September 2025 Minutes
Draft Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Thursday 25th September 2025 at Roughton Village Hall commencing at 7.30 p.m.
Present: Councillors D Perie, L Spurrier, R Willey and T Davies.
In Attendance: K. Handley (Clerk) Cllr William Gray (ELDC) Cllr Natalie Oliver(LCC) Cllr Sean Matthews (Leader of LCC) 8.15 p.m.
031: To elect a Chairperson: Due to the resignation of the Chair, Councillor Dormer, Councillor Willey was nominated to preside over the meeting as Chair.
032: Apologies: No apologies to present
033 : Declarations of Interest None declared
034: To approve the notes of the meeting held on Thursday 17th July 2025 as minutes:
These were proposed, seconded and unanimously resolved to be adopted as the minutes of the council. These were duly signed and dated by the Chair.
035: County Councillor Report: Cllr Natalie Oliver reported on progress regarding Highways issues which had been raised on the walkabout of the village with Councillor Dormer in July. This will be circulated to the Clerk. Good progress has been made, 30 mph speed limit on Moor Lane (this will be to the bend) has received no objections, HGV signage will be improved, 30 mph speed signs added to the roads, some work undertaken on the verges to improve safety. The issue of dust created by the Industrial Park on Horncastle Road will be raised by Cllr Gray with Environmental Services.
` The Council were also informed that LCC were holding an engagement session on 26th September between 5.30 -6.30 p.m. to raise awareness of their proposal with regard to reorganisation.
District Councillor Report: Cllr Gray had circulated his report prior to the meeting which had been received by all Councillors. This information is available on the Parish Council website https://roughton.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk.
036: Finances:
a) Bank balances and bank statement signed. The current account balance as of 25/09/2025 is £4,446.99. The deposit account balance as of 25/09/2025 is £2,567.25. The Clerk had not received a updated bank statement.
b) Retrospective and future payments to be approved.
|
Organisation |
Cheque no. |
Voucher no. |
Amount |
|
Clerk’s salary |
354 |
012 |
£190.47 |
|
HMRC |
355 |
013 |
£47.40 |
|
Glasdon |
356 |
014 |
£541.75 |
|
McAfee |
357 |
015 |
£64.99 |
|
Dell Hardware Service |
358 |
016 |
£48.48 |
It was proposed, seconded and unanimously resolved to approve the payments.
037: Planning matters
Planning applications received;
Applications received:
02737/25/FUL Extension and alterations to existing dwelling to provide additional living accommodation
Location: Cathroy Moor Lane Roughton Lincs LN10 6YH
This has received planning permission
03117/25/RVC Avison Sprayers Section 73 application to vary condition no.5 (use classes permitted) previously approved under planning ref.no.S/141/00354/24 for the erection of 2no. buildings comprising 4no. industrial units.
Location: Horncastle Road, Roughton Moor, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6YQ
It was proposed, seconded and unanimously resolved to support this application
02930/25/FUL Erection of 3no. dwelling and 1no.detached garage with construction of vehicular access.
Location: Land Rear of 74 Horncastle Road, Roughton Moor, Woodhall Spa
It was proposed, seconded and unanimously resolved to support this application.
Full Planning:
This was noted by the Councillors
00372/25/FUL Erection of 2no.dwellings and a detached garage double garage with construction of 2no. vehicular accesses
Location: Land East of Sandy Lane Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire
038: To receive feedback from the meeting with Cllr Oliver regarding Highway issues within the Parish
Cllr Oliver had already responded in her LCC report.
039: To consider and resolve further action with regard to correspondence from a parishioner regarding traffic concerns
The Clerk outlined the concerns regarding speeding delivery vans through the village and also the aggressive nature and careless driving displayed with no concern given to the safety of pedestrians. Councillor Perie had also witnessed the above behaviour.
It was resolved that the Clerk write to the Delivery Company but also, the number plates of the offending vans need to be captured as further evidence. This can then be sent to the police.
040: To consider the request from Highways for agreement to alter speed limits on Horncastle Road.
Woodhall Spa PC had approached Highways and requested that the speed limit on Horncastle Road be lowered to 30 mph to Kirkby Lane and 40mph to Moor lane. Highways had asked for Roughton PC to agree with this recommendation.
It was proposed, seconded and resolved to support this request.
041: To receive feedback from the Community Speed Watch group.
Cllr Davies reported that the group had been out and three people had been reported to the police. No abuse had been received.
042: To note two applications for definitive map modifications to enable two public footpaths to be created:
Application 608 footpath between 50 acres Road and Roughton Public Footpath 165
Application 609 footpath between Roughton Public Footpath 165 and Haltham Public Footpath 168
Noted by Councillors.
043: To note the completion of the refurbishment of the bench on the corner of Moor Lane.
Noted by Councillors. The Clerk will write a letter of thanks.
044:To note the feedback from virtual meeting regarding Local Government reorganisation in Greater Lincolnshire.
The Clerk had attended a virtual meeting which outlined the Greater Lincolnshire plan for reorganisation. The key message for Parish Councils is that they did not have to take on any assets from ELDC but it is likely that more will be delegated to PC’s. This will be an issue for smaller Councils and as such, there may be an argument for merging smaller councils together.
045: To note correspondence received by the Clerk; ELDC Media Releases, Town and Parish News, LALC Training Bulletin
Noted by Councillors.
046: To confirm the date of the next meeting as Thursday 20th November at 7.30 p.m.
This was confirmed by all Councillors.
Meeting closed at 20.32 p.m.