Louth Town Council
The Sessions House, Eastgate,
Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9AJ
01507 355895
clerk@louthtowncouncil.gov.uk

To the Members of the Town Council of Louth:

You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Louth Town Council’s Planning Committee and Governance and Finance Committee which will be held on Tuesday 10^th December 2024 in The Old Court Room, The Sessions House, Eastgate, Louth at 7pm.  The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda below.

There will be a 15 minute public forum between 6.45pm and 7.00pm when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council, and your attendance is requested during this period. 

Please note, any public, wishing to speak in the public forum may do so on items which appear on the agenda or may ‘sit in’ on the meeting(s).  It would be much appreciated if any member of the public wishing to speak would please contact the Town Clerk, by emailing clerk@louthtowncouncil.gov.uk in advance of the meeting to discuss attendance arrangements.  Written representation can also be considered rather than attending in person.

Members of the public should note that they will not be allowed to speak during the formal meeting.

Mrs. L.M. Phillips

Town Clerk

Dated this 5^th Day of December 2024

AGENDA

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

(Chairman: Cllr. P. Starsmore, Membership: All Cllrs.)

 

1. Apologies for Absence
   To receive and note apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Town Clerk at least one hour prior to the meeting.
2. Declarations of Interest / Dispensations
   To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act, 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests and any written requests for dispensation received by the Proper Officer under section 22 of the Localism Act.
3. Minutes
   To approve as a correct record the notes of the Planning Committee Meeting held on 19^th November 2024.
4. Applications received by the Local Planning Authority
   To consider and make observations on all planning applications received including those listed in the schedule (PA/Schedule 12-10-24). (Attached).
5. Planning Correspondence
   Committee to note planning decisions, enforcement complaints, appeal decisions, temporary road closures etc., as advised by the District and County Council. (Attached).
6. New Footway – Wood Lane, Louth
   Committee to receive details of the above. (Attached).
7. Proposed No Waiting At Any Time – Lacey Gardens, Louth
   Committee to receive details of the above and consider supporting. (Attached).
8. Town and Parish Council Survey – details originally circulated with agenda for 19^th November 2024.
   Draft corporate response to be tabled, compiled as previously resolved.  Committee to ratify this for submission.

9. Next Meeting
   Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Planning Committee meeting is 14^th January 2025.

 

 

GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

(Chairman: Cllr. Mrs. E. Ballard, Membership: All Cllrs.)

1. Apologies for Absence
   To receive and note apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Town Clerk at least one hour prior to the meeting.
2. Declarations of Interest / Dispensations
   To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act, 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests and any written requests for dispensation received by the Proper Officer under section 22 of the Localism Act.
3. Minutes
   To approve as a correct record the notes of the Governance and Finance Committee Meeting held on 8^th October 2024.
4. Finance
   Committee to receive a recommendation from FOG that the following be noted/approved/authorised:
   1. Receipts and Payments – Cashbooks 1 and 2
      1. Month 6
         1. Cash Book 1 Receipts     £157,470.54                Payments                                £31,215.49
         2. Cash Book 2 Receipts               £0.00                Payments   £38.14
      2. Detailed Income and Expenditure Report (Budget Variance Report) as at Month 6 to 30^th September 2024.
      3. Earmarked Reserves Report as at 30^th September 2024.
      4. Balance Sheet to 30^th September 2024 and Cash Book 1 and 2 Bank Reconciliations which reconcile to account statements showing balances as follows:
         776. Lloyds Treasurers Account (balance at 30/9/24 on statement 6) – £440,776.77
         777. Petty Cash (balance as at 30/9/24) – £156.74

• Lloyds Deposit Account (balance on statement 6 printed 25^th November 2024) – £166,652.51

300. NS and I Account (balance on last statement received (no. 12) as at 1/1/24) – £112,300.42

5. Budget 2025/26
   On a recommendation by FOG, Committee to receive and discuss the draft budget for 2025/26 and resolve upon a recommendation to put to Town Council on 14^th January 2025.
6. Local Government Services Pay Agreement from 1^st April 2024
   Committee to note that agreement has been reached on the above. Amendments to pay scales have been implemented and backpay issued.
7. Closed Session Item
   Committee to resolve to move into closed session in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 due to the business to be discussed in the following item, information being of a third party and confidential nature in relation to the following:
   1. Our Hall Louth
8. Next Meeting
   Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Governance and Finance Committee meeting is 25^th February 2025.