2026 Parish Council Meeting Minutes

THESE ARE DRAFT NOTES OF THE MEETING AND WILL BE RATIFIED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING

DRAFT Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 2 March 2026 at 7.00pm at Saltfleet Methodist Church, Main Road, Louth Lincolnshire LN11 9HF

Present:                              Chair                                Cllr Guy Williams

                                                                                      Cllr Graham Barker

                                                                                      Cllr John Campion

                                                                                      Cllr Peter Mace

Also Present:                    Clerk                                Ms Binal Sawjani

                                             Members of Public      5

                                             District/County             Cllr Bayleigh Robinson

                                             Apologises:                    Cllr Matthew Benton (Accepted)

                                                                                      Cllr Ian Dickinson (Accepted)

                                                                                      Cllr Sheila Warsap (Accepted)

                                                                                      Cllr Paul Rickett (Accepted)

Item 0525/62 Welcome to the meeting: Chair opened meeting at 18.59 and welcomed the councillors, public and district councillors. Comments from Public Session

• Football goals when will they be painted – refer to playing field committee
• Extension on the carpark why was it needed as people are parking where they want to. Carpark as deep puddles and there are a lot of dogs allowed to run loose. Could we request for yellow lines as well as the 20mph sign – there was much discussion on this subject. Solution that was proposed was Chair to speak to nursery manager to speak to parents about bend in the road and to slow down. Second to fill the holes in the carpark, seconded and RESOVLED.

Chair invited Cllr Robinson to speak:

• Cllr has spoken to the nursery manager and is in discussion about having yellow line outside the nursery with Highways. Chair challenged Cllr about the regarding the 20mph sign has the application been made? Cllr maintained that Highways is not allocating 20mph sign. He maintains that his application would be rejected and the chair has been told that councillor needs to make the application before it is considered.

Meeting commenced 19.17

Item 0525/63  To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any requests for dispensations: None

Item 0525/64 Apologies for absence: Cllr Dickinson, Cllr Benton, Cllr Warsap and Cllr Rickett.

Item 0525/65 To approve the draft notes as minutes of the last meeting held on the 12 January 2026: RESOLVED to adopt and sign the notes as accurate minutes, and they were dated and signed by the Chair.

Item 0525/66 Chair’s Report:

1. Gras cutting – new quote for fortnightly cuts £93.00 Field and £54.08 for Church. This was proposed, seconded and RESOLVED. To note the car boot dates and quote for the new portion of the field.
2. Noticeboard in Pinder’s field – chair has pursued this and not been able to secure this

Item 0525/67 Training:  Training available to all Staff and elected Members and clerk recommends councillors to view training schedule.

Item 0525/68 Parish Matters To receive updates from in respect of:

1. Update on burial ground and hedge – Hedge 560 Yew Trees has been planted. As it has ben wet this has worked to our advantage and may lead to less filling in
2. Update on village field – add disabled play equipment – Somercotes Nursery would use the play ground
3. Update on 20mph sign - covered in public session and district councillor part
4. Angus Energy – Flaring has lasted is louder than ever, that transport route has not been followed, Proposed that Chair to ask for update seconded and RESOLVED.
5. Speed camera order – delivered and been fixed.
6. St Botolph's update – write for update Lee Holmes as to the plan moving forward.
7. Closure of burial ground  - Correspondence for St Peters stating that they would like our council to be responsible for the burial ground but we have plots allocated to our parishioners and need to get clarity on this matter. Write to the representative defer to next meeting
8. Village survey – online survey or website – defer to next meeting
9. Highways – 20mph road sign already mentioned and fill in holes on Saddlebank not a temporary fix but a permanent solution

Item 0525/69 Planning Applications: none

Item 0525/70 Correspondence: To receive and dispose of correspondence received since the last meeting: None

Item 0525/71 Date of next meeting: To note the date of the next meeting: Annual Parish Meeting 18 May at 6.30pm and 6.00pm for refreshments

Item 0525/72 Financial matters:

1. To note bank balances on bank statements as on February 2026 £11,049.72
2. To note income: None
3. To authorise the signing of orders for payment for previous months

Meeting ended 20.09