September 2025
GREAT LIMBER PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on Wednesday, 3rd September at 7.00pm in the Village Hall.
Present: Cllrs S Hudson (Chairman); S. Acomb, S. Christmas, C. Read, S Anderson
In attendance: District Cllr J Bean, Cllr O Bierley, District Cllr A Lawrence, and the Clerk.
1. Co-option of Councillors: Cllr Hudson welcomed Sally Anderson to the meeting
2. Apologies for absence and reasons given: Cllr B Moor, Cllr S Bedford
3. To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011: None
4. To approve the Minutes of the last meeting held on 2nd July: The minutes were approved and signed as a true record.
5. Chairman & Council's comments:
The refurbishment of the library/small library is complete. This project has cost a total of £433.
Cllr Hudson reported that he didn’t think there has been any change to the dog park.
Clerk reported that she had received a reply from Stagecoach regarding reinstating the bus service through Great Limber. Stagecoach have said that they have no plans to reinstate the service as when it was running there were only 4 people a day using it so when the funding from Humberside Airport was withdrawn it wasn’t a viable option. They suggested that residents of Great Limber use the Call Connect service to connect with other villages that have a bus route. A Facebook post will be done on this service. The issue with the school bus stopping in Brickyard and causing an obstruction was investigated and Cllr J Bean reported that the bus would now stop at the New Inn instead. Sally Anderson raised concerns about the previous decision of the council not to require the dog park to apply for a change of use for the land. Cllr Hudson advised that the owners have been informed about the need for this and it is their responsibility to apply. It is outside the remit of the council to take any further action on this.
Cllr Hudson had been advised by the contractor clearing the pond that the Lilly’s may need thinning out. Cllr Hudson to contact them to get a price for the next meeting.
6. Clerk's Report on matters outstanding: Nothing to report
7. LCC Report: Cllr J Bean had recently completed a ward walk with Highways and councillors from Great Limber which proved very productive. Since the meeting the pothole in Church Lane has been filled and a 30mph has been marked out ready to be painted on the road. Cllr Bean reported that nobody had come back yet regarding ownership of the verges or the overgrown drain, and he will continue to follow these up.
Cllr Hudson reported that some hedges and footpaths are getting overgrown. These footpaths will get lost if they are not cleared. Clerk to enquire if these can be put on the LCC siding scheme. Cllr Read offered to get someone to look into these as well.
Cllr Acomb reported that a mirror was discussed with LCC to assist with traffic coming out of Church Lane. Highways will not consider this so it would have to be done ourselves.
Cllr Bean has circulated information on the Cornish Core Grants Program. This will be forwarded to the councillors. Cllr Bean advised that there is to be a community engagement session about the Lincolnshire Local government re-organisation which will take place at Caistor Heritage Centre on 19th September 10am– 2pm.
8. WLDC Report: Cllr Bierley's report was circulated prior to the meeting. Cllr Bierley reported that the Community Grants scheme has been well received, and the Household Support fund has also been in great demand. Cllr Bierley had previously been asked if feedback could be obtained on reported fly tipping cases. He has not received any feedback on this yet.
9. Payroll: The clerk reported that from 1st April the threshold for paying employers NI had been reduced so as she is paid 2 monthly it was taking it over this amount and in April and June, she had paid the employers NI but If the payroll could be done monthly it would solve this issue. It was
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resolved to pay the clerk monthly going forward. Cllr Christmas to set up a direct debit for the PAYE to be paid directly by the council. The direct debit form was signed by Cllrs Hudson and Christmas.
Cllr Christmas proposed that the council should look into having online banking. This was agreed and will be brought back to the next meeting.
10. Finance: Accounts for payment: At the end of July the balance in the bank was £12,036.77. Resolved to pay: J Milson £603.48 for July and August and £270.39 for September, Cllr S Hudson £37.26, AJ Williams £513.60 for July and £513.60 for September, Basil Potterton £298.36, LALC £93.70.
Cllr Hudson reported that a grant request had been received from Great Limber Village Hall. They have recently had a lot of expense, and they require a new net for the football goalpost. It was resolved to approve a grant for £100.
11. Planning: to discuss any applications: Cllr Hudson asked Cllr Read for an update on the change of use for Worsley Farmhouse. The application has gone back to WLDC to ask for them to reconsider as there had been a misinterpretation of what was required.
12. Litter bins: Cllr Christmas reported that the litter and dog bins in the car park at the mausoleum woods are not getting emptied. This has also been the case with the littler bin at the pond. WLDC had been contacted about this, but it has still not been done. Cllr Bierley asked to be copied into all emails and will follow this up with WLDC.
The meeting closed at 20:50
Date of next meeting 5th November 2025