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KEADBY WITH PARISH COUNCIL

These are the Minutes of the Meeting of With Althorpe Parish Council, held in the William Stephenson Memorial Hall, Althorpe on Wednesday 18 September 2019

Present: Cllrs: K Fenney (Vice Chairman), N Bond, M Broadbent, M Buckley, A Carroll, E Davis, G Haynes, P Johnson, B Pearson, K Russell, L Smith, J Sharp, E Timmins, A Wills and Ward Councillor J Briggs

Start Time: 7.15pm

1.0 Apologies Cllr Hornsby

2.0 Road Safety Discussion Richard Hall, NLC Road Safety Team Manager, said that speed monitoring had been conducted on Main Street, Althorpe in June and the speed was not found to be excessive. Councillors said that the speed measurement device had not been placed in the correct location and requested that the test be carried out again with the device placed outside Lansdown House, Main Street, Althorpe. Richard Hall indicated that the next batch of testing would not be until early 2020 and, if this date clashed with the resurfacing works, the measurement would not be carried out until the completion of those works.

Richard also indicated that data shows that SIDs (Speed Indication Devices) cause traffic to slow down an average of two miles per hour, however, the issue may not be vehicles travelling at excessive speeds, but travelling at an inappropriate speed for the road. Cllr Carroll did not believe that speed was the issue but rather vehicles not keeping to their side of the road.

Cllr Carroll noted that when there had been works’ traffic lights in place, many vehicles had avoided Main Street and the traffic problems had been greatly reduced. Cllr Sharp suggested the Parish Council should investigate the possibility of traffic lights being permanently installed to alleviate the issue.

Cllr Smith said that there had been three accidents in two weeks, in the vicinity. Richard Hall indicated that only injuries and not collisions would have an impact on where on the Speed Management Priority List the Parish Council were.

Councillors asked why the request for Althorpe to be ‘Access Only’ had been rejected and were informed that this was due to the volume of traffic to/from /Derrythorpe which passed through Althorpe.

Councillors asked again about ‘20’s Plenty’ but were informed that a 20mph speed limit is advisory only.

The Clerk will request the Traffic Team attend a site meeting to discuss this matter further.

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3.0 Public Participation Session with Respect to Items on the Agenda Pursuant to the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, the public have a statutory right to attend meetings of a parish council. Importantly, they have no right to participate in a meeting. Meetings shall be open to the public unless their presence is prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted or for other special reasons. The public’s exclusion from part or all of a meeting shall be by a resolution which shall give reasons for the public’s exclusion. None

4.0 Matters Arising from Draft Minutes Cllr Sharp noted that the request for school children to design a ‘slow down’ sign had been omitted from the minutes Cllr Haynes Proposed that the Draft Minutes of 17 July 2019 be accepted as a true record; Seconded by Cllr Davis; All in Favour.

5.0 It was Resolved that the Minutes of 17 July 2019 be accepted as a true record.

Declaration of Interest 6.0 None

Dispensation Request 7.0 None

Clerk’s Updates Cllr Wills reported that the garden and hedge in front of the car park on Chapel Lane 8.0 needed attention. The Clerk will contact ONGO and request that the area be tidied up. 8.1 Highways Speed Indication Devices. North Council Highways Department are reviewing the specification for the SID equipment to ensure that it is suitable to be mounted on, and 8.2 powered by, a street column.

Cllr Wills reported that there is growth in the gutters of Trentside Keadby that is 6-7 inches 8.3 high and requested that the Clerk report the matter to NLC.

Cllr Wills also reported that the gullies on Trentside are full of straw after the harvest and 8.4 requested that the Clerk obtain a gully clearing schedule from NLC.

Cllr Pearson reported that the footpath, next to the consecrated ground on Main Street Althorpe, is covered with compacted mud and requested the Clerk to report this matter to 8.5 NLC.

It was reported that the two Hawthorne trees, one each side of the top of Woodgarr Avenue, are overhanging the footpath and require trimming back. The Clerk will ask the 8.6 handyman to trim back the trees.

The Clerk was requested to find out who owns the trees at the top of Anne Close, Keadby 8.7 as a vehicle has had to swerve to miss the low hanging branches.

The road sign, on the A18 next to Crowle Bank Road, is still obscured by tree branches. 8.8 The Clerk will report this matter again to NLC Highways department.

Cllr Fenney asked the Clerk to investigate the possibility of raising the sign at the entrance

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9.0 to Althorpe because it is obscured when the plants in the planter are in full bloom.

Possible Grant for the Ropery The Clerk explained that he had been approached by the & Landscaping Partnership with the offer of a Community Grant for the plants and signage for the Keadby Wildlife Pond. It was agreed that the Clerk would complete the 10.0 Expression of Interest for this grant 10.1 Planning Application No: PA/2019/1244 Proposal: Advertisement consent to display five non-illuminated direction signs Site Location: Keadby 2 Power Station, Trentside, Keadby, DN17 4FA Applicant: Mr Adrian Webber, Siemens 10.2 The Parish Council has No Objection to the application

Application No: PA/2019/1288 Proposal: Planning Permission to erect two pairs of semi-detached dwellings and associated works Site Location: 6 Chesswick Avenue, Keadby, DN17 3DG Applicant: Mr Amin Chaudhary, Kembles Holdings Ltd

The Parish Council Objects to the proposed development.

The Parish Council believes that there is not adequate room for 2 pairs of semi- detached dwellings and only a single pair of semi-detached dwellings should be considered.

The area is on a one-way system and parking is already problematic. The plans show space for a single vehicle to be parked off-road with no space for a second car and the Parish Council believe that the dwellings should be moved back on the plot to allow for 2 cars to be parked, off road, in front of each.

The Parish Council has concerns about surface water as this area of Keadby already suffers, any time there is a heavy downpour the drains cannot cope and this proposed development will compound the problem.

The Parish Council is also concerned about the evacuation of sewage that this possible 10.3 new development would present on the current overloaded system.

Application No: PA/2019/1472 Proposal: Planning Permission to erect a porch to the front of the property Site Location: Annexe, 5 Station Road, Keadby, DN17 3BT Applicant: Mr Martin Gallagher 10.4 The Parish Council has No Objection to the Application

Application No: PA/2019/1554 Proposal: Planning Permission to construct a foundation to support a temporary mobile crane including associated works Site Location: Keadby Railway Wharf, Trent Side, Keadby Applicant: Abnormal Load Engineering (ALE)

The Parish Council has No Objection to the Application

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Christmas Meal 12.0 It was agreed that the Clerk will book the Ferryboat in .

Finances and Payments Cllr Smith Proposed that the list of payments, detailed below, be Approved; Seconded by 13.0 Cllr Fenney. All in Favour. It was Resolved that the list of payments be Approved.

Date of Next Meeting Wednesday 16th October 2019 at 7:15pm

Cheque Recipient Reason Nett VAT Gross 402081 Yards Apart Parish Paths Cut (paid in July) 98.0 19.60 117.60 402082 R Haynes August Salary Confidential 402083 R Haynes Pre-Paid Aug PAYE on behalf of PC Confidential 402084 R Haynes September Salary Confidential 402085 HMRC September PAYE Confidential 402086 G Potter Handyman’s payment for August 350.00 350.00 402087 G Potter Construction of four concrete bases and installation of 1200.00 1200.00 picnic benches at the Ropery 402088 R Haynes 2 Lincolnshire Flags and 2 Union Jacks 23.16 4.64 27.80 402089 R Haynes Stamps and Postage 15.47 15.47 402090 B Keighery SLA Grass Cut No. 11 633.11 126.62 759.73 402091 B Keighery SLA Grass Cut No. 12 383.11 76.62 459.73 402092 ERNLLCA Good Councillor Guides x 16 60.60 0.20 60.80