January 2025
Minutes of the Monthly Parish Meeting of The Moulton’s Parish Council held on Tuesday 7th January 2025 at Moulton Seas End Village Hall
Present: Cllr Sneath, Wright, Woolf, Tibbs, Ingham, Henderson, Kirk, Cooper, and Parish Clerk
1) Chairman’s welcome
Cllr Sneath (vice chair) welcomed everyone to the meeting.
2) Public Forum
3) Apologies for Absence
Cllr Wakefield, Sanderson, and Hahn
Dist. Cllr Casson
CCllr Gibson
4) Declarations of interest
Cllr Sneath and Cllr Woolf (Moulton Park)
Cllr Wright, Cllr Sneath and Cllr Cooper (Village Hall, MSE)
Cllr Tibbs (MCA)
5) To consider the notes of the meeting held on 10/12/24
Proposed Cllr Woolf, seconded Cllr Henderson, all agreed.
6) Matters Arising
7) Reports
Cemetery
Cllr Woolf asked the Clerk who is responsible for straightening headstones if they have moved. The families of descendants are responsible via a stonemason.
Interments
Stevenson-ashes
Churchyard
Resident living adjacent is concerned about a tree overhanging their property that they think is dead and needs removing. Clerk is currently trying to get confirmation that the tree is dead and quotes for removal.
Allotments
All ok.
8)Police
South Holland Parish Council engagement session January. Questions may be put forward before 14th January.
Agreed to forward the question… ‘How does the parish get a visible presence in the villages now we no longer have a PCSO?’
9)Highways
Clerk and councillors met with Highways in the daytime in regards to the drainage in MSE and flooding in Woodgate Road, Moulton Chapel. Cllr Sneath explained the dates and plan for the works. This includes the use of MSE Village Hall car park and Moulton Chapel Community Centre car park for siting a welfare unit and materials for the duration.
The poor state of River Lane discussed including the potential of a one-way system which was agreed would not help the situation. Agreed to contact CCllr Gibson and make him aware of the poor state of the Lane and ask about the possibility of some flashing speed awareness signs potentially sited on the A151 at the top of Fold Lane. Also agreed to mention the crumbling verge and road Broad Lane, the flooding at Moulton Village Green and the verge on a bend before entering MSE.
10)Financial
Business Account £93,581.95
Treasurer’s Account £56,636.09
Petty Cash £0.00
Total £150,218.04
Income £71.73
Expenditure £3450.00
Payments to be made
Marriott £624.00
SHDC £2626.12
LALC £757.24
Clerk mileage £33.12 (72 miles @0.46p p/mile)
Clerk stationary £13.00
Proposed Cllr Henderson, seconded Cllr Kirk, all agreed.
11)Planning Consultations
H13-1064-24 – Peloton Produce – Manor Farm, West Cob Gate – change of use of agricultural land to tractor and trailer parking (part retrospective) - full
Decided applications
H13-0852-24 – Allison Homes East – Land North of Roman Road, Moulton Chapel – Details of verification report – condition compliance – refusal
H13-0873-24 – Mr R Bailey – Penns Farm Yard Penns Place, Seas End Road, Moulton Seas End – full – refusal
H13-0939-24 – Mr A Janceski – 4 Church Lane, Moulton – proposed single storey extension – prior approval app. - approved
12) Moulton Ward
Church Lane in need of a bigger dog bin. Agreed Clerk to add to Fix my street again.
13) M S E Ward
Street name, rear of war memorial will be ‘Vianna Close’ in tribute to a family member of previous land owner.
14) Moulton Chapel
Agreed for the Clerk to get new quotes for the advisory speed banners if current company cannot now produce the banners.
15) SID Report
Max speed of 60mph recorded coming out of Common Road MSE. The machine is now on Bell Lane.
16) Correspondence
Village Voice 9th January
17) Matters for Discussion to become Agenda items at next meeting.
18) Councillors’ reports and items for inclusion on the next Agenda.
Section 106 funding
19) Date and time of next meeting
Tuesday 4th February 2025, 7pm Moulton Community Centre
20) If necessary, to consider passing a resolution under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to exclude the press and public from the meeting in order to discuss any items of business that may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in those paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of that Act as amended by the Local Government Access to Information(Variation) Order 2006.
Meeting Closed at 8.41pm