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 and it’s Planning Committee which will be held on Tuesday 26th July 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 in relation to items on the Agenda only, 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.
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 21st Day of July 2022
AGENDA
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 5th July 2022. (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 07-26-22). (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 consider the following proposed works to trees in the Louth Conservation Area (details circulated by email 20th July 2022):
a) Location: 242 Eastgate. Proposal: T1 – Cherry – Crown reduce by
1.5-2m to adequately clear telephone wires.
b) Location: The Limes, 41 Westgate. Proposal: T1 – Yew – Reduce in height
from 18m to no less than 15m and reduce width from 13m to 10m. Raise the crown to 2.5m from ground
level. T2 – Cedar – Remove wind-damaged
sections and weight reduce remaining limbs by evenly thinning out the tree by
no more than 15%, concentrating on removing heavy sections without altering the
tree’s shape or height. T3 – Cherry –
Remove as the tree is of poor quality.
T4 – Lime – Remove as the tree is on poor quality. G1 – Limes and 1 no. Chestnut – Life for
highway clearance and prune back to the kerb edge. Garden side to be pruned back to footpath
edge with lawn, up to 3m but varying from tree to tree as required. G2 – 2 no. Limes – Life crowns to 6m from
ground on all sides.
c) Location: 6 St. Mary’s Lane. Proposal: T1 – Beech – Crown raise lower
branches on south-westerly side to clear BT lines. Branches just above the BT lines to be
reduced in length by a maximum of 2m.
d) Location: 5/7 Westgate. Proposal: T1 –
Conifer – Prune back to boundary. Reasons:
To allow more light into the house, garden and patio. To prevent damage to shed caused by shade/rain.
7. Next Meeting
Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Planning Committee
meeting is 26th July 2022.
TOWN COUNCIL
(Chairman: Cllr. J. Baskett, 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. Closed Session Items
Council 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, confidential or legal nature.
a) Hubbard’s Hills