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 and Community Resources Committee which will be held on Tuesday 30th August 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, 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 24th Day of August 2022
AGENDA
PLANNING COMMITTEE
(Chairman: Cllr. 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 26th 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 08-30-22). (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/ratify Planning Working Group comments (details circulated by email 18/08/22):
a) Location: 106 Kedington Road Proposal: G3 – Beech, Ash, Sycamore, Chestnut, Yew – (T1 on plan – Copper Beech) – Fell. Reasons: G3 – The tree is in decline as thereis Meripilus gigantues (bracket fungus) around the buttress and root ball.
b) Location: 108 Kedington Road Proposal: G3 – Beech, Ash, Sycamore, Yew – T1-T3 on plan (Yew) approx.. 6m high. Resize by removing regrowth (approx. 0.5-1m) as per photos.
c) Location: 17 Horncastle Road. Proposal: T31, T32 and T33 – Limes – Pollard to previous points. Reasons: To maintain a periodic pollarding cycle.
7. Traffic Proposals re. Proposed Waiting Restrictions on Mayfield Crescent/Kenwick Road
Committee to consider waiting restrictions proposed by LCC on Mayfield Crescent/Kenwick Road. (Details circulated by email 11/8/22).
8. Café Pavement Licence
Committee to ratify the comments of the Planning Working Group submitted to LCC on 12th August in support of a Café Pavement Licence at 601 Club Italian Bistro Ltd at 12a Market Place. (Details circulated by email on 9/8/22).
9. Application to ELDC for Discretionary Rate Relief by the Generations Church
Committee to confirm that the Town Clerk may sign the above to show the Council’s support for the application.
10. Active Travel Scheme
a) To note that this has been organised for Tuesday 13th September at 6.30pm in the Royal British Legion Hall, Northgate, Louth.
b) To consider and approve the production and circulation of a survey.
11. Next Meeting
Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Planning Committee meeting is 20th September 2022.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMITTEE
(Chairman: Cllr. A. Leonard, 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 5th July 2022. (Attached).
4. Cemetery
Committee to note that following discussions on 5th July the Town Clerk has enquired of ELDC as to whether planning permission would be required to demolish the old Cemetery Workshop building. A response has not yet been received. In the meantime, following the Cemetery Review undertaken on 23rd August it has emerged that permission might also need to be sought from the Diocese. The final report generated from the Cemetery Review will be with the Council by 30th September.
5. Queen’s Jubilee Parish Council Grant
Committee to note that further to discussion of the above on 5th July, confirmation that a grant of £1,000 has been approved by ELDC, for use by LTC on a commemorative bench, was received on 23rd August.
6. Allotments
Further to discussion on 5th July, Committee to receive a report from the Allotments Association and consider raising the rent charged thereto.
7. London Road Pavilion
Committee to receive an update from ELDC (attached) and note that Mr. J. Lascelles will attend at Town Council on 20th September to provide an update on behalf of ‘The Partnership’.
Next Meeting
Committee to note that the date of the next scheduled Community Resources Committee meeting is 1st November 2022.