December 2020 Minutes
Minutes of the meeting of The Moulton’s Parish Council held on Tuesday 5th January 2021 via Zoom.
Present: Cllrs Wakefield (Chairman), Hahn, Poll, Tibbs, Henderson, Cooper, Benton, A. Woolf, clerk.
District Cllr Casson. 1 member of the press.
1)Chairman’s Welcome
The Chairman welcomed everyone
2) Public Forum:
Cllr Casson brought everyone up to date with what was happening with Moulton Park
3) Apologies for Absence
Cllrs Sanderson & and W.Woolf sent their apologies that were accepted.
4) Declarations of interest
None received
5) To Consider Notes of meeting held 03/11/20:
It was agreed by all of the attending councillors that they could be signed off by the Chairman.
6) To Consider any matters arising from the minutes that are not covered by the Agenda.
Cllr. Wakefield, the clerk and the Marriott Bros. had had a meeting at the cemetery earlier that morning, to discuss the temporary closure of the cemetery to the public due to the subsidence and holes that had appeared due to the extreme wet weather conditions, as on the previous day one of the cemetery keepers had fallen and it was considered unsafe for members of the public.
The aim is to open it again as soon as it is considered safe, The Marriott Bros are working to do this as quickly as the weather allows them.
7) Cemetery, Church Yard and Allotments:
A. Cemetery.
Keep Off The Grass signs have been purchased and placed around the cemetery.
The chafer grub situation will continue to be monitored.
Interments
Michael Herbert - 11th December 2020 – Full grave
Anthony Kenneally – 22nd December – Full grave
B. Churchyard
Cllr. Henderson was going to check to see if any of the area had been affected by the weather conditions.
Cllr. A. Woolf let us know that the volunteers from the Probation Service will not be able to restart the work of clearing all the overgrown areas and a general tidy up of the churchyard due to the latest lockdown
C. Allotments.
N/A
8) Police Matters:
N/A
9) Highway Matters:
There was to be the following temporary traffic restrictions:
Moulton Broad Lane & Lowther Avenue – proposed 30MPH speed limit
Consultation has finished for proposed speed limit reduction – A151 Weston to Whaplode - Public notices are now out.
Cllr Tibbs said the SID was in Moulton Seas End for a few weeks and will be moved to Roman Bank next week. The Average speed entering the village has been 35-40 MPH
It was reported that there had been flooding in Church Lane and the Village Green, and it was thought there maybe a collapsed drain. The clerk was asked to contact LCC to have this investigated.
10) Finance Report:
There had been a Zoom meeting for the Management Committee to discuss and set next years budget.
It was agreed by all to keep the Precept the same as last year.
The clerk had not received any bank statements for December
11) Planning Matters:
Consultations:
Erection of dwelling off Roman Bank MSE – Full
The Chase Moulton – Demolition of disused commercial premises and erection of 3 cottage style properties – Full
Chapel Walk Roman Road- details of reserved matters for schedule of materials and landscaping and tree planting – outline approval.
Decided Applications
30thNov – 6th Dec - Wishing Well Woodhouse Lane – Full
7th Dec – 13th Dec – Rear of 46 Seas End Road – Full – erection of two dwelling
Adj. 48 Seas End Road – Outline – erection of dwelling
14th Dec – 20th Dec - Adj. 77 Church Lane Moulton – reserved matters- erection of dwelling
40a Broad Lane – full – First floor side extension & new entrance porch
21st Dec- 27th Dec - Poplar farm Austendyke Road – continuation – change to commercial use
7 Broad Lane – full – part demolition and rebuild conversion to annex
12) Moulton Village Ward:
The Community Heartbeat Trust has put a Xmas tree and lights in the Old Phone box, to cheer up the villagers and have also agreed to it being used as a book exchange in the New Year.
Cllr. A. Woolf mentioned that there was not a flag flying from the flag pole in the village for the recent Remembrance Sunday. It was believed Cllr. Henderson had been dealing with this so it was agreed to liaise with him, to find out who has the responsibility of being in charge of this.
The date for the Spring litter pick was agreed for Saturday 27th February 2021.
The village Hall is still closed.
13)Moulton Seas End Ward:
The proposed name ‘ MacFie Close ’ for the development adjacent to 1 Hall Lane, was considered to be unsuitable, as it had no connection with the Village or history of. The Clerk was asked to pass on the decision and ask for any explanations why it may be suitable.
Cllr. Cooper is still in negotiation with Craig Pocklington about ownership of the War Memorial and adjacent remembrance area.
The play area is missing a mound and tubing. Cllr. Wakefield has spoken to Jack Buck Farms and they have agreed to help with this but due to being very busy and the state of the soil at the minute, it was agreed to leave it until the New Year.
The Village Hall is still closed.
14)Moulton Chapel Ward:
Village Hall still closed.
15) Correspondence:
It was agreed to continue with the Parish Agreement Scheme – Urban Highway Grass Cutting 2021/22 subject to agreeing to the cost.
The old Parish website will be switched off at the end of December 2020 and the Clerk is currently transferring information across to the new one. Cllr. W. Woolf is to forward up to date information to the Clerk to be used.
Information about grants available to community groups from LCC Covid 19 community Response fund – not for profit community groups was to be forwarded to Cllrs. Tibbs, Henderson and Poll.
16) Councillors minor reports and items for next Agenda.
M.S.E. Memorial.
M.S.E. play area tubes.
17) Date and Time of next meeting.
Date of next Parish Meeting will be on Tuesday 5th January 2021 at 7pm (Via Zoom)
18) To resolve whether to move into closed session and exclude public, press and police.
No.
The Chairman wished everyone a Merry Xmas and thanked them for attending and closed the meeting at 8.10pm