Minutes
Gayton le Marsh Parish Meeting 20 March 2025 Held Gayton le Marsh Village Hall 7.00pm
1. Present: R. Crust (Chairman), K. Robinson (Vice-Chairman), M. Henry (Parish Clerk), and P. Buckeridge (RFO). Guest Cllr T. Hesketh. 20 Residents in total present.
2. Welcome: Parish Chairman welcomed those who were present, at the Parish Meeting. This included our District councillor, Travis Hesketh.
3. Apologies: C. Hipwell, V. Buckeridge, C. Morris, W. Mitchell, and J. Chambers.
4. Approval of Minutes: Copies of previous Parish Meeting were supplied, and those present reminded that they can access all minutes via the Lincolnshire Parish Councils website. The minutes were approved by those present. Minutes signed and dated by Parish Chairman and Clerk.
Cllr Hesketh addressed the meeting and gave an update on the proposed Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). That the GDF will not becoming to Lincolnshire. That Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) leader M. Hill has stated this. Cllr Hesketh suggested that a celebration of this, from those at Theddlethorpe, Gayton-le-Marsh, and Great Carlton. Possibly June. Cllr left the meeting as he was attending a Parish council meeting, at Great Carlton.
5. Matters Arising: Parish Chairman informed the meeting about concerns from residents who mentioned at a previous meeting about, Lorries speeding through the village early morning. That he has spoken to someone from the company, and they will limit the time the lorries travel in the village, between 7am and 5pm. That he was shown a tachograph, which shown speed of a lorry at 16 MPH.
6. Financial Report: The RFO provided copies of a financial statement to those present and read out the balances of the accounts held, at 20 March 2025. Parish Current account, £1,606.90, an outstanding cheque for £120.00. Windfarm Fund Current account, £5,076.91, eight outstanding cheques for £1,600.00. Windfarm Fund Savings account, £49,954.52. Windfarm Fund Post 25-year account, £22,729.07. Windfarm Fund Deposit account, £9,048.09.
7. Project Application: Parish Chairman informed the meeting that a Project application has been submitted to the Windfarm Fund Committee. Due the nature of this request, it needed approval by the Parish Meeting. The request was for funds for equipment for Bell target shooting at the Village Hall. Parish Chairman had concerns about the storage of air rifles.
The resident who submitted the application addressed the Parish Chairman, and the meeting, that this event would be good for those in the Village. That other villages have held bell shooting events. That there have been previous bell shooting events held in the Village Hall, and these were well attended. In respect of the storage of air rifles, these would be stored securely, in a firearms cabinet. The cost of the equipment is £1,438.00. This was put to a vote, none against, three abstained. Matter carried.
8. Gayton Against Nuclear Dump (GAND): Parish Chairman read out proposal to the meeting on behalf of S. Hollingsworth, of a resolution to ELDC and LCC. This was proposed by S. Hollingsworth and seconded by K. Robinson. A vote was put to the meeting on the resolution. One voted against and two abstained, matter carried. There were concerns by some of the residents present, about the wording of a statement released by LCC, on the GDF.
A request was made for funding for banners from the Windfarm Funds. The Parish Chairman informed the meeting the Windfarm Fund cannot fund this request. However, the request for banners can be funded from the Parish Account. The limit would be £250.00. This request for funding was put to those present to vote on. Two abstained, none against. Approved.
AOB: A resident informed the meeting about Ossian Transmission infrastructure project. That they were concerned about the size of the proposed sub stations at Alford.
Parish Chair informed the meeting about a draft public right of way, and how residents can view this draft. A litter pick was suggested, preferably a weekend, a Saturday. A provisional date of 3 May 2025 was set, that litter picking equipment is in the Village Hall shed.
A resident was concerned about the state of the passive 30 MPH signs. More signs have been ordered by the Parish Clerk from the Community Safety Watch (CSW), to replace any damaged signs. Also suggested if SLOW could be painted on the road at Chapel corner. Parish Clerk to contact LCC Highways regarding this. Concerns raised about the state layby at Gayton Top. Those present, were reminded that when the project was proposed for funding for widening this layby, LCC would upkeep this layby.
Parish Chairman informed the meeting that he will be standing down as Chairman, at the next AGM, possibly May/June 2025. That those interested, he would be happy to speak to them about the role.
The Parish Chairman and Parish Clerk thanked those from the Village who attended the Parish Meeting. The meeting was closed at 7.59pm.