September 2023
MEETING OF REEPHAM PARISH COUNCIL
Tuesday 26 September 2023 at 7.30pm in Reepham Methodist Chapel
AGENDA
The meeting will be preceded, if required, by a meeting of the Planning Panel
Matters raised by members of the public
Community Parking Forum
1. Apologies
2. Declarations of Interest
3. Minutes of Meeting held on 25 July 2023
4. Clerk’s Report:
Council-specific email addresses
Mellows Close to school playing field path – vegetation overhanging footpath
Any IGAS response re single-track lane behind Cherry Tree Garden Centre/Café
Methodist Church – hearing difficulties at meetings
Insurance review re. Councillor activities
5. Correspondence:
Layby/parking on Fiskerton Road, directly adj. railway line, close to level crossing.
Request for warning signage re. bend next to 11 High Street
Financial matters
a) Presentation of Accounts for Payment:
M Vail – Sept salary, £ 222.63
PAYE – Sept, £ 55.60
Clerk’s homeworking allowance, July-Sept, £ 15.00
Sage payroll, Sept, £ 9.60 (inc. £1.60 VAT)
Glendale, Aug grass cutting (Invoice 4161), £ 345.23 (inc. £57.53 VAT)
PKF Littlejohn, external audit, £ 252.00 (inc. 42.00 VAT)
LALC, Cllr D Davies training, £ 30.00 (inc. £5.00 VAT)
Methodist Chapel, Room hire for 2023, Estimated, £ 198.00
ESTIMATED TOTAL, £ 1128.00 (inc. £106.13 VAT)
b) Review grass cutting contract
c) External audit report
6. Planning Matters
Report from Planning Committee
Goods Farm Development – note: planning permission granted on 1st Sept 2023 for 8 dwellings, 2 of which are affected by the footpath planning application below:
Ref:145047: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 – Section 257: Proposed Diversion of Public Footpath REEP/129/1
147131: Construction/operation of Battery Energy Storage System: Land south of Barfield Lane Reepham
Response from Conservation Officer to invitation to attend a meeting
Neighbourhood Planning Group – update, finances, website, submission for Regulation 16 Inspection
7. Roads and footways
Mellows Close to Manor Rise footpath – holding item
Mellows Close yellow lines – holding item
Meadows Lane – holding item
Any further LCC update re. loose chippings on Smooting Lane/The Green (IF)
Bus shelter for Lincoln bound travellers at the bus stop in Fiskerton Rd – LCC investigating viability (IF)
Publishing SID data on website and in Reepham News (IF/DD)
Dead tree outside 2 The Green
LCC response re. willow tree at Kennel Lane Z bends
LCC Highways request for local knowledge on parish roads/drainage
Request for Traffic Enforcement Officers to attend Reepham
8. Field Footpaths and Bridleways
Reepham /Greetwell PF 131 – LCC planned improvements, relocate PC noticeboard
9. Conservation area
Village Green – project update
10. Amenity areas
Play inspections – internal
Jubilee tree
11. Xmas planning – Xmas lights post-AB inspection, tree update (delivery 28th Nov), Xmas event on green
12. Business for next agenda:
13. Date of next meeting: 31 October 2023 at 7.30pm in the Methodist Chapel
Mrs Michelle Vail, Parish Clerk/RFO 19 September 2023