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 Community Resources Committee which will be held on Tuesday 29^th October 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 24^th Day of October 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 8^th October 2024. (Attached).
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 10-29-24). (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. Proposed Work to Trees
   Committee to consider the following proposed works to trees in the Conservation Area:
   1. Location: 14 Old Mill Park, Proposals: T1 – Small-leaved Lime – Crown reduce to a height of 14m and a spread of 12m approx. T2 – Silver Birch – Reduce in height from 16m to 9m. Reasons: None given.
7. PL/0089/24 – Planning Application for the installation of 4 no. external condenser units at Keily House, Louth
   Committee to receive a request from LCC to reconsider its objection and resolve as necessary. (See attached).

8. Gospelgate, Louth – Proposed ‘No Waiting At Any Time’ and Revocation of ‘No Waiting 8am to 6pm’
   Committee to consider supporting the above proposals. (Details attached).
9. B1200 Newmarket – Proposed Limited Waiting Bay
   Committee to consider supporting the above proposals. (Details attached).
10. Neighbourhood Plan
    Committee to receive details about what a neighbourhood plan is, note that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are offering grants and technical support packages and approve that an application for such can be submitted by Louth Town Council.

11. Next Meeting
    Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Planning Committee meeting is 19^th November 2024

 

COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMITTEE

(Chairman: Cllr. D. Hobson, 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 Community Resources Committee meeting held on 17^th September 2024. (Attached).
4. Our Hall Louth Ltd
   Committee to ratify the actions of the Town Clerk and Chairman who approached Wilkin Chapman, as requested by the CR Committee on 17^th September 2024, to act on behalf of the Council but who were unable to accept the Council’s instructions due to a conflict of interest. Therefore, using delegated powers advice was sought from another solicitor, outside of Louth, with experience of working with Councils.
5. Emergency Planning
   Committee to note that the Lincolnshire Emergency Planning and Business Continuity Service have been in touch to confirm that data collated by Lincolnshire County Council Lead Local Flood Authority and Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue has shown an increase in Section 19 flood investigations and near-misses in the parish over the last 12 months and as a result Louth has been identified as being one of the Parishes most at risk from river and surface water flooding. Therefore, it advises that the Town Council prepare an Emergency Plan.  There is a template for use and the Deputy Mayor and Town Clerk are attending a briefing session on Monday 26^th  Committee to receive an update from the briefing and resolve:
   1. that a plan should be drafted; and
   2. upon core members for a Community Emergency Response Team (leader and deputy leader) should the plan be activated and agree on other members who will assist.
6. Closed Session
   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 items, information being of a third party and confidential nature in relation to the following:
   1. Old Mill House
   2. London Road Astro Turf
7. Next Meeting
   Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Community Resources Committee meeting is 4^th February 2025.