2025 Parish Council Meeting Agendas

The next meeting of Fishtoft Parish Council, will be held on Thursday 10th April 2025 at Rochford Tower Hall, Fishtoft commencing at 7pm.

Members of the public and press are welcome to attend.

There will be a public forum for a maximum of 10 minutes where members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the council followed by a maximum further 10 Minutes set aside for the meeting to receive reports from Lincolnshire Police, elected Members of Lincolnshire County Council, Boston Borough Council and other outside bodies.

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Agenda of Parish Council Meeting

1.     Chairperson’s Remarks
2.    Apologies for absence 
To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Clerk prior to the meeting
3.     Declarations of interest 
To receive (if any) declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests
4.     Notes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 10th March 2025
To resolve as a correct record and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official 
5.     Finance
a)    Payment of accounts to be approved
i.    Guardian Storage Ltd        PC Document Storage (Apr 2025)    £60.00
ii.    Sibsey Parish Council        Reimbursement of Printer Ink        £8.64
iii.    HMRC                PAYE Costs                £255.20
iv    TA Blackamore Ltd        Ground Maintenance (Mar 2025)            £1306.17
v.    Fishtoft Playing Fields        Approved Grant                £1100.00
vi.    Fishtoft Playing Fields        Donation towards Drainage Fee        £212.50
vii.    Rochford Tower Hall        2024/25 Room Hire            £120.00
viii.    S Knowles            Staff Costs                £441.89
b)    Additional payments to be approved after setting of agenda 
c)    Payments & receipts: since 10th March 2025: Appendix A
d)    Balance of Community Account as of 31st March 2025: £1,233.69
e)    Balance of Savings Account as of 31st March 2025: £25,565.48
f)    Balance of 30-Day Notice Savings Account as at 31st March 2025: £35,256.76
6.    Planning matters: Town and Country Planning Act 1990: 
To consider and make observations on all planning applications received and to note planning approvals, refusals, enforcement complaints and appeal decisions advised by the Borough Council.
To include applications received after this agenda has been posted and the day of the meeting
a)    B/25/0087 – Scoping opinion under Regulations 10 and 11 of the Town and County Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations with respect to the Ossian Offshore Windfarm 
b)    B/25/0122 - Removal of existing conservatory and replace with single storey rear extension and alterations including replacement roof and installation of rooflights at 93, Kingsway, Fishtoft, Boston
c)    Gaysfield Road Development
d)    Planning Reports and Information received including Planning Application decisions
7.    Highway
To consider and make observations associated with Highways matters that are not associated with Appendix B
a)    A16 to Sibsey
b)    Scalp Road
c)    Road Closure – Richardson Bridge
8.    Members reports and business
a)    Clearing and tidying the wooded area near the Hobhole pumping station -Update 
b)    Fishtoft 400 Community Group: Any updates from Councillor Armstrong
c)    Outer Dowsing Liaison Community Group – update from Councillor P Skinner
d)    Parish Council Website
e)    Parish Council Liaison Meeting
f)    Emergency Plan
g)    Fishtoft Primary School update – Councillor Lucy Webb
h)    Litter Picking
9.     Correspondence received, Events & Reports
To discuss any correspondence received including after setting of agenda
•    Neighbourhood Policing Quarterly Update
•    Abandoned Maple Road Car
•    Boston Water Recycling Centre Response
•    Letter from Boston Borough Council 80th Anniversaries of Victory In Europe and Victory over Japan
10.    Fix My Street, Highways and Boston Borough Council: To receive any updates on reported issues Appendix B
11.    Dates for future confirmed meetings

Resolved to go into close session to discuss the next agenda item

12.    Tender for 2025/26 Fishtoft Ground Maintenance Contract
13.    To address personal matters associated with the Parish Council