bungalow
16 Park Estate, Deeping St James, Lincs, PE6 8NG
DSJPC – Objected.
SKDC – Permission has been refused.

S22/2314
Dead and Dangerous Tree Exemption
5 Day notice to fell conifer tree due to poor condition and signs of root plate movement.
Deeping St James Cemetery, Off Hereward Way, Deeping St James.
DSJPC – Requested by DSJPC.
SKDC – Can be removed.  
A replacement tree (with a species to be agreed at a later date) should be planted as close as practically possible to the location of the original tree, in the interests of amenity and landscape consistency, unless the local planning authority gives written consent to any variation.

S22/2016 
Submission of details reserved by condition 3 (materials) of planning permission S19/0262 (Erection of first floor side and rear extensions, single storey rear extension and garage
extension).
20 Eastgate, Deeping St James
DSJPC – Did not consult on original planning application S19/0262.
SKDC – Details are acceptable.

S22/2074
2-storey and single storey front extension and enlargement of existing dormers to front and rear.
150 Eastgate, Deeping St James, PE6 8RD
DSJPC – Objected.
SKDC – Permission is refused.

S22/2106
Demolition of existing store building and erection of detached dwelling.
103 Horsegate, Deeping St James, PE6 8EW
DSJPC – Objected.
Application was withdrawn by agent.

S22/2142
First storey rear extension, replace staircase to garage.
37 Bridge Street, Deeping St James, Lincs, PE6 8HA.
DSJPC – Approved.
SKDC – Grants Planning Permission.

82.23 To agree the date of the next meeting.
Tuesday 14th March 2023 at 7pm.

 


Appendix 2

Update on the Neighbourhood plan

Work continues to update projects and take out of the Plan those which have been completed.  The review of the current projects has been undertaken and the progress noted.  Some projects which were identified in the original public consultation have now been reviewed and the members of the team have considered them unable to be delivered within a reasonable time frame – these have been “filed” as on hold for the time being.  As an example, arising from that first consultation was a request for a bridge at Riverside Park.  The team considered this and agreed that as there is a bridge and High Locks and the Market Place – no more that half a mile in either direction – it would be unlikely that funding would be found to support the project.   Work continues to move projects forward.    A review of the policies contained within the Plan is also underway – as the need for new policies has been identified to support the Community.


Appendix 3

The Lincolnshire Walking and Cycling Improvement Plan
 
Work has been ongoing with members of the NP team and the Project Manager from the Sustainability Team at LCC with the aim of improving cycle ways and foot path access across the Deepings.  The latest meeting was held on Friday 2nd February.  The following was outlined.  
LCWIP is currently working, via Active Travel England, to deliver a priority bid to be able to build a cycle route from Market Deeping to Bourne.  The feasibility study has been completed and their bid is ready to be submitted with a total funding requirement of £4.8m
In addition, the Project Manager from the Sustainability Team is working with the NP Team to ensure that all three routes identified as being a priority for walking and cycling within the Deepings are included in what will become a legal document.  It is intended that once completed the document can be used to support future planning applications so that developers are committed to providing adequate links within the community via footpaths and cycle routes.  The three routes are
1. The top of Godsey Lane, from the Health Centre to the Library – with a link through via the Orchard.
2. Linchfield Road to the Deepings School include Thackers Way  - with links to Crowson Way, Wade Park and back to Godsey Lane.
3. The Deepings School, Park Road and Bell Lane.
Public consultations will need to be held and residents have to buy in via community engagement to enable the NP team to apply for £275K of funding available. 
It was agreed that the NP Team would engage with local County Councillors (Dilks and Baxter) to help push this forward at County Level with the Executive Councillor for Highways, Transport and IT for LCC.