Minutes

Uffington Parish Council

Approved Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held at Uffington Village Hall on 4th April 2023

Present: Barrie Brown – Chairman, Cllr Sheehan – Vice Chairman, Cllr K Cooke, Cllr Rosemary Trollope-Bellew, Cllr Hutchins, Cllr Barratt, Cllr Genever, Cllr Church, and five members of public

Clerk – Mrs. K Turner

1-80/2023 - Apologies: Cllr Hartley

2-81/2023 - Approval of minutes from 20th February 2023

The minutes were approved as a true and accurate record subject to comment

Pro: Cllr Barratt Sec: Cllr Genever

RESOLVED

3-82/2023 – Matters Arising

Cllr Barratt had received a response from SKDC regarding the felling of Tree on application 22/2423/TCA. No responsibility taken for the damage to the wall.

Damage of Safety barrier outside of Village Hall to be reported by VH representative

TRO raised with LCC for speed limit to be revised as part of application NH/224 along Uffington Road

The SKDC Community fund applied for by Uffington Parish Council was successful and the grant will be awarded for the Kings Coronation celebrations in the village

6 Nomination papers were submitted to SKDC offices for the May elections

4-83/2023 – Petanque Court Request

A request for a petanque Court to be placed at the green space area at the Play Park was received and discussed by Council members. Residents of Lindsey Road were asked to contact the Council with any concerns and replies received were read to the full Council members. The area was mapped out on 2nd April 2023 by Cllr Brown and the applicant.

Cllr Church and Cllr Hutchins both expressed opinions that the Court was a positive thing to have in the village but disagreed with the placement at the play area and deemed it an unsuitable area for it to be. Cllr Brown noted that the area concerned was originally left as a green space and for ball games.

Cllr Hutchins proposed a vote against the proposal

Pro: Cllr Hutchins             Sec: Cllr Church

All in Favour

RESOLVED

5-84/2023 – Kings Coronation

SKDC Grant available for funding of new Parish Noticeboard. A proposal was put forward to proceed with one of the quotes received at a cost of         and to apply for the grant.

Pro: Cllr Church Sec: Cllr Genever

Clerk to apply and submit quote

RESOLVED

A proposal was put forward for £100 budget to be spent on seeds and stationary. Council members agreed the seed packet design

Pro: Cllr Hutchins             Sec: Cllr Church

6-85/2023 – SLCC Membership

Proposal for the annual membership to be renewed

Pro: Cllr Hutchins             Sec: Cllr Church

7-86/2023 – Outside Reports

Cllr Cooke began by updating that South Kesteven District Council has £1 million available for community projects across the district through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Applications can now be made now by town and parish councils, parish meetings, charter trustees and community groups to finance projects that deliver community improvements and build pride in place.

There are four project categories: building improvements; green space and outdoor improvements; culture, arts, and heritage; and heritage initiatives.

Applicants will need to show a need for their project, as well as demand and the ultimate benefit it will have for the community. The applications will then be considered by our UKSPF Board.

Full details – and an application form – are available on the South Kesteven website. Cllr Cooke encouraged for this news to be shared with all the community groups involved making best use of this opportunity.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is also helping to make our District a safer and more secure place. A £284,000 project will see ageing CCTV technology upgraded, with a digital line installed and existing analogue cameras replaced with digital equipment.

We will have much clearer imaging and better picture and video sharing capabilities, far superior to analogue, and the new functionality could also allow us to deploy mobile CCTV in the future

This year’s Deepings Literary Festival, on May 27th and 28th, is being supported by South Kesteven District Council with a £2,179 Community Fund grant.

Finally, an important reminder that photo ID will be required to be able to vote at a polling station in May, when local elections take place across South Kesteven.

Accepted forms of photo ID include a passport, driving licence, Blue Badge, Older Person’s bus pass, and identity cards with the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram. Most voters will already have an accepted form of ID - and those who haven't can apply online or via SKDC. Full details are on the SKDC website.

Ideas were briefly discussed on best use of applying for grants including clean up of the Queen Victoria fountain on the main road  and entrance to the Village signs.

8-87/2023 – Accounts

Uffington Parish Council Accounts March 2023

Expenditure Out from 28/02/2023

Clerks Wages February & March        £587.25

Mrs. J Hartley Litter pick                      £40.00

Total                                                     £627.25

Payments in

       Interest                                          £0.96

       Allotment Rental 2023                   £150.00

Bank balance as at 30/03/2023

Treasurers account:                     £1614.57

Business account:                        £1025.85

Lloyds Business Savings:             £6086.57

Cllr Brown asked all Council members to confirm they had read and seen the account details

No comments. Proposal to accept

Pro: Cllr Sheehan             Sec: Cllr Church

RESOLVED

09-88/2023 – No declarations no planning

10-89/2023 – Planning Notices

S23/0096 - Mr. Ben Treanor, Erection of 1 dwelling and conversion of existing outbuilding. 47 Main Road, Uffington, Lincolnshire, PE9 4SN.

Following a request by the resident of 53 Main Road, Uffington Parish Council carried out a second site visit to view the proposed building from the garden of No 53.

The resident of No. 53 has concerns on two points.

1 - There is a possible privacy issue with two bedroom windows facing south (elevation 3) with views into No53’s garden.

2 - The ridge height of the bedrooms/bathrooms wing (elevation 4) at 7.6M could block the natural light from No 53’s garden especially as the building is approx. 1 metre from the boundary wall and the ground level for the proposed building is higher than that of No 53.

The Parish Council is of the opinion that these residents’ concerns should be taken into account when this application is considered. These concerns were submitted to the planning officer by the Clerk. Cllr Cooke updated that at its current state the application will be refused. Applicant to discuss amendments to original application with planning officers

S23/0485 – Mrs. Clementine Matthews, Replace existing single glazed windows on façade of house with double glazed timber windows. Casewick Hall, The Wash House, Casewick Park, PE9 4RX

No Objections raised

S23/0488 – Mr Nicholas Teesdale, 7 x lime trees remove epicormics and suckers around the base of trunks. Copthill School, Barnack Road, PE9 3AD

No Objections raised

11-90/2023- Correspondence

Letter received from allotment tenant requesting that the Council reverses its decision in its annual allotment agreement in December 2021 to allow current residents from outside of the village to remain tenants. It was decided for the Clerk to seek legal advice regarding this matter and update the Council when received.

12-91/2023 - Any Other business

Cllr Brown gave thanks to all the current members for their commitment to Uffington Parish Council over their term and their involvement in the positive projects brought forward.  A special thank you was given to Cllr Genever for his 50 years service as a Parish Councilor and many years of commitment to the village. 

Cllr Sheehan gave thanks to the Chair, Cllr Brown and to the Clerk

Next Council meeting to be held in the Village Hall on Wednesday 24th May at 7.45pm. This will be the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council

Meeting closed at 8.40pm