Louth Town Council
The Sessions House, Eastgate,
Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9AJ
01507 355895
To the Members of the Town Council of Louth:
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Louth Town Council and its Planning Committee which will be held on Tuesday 11th January 2022 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.
Please note, 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.
Any public, wishing to speak on an agenda item or ‘sit in’ on the meeting(s) please contact the Town Clerk, using the above email address, in advance to discuss attendance arrangements. If possible, please provide written representation 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 6th Day of January 2022
Safety Precautions due to COVID-19:
Louth Town Council continue to take precautionary measures to uphold its legal responsibility to protect its officers, elected members and others from risk to their health and safety. As a minimum these will include socially distanced seating, no tables and asking that attendees: please do not touch items other than their own, please bring their own pen and paper, please take their own items/rubbish home with them, please bring their own drink, please do not come to the meeting if they have any symptoms or have been in contact with someone who is sick. please inform the Town Clerk as far in advance of the meeting as possible if you will not be able to attend. please note that the rules of debate as prescribed within Standing Orders will be adhered to. If Cllrs. wish to speak during the meeting, they will need to raise their hand, the Chairman will note this and will call upon people in the order he has noted. When asked to speak, Cllrs. should stand and speak loudly or make their way to the microphone. Please note hand sanitising and the use of masks are also still encouraged.
AGENDA
TOWN COUNCIL
(Membership: All Cllrs.)
1. Apologies for Absence
To receive 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. Council Minutes
To approve as a correct record the notes of the Council Meetings held on 7th December 2021 and 17th December 2021. (Attached).
4. Committee Minutes
To confirm receipt of the minutes and adopt resolutions contained therein of the following Committee Meetings:
a. Planning – 9/11/21
b. Governance & Finance – 9/11/21
5. Increase in Green Waste Bin Collection Fee
Further to discussion on 7th December 2021, Council to consider writing to ELDC regarding the above.
6. KEVIGS – Member of the Academy
Councillors to note that the Mayor of Louth has been invited to become a Member of the Academy. Councillors to receive correspondence on the matter (attached) and to familiarise themselves with the role and responsibilities (please see link on first page of attached correspondence regarding the matter) prior to discussion and resolution upon the way forward.
7. Cancellation of the Hunts 8 Bus Service
Further to the above and circulation of an email on 6th December 2021 detailing the same, Councillor DF to propose that LTC write formally to the Department of Transport requesting a share of the recently promised Government funding for bus services.
8. Next Meeting
Council to note that the date of the next scheduled Town Council meeting is 22nd February 2022.
PLANNING COMMITTEE
(Chairman: Cllr. Mrs. S. Crew, 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 7th December 2021.
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 01-11-22). (Attached).
5. Planning Correspondence
Committee to receive planning decisions, enforcement complaints, appeal decisions, temporary road closures etc., as advised by the District and County Council. (Attached).
6. Proposed Works to Trees
Committee to approve a recommendation from the Planning Working Group to support the following proposed works to trees (details circulated by email 4th January 2022) in the Louth Conservation Area:
Location: 20 Gospelgate. Proposal: T1 – Fir – Fell. Reasons: T1 – Neighbours have concerns about needle drop, damage to old wall and worry it might fall in high winds.
7. Street Naming – Land off Brackenborough Road
Further to: a) Councils resolution on 13th April 2021 that Lacey Gardens School should choose street names on a theme that related both to the current school curriculum and to Louth itself; and b) correspondence containing suggestions circulated by email 4th January 2022, Committee to receive a recommendation from the Planning Working Group that it approve suggestions 1 and 2 and make further suggestions e.g., Field Road/Way/Close etc., Cow Pasture Crescent, Plough Lane, Harvest Lane/Way, Barley Close, Friesian Way.
8. Next Meeting
Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Planning Committee meeting is 8th February 2022.