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Agenda for Tuesday 12th May 2026

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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’s Planning Committee, Governance and Finance Committee and Personnel Committee which will be held on Tuesday 12th May 2026 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.  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 7th Day of May 2026

AGENDA

PLANNING COMMITTEE
(Chairman: Cllr. P. Starsmore, Vice Chairman: Cllr. D. Moore, 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. Minutes
    To approve as a correct record the notes of the Planning Committee Meeting held on 14th April 2026. (Attached).
  4. Applications received by the Local Planning Authority
    To consider and make observations/ratify comments already submitted by the Planning Working Group to meet deadlines, on all planning applications received including those listed in the schedule (PA/Schedule 05-12-26). (Attached).
  5. Planning Correspondence
    Committee to receive planning decisions, enforcement complaints, appeal decisions, tree notifications, temporary road closures etc., as advised by the District and County Council. (Attached).
  6. Proposed Works to Trees
    Committee to consider commenting on the following proposed works to trees:

    1. Proposals: T6 – Remove. T7 – Remove.  T9 – Remove.  G1 – Removed all except Monkey Puzzle.  Location: 63 Crowtree Lane, LN11 0QW.  Reasons: None supplied.
  1. Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL 3) and Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL 4) and Grimsby to Walpole – Targeted Statutory Consultation under Section 42 of the Planning Act 2008
    Committee to ratify comments submitted to the above by the Planning Working Group in order to meet deadlines: It was agreed that the plans indicated that the cable will run from Scotland to the Lincolnshire Coast, and then become underground cabling down to the Substation in Norfolk. There were no reasons to object, as this sits in line with what residents were concerned about with reference to Pylons. It was noted though, that there may yet be further development to come, and this may not present the ‘Full Picture’, but at this point, the group felt that it would support this proposal. Result: Support

  2. Next Meeting
    To note that the next scheduled meeting of the Planning Committee will take place on 9th June 2026.

 

GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

(Chairman: Cllr. Mrs. E. Ballard, Vice Chairman: Cllr. G.E. Horton, 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. Minutes
    To approve as a correct record the notes of the Governance and Finance Committee meeting held on 9th December 2025. (Attached).

  4. Finance
    Committee to note/approve/authorise the following:

    1. Receipts and Payments – Cashbooks 1 and 2 – Months 11 and 12
      1. Month 11
        1. Cash Book 1 Receipts   £23,181.38            Payments      £47,166.71
        2. Cash Book 2 Receipts            £0.00            Payments             £19.00
      2. Month 12
        1. Cash Book 1 Receipts     £3,555.71            Payments      £92,044.78
        2. Cash Book 2 Receipts            £0.00            Payments             £60.15
      3. Detailed Income and Expenditure Report (Budget Variance Report) as at Month 12 to 31st March 2026.
      4. Earmarked Reserves Report as at 31st March 2026.
      5. Balance Sheet and Cashbook 1 and 2 Bank Reconciliations as at 31st March 2026 which reconcile to account statements showing balances as follows:
        1. Lloyds Treasurers Account (balance on statement 12) at 31st March 2026 – £213,557.59
        2. Petty Cash (balance as at 31st March 2026) – £33.62
  • Lloyds Deposit Account (balance on statement 12 as at 31st March 2026) – £166,652.51
  1. NS and I Account (balance on last statement, numbered 15 as at 18th February 2026) – £114,560.77.

  2. Media Policy
    Committee to note that the above policy has been reviewed and no changes have been made. Committee consider approving the above for continued use.
  3. Review of Effectiveness of Internal Controls
    Committee to consider approving the attached statement of the effectiveness of internal control.

  4. Smaller Authorities Proper Practices Panel – Practitioners’ Guide
    Councillors to note that the above publication, which supports smaller authorities in England in preparing the statutory annual accounting and governance statements found in the Annual Governance and Accountability Return, can be viewed on the Council’s website on the Documents page.

  5. Next Meeting
    To note that the next scheduled meeting of the Governance and Finance Committee will take place on 9th June 2026.

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

(Membership: Cllrs. Mrs. JMS, Mrs. EB, GEH, JB, JD, PS, Mrs. KP)

  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 Personnel Committee Meeting held on 14th April 2026. (Attached).
  4. 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 item, information being of a third party and confidential nature in relation to Personnel:

    1. Vacancy for Maintenance Assistant/Gravedigger
      Committee to consider applications received and resolve upon interview arrangements.
  5. Next Meeting
    To note that the next meeting of the Personnel Committee will take place on Thursday 28th May 2026.