Agenda - 25 January 2024
Notice is hereby given that the next meeting of Covenham Parish Council will be held on Thursday, 25 January 2024, 7pm at the Parish Rooms, Main Road, Covenham St Bartholomew LN11 0PF.
Signed
Nadine Must
Parish Clerk
20 January 2024
Councillors are hereby summoned to attend
PUBLIC FORUM
Members of the public are welcome to join the meeting for questions or comments prior to the start of the main agenda. This session will also include reports from Outside Bodies including:
a) ELDC Ward Member
b) LCC Ward Member
AGENDA
01/24-1 Record of Members Present and Apologies
01/24-2 To receive any Declarations of Interest on any item on the agenda - in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, and to consider any applications for dispensations in relation to disclosable pecuniary interests
01/24-3 Minutes from 30 November 2023 – to approve as a correct record the notes of the meeting and authorise the Chair to sign the official minutes.
01/24-4 Council Matters
a) Chair’s Remarks – to receive any update
b) Clerk’s Report – to note
c) Communications Received – see attached list and for consideration below items
i. National Grid upgrade proposal
ii. ELDC Council Tax Budget increase of 3.06%Consultation
d) Parish Noticeboard – to consider quote from Louth Men’s Shed and agree supplier
e) Winter newsletter – update
f) Contract Lease of Parish Rooms to Covenham Village Volunteers – update
01/24-5 Working Groups Reports - update
a) Parish Rooms Working Group – update
b) Personnel - update
c) Finance Working Group – to get update from meeting held 17 January 2024
01/24-6 Parish Rooms
a) Restrictive Covenants – update
b) Internal building dampness– update
c) Leaky drainpipe – update
d) PCC Election May 2024 – to agree rent cost to charge ELDC
01/24-7 Finance and Budgets
a) Payments - to receive and resolve to accept payments for January 2024
b) Latest Receipts and Payments Monitoring – for information
c) Proposed Budget for FY 2024/25 and Precept Requirement – to consider the draft budget as proposed, agree a budget and the precept requirement.for FY 2024/25.
d) Barclays Bank – update on Financial Ombudsman Service
01/24-8 Community Amenities and Groups
a) St Barts Church – update
b) St Mary’s Church – update
c) Covenham Village Volunteers – update
d) Monthly lunches – update
01/24-9 Outside Bodies Services
a) ELDC
b) LCC
i. Covenham Reservoir Steps
ii. Green Lane and Birkett’s Lane Footpath
iii. Village Potholes
iv. broken drain cover at St Mary’s area
c) large stones on grass verge at St Mary’s area
01/24-10 Planning Matters
a) update on applications
1. N/037/01614/23 | Section 73 application to vary condition no. 2 (holiday occupancy condition) as previously imposed on planning permission reference N/037/01012/19 to allow one cottage to be occupied as an unrestricted dwelling whilst the other cottage remains holiday use. | Sunnyside, Grange Lane, Covenham St Bartholomew – Refused 05/11/2023
2. N/038/01927/23/DC | Discharge condition 6 (Materials) imposed on N/038/00940/23. | Ashdown Cottage, Newbridge Lane, Covenham St Mary – Approved 13/12/2024
b) Applications for consideration - None
01/24-11 Date of Next Meeting – Thursday, 28 March 2024, 7pm Parish Rooms